Nov 18, 2025 City Council

WITH OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS, THE TEXAS MUNICIPAL LEAGUE CONFERENCE AT FORT WORTH.

THANKS EVERYBODY FOR SHOWING UP TONIGHT.

I'M GONNA SPEED THROUGH THIS REAL QUICK.

I ATTENDED THE BLACK TIE BENEFIT FOR THE ANIMAL SHELTER, THE ROTARY CLEANUP ON FM FIVE 17, THE DICKINSON NETWORK WORKING GROUP.

UH, BUT, UH, I MET WITH, UH, I LEWIS AND THE GULF COAST TRANSIT AUTHORITY TO SEE IF WE COULD WORK OUT A LITTLE BIT BETTER METHOD OF GETTING THE PEOPLE THAT DON'T HAVE TRANSPORTATION TO I LEWIS.

I ATTENDED

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FOUND IT VERY INTERESTING, GOT A LOT OUT OF IT.

UH, ATTENDED THE BAYOU DICKINSON BAYOU WATERSHED STEERING COMMITTEE.

ATTENDED THE EDC MEETING, UH, ATTENDED THE MANAGEMENT DISTRICT, MADE THE COFFEE WITH THE COPS, UM, ATTENDED THE OPENING OF THE TIME CAPSULE AT THE AMEE BANK, UH, ROTARY CHRISTMAS PARADE PLANNING EVENT WITH CITY STAFF.

ATTENDED THE MAYOR COUNCIL MEETING AT SEA STAR BASE IN GALVESTON.

AND, UH, LASTLY WORKED THE MI LEWIS THANKSGIVING FOOD DISTRIBUTION LAST WEEKEND WHERE THEY SERVED OVER 300 FAMILIES.

UH, JUST SOME DATES TO REMEMBER THAT.

THE, UH, ROTARY CHRISTMAS PARADE IS DECEMBER 8TH, WHICH IS A MONDAY AT 6:00 PM AND THE LIGHTED, UH, CHRISTMAS BOAT PARADE IS DECEMBER 6TH AT 6:00 PM THANK YOU.

ALRIGHT, I THANK YOU FOR EVERYBODY, UH, FOR BEING HERE AND THOSE THAT ARE ONLINE AND MARK STOLE MY THUNDER.

SO .

THANK YOU COUNCILMAN TOWNSEND.

UH, ONE MORE COMMENT, IF ANYONE'S INTERESTED, THE GAME WILL BE AT CHALLENGER STADIUM FRIDAY NIGHT VERSUS PARA LAND IF ANYONE'S INTERESTED IN COMING.

AND, UH, I PROMISE YOU WILL NOT BE UPSET IF YOU GO WATCH THE DICKINSON GATORS.

THEY ARE ONE IMPRESSIVE GROUP OF, UH, YOUNG MEN.

SO, UM, MY UPDATES, UM, I WON'T TRY TO SECOND ANYONE ELSE'S STUFF, BUT, UH, WE DID OUR T DOT MEETING, OUR QUARTERLY MEETING THAT WE DECIDED THAT WE THINK IT'D BE A GOOD IDEA.

MYSELF, UH, MR. CAREY, MR. MAGDALENO, AS WELL AS OUR PUBLIC WORKS, EDWARD.

UM, AND THEN OUR BUILDINGS OFFICIAL AS WELL WAS ON THE CALL.

UM, THIS MEETING WAS JUST TO UPDATE US WITH ALL THE NEW PROJECTS COMING UP, UH, BETWEEN SHORT TERM, MEDIUM, AND LONG TERM.

SO THIS IS, I MEAN, WE, WE TALKED ABOUT THINGS 30 YEARS DOWN THE ROAD, I THINK AT SOME POINT, RIGHT? UM, SO THIS IS MORE OF AN INFORMATIVE CALL WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO DO EVERY QUARTER.

SO WE HAVE A BETTER RELATIONSHIP WITH TXDOT.

SO THINGS LIKE OUR CURRENT ISSUES THAT WE'RE HAVING RIGHT NOW DON'T HAPPEN AGAIN, RIGHT? UM, SO, UM, I KNOW MR. CAREY AND THE REST OF THE STAFF, THEY RAN THE, THE MEETING MOST OF THE TIME.

I WAS JUST THERE TO LISTEN.

UM, BUT HE WAS VERY PRODUCTIVE.

UH, ALSO I WENT AND, UH, MR. RONALD HILLMAN, I WANTED TO GIVE HIM A KUDOS.

HE PUT ON ONE HECK OF A VETERAN'S DAY AND MARINE CORPS BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION OUT AT THE AMERICAN LEGION OUT IN SAN LEON.

HE ASKED ME TO BE IN THE PARADE WITH HIM.

I WAS LIKE, ABSOLUTELY.

UM, THAT WAS THE FIRST TIME I'VE EVER WENT.

SO I HIGHLY RECOMMEND NEXT VETERANS DAY, GO CHECK OUT THE AMERICAN LEGION.

IT'S WORTHWHILE.

UM, IT'S A GREAT WAY TO RAISE FUNDS FOR VETERANS, UM, AS WELL AS GOLD STAR FAMILIES AND ALL, ALL THE OTHER FUN STUFF THAT, UH, THEY DO.

UM, ALSO HAD THE FIRST EVER DICKINSON EDUCATION FOUNDATION TOP GOLF, GOLF TOURNAMENT.

MY TEAM WON.

SO, UH, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO COME COMPETE NEXT YEAR, WE'RE GONNA DO IT AGAIN.

ONCE AGAIN, WE'RE RAISING MONEY FOR A VERY GOOD CAUSE.

UM, SO I'LL BE SURE TO, UH, UH, LET EVERYONE KNOW WHEN THAT HAPPENS.

UM, AND THE ONE BIG THING THAT I WANNA SAY IS I GOT TO GO TO THE TIME CAPSULE AND, UH, I HAD THE HONOR, UM, JUST BECAUSE OF WHAT MY TITLE SAYS IS SOME, THE MAYOR FROM 25 YEARS AGO WROTE A LETTER TO THE MAYOR OF NOW AND THEN THERE WAS ALSO A COUNCIL MEMBER THAT PUT A LETTER IN AS WELL.

GOT TO READ 'EM.

UM, BUT WHAT THE BEST, MOST SPECIAL PART WAS, IS I DELIVERED THE, THE LETTER TO MS. HOFSTEDER.

SO, UH, AND I ENDED UP TALKING TO HER FOR ABOUT 45 MINUTES.

FOUND OUT SHE'S MY GRANDMOTHER'S AVON LADY, AND SHE USED TO FEED ME THE CRAZY AMOUNT OF POPSICLES, RIGHT? SO, UH, IT WAS REALLY AWESOME TO GO DOWN MEMORY LANE AND, YOU KNOW, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS WHAT MAKES DICKINSON SO SPECIAL.

AND THEN THAT'S WHAT LEADS ME INTO THE NEXT TOPIC.

AND THAT'S THE, UH, THE MAIN REASON WHY I THINK MOST OF YOU ARE HERE, AND WE'RE GETTING TO PUT SOMEONE IN PLACE TO RUN THIS CITY FOR US.

AND I WANNA STRESS WHY I'M SO CONFIDENT HE'S GOING TO BE SUCCESSFUL IS THIS IS NOT JUST SOME ORDINARY INDIVIDUAL THAT WE HIRED.

IF HE FAILS, HE DIDN'T JUST GET TO LEAVE.

IF HE, IF HE DOES SOMETHING WRONG, HE DOESN'T JUST GET TO PACK UP AND GO SOMEWHERE ELSE.

YOU SEE EVERYBODY IN THIS ROOM, MOST OF 'EM ARE FAMILY FRIENDS THAT SUPPORT HIM, THAT ALL LIVE HERE IN DICKINSON.

SO HE HAS JUST AS MUCH TO LOSE AS EVERYONE ELSE.

HE'S A STAKEHOLDER JUST LIKE THE REST OF US.

AND THAT'S WHY I'M THE MOST EXCITED ABOUT HIM HERE.

UM, TELL YOU, THE FIRST TIME I EVER REALLY KNEW WHO CHASE CAREY WAS, WAS I WAS A FRESHMAN IN HIGH SCHOOL AND WE WENT TO, UH, I PLAYED FOOTBALL, UH, AS A FRESHMAN.

HE WAS ON THE VARSITY TEAM.

HE WAS THE, THE, THE LEGEND IN DICKINSON HIGH SCHOOL.

HIM AND SEAN HAMMER AND ALL THE OTHER GUYS THAT WERE JUST ABSOLUTE STUDS ON THE BASEBALL FIELD AND

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FOOTBALL FIELD.

SO WE ALL LOOKED UP TO HIM.

WE DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT HIM, WE JUST LOOKED UP TO HIM, RIGHT? THE MAN NEVER STEPPED FOOT ON THE FOOTBALL FIELD 'CAUSE HE KEPT GETTING HURT.

HOWEVER, , UM, THAT JUST PROVES HIS DETERMINATION HOW MANY TIMES YOU BREAK YOUR KNEE UP FOUR OR FIVE, THREE TIMES.

AND YOU KEPT COMING BACK AND TRYING, RIGHT? UM, BUT, YOU KNOW, WE SEPARATED, WENT OUR DIFFERENT WAYS.

AND YOU KNOW, HE HAS, UH, HE HAS SHOWN HIMSELF TO BE ONE HELL OF AN INDIVIDUAL.

UM, SO I'M GONNA READ YOU HIS BIO AND THEN I'M GONNA LET HIM DO ALL THE TALKING.

UM, SO THIS IS OUR CITY MANAGER, RIGHT? SO A, A GATOR THROUGH AND THROUGH CHASE CAREY'S ROOTS AND DICKINSON RUN DEEP, LONG BEFORE HE WAS EVEN BORN.

I MEAN, HIS FATHER WAS ON THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP FOOTBALL TEAM THAT WE HOPE TO REPLICATE THIS YEAR IN 25, RIGHT? UM, RAISED ON RICHARD STREET AND A PROUD GRADUATE OF DISD GATOR CLASS OF 2003.

CHASE WAS ALWAYS CALLED, THIS HAS ALWAYS CALLED THIS COMMUNITY HOME.

AFTER EARNING HIS BACHELOR'S OF BUSINESS ADMIN FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON AND BECOMING A CERTIFIED PUBLIC MANAGER THROUGH THE HOBBY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS, HE CONTINUED HIS PURSUIT OF EXCELLENCE.

HE COMPLETED THE MASTERS OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION PROGRAM AT LAMAR UNIVERSITY WITH HONORS CHASE'S JOURNEY IN PUBLIC SERVICE.

BEGAN IN LAMAR WHERE HE QUICKLY ROSE TO THE POSITION OF DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS AND LATER SERVED AS INTERIM CITY MANAGER.

IN 2021, HE RETURNED HOME TO DICKINSON AS ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER.

AND NOW HE IS HONORED TO STEP INTO THE ROLE OF CITY MANAGER, A DEDICATED COMMUNITY COMMUNITY LEADER.

CHASE IS A PROUD CATHOLIC, A ROTARIAN, A GRADUATE OF LEADERSHIP MAINLAND, A MEMBER OF THE KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS, AND AN ACTIVE PARTICIPANT IN THE TEXAS CITY MANAGERS ASSOCIATION.

IN 2020, HE WAS RECOGNIZED IN THE GALVESTON DAILY NEWS 40 UNDER 40.

WHEN HE'S NOT SERVING THE COMMUNITY, CHASE IS AT HOME WITH HIS, HIS BIGGEST SUPPORTERS, HIS BEAUTIFUL WIFE, VALERIE, AND THEIR TWO YOUNG DAUGHTERS.

CARLY AND CAMERON FAMILY IS THE FOUNDATION THAT FUELS HIS PASSION FOR SERVICE IN HIS OWN WORDS.

TO BE ENTRUSTED WITH THIS ROLE IS NOT JUST A PRIVILEGE, IT IS AN HONOR AND A RESPONSIBILITY THAT I TAKE TO HEART.

SO WITH THAT, MR. CHASE, GARY, YOU ARE OUR NEW CITY MANAGER, WE'LL SEE WHAT YOU GOT.

SAY.

GOOD EVENING.

I'M GONNA TRY TO GET THROUGH THIS WITHOUT TEARING UP, SO Y'ALL DON'T, UH, HOLD THAT AGAINST ME IF THAT OCCURS.

SO, UH, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS, CITY STAFF, MY FAMILY, MY FRIENDS, RESIDENTS OF OUR GREAT CITY.

IT'S AN HONOR AND A PRIVILEGE TO STAND BEFORE YOU TODAY AS THE CITY MANAGER OF THE CITY OF DICKINSON.

I'M TRULY GRATEFUL AND BLESSED FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY, ONE THAT I DO NOT TAKE LIGHTLY.

THIS IS MORE THAN A JOB TO ME.

IT'S A CALLING, A CALLING TO SERVE, TO LEAD, AND TO UPLIFT THE COMMUNITY THAT RAISED ME.

OVER THE PAST EIGHT MONTHS, AS YOUR INTERIM CITY MANAGER, I'VE HAD THE CHANCE TO PROVE THAT I BELONG IN THIS SEAT AND THAT I CAN DO THIS JOB WELL.

I'VE LISTENED, I'VE LEARNED, AND I'VE LED, AND I'M READY TO CONTINUE THAT WORK WITH EVEN GREATER PURPOSE.

MY GOAL IS SIMPLE BUT PROFOUND TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF OUR RESIDENTS AND BUSINESS OWNERS.

THE OLD WAY OF DOING THINGS IS OVER.

WE ARE NOW FOCUSED ON BEING EFFECTIVE AND EFFICIENT, KEEPING OUR TAX DOLLARS AT THE FOREFRONT OF ALL OUR DECISIONS.

WE WILL FOCUS ON THE FUTURE WITH LONG-TERM GOALS IN MIND, SEEKING WAYS TO SUPPLEMENT OUR REVENUE AND REDUCE, REDUCE THE TAX BURDEN ON OUR RESIDENTS, THEREBY SETTING UP THE NEXT GENERATION FOR SUCCESS.

I INTEND TO DO SO WITH INTEGRITY, TRANSPARENCY, WITH A DEEP RESPECT FOR THE PEOPLE WHO MAKE DICKINSON WHAT IT IS, A PROUD, RESILIENT, CLOSE-KNIT COMMUNITY.

BECAUSE I AM A CHRISTIAN MAN, I STRIVE TO SHOW RESPECT TO ALL, EVEN THOSE WHO MAY NOT SEEM TO DESERVE IT, NOT AS A REFLECTION OF THEIR CHARACTER, BUT AS A REFLECTION OF MINE.

I LEARNED THIS QUOTE BY DAVE WILSON MANY YEARS AGO IN A LEADERSHIP COURSE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON.

AND IT STUCK WITH ME EVER SINCE.

RESPECT IS THE CORNERSTONE OF MY LEADERSHIP PHILOSOPHY.

ONCE YOU LOSE RESPECT FOR SOMETHING OR SOMEONE YOU DON'T HAVE MUCH LEFT TO GIVE OR RECEIVE, THAT'S WHY I WILL LEAD WITH RESPECT, LISTEN WITH HUMILITY, AND I WILL ACT WITH PURPOSE.

I WANT TO THANK THIS GREAT MAYOR AND THIS GREAT COUNCIL FOR THEIR SUPPORT AND DEDICATION TO OUR COMMUNITY.

THANK YOU FOR THE TRUST AND FAITH YOU HAVE PLACED IN ME.

I WILL NEVER TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY FOR GRANTED, AND I WILL NEVER LET YOU DOWN.

WE MAY NOT ALWAYS AGREE, BUT I'LL ALWAYS SHOW YOU THE RESPECT YOU DESERVE AND EXECUTE THE WILL OF THIS COUNCIL.

THE PEOPLE OF THIS GREAT CITY ELECTED YOU AND YOU REPRESENT THEIR VOICE

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BY SHOWING YOU RESPECT.

I SHOW THE COMMUNITY RESPECT AND RESPECT IS WHAT REALLY MATTERS IN LIFE.

I ALSO WANT US, I ALSO WANT TO THANK MY STAFF.

YOUR DEDICATION, HARD WORK AND PROFESSIONALISM ARE THE BACKBONE OF OUR OPERATIONS.

I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING OUR HARD WORK AND BUILDING ON THE MOMENTUM WE HAVE CREATED TOGETHER.

THIS IS NOT ABOUT ME, IT IS ABOUT US, OUR ORGANIZATION.

AND NONE OF THIS WOULD BE POSSIBLE WITHOUT YOU.

SO THANK YOU TO THE RESIDENTS OF DICKINSON.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TRUST, YOUR PATIENCE, AND YOUR COMMITMENT TO MAKING THIS CITY BETTER EVERY SINGLE DAY.

YOUR VOICE MATTERS, YOUR IDEAS MATTER.

YOUR PASSION FOR THIS COMMUNITY IS WHAT DRIVES US FORWARD.

THE PASSION AND PRIDE OF OUR COMMUNITY WERE INSTILLED IN ME AT A VERY YOUNG AGE.

YOU KNOW THAT SAYING IT TAKES A VILLAGE TO RAISE A CHILD.

WELL, THIS VILLAGE RAISED ME.

SO MANY OF MY FAMILY AND FRIENDS WHO ARE HERE THIS EVENING HAVE HELPED ME GET TO WHERE I AM TODAY.

AND I'M FOREVER GRATEFUL TO ALL OF YOU FOR YOUR ADVICE AND GUIDANCE OVER THE YEARS.

I WOULDN'T BE THE MAN I AM TODAY WITHOUT YOU.

FINALLY, I WANT TO EXPRESS GRATITUDE TO MY FAMILY, TO, TO MY FATHER AND ALLSTATE TIED END ON DICKINSON'S 1977 STATE TITLE TEAM , OUR ONLY CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM .

AND I HOPE THAT CHANGES THIS YEAR.

SO GOOD LUCK FRIDAY, COACH NELSON, IF YOU ARE LISTENING, THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING, DAD.

I'VE ALWAYS TRIED TO MAKE YOU PROUD AND I HOPE I'VE DONE THAT TO MY MOTHER, WENDY PUCHEK AND MY MOTHER-IN-LAW, DIANA JONES, YOUR LOVE AND SUPPORTS ME, THE MEAN THE WORLD TO ME.

THANK YOU TO MY GRANDMOTHER, PATRICIA CHRISTIE.

YOU'RE THE BACKBONE OF OUR FAMILY.

I'M NOT SURE WHERE OUR FAMILY WOULD BE WITHOUT YOU, SO THANK YOU.

MOST IMPORTANTLY, TO MY WIFE VALERIE, THANK YOU FOR YOUR UNWAVERING SUPPORT, YOUR PATIENCE, YOUR STRENGTH, AND YOUR UNDERSTANDING.

WHEN I'VE HAD TO PUT THIS CITY FIRST, YOU'VE ALWAYS KNOWN THAT THE WORK WE DO IS FOR THE GREATER GOOD OF OUR COMMUNITY, A COMMUNITY THAT OUR DAUGHTERS WILL INHERIT ONE DAY.

YOUR STRENGTH BEHIND THE SCENES MAKES EVERYTHING I DO POSSIBLE.

AND FOR THAT, I'M FOREVER GRATEFUL.

EVERYTHING I DO IS FOR MY FAMILY, FOR CARLY AND CAMERON, I LOVE Y'ALL MORE THAN WORDS CAN EXPRESS.

AS I'VE SAID MANY TIMES BEFORE, THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY OF A LIFETIME FOR ME AND I'M DEEPLY GRATEFUL FOR IT.

THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR TRUST, YOUR SUPPORT, AND FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEAD THE CITY.

I LOVE MAY GOD BLESS OUR COUNTRY.

MAY GOD BLESS OUR STATE, OUR COUNTY.

MAY GOD BLESS THE CITY OF DICKINSON, TEXAS.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

AMEN.

HEY, THANK YOU MAYOR.

ALL RIGHT, WELL GUESS WHAT? NOW WE GOT CITY MANAGER UPDATE .

I THOUGHT THAT WAS, I THOUGHT THAT WAS YEAH.

THOUGHT YOU THREW THAT ONE THEN WE GOOD.

THAT IT FROM CITY MANAGER UPDATE OR YOU GOT MORE? I HAVE A FEW THINGS, YES.

SEE, YOU HAD MORE.

I DIDN'T KNOW IF YOU WANNA DO THE PROCLAMATION FIRST.

NO, WE'LL DO IT.

UH, WE'LL JUST GET YOURS OVER IT AND THEN WE'LL OKAY.

YEAH, YEAH, YEAH, SURE.

GET THROUGH THIS.

UH, FIRST OF ALL, I WANNA THANK EVERYONE FOR THEIR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS FOR MY FATHER-IN-LAW, BILL JONES.

I, UH, HE PASSED AWAY A FEW DAYS AFTER THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING.

HIS SERVICES WERE A WEEK AGO TODAY.

MY MOTHER-IN-LAW AND MY WIFE ARE HERE THIS EVENING.

AND WE GREATLY APPRECIATE THE LOVE FROM OUR COMMUNITY.

SO THANK YOU.

HUGHES ROAD DRAINAGE PROJECT, ALL THE CONSTRUCTION THAT EVERYBODY LOVES.

I KNOW WE REMAIN ON SCHEDULE AND IT CONTINUES TO MOVE FORWARD.

WE'VE RE RE UH, WE'VE REACHED 51%

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COMPLETION.

THAT'S A SIGNIFICANT MILESTONE IN THIS EFFORT.

THE CONTRACTORS ARE WORKING DILIGENTLY TO COMPLETE THE DRIVEWAYS AT MCADAMS JUNIOR HIGH DURING THE UPCOMING HOLIDAY BREAKS TO MINIMIZE DISRUPTION.

YOU KNOW, I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO REMEMBER WHY THIS PROJECT WAS APPROVED BY THE GENERAL LAND OFFICE YEARS AGO.

IT'S A DIRECT RESPONSE TO THE DEVASTATION CAUSED BY HURRICANE HARVEY.

FLOOD MITIGATION PROJECTS LIKE THIS ARE CRITICAL FOR OUR COMMUNITIES RESILIENCE.

THIS INITIATIVE WILL HELP REDUCE FLOODING RISK AND PROTECTS HOMES, SCHOOLS, AND BUSINESSES IN DICKINSON FOR YEARS TO COME.

YOU KNOW, I UNDERSTAND TRAFFIC AND ROAD CONDITIONS ARE A CONCERN.

IT'S A CONCERN FOR ALL OF US, AND WE ARE FOCUSED ON MITIGATING THESE CONCERNS NOW.

SO I APPRECIATE EVERYONE'S SUPPORT AND PATIENCE AS WE PRESS FORWARD WITH THIS PROJECT.

UH, SO I'M GONNA HEAD, I'M GONNA DO THE DEPARTMENT UPDATE AS WELL.

SO, CONGRATULATIONS, BRIANNA.

SO I'M PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THAT BRIANNA LONG, WHO HAS BEEN SERVING AS OUR INTERIM LIBRARY DIRECTOR SINCE MARCH OF THIS YEAR, HAS OFFICIALLY BEEN APPOINTED THE FULL-TIME LIBRARY DIRECTOR.

UH, DURING HER TIME AS INTERIM DIRECTOR, BRIANNA HAS DEMONSTRATED EXCEPTIONAL LEADERSHIP, STREAMLINING OPERATIONS, BOOSTING STAFF MORALE, REBUILDING KEY COMMUNITY RELATIONS.

HER COMMITMENT TO SERVICE AND COLLABORATION HAS BEEN EVIDENT IN EVERY ASPECT OF HER WORK SINCE DAY ONE.

SO THIS MARKS MY FIRST STAFF OF PROMOTION AS A CITY MANAGER.

AND IT COULD, I COULDN'T BE PROUDER OF WHO THIS INDIVIDUAL IS.

BRIANNA EMBODIES THE QUALITIES THAT WE VALUE THE MOST.

PROFESSIONALISM, RESPECT, KINDNESS, AND A GEN GENUINE WILLINGNESS TO HELP OTHERS.

SO SHE TRULY REPRESENTS THE STANDARD THAT I'M TRYING TO SIT FOR THIS ORGANIZATION.

THAT IS ALL, SIR.

ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.

SO, UH, THE NEXT ITEM IS A PROCLAMATION FOR MS. AQUILA BURNS DAY.

ALRIGHT, SO THIS, UH, THIS WOMAN IS, NEEDS TO BE CELEBRATED.

AND I'LL JUST READ HER PROCLAMATION 'CAUSE IT'LL TELL YOU EXACTLY WHY WE NEED TO BE CELEBRATING THIS WOMAN.

WHEREAS MS. AQUILA BURNS WAS BORN NOVEMBER 19TH, 1925, AND STILL RESIDES ON THE SAME PIECE OF LAND IN DICKINSON, TEXAS, WHERE SHE WAS BORN WITH HER SISTER LAURA, AS NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR.

AND WHEREAS MS. BURNS RECALLED AS A YOUNG GIRL STANDING BEHIND HER MOTHER, WATCHING HER SEW WITH GREAT CURIOSITY, HER MOTHER SAW HER DAUGHTER'S INTEREST.

AND BEFORE TOO LONG, THE YOUNG GIRL STARTED HELPING HER MOTHER SEW AS TIME GREW WORD SP SPREAD ABOUT HER SEWING EXPERTISE.

AND SHE BECAME KNOWN AS THE DRESSMAKER OF THE ASTRONAUT'S WIVES.

AND WHEREAS MS. BURNS WAS FEATURED IN THE HOUSTON CHRONICLE HIGHLIGHTING HER SEWING EXPERTISE AND RECEIVED A COMPLIMENTARY LETTER FROM ANNIE GLENN, WIFE OF ASTRONAUT JOHN GLENN.

AND WHEREAS MS. BURNS IS CELEBRATING HER HUNDREDTH BIRTHDAY ON NOVEMBER 19TH, 2025, MAKING HER THE OLDEST LIVING WOMAN IN DICKINSON, TEXAS.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, TRAVIS MAGLIO, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF DICKINSON IN THE GREAT STATE OF TEXAS, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM NOVEMBER 19TH, 2025 AS MISS AQUILA BURNS DAY IN DICKINSON, TEXAS, AND ENCOURAGE ALL CITIZENS TO RECOGNIZE AND CELEBRATE THE LIFE AND HISTORY OF THE OLDEST LIVING WOMAN IN THE CITY OF DICKINSON.

AND WITNESS WHERE OF I HAVE HERE ON TWO, SET MY HAND AND CAUSE THE SEAL OF THE CITY OF DICKINSON, TEXAS TO BE AFFIXED THIS 18TH DAY OF NOVEMBER, 2025.

VERY QUICK, UH, MS. WALTERS, ARE YOU HERE? THANK YOU.

SO MAYOR, JUST, JUST FOR THE RECORD.

YES, SIR.

THAT WAS, UH, REVEREND DERA, D-E-I-D-R-A, WALTERS PASTOR OF DICKINSON FAITH UNITED METHODIST CHURCH.

WHERE, SORRY, SHE IS, YEAH.

SORRY, I SHOULD'VE SAID WHOLE THING.

SHE PICKED UP.

NO, NO, NO.

I JUST, UH, I THOUGHT SHE WAS GONNA BE HERE, BUT SHE PICKED IT UP ON BEHALF OF THAT.

JUST, JUST FOR I WAS SAYING THAT FOR THE SECRETARY.

GOTCHA.

ALRIGHT, NEXT WE GOT, UH, NUMBER

[4. PUBLIC COMMENTS]

FOUR 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.

AND COMPLIANCE WITH THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT, THE CITY

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COUNCIL MAY NOT DELIBERATE.

AND I HAVE ONE FOR GENERAL COMMENTS, AND THAT IS MR. DAVID LEHMAN.

GOOD EVENING COUNSEL.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR.

UH, OH, FOUR OR FIVE YEARS AGO I LIVED HERE ALL I'VE LIVED HERE ALL MY LIFE.

UH, FOUR OR FIVE YEARS AGO, I GOT SO DISGUSTED WITH THE RAILROAD TRACKS THAT I STARTED MAKING PHONE CALLS UP HERE TO FIND OUT WHO WAS IN CHARGE OF THINGS AND ENDED UP TALKING TO A GENTLEMAN BY THE NAME OF CHASE.

HAD NEVER MET CHASE BEFORE, DIDN'T KNOW HE, DOUG DIDN'T KNOW HE WAS BILL CAREY'S SON.

DIDN'T KNOW HE WAS WENDY'S SON.

AND WE JUST STARTED TALKING AND I SAID, WHAT CAN I DO TO HELP YOU? WHAT ARE WE DOING? WHY ARE WE DOING WHAT WE'RE DOING? WHY AREN'T WE DOING MORE? AND, UH, SO THAT'S HOW IT STARTED.

AND HE DIDN'T KNOW ME AND I DIDN'T KNOW HIM, AND HE DIDN'T KNOW I WAS THE NICEST GUY IN AMERICA.

HE DID NOT KNOW THAT .

AND, UH, IT'S QUIET.

ANYWAY, I JUST WANTED TO, ON BEHALF OF CI, THE CITIZENS OF DICKINSON, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT EVERY TIME I CALLED THIS MAN DURING THE 13 MONTHS THAT I WORKED ON THE RAILROAD TRACKS TWICE, HE ALWAYS RETURNED MY CALL.

AMEN.

HE ALWAYS DID THE RIGHT THING.

SOMETIMES HE GAVE ME ANSWERS I WASN'T HAPPY WITH.

AND, BUT IT'S ALWAYS BEEN A VERY FLUID CONVERSATION BETWEEN THE TWO OF US.

UH, HOPEFULLY HE DOESN'T LISTEN TO EVERYTHING I SAY, .

BUT, UH, CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR APPOINTMENT.

WELL DESERVED THE CITY'S BEHIND YOU.

UH, CONGRATULATIONS AND GOOD JOB, DICKINSON.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

UH, NUMBER FIVE, CONSENT AGENDA.

ALRIGHT, SO,

[5. CONSENT AGENDA]

THE FOLLOWING ITEMS ARE CONSIDERED ROUTINE BY THE CITY COUNCIL 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 THE CONSENT AGENDA AND DISCUSSED AFTER THE CONSENT AGENDA.

MOTION TO APPROVE.

UH, POLL NUMBER FIVE.

FIVE B FIVE B.

I'LL SECOND THE MOTION TO APPROVE.

UH, FIVE A.

NOW THAT FIVE B'S PULLED.

ALL RIGHT, SO I GOT A MOTION AND A SECOND.

UH, ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

FIVE B, I'D LIKE TO POSTPONE THAT BECAUSE I'VE GONE THROUGH HERE A COUPLE TIMES FROM MINUTES TO LAST ONE'S MEETING ON IN THERE.

SO, HEY, WE'RE LISTEN UNTIL NEXT MEETING.

ALRIGHT, SO WE GOT A MOTION TO TABLE.

WE GOT A SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

BUSINESS SIX, A CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DICKINSON, TEXAS TO AMEND CHAPTER SEVEN, FIRE PREVENTION AND PROTECTION OF THE CITY OF DICKINSON.

SIX OLD

[6.A ORDINANCE NO. XXX- 2025 - Consideration and possible action to approve an ordinance of the City of Dickinson, Texas, to amend Chapter 7, Fire Prevention and Protection, of the City of Dickinson Code of Ordinances, by amending Section 7-60, entitled “Sale, use and possession of fireworks”; providing a severability Clause, a repealer Clause, and an effective date. (Council)]

CODE OF ORDINANCES BY AMENDING SECTION SEVEN DASH SIX, ENTITLED SALES USE AND POSSESSION OF FIREWORKS, PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, A REPEAL CLAUSE, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

MOVE TO APPROVE.

SECOND MOTION TO APPROVE.

AND I GOT A SECOND, UH, COMMENTS, QUESTIONS, CONCERNS? AND I HAVE NO PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR SIX A, SO IT'S JUST US.

CAN WE PUT THE ITEM UP FOR THE PUBLIC TO SEE THE ITEM, THE, THE HOURS OF? IS THAT POSSIBLE? CAN WE PUT THE, WHAT THE ACTUAL HOURS ARE OR ANYTHING? LIKE WHAT THE, WHAT WE'RE VOTING ON? NO.

WE DON'T HAVE THE ATTACH.

UH, YOU HAVE IT INSIDE THE, CAN YOU PULL UP THE, YEAH.

IN THE AGENDA, THE, IN THE AGENDA ITEM IN THE ATTACHMENTS.

AND WHILE THEY'RE DOING THAT, COULD, UH, UM, NIM COULD YOU KIND OF GO THROUGH WHAT THE ACTUAL, WHAT THE HOURS ARE, JUST, YOU KNOW, WE CAN TALK IT OUT AND THEN WE'LL PULL IT UP SO EVERYBODY CAN VISUALIZE IT.

UH, YES, SIR.

CERTAINLY.

SO THE, UH, THE PERIODS OF TIME WHEN POSSESSION AND DISCHARGE ARE ALLOWED, UH, TWO SEPARATE ONES.

IT'S GONNA BE ON JULY 4TH, STARTING AT 9:00 AM AND ENDING AT 11:59 PM BOTH ON JULY 4TH.

SO BASICALLY MOST OF THE DAY, JULY 4TH.

THEN THE SECOND PERIOD IS 9:00 AM ON DECEMBER 31ST.

SO NEW YEAR'S EVE UNTIL 11:59 PM ON JANUARY 1ST.

NEW YEAR'S DAY.

SO ALMOST TWO DAYS, ALMOST 40.

IS THERE ANY OTHER QUES ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE HOURS THAT, UM, OUR CITY ATTORNEY JUST MENTIONED? THERE IT IS RIGHT THERE ON NUMBER C.

UH, AROUND THE NEW YEAR'S HOLIDAY.

HOW, ALL RIGHT.

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YOU CAN, IF YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE IT.

ANY OTHER, UH, COMMENTS, QUESTIONS? ARE WE READY FOR A VOTE? YEP.

ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

ALL

[6.B Consideration and possible action to appoint 4 new board members to the Dickinson Economic Development Corporation Board. (DEDC) Matt Sabatier Angela Schaub Brian Beck Callen Hadja Christopher Tucker David Floyd Jo Muse Justin Leal Lindsay Reyes]

RIGHT.

SIX B OR SORRY.

BILLY SPARKS, KAYLIN, H-H-A-D-A.

SIX B CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPOINT FOUR NEW BOARD MEMBERS TO THE DICKINSON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION BOARD.

I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPOINT CHRIS TUCKER.

AND I DON'T WANT TO BUTCHER IT.

AND LINDSEY REYES.

SO IT WAS BILLY SPARKS, LINDSEY REYES.

CHRIS TUCKER.

CALLIE, CALLEN.

CAN WE BREAK THESE UP? CAN WE, I DON'T HAVE SPARKS ON MY LIST FIRST.

SO YEAH, SO YOU SENT UPDATED HIM.

SO, UH, LET'S ACTUALLY, WE'LL LET THE PUBLIC COMMENTS WITH, LET'S DO PUBLIC COMMENTS SINCE THE ONLY THREE ARE THE PEOPLE ARE APPLICANT.

SO SIX B, WE HAVE LINDSAY REYES, IF YOU'D LIKE TO COME UP, HAVE YOUR THREE MINUTES.

I DON'T REALLY NEED THREE MINUTES.

THAT'S HOW LONG YOU HAVE.

YES.

NO.

UH, JUST IF ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS, I'M HERE.

HAPPY TO ANSWER.

JUST TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOU, JUST REAL SHORT.

UM, I GREW UP IN TEXAS CITY.

UM, MOVED HERE ABOUT TWO AND A HALF YEARS AGO.

I HAVE A 15-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER AND AN 11-YEAR-OLD BOY.

UM, WELL, HE'S ABOUT TO BE 11.

UM, SO THEY, YOU KNOW, THEY LOVE DICKINSON.

IT WAS A GOOD MOVE FOR US.

UM, I WORK IN PLANNING, LAND PLANNING WORK WITH A LOT OF CIVIL ENGINEERS, UM, AND LAND DEVELOPMENT.

SO I'M FAMILIAR WITH THE PROCESS AND, UM, THAT'S KIND OF ME IN A NUTSHELL.

UM, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, LET ME KNOW.

VERY COOL.

ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNSEL? ALL RIGHT.

I THINK WE'RE, THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT, NUMBER TWO.

MR. MATTHEW.

GOOD EVENING.

MOST OF YOU AND MOST OF YOU UP THERE KNOW ME.

UM, MATT , BEEN BORN HERE, RAISED HERE MY WHOLE LIFE.

UM, I HAVE FOUR DAUGHTERS WHO GO TO SCHOOL HERE.

THE, I HAVE THREE YOUNGER ONES WHO PLAY SOFTBALL HERE.

I'M INVOLVED IN OTHER ORGANIZATIONS AS WELL THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

UM, I WORK FOR A GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING FIRM AS A TECHNICIAN.

UH, THE WAY I TELL MY KIDS, YOU KNOW, I PLAY WITH DIRT FOR A LIVING .

BUT, UH, IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS, UM, READY TO ANSWER ANY IF THERE NEED BE.

COUNSEL, HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. SAER? SIR? ALRIGHT.

HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN ON THE EDC BOARD? TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, IT'S BEEN A BIT, I WANNA SAY IT WAS IN 22, 21 OR 22.

I CAN'T REMEMBER THE EXACT TIME.

I SCHEDULED EVERYTHING AROUND.

WHICH, UH, THE EXACT YEAR THAT I GOT IN, PUT ON THE BOARD.

CONGRATULATIONS, BY THE WAY.

UM, MY NAME'S CHRIS TUCKER.

I LIVE AND WORK HERE IN DICKINSON.

I'VE LIVED HERE FOR I THINK 25 YEARS PLUS.

UM, PRIOR TO THIS I WAS ON PLANNING ZONING FOR DICKINSON.

UM, I WAS ON EDC, I WAS THE, UM, I WASN'T THE TREASURER, BUT WE, AT ONE POINT, DARRELL AND I SHARED SOME, SOME DIFFERENT STUFF.

UM, MY COMMITMENT WHEN I MADE THAT, UH, PRIOR TO, AT THE TIME I WAS WORKING OUT IN WEST TEXAS, MADE SURE I MADE EVERY, EVERY, UM, MEETING.

I DON'T THINK I MISSED ONE.

IF NOT, I HAD TO JUMP ON THE PLANE, COME BACK, THAT KIND OF THING.

UM, I'VE SPENT TIME, UH, I WENT THROUGH THE COURSES FOR THE EDC PRIOR TO THIS AND, UM, I WOULD LIKE VERY MUCH MORE, I'M VERY MUCH WOULD LIKE TO PARTICIPATE.

I THINK I CAN CONTRIBUTE AND CERTAINLY I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS A GROUP EFFORT.

IT'S NOT ONE OR TWO PEOPLE

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THAT TYPE OF DEAL.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR CONSIDERING ME.

THANK YOU SIR.

AND THEN, SO WE HAD A MOTION.

DO WE WANNA DO IT AS A WHOLE OR SHOULD WE DO ONE AT A TIME? YEAH, IT'S FOUR.

SO WE HAVE A MOTION.

DO I HAVE A SECOND FOR THOSE FOUR? UH, YEAH.

SO IT'S, UH, CALLEN, UH, DOES ANYONE KNOW HOW TO SAY THAT LAST NAME WITHOUT ME BUTCHERING? HAJA? HAJA, I WOULD GUESS HAJA.

AND QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, CONCERNS? YEAH.

THAT'S WHAT I'M GONNA GO OR GO WITH THAT.

UH, AND THEN CHRISTOPHER TUCKER AND LINDSEY REYES AND BILLY SPARKS WERE THE FOUR THAT WERE PUT IN THE MOTION.

ALRIGHT, SO I HAVE A SECOND.

ARE WE, ARE THESE FOR FOUR VACANT POSITIONS RIGHT NOW OR IS THERE SOMEONE CURRENTLY ON THAT IS DESIRED TO STEP DOWN? I, I MEAN, OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, THE ONLY ONE, I ONLY KNOW OF ONE PERSON SEEKING REAPPOINTMENT ON THIS LIST, IT LOOKS LIKE, BUT I'M, I'M DON'T REMEMBER WHO, WHO THEY, SO I KNOW ONE REPLACEMENT IS, UH, MR. COKER.

ONE OF 'EM IS, UM, MR. WILSON.

YEAH, MR. WILSON.

AND THEN, I DON'T KNOW WHO ISRAEL GARCIA IS, THE OTHER ONE.

ISRAEL GARCIA.

SO THAT THEIR TERMS ARE UP.

SO, OKAY.

NO, THEY HAVE STEPPED DOWN.

THOSE THREE HAVE STEPPED DOWN.

THE, UH, TERM HAS EXPIRED FOR MR. SABOTEUR.

SO WE HAVE THREE VACANTS AND SO FOR FOUR, THREE FOR ONE.

SO THREE RESIGNATIONS IN ONE EXPIRED TERM.

I, I BELIEVE, IS THAT WHAT I'M HEARING, THAT WHEN WE VOTE FOR THIS, WE VOTE FOR, THERE'LL BE SOME UNEXPIRED TERMS ON SOME OF THESE.

AND THE ONLY ONE THAT I THINK IS A FULL TERM IS MR. SABOTEUR WAS MR. COKER.

I THOUGHT HIS WAS ENDED AS WELL.

YEAH, HE, THAT WAS, UH, YEAH, HIS WAS HIS WAS A, HIS WALTER'S AND WALTER'S ALSO HIS WAS, YEAH.

SO THOSE DIDN'T END.

THOSE WOULD BE FULL TERM.

SO, YEAH.

SO THEN, UH, ISRAEL WOULD BE THE ONLY ONE THAT IS HALF THE, FINISHING THE TERM.

MM-HMM .

ORIGINALLY ONE OF THESE POSITIONS WERE ASSIGNED BASICALLY A POSITION OF COUNSEL TO CORRELATE TO A SEAT.

SO HOW ARE YOU GONNA DETERMINE, BECAUSE SEATS ACTUALLY STAGGER IN TERMS MM-HMM .

SO IF YOU APPOINT THESE, HOW ARE WE GOING TO JUSTIFY? SO, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

HOW ARE YOU JUSTIFY WHO SITS IN WHAT SEAT? WELL, SO I GUESS, I GUESS MY RESPONSE TO THAT IS MY EXPERIENCE SINCE I'VE BEEN ON COUNCIL IS THAT WAS NOT THE CASE.

UH, WHAT WE HAD BEEN DOING, AT LEAST UNDER THE PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION, WAS THERE WAS A COMMITTEE THAT WAS PUT TOGETHER TO INTERVIEW CANDIDATES AND THEN PUT THE NAMES BEFORE THEM.

BUT THERE WAS NOT A POSITION ONE COUNCIL MEMBER GOT TO APPOINT POSITION ONE OF EDC, POSITION TWO, POSITION THREE.

THEY WEREN'T KIND OF DONE THAT WAY AT LEAST.

AND NOT IN THE LAST FOUR OR FIVE YEARS.

I WAS GONNA SAY, UH, IF I CAN OFFER REBUTTAL, I WAS APPOINTED TO EDC THROUGH, UH, MR. SCOTT APLEY WHO WAS SITTING IN POSITION ONE.

SO EACH MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE A NOMINATION FOR THAT SEAT.

UH, BACK THEN, I'VE NEVER SEEN IT DONE THAT WAY IN MY PAST ON THE COUNCIL, WHEN I WAS ON COUNCIL, WHEN THE BOARD WAS ORIGINALLY APPOINTED BACK AFTER THE ELECTION BACK IN 19 90, 90 98, IT WAS DONE.

IT WAS DONE THIS WAY.

AND I'VE NEVER SEEN EACH INDIVIDUAL COUNSEL GIVE ONE.

BUT TO MAKE IT EASY FOR YOU, I'LL NOMINATE AMEND IT TO CHRIS TUCKER, BILLY SPARKS, AND MS. LINDSEY REYES FOR A TWO YEAR TERM IN CALLAN.

I'M NOT GOING BUTCHER THEIR LAST NAME FOR THE .

ONE YEAR FOR THE EXPIRATION OF THE OTHER TERM FOR ONE YEAR.

SO I GOT A MOTION AND A SECOND WITH THAT ONE.

UH, SO HE, WELL, I GUESS THAT WOULD BE, IT WOULD BE A REVISED MOTION.

REVISED MOTION.

NOW, SO QUESTION.

WHEN YOU WERE APPOINTED, DID THEY COMPLETELY WIPE THE BOARD CLEAN AND START FRESH? NOPE.

OR THERE WERE SOME THAT DIDN'T.

SO I GUESS THE WHOLE THING IS IF ONE, TWO, AND FOUR ARE, ARE AVAILABLE TO BE APPOINTED, THEN THOSE COUNCIL MEMBERS WOULD ONLY BE THE ONES GET, GET TO HAVE AN INPUT.

WELL, AND THAT, SO THAT'S THE, THAT'S THE PROBLEM.

RIGHT.

SO THE COUNCILMAN FOR THAT PARTICULAR SEAT ACTUALLY MADE THE INITIAL GOT IT MOTION, AND THEN IF IT DIDN'T PASS, THEN ANOTHER COUNCIL MEMBER THEN GOT TO MAKE A SECOND.

NOMINATION.

THEY JUST WENT DOWN THE LINE.

NOMINATING INDIVIDUALS RATHER THAN TAKING LIKE ALL FOUR AT ONE TIME.

THAT JUST STARTED A FEW YEARS AGO TOO.

YEP.

BEFORE THAT.

AND, AND, AND I WAS GONNA SAY, TWO THINGS CAN BE TRUE.

IT COULD HAVE BEEN IMPLEMENTED, BUT I KNOW BY THE TIME I GOT ON COUNCIL WE WEREN'T DOING THAT ANYMORE.

AND WHATEVER ADJUSTMENTS ACTUALLY YOU APPOINTED ME, UH, TO THAT BOARD AND UM, YEAH, THAT WAS FUN.

WELL 'CAUSE THAT'S ALSO HOW I GOT PUT ON THE BUILDING ADJUSTMENTS

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UM, BUT SO I, WE JUST IN TIME FOR CREEKSIDE, SO WE HAVE THE MOTION, WE HAVE A SEC.

IS THERE ANY, UM, I GUESS NEGATIVE TO THE FOUR THAT HAVE BEEN PROPOSED, IS THERE OTHER APPLICA APPLICANTS THAT Y'ALL WOULD LIKE TO SEE OUT OF THOSE FOUR THAT YOU REPLACE? COUNCILMAN UH, TOWNSEND, WOULD YOU BE AGREEABLE TO SUBSTITUTE, UH, BRIAN BECK FOR YOUR CALLEN HAJA? HE'S A LOCAL BUSINESSMAN HERE, OWNS THE LANDSCAPING FIRM AND HAS EXPRESSED AN INTEREST IN BEING ON THE EDC BOARD? NO.

SO, UM, I GUESS THE ONE QUESTION I HAVE FOR THE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE IN THE ROOM, UM, 'CAUSE IF YOU'RE NOT HERE, YOU CAN'T SPEAK THE, THE ONE PROBLEM THAT OUR EDC HAS HAD IN THE LA IN THE RECENT HISTORY HAS BEEN HAVING A QUORUM MEMBERS NOT SHOWING UP.

SO WE CAN'T DO BUSINESS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PARTS OF OUR CITY.

UM, AND IF WE CAN'T MAKE DECISIONS, THINGS GET DELAYED AND THEN WE LOSE SITUATIONS.

SO, UH, I GUESS IS THERE, DOES EVERYONE KNOW THE TIME COMMITMENT AND WE CAN FULLY COMMIT TO ACTUALLY SHOWING UP AND BEING THERE FOR IT.

THAT'S OKAY.

SO I'M SEEING SOME HEAD NODS, SO WE'RE GOOD THERE.

UH, JUST WANNA MAKE SURE I PUT THAT OUT IN THE OPEN THAT THAT IS THE ONE THING THAT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION HAS HAD A PROBLEM WITH IS A QUORUM.

UM, SO WE JUST NEED TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE SHOW UP, UH, AND THEN NOT JUST SHOW UP, BUT ALSO WORK.

AND IT SOUNDS LIKE BECAUSE YOU THREE ARE HERE, RIGHT? PERSONALLY, I, I LOOK AT THAT AS, AS A LOT.

SO, UM, AND IF YOU WANNA COME UP, HE, SO WE HAVE OUR DIRECTOR OF EDC TO SEE IF HE HAS ANY INPUT AS WELL.

UH, WE, WE DO HAVE SOME, UH, MR. MR. BECK IS HERE.

HE IS OKAY.

NOT HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SIGN, UH, THE SHEET.

UM, BUT HE IS HERE IF YOU'D LIKE TO SPEAK WITH HIM.

ABSOLUTELY.

I WOULD LIKE TO BRING HIM UP TO THE OTHER, THE OTHER SUGGESTION, 'CAUSE I'VE HEARD A COUPLE COMMENTS, WAS YOU COULD GO THROUGH AND NOMINATE AN INDIVIDUAL AND VOTE INDIVIDUALLY FOR EACH SEPARATE POSITION INSTEAD OF ONE MOTION.

THAT'S, BUT THAT'S ENTIRELY UP TO THANK YOU COUNSEL.

SO, UH, BEFORE WE MOVE ANY FORWARD, UH, MR. BECK, SINCE YOU ARE HERE, I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF INTRODUCE YOURSELF TO THE COUNCIL.

HEY, GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.

MY NAME IS BRIAN BECK.

I AM A LOCAL BUSINESS OWNER.

I'M A TRANSPLANT FROM GEORGIA, SO I'M NOT FROM DICKINSON, BUT I HAVE BEEN HERE IN DICKINSON FOR SIX OR SEVEN YEARS.

I ORIGINALLY STARTED LIKE IN LEAGUE CITY AND I MOVED AROUND IN SOME OF THE VARIOUS CITIES, BUT I HAVE BEEN HERE FOR SIX YEARS AND, UH, HAVE A LANDSCAPE CONSTRUCTION COMPANY.

BUT I'M ALSO, UH, IN THE PROCESS OF BUILDING, UH, BRICK AND MACE, BRICK AND MORTAR ON FM 6 46 NEAR SECOND STREET.

UM, BECK'S HOME AND GARDENS.

I THINK THAT I CAN ADD A LOT TO THE DEVELOPMENT AND NEW IDEAS, UM, FOR THE CITY.

I AM DEFINITELY INVESTED IN THE CITY OF DICKINSON AND HAVE NO PLANS OF GOING ANYWHERE, SO WE'D LOVE TO CONTRIBUTE.

DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? ANY QUESTIONS? ALRIGHT.

THANK YOU SIR.

I APPRECIATE IT.

UM, MR. TOWNSEND, SINCE MR. BECK'S COME TO THE PODIUM, WOULD YOU RECONSIDER YOUR, UH, SO CAN I JUST ENTERTAIN, CAN WE ACTUALLY GO ONE BY, SO WE HAVE THE FOUR.

CAN WE GO THROUGH THOSE FOUR? DO YOU HAVE A MOTION? I HAVE ONE ON THE FLOOR RIGHT NOW.

NO, I KNOW, I'M, I'M, THAT'S WHY I'M ENTERTAINING IT.

OF, IF, IF WE CAN, UM, WE START ONCE AGAIN, WE CAN GO FROM THE BOTTOM TO THE TOP OR THE TOP TO THE BOTTOM.

UM, BECAUSE IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE'S INDIVIDUALS HERE THAT EVERYONE AGREES ON, AND THEN THERE'S SOME THAT NOT EVERYONE AGREES ON.

SO I DON'T WANT THE WHOLE MOTION TO DIE JUST BECAUSE WE DON'T AGREE ON ONE OR TWO WOULD BE THE IDEA.

SO SHOULD WE DISSOLVE THE MOTION? BUT IT'S, WELL TAKING BACK MY MOTION.

NO, THAT'S FINE.

AND THAT'S, THAT'S THE MOTION.

SO, UM, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, CONCERNS ABOUT THE FOUR AT HAND? SO WHAT WE'LL DO IS GO FOR A VOTE.

WELL, I, I, MR. UH, I'M SORRY.

COUNCILMAN TOWNSEND, DID YOU WITHDRAW YOUR MOTION? NO, NO, I DIDN'T.

NOPE, YOU DID NOT.

SO WE WILL DO, UH, ALL IN FAVOR.

UH, OPPOSED? NAY, NAY, NAY.

UH, SO WHO SAID AYE? AND THEN WHO SAID NAY? I FAILED.

UH, AYE.

MR. CALLEN, UH, MR. UH, MR. BILLY SPARKS, MR. CHRISTOPHER TUCKER, AND MS. LINDSAY REYES WILL BE OUR FOUR MEMBERS OF THE, UH, EDC BOARD.

SO FOUR I'S THREE NAYS.

ALL RIGHT, WELL, MOTION PASSED.

SO WE GOT

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MAYOR? YES, SIR.

HAVE A MOTION TO RECONSIDER, UH, IS THAT SECOND, CAN WE GET SOME LEGAL, I DON'T KNOW IF, UH, COUNCILMAN EDMONDS THAT YOU VOTED, UH, AGAINST THE MOTION.

IS THAT CORRECT? I DID.

OKAY, SO IT'S ACTUALLY OUT OF ORDER.

A MOTION TO RECONSIDER HAS TO BE MADE BY SOMEONE ON THE PREVAILING SIDE.

I, I WAS NOT AWARE OF THAT.

ARE ARE WE SURE ABOUT THIS? VOTE ON WHO SAID I AND WHO SAID NAY? YEAH, THEY RAISED THEIR HAND.

CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPOINT A REPRESENTATIVE TO THE SOUTHEAST TEXAS HOUSE FINANCE CORPORATION FOR A SPECIFIC TERM, ALSO KNOWN AS SETH.

SO WE HAD A'S HERE ALL THREE AND THEN NAYS WERE ME, YOU AND YOU.

WAIT, I, I VOTED FOR IT.

I, MAYBE I WASN'T.

LISTEN, I THOUGHT IT FAILED FIVE TWO, BUT IT'S SAYING IT WON.

4, 3, 4, 3.

OKAY, SO Y'ALL FOUR Y'ALL FORWARDED.

[7.A Consideration and possible action to appoint a representative to the Southeast Texas Housing Finance Corporation ("SETH") for a specified term. (Administration)]

I THOUGHT WE DID THIS LAST MEETING, DR.

HOL.

YEP, THAT'S ME.

SO THAT'S EXACTLY WHY I'M COMING UP.

SPEAKING, UM, ON, I'LL SPEAK LOUD ENOUGH.

IS THAT WORKING? SO I APOLOGIZE FOR THE REDUNDANCY'S ON NOW, WE DID NOT SET A TERM LIMIT AND I DID NOT OBSERVE THAT I WASN'T PAYING CLOSE ENOUGH ATTENTION TO REALIZE THAT A TERM LIMIT WAS NOT SET.

I HAD TO GO BACK AND WATCH THE MEETING AND LEARNED THAT WE DID NOT SET A TERM LIMIT.

WE MUST SET A TERM LIMIT.

SO WE HAVE TO DO THIS AGAIN.

SO I APOLOGIZE FOR THE REDUNDANCY.

IT'S MY FAULT FOR NOT CATCHING THAT THE FIRST TIME.

SO WHAT IS, SO WE'RE WORKING OUTTA THE VOTE.

WHAT IS THE TERM? ONE YEAR, THREE YEARS, FIVE.

WE CAN MAKE UP THE TERM.

IT'S COMPLETELY UP TO COUNCIL.

THEY WILL ACCEPT WHATEVER WE, I WOULD, I WOULD RECOMMEND NOT AN EXTENDED TERM.

AND, AND ONE, TWO, OR THREE OR WHATEVER DR. HOLT IS, IS, UH, COMFORTABLE WITH YOU.

WANT? UM, NO, I GET, WELL, I'M GONNA COUNCIL FOR TWO YEARS, BUT I DON'T IF I'M GONNA BE OBLIGATED THAT FOR THREE, BUT I'LL DO IT TWO YEARS.

YEAH, I'LL DO TWO.

MAKE A MOTION FROM DR. HOLT FOR TWO YEARS.

SECOND.

GOT A SECOND.

UH, NO DISCUSSION, I'M ASSUMING.

ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? MOTION PASS.

ACTION TO APPROVE A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE AN INTER-LOCAL AGREEMENT WITH THE DICKINSON WATER CONTROL AND IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT FOR SOLID WASTE HAULING SERVICES.

CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE

[7.B Consideration and possible action to approve a resolution authorizing the City Manager to execute an interlocal agreement with the Dickinson Water Control and Improvement District for solid waste hauling services. (Administration)]

DO I HAVE A MOTION? I SO MOVE.

SECOND.

UH, ANY QUESTIONS FROM OUR COUNSEL? ALL RIGHT.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

C CONSIDERATION OF POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH THE DICKINSON WATER CONTROL AND IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT FOR PLUMBING SERVICES.

SEVEN

[7.C Consideration and possible action to approve a resolution authorizing the City Manager to execute an interlocal agreement with the Dickinson Water Control and Improvement District for plumbing services. (Administration)]

STILL MOVE.

I'LL SECOND.

GOT A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ANY DISCUSSION? AYE.

WHAT'S UP? I HAVE A, UM, PAGE TWO THIRD PARAGRAPH, UH, REFERS TO CITY ADMINISTRATOR AND NOT THE CITY MANAGER.

YOU GONNA MAKE THAT GRAMMATICAL CHANGE? AND THEN I HAVE A QUESTION.

UM, IS THIS AN EXCLUSIVE AGREEMENT WITH WCID ONE? 'CAUSE UM, AND I GUESS I, I LEARNED READING THE AGREEMENT THAT WE ARE DOING THEIR INSPECTIONS FOR, FOR WCID ONE TERRITORY OUTSIDE IN, INCLUDING OUTSIDE OF THE CITY LIMITS.

YES, THAT'S CORRECT.

YES, SIR.

HERE'S THE, UH, THE NEW GENERAL MANAGER.

THE NEW GUY? YES.

HOW'S, WANNA INTRODUCE THE I LANGFORD? I'M THE NEW GUY.

YES.

NO, SIR.

A LITTLE BIT SHORTER, A LITTLE BIT MORE HAIR FOR HOW LONG? I CAN'T TELL YOU.

SO THE, UH, LOOKING OVER IT AND, AND I'LL START OFF BY SAYING THANK YOU FOR AGREEING TO THE, UH, THE SOLID WASTE SERVICES ON THE, ON THE PLUMBING.

SO THE WCID DISTRICT IS SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT THAN THE CITY LIMITS FOR THE CITY OF DICKINSON.

UM, AND THAT'S WHERE THE DIFFERENCE REALLY BECOMES THE, THIS AGREEMENT IS TO ALLOW THIS, THE CITY OF DICKINSON TO CHARGE FOR AND PERFORM ALL OF THE INSPECTION SERVICES FOR THE PLUMBING APPARATUS THAT'S INSTALLED WITHIN, WITHIN THE DISTRICT'S BOUNDARY.

UM, SO THE, THE INTENT IS JUST SO THAT ALL OF, ALL OF THE DISTRICT'S AREA IS, IS COVERED THROUGH IT.

AND IF THE, IF THE CITY SO CHOOSES TO CHARGE FOR IT, THE CITY

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RECEIVES ALL OF THE BENEFIT OF, OF SAID CHARGES.

UH, THE DISTRICT DOES NOT RECEIVE ANY OF THOSE.

WE JUST ASK THAT THE CITY ADMINISTER THIS BECAUSE THEY HAVE CODE OFFICIALS THAT, THAT DO MORE OF THIS ON A DAILY BASIS AND WE DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE THAT, UH, THAT SKILLSET.

SURE.

AND, AND I I WOULD ADD WE HAVE ARRANGEMENTS LIKE THIS WITH OTHER GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES.

ONLY REASON I KNOW IS 'CAUSE I HAD A CITIZEN WHO WAS A RESIDENT OF DICKINSON, BUT THEIR BUSINESS WAS OUTSIDE OF THE CITY OF DICKINSON AND THEY WERE DOING SOME WORK, SOME ELECTRICAL WORK, AND IT WAS IN GALVESTON COUNTY AND THEY WERE LIKE, WHY IS THE CITY OF DICKINSON TALKING TO ME ABOUT PERMITS? AND I HAD TO DISCOVER WE HAD A, AN ARRANGEMENT WITH THEM LIKE THAT.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

SEVEN D CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE REIMBURSEMENTS OF CITY COUNCIL EXPENSES RELATED TO ATTENDANCE OF THE TEXAS MUNICIPAL LEAGUE ANNUAL CONFERENCE.

[7.D Consideration and possible action to approve reimbursement of City Council expenses related to attendance of The Texas Municipal League Annual Conference.]

ANY COMMENTS, QUESTIONS, CONCERNS FOR ANYBODY? I GOT ONE.

YES SIR.

YOURS AREN'T IN THERE.

SO, UM, WHEN I GOT TO FORT WORTH, I SWIPED MY CARD, BUT THE NEXT DAY I MADE A PHONE CALL AND THE CITY COVERED MY HOTEL EXPENSE.

WHAT ABOUT YOUR TRAVEL? YEAH, I GOT, I GOT MILEAGE TOO.

SO THERE WAS AN ISSUE WITH THE HOTEL, JUST SO EVERYONE KNOWS.

SO, YEAH.

YEAH, THAT'S WHY THIS IS BEING BROUGHT TO COUNCIL.

SO WE'RE, THEY WERE MAKING, MAKING ME SLEEP IN THE FOYER , I APOLOGIZE SIR.

UNDERNEATH THE TABLE WHEN WE GOT OH, BAD.

NO, I WASN'T UNDER THE TABLE, BUT YEAH, JUST A PHONE CALL BACK TO UH, ALAN AND NEXT MORNING IT WAS TAKEN CARE OF.

SO WE'RE GOOD.

I WAS JUST CURIOUS.

I DIDN'T SEE YOURS IN THERE.

YOU MADE, YOU MADE, I REMEMBER THE JOKE YOU MADE ABOUT AN EXPENSIVE VACATION I WAS TAKING .

ALL RIGHT, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR ANY COUNCIL MEMBERS? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

UM, ALRIGHT, SO WE DO NOT HAVE EIGHT A, CORRECT? YES SIR.

THAT'S CORRECT.