[CALL TO ORDER]
[00:00:16]
>>> LORD WE ARE SO GRATEFUL FOR THE RAIN YOU SENT OVERNIGHT AND LOOKING FOR RAIN THE NEXT FEW NIGHTS, GRATEFUL FOR THE WAY YOU HAVE WITH PHYSICAL RESOURCES AND WITH PEOPLE, PEOPLE TO HELP EACH OTHER AND I PRAY THAT YOU BE WITH US THIS MORNING AND WE CAN HAVE DISCERNMENT AND WISDOM IN WHAT WE DO AND YOUR HAND WOULD GUIDE US IN JESUS NAME AMEN.
>> I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. I HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE TEXAS ONE STATE UNDER GOD
ONE AND INDIVISIBLE. >> WILL NOW MOVE TO THE PUBLIC
[PUBLIC COMMENTS]
COMMENT PERIOD, THERE WILL BE NO VOTES OR FORMAL ACTION TAKEN ON SUBJECTS DURING PUBLIC COMMENT, THIS PERIOD ALLOWS MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO PRESENT IDEAS AND INFORMATION TO CITY OFFICIALS AND STAFF, PLEASE COME FORWARD AND STATE YOUR NAME AND THE CITYYOU RESIDE IN FOR THE RECORD. >> GOOD MORNING MAYOR AND COUNCIL TAMMY VOGEL RESIDENT OF ABILENE I WAS GOING TO WAIT UNTIL DISCUSSION BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE INFORMATION TO PRESENT AND I'M NOT SURE IF I WILL GET A CHANCE SO I DECIDED TO GO AHEAD WITH WHAT LITTLE INFORMATION I HAVE TO KIND OF BRING BACK HOME THE FACT THAT THERE IS NO INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON TODAY AND I UNDERSTAND SPECIFICS ARE HARD, BUT AT LEAST WE KNEW THERE WERE THREE FINALISTS FOR THE LAST TWO POLICE CHIEFS AND THERE HAS BEEN MENTION OF SOMEONE BEING CONSIDERED FOR THIS POSITION BEFORE ROBERT HANNO WAS HIRED. I FEEL LIKE THERE IS A WAY TO INCLUDE US WITH INFORMATION SO WE CAN NOT BE LIKE WOW I HAVE GOT TO THE POINT OF DISCUSSING SOMEBODY AND ALSO THIS MEETING WAS NOT ADVERTISED ON THE CITY'S SOCIAL MEDIA I JUST HAPPENED TO CHECK LIKE I ALWAYS DO AND I WAS SURPRISED. LIKE I SAID I KNOW YOU CAN DO PUBLIC COMMENT BEFORE YOUR DISCUSSION, BUT AGAIN THAT COVERS BASICALLY WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO BY LAW BUT IT DOES NOT REALLY AND I KNOW I AM THE ONLY NON-CITY EMPLOYEE HERE SO IT WOULD BE ME COMMENTING BUT IT LIMITS TO HAVE DISCUSSION ABOUT THINGS YOU TALK ABOUT SEEING AS WE HAVE NO INFORMATION. IT WOULD BE HELPFUL IF YOU COULD MAKE THINGS MORE AVAILABLE AND TRANSPARENT SO WE CAN TRACK IT AND WE CAN LET CITIZENS KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON BUT RIGHT NOW THAT'S NOT THE CASE, IN MY OPINION AND THAT'S WHAT I HAVE BEEN ASKING FOR FOR QUITE A WHILE. APPRECIATE A LITTLE BIT OF DIRECTION IN THIS. FIGURE.
>> STILL IN THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO
[EXECUTIVE SESSION]
SPEAK AT THIS TIME? IT IS NOW 9:33 A.M. AND WE RECESS INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION TO THE OPENS MEETING ACT SECTION 551.074 PERSONNEL MATTERS.[RECONVENE]
[2. Oral Resolution: Receive a Report, Hold a Discussion and Public Hearing, and Take Possible Action on Appointing a City Manager]
>>> IT IS NOT 12:13 LEAD AND WE RECONVENED TO OPEN SESSION, NO VOTES OR ACTION WERE TAKEN DURING EXECUTIVE SESSION
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.