Jan 28, 2022 City Council Special Session

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I'M GOING TO OPEN THIS UP AT 9:02.

[1. CALL TO ORDER]

[2. RECESS INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION Pursuant to Section 551.071, Texas Government Code, the Council reserves the right to convene in Executive Session(s), from time to time as deemed necessary during this meeting for any posted agenda item, to receive advice from its attorney as permitted by law. Pending or Contemplated Litigation or to Seek the Advice of the City Attorney Pursuant to Section 551.071 Pursuant to Sec. 418.183(f), deliberation of information related to managing emergencies and disasters including those caused by terroristic acts (must be tape recorded) Security Assessment and Training]

THE COUNCIL WILL NOW RECESS INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION PERTAINING TO ADVICE FROM THE ATTORNEY UNDER SECTION 551.071 AND THEN SECURITY ASSESSMENT AND TRAINING UNDER SECTION 418.183F MAYOR. IF YOU COULD CALL FOR A MOTION AND A VOTE TO RECESS INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION, WE'RE GOING TO SHOW A HAND. HOW ARE WE GOING TO DO IT? I GOT A MOTION FOR YOU.

I GOT A MOTION BY DAN THEN THE SECOND BY JIMMY.

ALL IN FAVOR. PASSES UNANIMOUS, IF YOU COULD CALL THE TIME AND RECESS, PLEASE MAYOR.

EXECUTIVE SESSION AT 9:03.

THANK YOU. I'M GOING TO OPEN THIS SESSION BACK UP AT 10:10.

WE NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND TO RECONVENE IN OPEN SESSION.

GOT A MOTION BY DAN AND A SECOND BY JIMMY.

ALL IN FAVOR. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUS.

I OPEN BACK UP AT 10:10.

THAT MOVES US ON TO SECTION THREE REPORTS AND PRESENTATIONS.

THREE A IS TO RECEIVE A REPORT, HOLD A DISCUSSION AND GIVE STAFF DIRECTION REGARDING THE

[A. Receive a report, hold a discussion, and give staff direction regarding the proposed bond program, bond proposition language, voter ballot language, and calling a bond election. (Staff Presenter: Martin Avila, Finance Director)]

THIS MORNING STAFF PRESENTER IS MARTIN AVILA, FINANCE DIRECTOR.

I BELIEVE WE'RE WAITING FOR ONE MORE WEEK.

MR. AVILA ARE WE WAITING FOR ONE MORE.

CLARK? IS HE? YOU KNOW, I THINK MATT IS OUT THERE MAKING SURE HE'S ABLE TO GO THROUGH THE METAL DETECTOR.

WELCOME BACK. OH, THANK YOU.

I CAN START.

CAN YOU MAKE SURE THE BOND COUNSEL IS COMING INTO THE THAT THEY KNOW THAT THE CHAMBER IS OPEN, THAT THEIR ITEM IS PRESENT.

YEAH.

YOU OK, MR. AVILA, THANK YOU.

CITY SECRETARY MS. CAMPOS, MAYOR AND COUNCIL THIS PRESENTATION IS A CONTINUATION OF THE BOND PROPOSED BOND PRESENTATION THAT WE DID IN THE JANUARY 18TH MEETING AND.

TO KIND OF GO BACK AND RECAP A LITTLE BIT.

THESE ARE THE PROJECTS THAT ARE BEING PROPOSED IN THE BOND PROGRAM.

IT IS EIGHTY SIX MILLION DOLLARS.

IT HAS BROKEN OUT BETWEEN PUBLIC SAFETY AND STREETS IMPROVEMENTS, THE TWO ITEMS THAT WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT TODAY IS ONE THERE WAS A QUESTION RAISED IN REGARDS TO THE PROPOSITION, MORE SPECIFICALLY THE STREET'S PROPOSITION AND THE LANGUAGE AND WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF THE PROPOSITION DID NOT PASS AND WHAT WAS THE IMPACT OF THAT PROPOSITION TO OTHER PROJECTS NOT LISTED? IN THE PROPOSED BOND PROGRAM, AND IN THE OTHER ITEM WAS THAT WORKING WITH BOND COUNSEL, WE WERE TRYING TO DETERMINE IF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL WOULD ALLOW US TO PUT THE PUBLIC SAFETY FOR BOTH POLICE AND FIRE UNDER ONE PROPOSITION OR DID WE HAVE TO BREAK IT INTO TWO SEPARATE PROPOSITIONS? SO THOSE ARE THE TWO THINGS WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT TODAY.

AGAIN, THIS IS HOW CURRENTLY WE HAVE THE PROPOSITION A WHICH IS, IN ESSENCE, THE STREETS.

THE FIRST ONE IS IS PRETTY MUCH THE LEGAL OF WHAT THE LEGAL LANGUAGE OF WHAT WILL BE IN THE ORDINANCE. AND THERE'S ALSO THE EXAMPLE OF WHAT WOULD BE IN THE ELECTION BALLOT AND WHAT THE VOTERS WILL SEE.

AND SO IT'S PRETTY MUCH SIMPLIFIED IN REGARDS TO WHAT WHAT IN ESSENCE, THEY'RE GOING TO

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SO HOW DOES THAT WHAT HAPPENS THERE WHEN WHEN THE VOTER COMES IN AND THAT PROPOSITION DOES NOT? DOES NOT PASS, AND SO AT THAT POINT, WHAT WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IS WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO ISSUE.

ANY BONDS FOR ANY SEALS FOR THREE YEARS ON ANY STREET? JUST THE WAY IT'S IT'S IT'S LANGUISHED THERE BECAUSE IT'S A VERY GENERIC.

SO IN TALKING WITH WITH BOND COUNSEL AND WHAT THEY HAVE COME UP WITH IN REGARDS TO, IN ADDITION TO THAT PROPOSITION LANGUAGE, THERE IS A RESOLUTION THAT COUNCIL WILL PASS A WILL NEED TO PASS THAT WILL LIST ALL OF THESE PROJECTS.

AND WHAT THIS RESOLUTION WILL DO IS IN ESSENCE, BECOME THE CONTRACT WITH THE VOTERS, AND IT WILL ALLOW AGAIN THE FUNDING TO BE MOVED BETWEEN PROJECTS.

BUT IT WILL BE THOSE PROJECTS.

AND IF ANYTHING'S AVAILABLE AFTER WE ISSUE BONDS ON THE PROJECTS AND THERE'S ANYTHING, THERE'S DOLLARS AVAILABLE, COUNCIL CAN ALLOCATE THOSE FUNDS TO A TO ANOTHER SIMILAR KIND OF PROJECT. SO THAT'S THAT'S ONE EXAMPLE.

THE OTHER THE OTHER EXAMPLE, TOO, IS IF ALL THE PROJECTS WERE DONE AND WE STILL HAD A FIVE MILLION DOLLARS OF AUTHORIZATION AND WE HAVEN'T ISSUED THAT, WE CAN'T ISSUE THAT FOR ANOTHER PROJECT. SO I WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE PROVIDED THAT THE IMPARTATION, THE ONLY WAY THAT WE CAN ISSUE OR USE FUNDS FOR A PROJECT OUTSIDE OF THAT GROUP OF PROJECTS THAT ARE WITHIN THAT RESOLUTION OR IN THE BOND PROGRAM, THE FUNDS WOULD HAVE WE WOULD ALREADY HAVE HAD TO BROUGHT THE FINANCING IN BASED UPON WHAT WE WERE PROJECTING.

WE FINISHED ALL THE PROJECTS IN THAT LIST AND THEN THERE'S SOME DOLLARS REMAINING AND WE COULD ALLOCATE THAT TO ANOTHER STREET PROJECT OUTSIDE OF THAT GROUP OF.

THAT WAS THE PROJECTS THAT WE LISTED WITHIN THAT PROGRAM.

SO WHAT THAT DOES, THOUGH, IS IF THE PROPOSITION DOES FAIL, THEN THE CITY WILL NOW BE ABLE TO ISSUE COS FOR THOSE PARTICULAR PROJECTS, BUT CAN ISSUE COS FOR OTHER STREET PROJECTS. AND THAT IS THE REASON WHY THAT RESOLUTION WILL BE VERY IMPORTANT TO ENSURE THAT IF THAT IF THOSE IF THE PROPOSITION FAILS, WE ARE STILL ABLE TO ISSUE COS FOR OTHER TYPES OF STREET PROJECTS.

AND AGAIN, ANY ANY ACTIONS TO TO THAT RESOLUTION COUNCIL WILL HAVE TO TAKE COUNCIL ACTION FOR CHANGES OF THAT.

BUT AGAIN, THAT IS THE WHOLE BASIS OF TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION.

WHAT WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF THE PROPOSITION WOULD FAIL THE RESOLUTION WILL BE A VERY IMPORTANT DOCUMENT TO ATTACH TO THAT PROPOSITION.

WE HAVE MR. CLARK CAMPBELL FROM MCCALL, PARKHURST AND HORTON, WHICH IS THE CITY'S BOND COUNSEL.

IF Y'ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR ONE, WE COULD ANSWER OR I COULD CONTINUE WITH WITH THE PRESENTATION.

BUT THAT'S THAT'S IN ESSENCE WHAT WE WOULD NEED TO DO IN REGARDS TO THAT RESOLUTION.

I WAS JUST GOING TO INDICATE THAT OUR RECOMMENDATION IS TO PUT THIS ON THE AGENDA FOR THE 7TH, AS WELL AS THE ITEM TO ORDINANCE TO CALL THE ELECTION.

SO YOU WOULD HAVE TWO ITEMS RELATED TO THE BONDS AT YOUR NEXT MEETING AND ORDERS TO CALL THE ELECTION IN THIS RESOLUTION THAT MARTIN'S DESCRIBED FOR YOU.

SO HOPEFULLY THAT MAKES SENSE.

I BELIEVE WE'RE ON THE LINE TOGETHER ON THIS, AREN'T WE? SO I WANT TO BE SURE ABOUT THIS.

WE ARE GOING TO PLACE THE NAMES OF THE STREETS THAT WE'RE GOING TO IMPROVE ON THIS BALLOT. IS THAT CORRECT? WE ARE GOING TO PUT THE RECOMMENDATION RIGHT NOW IS IS NOT TO PUT THEM IN THE BALLOT, BUT TO CREATE A RESOLUTION THAT WILL LIST THOSE PROJECTS AS PART OF THAT CONTRACT WITH THE VOTERS THAT WILL APPLY TO THAT PROPOSITION IF THE PROPOSITION PASSES.

IF THE PROPOSITION DOES NOT PASS, THEN THAT RESOLUTION WE WILL NOT BE ALLOWED OR THE CITY WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO ISSUE COS ON THOSE PARTICULAR PROJECTS THAT WERE LISTED IN THE RESOLUTION. I GET WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, BUT IN THE BALLOT PART, WE ARE NOT GOING TO LIST THE STREET NAMES. NO.

MARTIN, CAN WE GO BACK? CAN YOU GO BACK SO YOU CAN SHOW THEM EXACTLY BECAUSE WHEN A VOTER COMES TO VOTE I THINK WHAT RONNIE IS ASKING WHERE YOU SEE THE LINE SAYS PROPOSITION A EVERYTHING BELOW THAT IS WHAT THE VOTER WILL SEE WHEN THEY HAVE THE BALLOT IN FRONT OF THEM.

HOWEVER, I AM LEGALLY REQUIRED TO LIST THE THE ACTUAL ORDINANCE THAT CALLS THIS ELECTION AT THE POLLING PLACE PROMINENTLY DISPLAYED.

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WHEN THEY'RE WHEN THEY GRAB THEIR BALLOT AND THEY SIT DOWN TO VOTE, THEY'RE JUST GOING TO READ THAT PROPOSITION A AND THOSE LINES RIGHT THERE.

SO I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW WHEN THEY SIT DOWN, IF THEY HAVEN'T DONE THEIR RESEARCH OR THEY HAVEN'T SEEN WHEN THEY SIT DOWN TO VOTE, THAT'S THE LANGUAGE THEY SEE.

I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY WE DON'T.

I THINK WE OUGHT TO PUT THEM IN THEIR EYE LIKE WE ARE NAMING THEM, PUT THEM IN BECAUSE WE'RE TELLING THEM, WE'RE TELLING THE FOLKS WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE.

THIS IS TOO VAGUE FOR ME.

I'D LIKE TO PUT THE NAMES OF THE STREETS IN THERE THAT WE'RE GOING TO.

WE'RE GOING TO USE THE MONEY ON.

I'D ALSO LIKE FOR US TO THINK ABOUT, IS THERE SOMETHING IN THIS THING AS FAR AS THE STREETS ARE CONCERNED THAT ABSOLUTELY CAN'T WAIT THREE YEARS WHEN YOU LOOK AT THAT AND MAYBE THERE'S NOTHING.

BRYAN. I DON'T KNOW.

LET ME ANSWER THE I GUESS THE QUESTION ABOUT IS THERE ARE THINGS IN THERE THAT WE ABSOLUTELY HAVE TO HAVE.

THERE'S DEFINITELY THINGS WE RECOMMEND TO GET DONE.

AND I THINK WHAT I TALKED TO THE COUNCIL ABOUT AT THE LAST MEETING WAS IF YOU FELT LIKE THERE WERE SOME PROJECTS ON THERE THAT YOU WANTED TO PULL OFF OF THE ELECTION.

AND PERHAPS MARTIN, IF YOU COULD TAKE US BACK TO THE THE LIST OF THE PROJECTS, THERE MAY BE SOME THINGS THAT YOU FEEL LIKE OR MORE JUST MAINTENANCE RELATED THINGS THAT HAVE THEIR EXISTING STREETS, EXISTING EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE THAT YOU FELT IF YOU FEEL LIKE SOME OF THOSE JUST NEED TO BE INCLUDED WITH COS IF THE COUNCIL WOULD ISSUE, WE CAN DO THAT.

SO AN EXAMPLE OF THAT WOULD BE THE NEIGHBORHOOD STREETS.

IT'S AN EXISTING ASSET THAT WE HAVE WE'RE SIMPLY JUST REPLACING THOSE.

THOSE ARE THINGS THAT YOU COULD PULL OUT IF YOU FELT LIKE PERHAPS THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL IMPROVEMENTS RELATED TO ONE SEVENTY FOUR WERE THINGS THAT YOU FELT LIKE THIS HAD TO HAPPEN, THAT YOU DIDN'T WANT TO TAKE THAT TO VOTERS, YOU COULD DO THAT AS WELL.

BUT POTENTIALLY YOU COULD HAVE THE NEW INFRASTRUCTURE THAT EXPANSIONS OF ROADS, THOSE KINDS OF THINGS THAT WOULD BE SEPARATE.

THE BOND COMMITTEE HAD ALL THOSE DISCUSSIONS, AND THIS IS THEIR RECOMMENDATION, BUT THE COUNCIL CAN MAKE ANY CHANGES TO IT THAT THAT YOU'D LIKE.

SO THAT WOULD BE THAT PIECE OF IT.

AND I KNOW WITH MR. KIMBALL, WE HAD TALKED ABOUT AN OPTION OF PUTTING ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE IN THE ACTUAL ORDINANCE ITSELF. BOND COUNSEL DOES NOT RECOMMEND THAT IF MY IF I'M CORRECT ON THAT, BUT THEY COULD PERHAPS WALK YOU THROUGH WHY THEY WOULDN'T RECOMMEND HAVING THAT SPECIFIC LANGUAGE IN THERE. SO CLARK, IF YOU DON'T MIND, I THINK IT PROBABLY BE GOOD FOR YOU TO MENTION SOME OF THOSE REASONS TO THE COUNCIL.

IT JUST COMES DOWN TO FLEXIBILITY, SO WHEN YOU USE THE SPECIFIC STREET NAMES IN THE ORDINANCE, WHAT HAPPENS IF THOSE REMAINING PROCEEDS, SO YOU DRAW DOWN THAT MONEY AND YOU GO TO FUND ALL THOSE PROJECTS, THERE'S REMAINING PROCEEDS.

NOW YOU CAN'T USE THAT TOWARDS ANY OTHER RELATED PROJECT BECAUSE THERE ARE NO OTHER RELATED PROJECTS. YOU'RE LIMITED TO THE SPECIFIC A, B AND C PROJECTS, SO ANY REMAINING PROCEEDS IS PROBABLY GOING TO WILL NEED TO GO TO PAY DOWN DEBT SERVICE ON THE BONDS.

SO IF YOU DO COME IN UNDER BUDGET ON THOSE PROJECTS, FROM WHAT YOUR REASONABLE EXPECTATIONS WERE, YOU CAN'T THEN SAY, WELL, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE ANOTHER ROAD PROJECT WE'D LIKE TO USE THAT ON. IT'S GAME OVER ON THAT MONEY.

SO IT'S NOW GOING BACK TO PAY DEBT SERVICE ON THE BONDS AND NOT BEING USED, I GUESS, TOWARDS A MORE CONSTRUCTIVE, MORE EFFICIENT PURPOSE.

AND I THINK THE THE REASON PERHAPS THAT'S IMPORTANT IS ALL THESE ALL OF THESE NUMBERS ARE ESTIMATES. WE'VE TRIED TO COME UP WITH OUR VERY BEST ESTIMATE THAT WE COULD FOR EACH ONE OF THESE. BUT INVARIABLY SOME OF THESE ARE GOING TO BE HIGHER AND LOWER THAN THE NUMBERS THAT WE HAVE REPRESENTED HERE.

SO THAT.

EXACTLY. AND SO WHEN YOU'RE DRAWING DOWN, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU I'M ASSUMING YOU'RE GOING TO DO THIS OVER TIME IN SEPARATE ISSUANCES.

BUT WHEN YOU DO A $10 MILLION BOND AND YOU COME IN, YOU KNOW, EIGHT HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS UNDER BUDGET, YOU DON'T WANT TO BE FRUSTRATED WITH THAT EXTRA EIGHT HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS AND SAY, WELL, NOW WE JUST HAVE TO USE THIS TO PAY DOWN DEBT SERVICE INSTEAD OF YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO FIND A MORE EFFICIENT OR CONSTRUCTIVE USE FOR THAT FOR THOSE PROCEEDS SINCE YOU'VE ALREADY BORROWED THEM.

AND THAT'S JUST OUR RECOMMENDATION IS THAT IF YOU WANT TO HAVE THE MORE FLEXIBILITY THAN YOU WOULD WANT TO PUT IT IN THIS RESOLUTION SO THAT YOU CAN TRY AND FIND A WAY TO USE THAT CAPITAL EFFICIENTLY.

IS THERE A IS THERE A POSSIBILITY I UNDERSTAND WHAT WHAT RONNIE'S TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE CITIZENS NEED TO KNOW WHAT WE'RE DOING.

TRACKABLE. I UNDERSTAND THE FLEXIBILITY WE HAVE WITH THE RESOLUTION.

IS THERE A MIX OF THE TWO WHERE WE CAN HAVE THE PROJECT WITH TERMINOLOGY SAYING THAT ANY EXCESS CAN GO TO OTHER PROJECTS OR.

NO SIR. THAT'S WHERE IT'S A IT'S A UNIQUE ISSUE WHEN IT COMES TO ELECTIONS, AND IT'S A VERY FINE HAIR THAT SPLIT.

BUT IT'S ONE THAT HAS A CLEAR DISTINCTION AS FAR AS WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT ISSUING COS LATER ON DOWN THE ROAD.

IF BY DOING IT WITH THE RESOLUTION, YOU YOU CAN PROTECT THE CITY IN FUTURE CO ISSUANCES,

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I MEAN, I'M IN FAVOR OF THE RESOLUTION SIMPLY BECAUSE OF THE FLEXIBILITY.

BUT THEN AGAIN, I'M MINDFUL OF THE FACT OF INFLATION IS COMING.

I DON'T THINK WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT ANY OVERAGES.

SO WHICH WAY YOU WANT TO GO RONNIE? WELL, I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, BUT WHAT WE'VE DONE IS COMMITTED TO DO THESE PROJECTS RIGHT HERE.

AND SO WE'RE SAYING BECAUSE THERE MIGHT BE AN OVERAGE, THEN LET'S JUST MAKE A GENERALIZATION HERE.

WE'LL SEE THAT PART OF IT BOTHERS ME BECAUSE WE'RE COMMITTED TO DO THESE PROJECTS RIGHT BRYAN THESE PROJECTS IN FRONT OF US RIGHT HERE.

SO WHY ARE WE SO WORRIED ABOUT OVERAGES AND DOING OTHER THINGS, I'M NOT WORRIED ABOUT THAT. I'M WORRIED ABOUT THESE RIGHT HERE.

LET ME INTERJECT SOMETHING, IF YOU DON'T MIND.

THIS IS A MULTIYEAR PROGRAM AND YOU KNOW, STREET PRIORITIZATION AND PROJECT PRIORITIZATION CHANGES THROUGH TIME WITH CHANGES IN CIRCUMSTANCES, WITH DEVELOPMENT, WITH VARIOUS THINGS.

I THINK THIS IS I THINK IT'S FAIR TO THE PUBLIC TO STATE CLEARLY THAT THESE ARE THE PROJECTS ON WHICH WE BASE THE AMOUNT THAT WE'RE SEEKING.

BUT I THINK TO COMMIT OURSELVES TO BUILDING THESE PARTICULAR PROJECTS.

IT COULD WELL BE THAT BY THE TIME THESE THINGS GET DESIGNED, CIRCUMSTANCES HAVE CHANGED.

THE NEED MAY BE DIFFERENT.

IT MAY BE MORE OR LESS ANOTHER NEED MAY ARISE ABOVE THAT.

I THINK I THINK WHAT WE'RE REALLY ASKING THE VOTERS TO TO AGREE TO IS THAT WE WANT TO MAKE STREET IMPROVEMENTS AND WE WANT TO GO INTO DEBT TO DO THAT, I WOULD RATHER KEEP IT MORE GENERAL TO GET THE VOTERS OPINION AS TO WHETHER THEY THINK THE CITY SHOULD TAKE ON THE DEBT OR NOT, AND LET THE INDIVIDUAL PROJECTS YIELD TO OUR BETTER DISCRETION AT THE TIME WE'RE READY TO GO OUT FOR BIDS AND SIGN A CONTRACT.

THAT'S WHERE I CAN. I HAVE A AMANDA.

IF WE HAD, I'M VERY RESPECTFUL OF EVERYTHING I WAS SAYING.

CITIZENS NEED TO KNOW.

THEY NEED TO KNOW HOW WE'RE SPENDING THEIR MONEY.

AND I LIKE THE RESOLUTION.

IS THERE ANY WAY TO TAKE THIS AND AT THE POLLING PLACE LIST OF PROJECTS, THAT'S GOT THE PRIORITY. SO I CAN LIST THE PROJECTS ALONG WITH EVERYTHING ELSE THAT'S LEGALLY REQUIRED TO BE PLACED INSIDE A POLLING PLACE.

I CANNOT PUT THOSE PROJECTS INSIDE THEIR VOTING BOOTH WHEN THEY'RE VOTING.

THERE ARE SPECIFIC LEGAL REQUIREMENTS OF POSTINGS THAT I'VE PUT IN THAT, SO THERE'S GOING TO BE ALL KINDS OF VOTER RIGHTS, THAT KIND OF STUFF.

BUT WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT IS WHEN A VOTER COMES INTO A POLLING PLACE, THEY'RE GOING TO BE MULTIPLE SIGNS.

THERE'S GOING TO BE A WAY TO TELL THEM IF THESE ARE THE IDS YOU NEED.

HERE'S WHAT'S ALLOWED IN THE POLLING PLACE.

HERE'S IF YOU HAVE A VOTER COMPLAINT.

THIS IS WHERE THIS GOES.

IT'S GOING TO BE A LIST OF THE ORDINANCE IS GOING TO BE POSTED.

THE RESOLUTION, LIKE I SAID, I CAN POST THAT THAT LIST THE ACTUAL PROJECTS, BUT I CANNOT.

ONCE YOU GET IN THERE, POST ANY KIND OF MARKETING STUFF THAT WE WOULD WANT TO DO OR ANYTHING BEYOND THAT.

AND WHEN THE VOTER COMES IN AND WE QUALIFY THAT VOTER AND WE GIVE THEM THE BALLOT, THE BALLOT LANGUAGE, THAT'S WHAT THEY'LL HAVE IN FRONT OF THEM.

SO IT DEPENDS ON THE VOTER WHEN THEY COME IN, IF THEY ARE READING THE WALL AS THEY COME IN OR THEY'RE NOT, THERE'LL BE SAMPLE BALLOTS OUT THERE.

I MEAN, THERE'S ALL KINDS OF I MEAN, I THINK YOU GUYS HAVE SEEN THE POSTING.

I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY TIMES YOU'VE EVEN READ ANY OF THE STUFF THAT I HAVE POSTED UP THERE. IT'S ALL REQUIRED, BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT YOU'RE READING.

STREETS THAT ARE BEING ADDRESSED.

WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE IF NOT WITHIN THE ENTRANCE, THEN RIGHT OUTSIDE THE ENTRANCE TO THE VOTING AREA TO TAKE LIKE A VERY BLOWN UP PORTION OF THE RESOLUTION THAT DOESN'T ADVOCATE ANYTHING, IT SIMPLY LISTS THE STREET PROJECTS AND THE DOLLAR FIGURES AND POST IT.

SO IS NOT LIKE A SHEET OF TYPED PAPER THAT SOMEONE MAY NOT READ, BUT A BLOW UP AS THEY WALK IN. THEY CAN LOOK AT IT AND GO, THESE ARE THE STREETS.

YES AND NO.

SO I WILL BE ABLE TO DO THAT, BUT IT'LL BE WITHIN A CERTAIN DISTANCE FROM WHEN THEY COME IN TO CHECK IN. WHAT I'M SAYING TO YOU IS IF YOU'VE EVER BEEN TO GO VOTE SOMEWHERE.

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WE WON'T EVER POINT ANYBODY TO THAT.

THAT'S NOT WHAT WE'RE THERE TO DO.

AND THEN WITHIN THE HUNDRED FEET, YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE NOT LIKE ADVOCATING.

I GET WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.

I CAN ABSOLUTELY PUT SOMETHING OUT THERE, BUT I'M TRYING TO ADDRESS WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON IS REALLY GETTING AT IS THAT HOW ARE WE STILL INFORMING THE VOTERS WHEN THEY COME TO VOTE, NOT WHEN BEFOREHAND, BECAUSE NOT EVERY VOTER DOES THAT.

SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE IT EXTREMELY CLEAR OF WHAT A VOTER HAS IN THEIR HANDS ONCE THEY COME IN THERE, YOU KNOW, AND THEY PASS BY, IT'S GOING TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, I CAN POST IT UP ON A SIGN, I CAN POST IT UP ON A WALL.

THIS IS A COPY OF THE RESOLUTION.

I CAN BLOW UP THE ORDINANCE.

I CAN BLOW UP ALMOST ANYTHING WE WANT AS LONG AS IT'S NOT ADVOCATING.

OF COURSE, IT'S JUST FACTUAL.

BUT I'M NOT GOING TO GO OUT THERE AND POINT OUT, YOU NEED TO READ THIS BEFORE YOU COME IN AND VOTE.

GO AHEAD. I'M SORRY. IS IT POSSIBLE TO HAVE AN INFORMATIONAL PAMPHLET STAND OUT THERE WHERE SOMEBODY COULD IF THEY WANT TO TAKE THAT INTO THE BOOTH WITH THEM? NO, THEY CANNOT TAKE ANYTHING IN THE BOOTH WITH THEM.

WELL, THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT, BUT I WANTED TO JUST DOUBLE CHECK.

NOT THAT THEY CAN'T. IF YOU CAN TAKE A PIECE OF PAPER IN THERE, IF YOU WANT TO WITH YOU, A VOTER CAN, BUT THEY CAN'T TAKE IN ANYTHING THAT HAS TO DO WITH THOSE BONDS EITHER WAY, IT'S KIND OF LIKE WHERE THEY CAN'T TAKE IN WITH THEM, YOU KNOW, A VOTE FOR WHOEVER YOU KNOW, VOTE AGAINST OR FOR.

SO I JUST WANT TO DOUBLE CHECK.

I WANTED TO MAKE SURE BECAUSE IF IT'S JUST STRAIGHT INFORMATION IS THE ONLY REASON I WAS ASKING. NO OUTSIDE THE HUNDRED FEET.

IF SOMEBODY WANTS TO SIT OUT THERE WITH PAMPHLETS OUTSIDE THE HUNDRED FEET, IF THE BOND COMMITTEE MEMBERS WANT TO WORK THE POLLS, THEY CAN DO THAT.

IT'LL BE OUTSIDE THE HUNDRED FEET.

BUT REMEMBER, NOW THAT WE'VE CHANGED THE WAY THAT WE'RE DOING THAT, SO VOTERS ARE GOING TO BE PARKING INSIDE THAT HUNDRED FEET, GETTING OUT OF THEIR CAR AND GOING IN TO VOTE SO.

SO I WAS GOING TO ADD THE PAMPHLET THAT YOU MENTIONED, WE WILL BE WORKING WITH BOND COUNSEL AND OUR STAFF TO PREPARE SOME BOND INFORMATION MATERIALS FOR THE PUBLIC AND THAT WILL BE ON OUR WEBSITE.

WE WILL HAVE A TRI FOLD SIMPLE VERSION OF IT AND A MORE DETAILED EXPLANATION OF ALL THE PROJECTS AND THAT WILL BE ON THE WEBSITE.

AND WE'LL ALSO HAVE PRINTED VERSIONS OF THOSE THAT WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC.

BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT, AS AMANDA IS POINTING OUT, THAT'S NOT ALLOWED IN THE POLLING PLACE ITSELF, SO IT'S A GOOD CONVERSATION OF HOW THE COUNCIL WOULD WANT TO DO IT.

I DEFINITELY THINK THERE'S PROS AND CONS OF BOTH APPROACH, AND WE'RE JUST LOOKING FOR DIRECTION OF WHAT YOU'D LIKE TO SEE ON THE MAY 7TH.

EXCUSE ME, NOT MAY 7TH, THAT'S THE ELECTION, BUT FEBRUARY 7TH MEETING TO CALL THE ACTUAL ORDINANCE. WELL, MY WHOLE POINT, AMANDA, IS THAT WE DO GET THE INFORMATION.

I WANT THE FOLKS TO SEE IT.

IF WE DO INDEED DO IT THE WAY YOU HAVE PROPOSED, EVERY OPPORTUNITY SHOULD BE GIVEN FOR THE FOLKS TO SEE WHAT WE'RE DOING.

THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT.

IT'S A LOT OF MONEY WE'RE IN.

THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS I LIKE ABOUT THIS COUNCIL IS WE'VE REALLY OPENED UP TO THE CITIZENS TO GET THAT THING IN THE OPEN.

SO WHEN WE HAVE THIS RESOLUTION, WHERE IS IT AVAILABLE TO THE CITIZENS TO SAY, I WANT IT, I WANT OUR LIST ON THERE AND THEN BIG LETTERS, ANY FUNDS WILL BE USED IN INFRASTRUCTURES SIMILAR TO THIS, WHAT WE'RE DOING.

I MEAN, HOW DO YOU WORD THAT? WELL, IT'S GOING TO BE IN THE PAMPHLET.

IT'S GOING TO BE THE RESOLUTION IS PROBABLY GOING TO BE POSTED AS PART OF THE BOND WEBSITE PROGRAM.

THE COMMUNICATIONS TO EVERYBODY IN REGARDS TO WHAT THAT WHAT IS ACTUALLY INCLUDED IN THAT PROPOSITION IS PRETTY MUCH THE COMMUNICATION OUT THERE.

IT'LL BE IN ALL THE PACKETS, IN THE PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS.

IT WILL BE EVERYWHERE. OK.

WE DO THIS IF YOU HAD TO PUT THE WHOLE BOND PACKAGE DOWN THERE.

I WANT A READER'S DIGEST VERSION OF THIS THAT PEOPLE WILL ACTUALLY READ THE WHOLE THING.

NOT SOMETHING HAS TO BE SO WORDY AND EVERYTHING, BUT I'M ON BOARD WITH RONNIE.

WE NEED TO BE TRANSPARENT, BUT WE NEED THAT FLEXIBILITY ON THIS MONEY BECAUSE WE'VE GOT OTHER PROJECTS COULD BE REPAIRED AND STUFF OF THAT NATURE THAT COULD GET DONE.

WHERE DO YOU STAND, JIM? I AGREE, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE GET ENOUGH INFORMATION OUT THERE.

I'M HOPEFUL THAT THE VOTERS AREN'T MAKING THEIR DECISION AT THE VOTING BOOTH IS WHAT I HOPE. I HOPE WE GET ENOUGH INFORMATION OUT AHEAD OF TIME THAT PEOPLE ARE EDUCATED LONG BEFORE THEY GET THERE. THAT'S JUST MY THINKING.

I AGREE. I AGREE WITH WHAT HAS BEEN SAID.

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WELL, I THINK WE ARE ALL TOGETHER ON THE RESOLUTION.

THE SECOND ITEM WAS IN REGARDS TO THE PUBLIC SAFETY.

PROPOSITION AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WERE ABLE TO FIND OUT THIS WEEK FROM THE ATTORNEY GENERAL IS THE ATTORNEY GENERAL DID GIVE US THE THE AUTHORIZATION TO PUT ALL OF THE PROPOSITION B POLICE AND FIRE INTO ONE PROPOSITION.

SO WE'RE GOING TO APPROACH THAT GOING FORWARD.

SO WE WILL HAVE TWO PROPOSITIONS.

PROPOSITION A WILL DEAL WITH THE STREETS INFRASTRUCTURE AND PROPOSITION B WILL BE FOR THE PUBLIC SAFETY, BOTH FOR POLICE AND FIRE.

SO AT THAT POINT, THESE OTHER SLIDES WERE KIND OF TALKING ABOUT HOW WE WERE GOING TO SPLIT THAT. WE DON'T NEED TO TALK ABOUT THAT.

IT'S PRETTY MUCH OUR FIRST OPTION.

WE WERE DOING IS COMBINING THE PUBLIC SAFETY AS ONE PROPOSITION.

SO AND AGAIN, FOR THE NEXT STEPS IN CALLING THE BOARD ELECTION AGAIN, IT IS.

IT IS BETWEEN FEBRUARY 7TH AND FEBRUARY 18TH FOR A MAY 7TH ELECTION.

SO RIGHT NOW, STAFF WILL BE BRINGING IN THAT ORDINANCE ON FEBRUARY 7TH.

THAT IS THAT IS THE THE PLAN.

I THINK THAT'S ALSO WHERE THEIR PACKAGES, THE PACKETS PROVIDED.

YES, THEY WERE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WANTED TO ADD WAS THERE IS SOME DOCUMENTATION THAT WAS PROVIDED FROM BOND COUNSEL.

TALK ABOUT THE DO'S AND DON'TS.

WAS THERE? WAS THERE A PACKET? NO. NO, NO, I DIDN'T RECEIVE ANYTHING.

I'LL PRINT A COUPLE UP JUST NOW AND HAND THEM OUT TO COUNCIL AND I'LL EMAIL THEM TO THE COUNCIL. AND ONE OF THE THINGS TO YOU IS I KNOW WE HAD TALKED ABOUT WHAT EXACTLY IS THAT PROCESS AFTER THE ELECTION IS CALLED WHAT ARE THE DOS? WHAT ARE THE DON'TS? WHAT IS THE PROTOCOL? IF YOU ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS RIGHT NOW, IF THEY COME TO MIND.

BOND COUNSEL IS PRESENT THAT COULD ALSO PROVIDE ALLEN IS AVAILABLE TO.

BUT I THINK THAT'S AN IMPORTANT ASPECT TOO, BECAUSE ONCE WE CALL THE ELECTION, THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT STAFF AND THE COUNCIL CANNOT DO, AND THERE'S SOME THINGS THEY CAN DO.

AND SO THERE'S THAT FINE LINE BETWEEN THE TWO THINGS AND JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE IF YOU ALL HAD ANY QUESTIONS IN REGARDS TO THAT.

OK. AND THAT'S THE END OF MY PRESENTATION.

THANK YOU. STILL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT EXITS AS I WAS STANDING UP HERE JUST, YOU KNOW, MICHAEL IS MY PRESENTATION PULLED UP.

THANK YOU. SO THAT BRINGS US TO ITEM 3B, RECEIVE A REPORT, HOLD A DISCUSSION AND PROVIDE STAFF DIRECTION ON THE MAY 7 2022 ELECTION ORDER.

AND TODAY'S STAFF PRESENTER IS MYSELF, AMANDA CAMPOS.

SURE. OK, I MEAN, CAN I ASK YOU A QUESTION ON THE ITEMS ON THE MARTIN JUST PRESENTED THE LINE ITEMS ARE YOU'RE GOING TO IN THE TIME FRAME, WE'LL BE ABLE TO ACCESS EACH ONE OF THOSE JOBS TO JESSE.

JESSE, THE LINE ITEMS ON THE BOND PACKAGE, THEY'LL YEAH, THAT'LL BE ON THE 311 DEAL WON'T IT? OK, THANK YOU. I'M SORRY.

THAT'S OK. SO LET'S TALK ABOUT THE CONTENT OF THE ELECTION ORDER, SO THE ACTUAL FORMAL

[B. Receive a report, hold a discussion and provide staff direction on the May 7, 2022 elections order. (Staff Presenter: Amanda Campos, City Secretary)]

YOU HAVE TO STATE THE NATURE OF THE ELECTION, THE DATE OF THE ELECTION, THE OFFICE OR THE MEASURE, THE LOCATION OF THE MAIN EARLY VOTING PLACE, THE LOCATION OF ALL THE POLLING PLACES, THE EARLY VOTING CLERKS, OFFICIAL MAILING ADDRESS DATES FOR APPLYING FOR A MAIL BALLOT AND DATES OF EARLY VOTING BY PERSONAL APPEARANCE AND THE ANNUAL BALLOTS BY MAIL, THE BALLOTS BY MAIL AND THE FEDERAL POSTCARD DEADLINES.

AND I'VE GOT THOSE.

SO A LOT OF THAT I'M TAKING CARE OF JUST BY NATURE, JUST BY OUR DISCUSSION.

THOSE ARE ALREADY IN THERE.

THEY'RE KIND OF NOT JUST LIKE WE TALKED ABOUT THE BALLOT LANGUAGE RIGHT NOW, SO THAT'S KIND OF ALREADY SET.

SO THE CONTENTS THAT WE'VE SAID ARE THE NATURE OF IT, THE DATE, THE LOCATION, YOU GUYS PICK THE LOCATION LAST TIME.

SO THAT'S ALREADY SET AND MY OFFICIAL ADDRESS IS ALWAYS GOING TO BE THE SAME OFFICIAL ADDRESS. SO THIS MORNING, WHAT WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT IS HOURS OF EARLY VOTING BECAUSE THERE HAVE BEEN SOME CHANGES, ADDITIONAL NOTICES OF ELECTION RESULTS, BECAUSE THAT'S

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AND THEN THE NUMBER OF CLERKS AND WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT ON THE NUMBER OF CLERKS IS THE MINIMUM NUMBER OF CLERKS.

SO LET'S TALK ABOUT THE HOURS OF EARLY VOTING.

IT HAS TO START THE 12TH DAY BEFORE THE ELECTION, WHICH IS APRIL 25TH, AND IT MUST END THE FOURTH DAY BEFORE ELECTION DAY.

SO IF YOU'LL SEE THERE, THAT'S MAY 3RD.

VOTING HOURS. NOW THE THEY'VE ACTUALLY PUT IT INTO LAW, ALTHOUGH IT WAS ALWAYS BEEN OUR PRACTICE TO HAVE NINE HOURS A DAY FOR EACH WEEKDAY.

NOW THEY'VE SAID THAT IT'S BETWEEN SIX AND 10 AND NO WEEKENDS ARE REQUIRED, BUT YOU CAN CALL WEEKEND IF YOU WANT TO.

AND REMEMBER, THEY'VE REMOVED THE TWO 12 HOUR DAYS THAT WE NORMALLY WOULD HAVE.

SO WHEN I WAS THINKING ABOUT THIS AND GOING THROUGH THIS, I'M TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE MAKING IT AS LEAST COMPLICATED AS POSSIBLE.

SO MESSAGE IS VERY CLEAR, VERY CONSISTENT AND VERY UNIFORM.

SO WHAT I WOULD RECOMMEND TO THIS COUNCIL IS NOT TO HAVE THE TWO 12 HOUR DAYS ON THE MONDAY AND TUESDAY, BUT TO HAVE VOTING NINE HOURS A DAY, EIGHT TO FIVE MONDAY, THE 25TH OF APRIL THROUGH MAY 3RD.

THAT INCLUDES SATURDAY AND SUNDAY.

SO NORMALLY WE DON'T DO VOTING ON SUNDAY, AND NORMALLY SATURDAY IS A TRUNCATED HOURS NINE TO THREE, NINE TO TWO SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

I JUST FEEL LIKE IF WE COULD GET THE MESSAGE OUT AND SAY EARLY VOTING IS EIGHT TO FIVE APRIL 25TH THROUGH MAY 3RD, THEN I THINK IT'S A MORE CONSISTENT MESSAGE OUT THERE AND A LITTLE BIT EASIER TO DO SO IF YOU THINK ABOUT WHAT WE DID LAST TIME EARLY VOTING WAS EIGHT TO FIVE MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

SATURDAY WAS NINE TO THREE, NO VOTING ON SUNDAY AND THEN MONDAY AND TUESDAY, WITH SEVEN TO SEVEN. SO IF YOU LOOK AT THAT, THAT'S THREE DIFFERENT TIME FRAMES THAT THEY'RE TRYING TO REMEMBER WHEN IS VOTING GOING ON? IF THIS COUNCIL SETS IT FOR EIGHT TO FIVE, THAT'S NINE HOURS A DAY THROUGH THE WHOLE VOTING PERIOD.

I THINK YOU JUST PERSONALLY, I JUST LIKE THAT MESSAGE A LITTLE BIT BETTER.

IT'S DOESN'T HAVE A LOT OF CONFUSION.

WE ALSO DID CHANGE THE LOCATION, SO WE'RE GOING TO BE THAT MESSAGE NEEDS TO JUST BE OUT THERE UNIFORMLY. SO I'LL OPEN IT UP TO THE COUNCIL TO DISCUSS HOW THEY FEEL ABOUT THAT.

I THINK EVERYBODY HERE IS GOING TO FOLLOW YOUR LEAD, AMANDA.

WHAT THE SIMPLIFICATION OF THE THAT'S THE WAY TO GO.

ANYBODY HAVE ANY OTHER COMMENTS? I THINK WE ACTUALLY ARE ALLOWING PEOPLE MORE TIME TO VOTE ON A NON WEEKDAY WHERE THEY WOULD NORMALLY HAVE TO WORK, SO I THINK WE CAPTURE A LOT MORE THERE IF WE DO THAT.

SO OK, WE'LL GO FORWARD WITH THAT.

SO THERE ARE SOME REQUIRED POSTING RESULTS.

SO THIS YEAR THEY PUT IN ON THE INTERNET.

THERE'S SOME POSTING REQUIREMENTS THERE.

PARTIAL RESULTS CAN BE SAID AFTER EARLY AFTER ELECTION DAY.

I'M SORRY ON ELECTION DAY.

AFTER SEVEN P.M., WE CAN START GIVING OUT PRELIMINARY NUMBERS.

I THINK YOU SEE THE COUNTIES DO THAT.

WE HAVE NEVER DONE THAT TYPICALLY BECAUSE WE ARE NOT READY AT SEVEN O'CLOCK FROM THE EARLY VOTING BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE AS MANY PEOPLE AS THE COUNTY DOES TO DO THAT.

THE OTHER THING THAT YOU'LL NOTICE IS THAT I DON'T KNOW THAT EVERYBODY KNOWS THIS, BUT THE COUNTY WILL START.

THEY ARE ALLOWED TO START NOT COUNTING, BUT ORGANIZING THEIR BALLOTS FOR A CENTRAL COUNTING STATION, WHICH IS WHAT THEY USE.

SO WHEN WHEN THE POLLS START OPENING ON SEVEN A.M.

ON ELECTION DAY, THEY GO BACK THERE AND START COUNTING.

SO MOST TIMES THEY'RE DONE WITH THEIR EARLY VOTING COUNTING WHEN THE WHEN THE ELECTION STOPS AT SEVEN P.M., WE'RE NOT WE DON'T GO BACK THERE BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF ELECTION WORKERS LIKE THEY DO.

SO I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'D BE ABLE TO DO THE PARTIAL RESULTS.

I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH BENEFIT THAT WOULD BE AT THIS POINT.

AND THEN, OF COURSE, WE CAN TALK ABOUT CANVASING.

WHAT I WANTED TO SAY IS THAT THE REQUIREMENTS IS ONLY TO PUT IT ON THE WEBSITE AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.

THERE IS NO REQUIREMENT FOR ANY ANNOUNCEMENT OUTSIDE THE POLLING LOCATION.

THAT'S JUST KIND OF TRADITION THAT WE'VE DONE WHERE I GO OUT THERE OR THE MAYOR GOES OUT THERE AND READS THE RESULTS OF THE ELECTION SINCE WE WILL BE OVER THERE AT THE SENIOR CITIZEN CENTER.

I DIDN'T KNOW HOW COUNCIL WANTED TO HANDLE THAT.

I'M SURE I WAS GOING TO COORDINATE WITH DIANNA ON GETTING OUT RESULTS ALSO THAT EVENING THROUGH PUSHING IT THROUGH FACEBOOK.

WE'LL HAVE A BOND PAGE, THAT KIND OF STUFF.

AND THEN, OF COURSE, ON MY ELECTION PAGE, I'LL POST THE RESULTS, BUT I DIDN'T KNOW IF COUNCIL HAD ANY OTHER THINGS THEY WOULD LIKE ME TO DO ON ANNOUNCING THE RESULTS ON ELECTION NIGHT. I DON'T KNOW.

WE KIND OF GOT BLINDSIDED ON THE POSSIBILITIES ON THAT, MAYBE A A LITTLE VIDEO WITH

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I DON'T KNOW. WE COULD.

I MEAN, I COULD DO A FACEBOOK LIVE WHEN THE RESULTS COME IN, POST THEM ON THE INTERNET AND THEN JUST DO A QUICK FACEBOOK LIVE COORDINATE WITH DEANNA AND COLIN.

JUST DO A LITTLE VIDEO OUT THERE AND AND DO THAT MIGHT BE GOOD.

I MEAN, I'M USED TO BEING ON FACEBOOK LIVE OR ON ELECTION NIGHT.

IT'S KIND OF BEEN THE TRADITION, HASN'T IT? I GUESS.

NOT MY CHOICE. I'M NOT ON FACEBOOK LIVE, BUT PEOPLE FILMED ME ALL THE TIME.

YOU ARE BETTER LOOKING ANYBODY UP HERE TODAY? OK, THANK YOU.

LET'S CONSIDER THAT LET'S GET A POST ON FACEBOOK AND OUT THAT WAY.

ANYBODY ELSE GOT ANY SUGGESTIONS? WE'RE GOOD. OK.

SO NUMBER OF CLERKS, SO THERE IS A REQUIREMENT FOR A NUMBER OF CLERKS, WE HAVE TO HAVE OUR PRESIDING ELECTION JUDGE, AN ALTERNATE JUDGE FOR ELECTION DAY, WE'D HAVE TO HAVE ONE MORE PERSON.

SO IT'S THE PRESIDING JUDGE AND TWO MORE ELECTION CLERKS AND THEN ONE CLERK MUST BE BILINGUAL. SO IN THE ORDER, I WILL STATE THAT WE'RE GOING TO NAME HILDA ROBINSON AS PRESIDING JUDGE, WHO HAS BEEN OUR PRESIDING JUDGE FOR THE PAST FIVE YEARS AND THEN LINDA HAYES AS OUR ALTERNATE JUDGE WHO HAS BEEN OUR ALTERNATE JUDGE ACTUALLY FOR THE LAST 10 YEARS. SHE NEVER WANTS TO MOVE UP TO PRESIDING.

I KEEP TRYING TO CONVINCE HER.

SO WE'LL HAVE THOSE TWO SET.

AND THEN I WOULD ASK COUNCIL TO AUTHORIZE HILDA TO APPOINT AT LEAST FOUR MORE CLERKS, I THINK SHE'S KIND OF PROBABLY NEED MORE.

IF WE'D SET A MINIMUM OF FOUR THE PRESIDING JUDGE, AN ALTERNATE JUDGE AND FOUR MORE THAN I THINK WE'RE SET FOR THAT.

COUNCIL. YOU NEED DIRECTION ON THAT.

JUST THAT, YOU GUYS AGREE THAT FOR A MINIMUM OF FOUR IS AUTHORIZED IN THE ORDER.

WE BOND ALL THESE PEOPLE, RIGHT? SO. YES, SIR. YES, SIR, WE WILL BOND THEM.

YES. ANYBODY OPPOSED? OK. OK. SO WHEN YOU SEE THE ELECTION ORDER ON THE 7TH, IT'LL INCORPORATE EVERYTHING THAT WE JUST TALKED ABOUT. EXCELLENT.

ALL RIGHT. THAT'S ALL I HAD.

THANK YOU, MA'AM. YOU'RE WELCOME, AND WE HAVE NO OTHER ITEMS ON THE AGENDA TO CONSIDER.

SO MAYOR, IF YOU WILL CALL FOR A MOTION FOR ADJOURNMENT, A SECOND AND NO VOTE.

IS THERE A MOTION? THANK YOU.

I GOT A MOTION BY DAN A SECOND BY RICK THIS TIME.

WE'RE OUT OF HERE AT 10:47.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.