G.4 2025-004 Consider appointing a Chairperson and Vice Chairperson of the Committee; and take appropriate action.

[G.2 2025-002 Review and discussion regarding Resolution No. 2025-04-28 R10, authorizing the establishment and appointment of a Home Rule Charter Review Committee by the City Council.]

REVIEW AND DISCUSSION REGARDING RESOLUTION NUMBER 20250428 DASH OUR TEN AUTHORIZING,

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ESTABLISHMENT AND APPOINTMENT OF A HOME RULE CHARTER REVIEW COMMITTEE BY THE CITY COUNCIL.

ALRIGHTY, GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. SO I THINK EACH EACH ONE OF YOU HAS A COPY OF THE RESOLUTION THAT JASON JUST READ OFF.

IT'S RESOLUTION 2025. DASH ZERO FOUR.

DASH 28. TEN. I JUST WANTED TO PROVIDE EACH ONE OF YOU A COPY OF THIS RESOLUTION, BECAUSE THIS IS THE RESOLUTION THAT ESTABLISHES THIS COUNCIL APPOINTED COMMITTEE.

JUST KIND OF WALK THROUGH VERY HIGH LEVEL.

SO IN SECTION TWO, IT JUST DESIGNATES THE PURPOSE OF THIS COMMITTEE IS TO REVIEW THE CHARTER AND MAKE RECOMMENDED MODIFICATIONS AND AMENDMENTS THERE TO FOR REVIEW AND CONSIDERATION BY THE COUNCIL TO DETERMINE THE ADVISABILITY OF ORDERING AND CALLING A FUTURE CHARTER REVIEW ELECTION.

SO LIKE I SAID, AS THIS IS A COUNCIL APPOINTED COMMITTEE, IT'S A RECOMMENDING COMMITTEE. SO ANY AMENDMENTS THAT THAT THE COMMITTEE COMES UP WITH WILL ULTIMATELY PASS ON TO COUNCIL.

AND THEN COUNCIL CAN CHOOSE TO ADOPT ALL SOME OR NONE AND CALL THE ELECTION.

SO I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF, YOU KNOW, RIGHT, RIGHT OFF THE BAT, KIND OF GO OVER THE PURPOSE. MOVING ON TO TO SECTION THREE.

YOU KNOW, EACH ONE OF YOU.

OR, LIKE I SAID, APPOINTED BY A MEMBER OF COUNCIL.

EACH COMMITTEE MEMBER SERVES AT THE WILL AND PLEASURE OF COUNCIL.

THE COMMITTEE CAN BE TERMINATED, DISCONTINUED OR EXTENDED BY THE CITY COUNCIL, WHICH WE'LL DISCUSS. HERE, HERE SOON.

SECTION FOUR. WE WE ALREADY JUST ACCOMPLISHED THIS.

SO CONGRATULATIONS TO THE CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR.

SECTION FIVE CITY STAFF AND MYSELF WILL BE HERE AS KIND OF A ASSISTANCE AND GUIDANCE, OBVIOUSLY. THE COMMITTEE, IT'S KIND OF TAKE THE REINS.

WE'RE JUST HERE TO MAKE SURE FROM MYSELF, FROM A LEGAL PERSPECTIVE, MAKE SURE WE'RE NOT CROSSING ANY BOUNDARIES THAT WE SHOULDN'T BE CROSSING.

AND THEN SECTION SIX COUNCIL HAS ASKED THAT THE COMMITTEE PROVIDE ROUTINE PROGRESS REPORTS TO THE CITY COUNCIL AND THEN IS ALSO SET A, PRETTY FAST APPROACHING DEADLINE FOR A FINAL WRITTEN REPORT OF JUNE 23RD.

OBVIOUSLY, THIS IS IS JUST A RECOMMENDATION.

THE REASON BEING AND ONCE AGAIN, THE COMMITTEE WAS APPOINTED OVER A MONTH AGO.

SO I THINK THERE WAS A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME INITIALLY WHEN THE COMMITTEE WAS APPOINTED.

THE REASON THE JUNE 23RD DATE IS ON THERE IS BECAUSE I THINK, AS COUNCILMEMBER LONG MENTIONED EARLIER IF IF WE'RE TARGETING A NOVEMBER ELECTION WHICH THERE'S NO THERE'S NO REQUIREMENT THAT WE DO JUST IF WE ARE TARGETING A NOVEMBER ELECTION, THE DEADLINE TO ORDER THAT ELECTION BY COUNCIL IS AUGUST 18TH.

SO IT JUST GIVES COUNCIL TIME TO REVIEW ANY RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE COMMITTEE.

ONCE AGAIN, THAT'S NOT A I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK FOR COUNCIL, BUT IT'S NOT A HARD DEADLINE. I THINK. JUST TO ECHO WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER LONG SAID EARLIER AND OTHER MEMBERS TONIGHT, I THINK THE THIS IS, THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT. SO MAKING SURE YOU'RE KIND OF SETTING THE GROUNDWORK FOR NOT ONLY THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS, BUT THE, YOU KNOW, THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE. SO MAKING SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING WE DO, WE DO WITH, YOU KNOW, THINKING IT OVER AND OVER.

AND SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR ITEM G TWO.

JUST WANT TO INTRODUCE THE RESOLUTION BECAUSE ONCE AGAIN THIS IS A COUNCIL APPOINTED BOARD.

SO IF THERE ARE NO FURTHER QUESTIONS WE CAN MOVE ON TO TO G3.

AND A QUICK QUESTION. SO IN REGARDS TO THE DEADLINE OF AUGUST THE 18TH FOR THE ORDERING OF AN ELECTION IS SAY FOR INSTANCE, IF THERE WERE SIGNATURES COLLECTED, WHEN WOULD THE. IS THAT THE DEADLINE FOR THOSE SIGNATURES AS WELL? THAT'S THE DEADLINE. THAT'S SET BY STATE LAW FOR US FOR FOR COUNCIL TO ORDER AN ELECTION ON ANY MEASURE. SO IF AND WE'LL, WE'LL GET TO THE PETITION AND ALL THE WAYS TO AMEND THE CHARTER. YEAH.

THAT'S THE DEADLINE TO ORDER AN ELECTION. SO IF COUNCIL DOES RECEIVE A PETITION THAT MEETS THE REQUIREMENTS AND HAS THE MINIMUM AMOUNT OF SIGNATURES COUNCILS REQUIRED TO ORDER THE ELECTION. SO THAT'S JUST THE DEADLINE IN ORDER TO MAKE THE NOVEMBER ELECTION.

AND THEN THE THE NEXT POSSIBILITY WOULD BE IN IN THE MAY UNIFORM ELECTION DATE MAY 2026.

THAT DEADLINE IS MID-FEBRUARY.

SO GREAT QUESTION. ACTUALLY.

THANK YOU. YOU JUST ANSWERED MY QUESTION.

THANK YOU. I HAVE A QUESTION.

SO AS OUR HONORABLE COUNCIL MEMBERS, ARE THEY HERE TODAY? ARE THEY MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE OR ARE THEY HERE AS CITIZENS? AND HOW ARE THOSE TWO GOING TO COEXIST? YEAH, THAT'S ANOTHER GREAT QUESTION. SO THERE ARE MEMBERS THERE ARE MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE AS A RESIDENT. RIGHT. SO COUNCIL, THERE'S NO PROHIBITION AGAINST, I GUESS, A COUNCIL MEMBER BEING A PART OF A COMMITTEE.

SO YEAH, THAT'S WHY THEY ARE THEY ARE COUNCIL MEMBERS,

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BUT THEY'RE HERE IN THEIR INDIVIDUAL RESIDENT CAPACITY.

QUESTION. THE. I'M LOOKING AT THIS AND HONESTLY HEARD PART OF WHAT YOU SAID.

PART OF IT WAS A LITTLE MUFFLED FOR SOME REASON.

I'M LOOKING AT SECTION SIX, JUNE 23RD.

SO BASICALLY THAT'S A HARD DEADLINE BY WHICH WE'VE GOT TO PROVIDE YOU SOMETHING IN WRITING. THAT IS A HARD DEADLINE TO BE DONE AS OF APRIL 28TH.

THAT'S A HARD DEADLINE THAT COUNCIL SET. I MEAN, I KNOW THE COMMITTEE WAS APPOINTED A MONTH. IT JUST TOOK A WHILE TO GET THE FIRST MEETING SET UP.

SO THAT'S A HARD DEADLINE TO HAVE A WRITTEN REPORT.

BUT I THINK, YOU KNOW TO GO THROUGH THE ENTIRE CHARTER IN A MONTH IS VERY AMBITIOUS, PROBABLY NOT ATTAINABLE. SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, THE WRITTEN REPORT TO COUNCIL ON THAT DATE COULD SIMPLY BE THAT WE NEED MORE TIME.

RIGHT. IT COULD OR COUNCIL COULD EXTEND THAT THAT JUNE 23RD DATE MAYBE TO LATER IN JULY IF IF WE STILL WANT TO TARGET A NOVEMBER ELECTION.

BUT A LOT OF IT'S TAKING, YOU KNOW, DIRECTION FROM, FROM THE COMMITTEE. SO IT COULD BE SOMETHING WHERE WE PROVIDE MAYBE A STATUS OR WHATEVER.

CORRECT. CORRECT. AND THAT'S OKAY.

YEAH. THAT'S JUST THAT'S THE FINAL REPORT. OBVIOUSLY IT CALLS FOR YOU KNOW, ROUTINE PROGRESS REPORTS AS WELL.

SO I THINK AND COUNCIL THAT THEY'RE, THEY'RE PAYING ATTENTION.

SO I THINK THEY'LL, THEY'LL ANTICIPATE WHETHER THAT DATE IS OBTAINABLE OR NOT.

I PERSONALLY THINK JUNE 23RD, CONSIDERING TODAY IS MAY 29TH.

JUNE 23RD IS A BIT UNREALISTIC.

CONSIDERING JUST WHAT WE WENT THROUGH INITIALLY, AND I KNOW WE'RE MAKING AMENDMENTS, BUT IT'S STILL A BIG TASK.

AND JUNE 23RD IS LESS THAN 30 DAYS.

SO SOUNDS LIKE A RECIPE FOR SLOPPINESS.

I HAVE A QUESTION. BECAUSE YOU'VE GIVEN US TWO DATES.

YOU SAID THE HARD DATE WAS AUGUST 18TH, AND THEN YOU SAID THE 28TH.

SO WHAT? YEAH. SORRY. THAT.

THAT WAS MY QUESTION. AND I JUST WANT TO EXPAND ON THAT A LITTLE BIT, AND THEN I'LL LET YOU ANSWER.

SO IF THE HARD DATE TO GET SOMETHING ON THE BALLOT IS THAT AUGUST 18TH DATE.

RIGHT. HOW MUCH. AND I ASSUME THAT THIS JUNE DATE IS SET BECAUSE SOME ACTIVITIES HAVE TO HAPPEN BETWEEN THE TIME THAT WE DO THE FINAL REPORT OUT AND THAT AUGUST 18TH DATE.

WHAT ACTIVITIES HAVE TO TAKE PLACE AND WHAT IS A REALISTIC TIME FRAME TO COMPLETE THOSE ACTIVITIES, SO WE CAN CONSIDER HOW FAR WE CAN MOVE IT OUT? OR DO WE NEED TO JUST START THINKING ABOUT THE MAY ELECTION? YEAH I MEAN THERE OBVIOUSLY YOU KNOW COUNCIL HAS TO REVIEW.

WE'RE MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS TO COUNCIL.

SO THEY NEED TO REVIEW. I MEAN IF IF IT'S FIVE AMENDMENTS IT WON'T TAKE AS LONG TO REVIEW AS IF THERE'S 35 AMENDMENTS.

RIGHT. I THINK IT'S JUST IT DEPENDS.

I MEAN, WE DO HAVE TO MAKE SURE THE BALLOT LANGUAGE IS KIND OF BUTTONED UP AND ALL THE, YOU KNOW, THE LEGAL NOTICES ARE PREPARED, BUT I DO I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY.

SO. AUGUST 18TH IS THE DEADLINE FOR COUNCIL TO ORDER AN ELECTION IN ORDER TO BE ON THE NOVEMBER ELECTION DATE.

SO THE JUNE 23RD WAS SIMPLY THE DATE FOR THE THE, YOU KNOW, A MONTH AGO WAS THE THOUGHT TO HAVE THE FINAL REPORT TO COUNCIL.

SO THEY WOULD HAVE I THINK IT'S TWO REGULAR MEETINGS AND MAYBE MAYBE THREE REGULAR MEETINGS TO BE ABLE TO REVIEW THE RECOMMENDATIONS.

SO YES, IT'S VERY AMBITIOUS.

I'M MUCH MORE ACCUSTOMED TO SEEING A REVIEW TAKE ANYWHERE BETWEEN 3 AND 5 MONTHS, JUST IN ALL HONESTY. SO AND THAT'S SOMETIMES COUNCIL WILL GIVE DIRECTION AS FAR AS LOOKING SOLELY AT THREE AREAS.

THIS IS A KIND OF A COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW, SO IT MAY TAKE EVEN MORE TIME.

SO TO EVERYONE'S POINT, PROBABLY THE JUNE 23RD DATE CERTAINLY IS NOT NOT AN IDEAL DEADLINE.

AND THAT CAN BE EXTENDED BY COUNCIL. THAT WAS JUST IF IF THE THOUGHT WAS TO PURSUE A NOVEMBER ELECTION, THAT WAS WE'RE KIND OF COMING UP ON THE DEADLINE.

THANKS, GRANT. I THINK YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS, OBVIOUSLY, WE HAVE THE AGENDA IN FRONT OF US, AND I SEE THAT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A DISCUSSION AROUND THE CADENCE, RIGHT, OF THE MEETINGS.

THAT WILL ALSO HAVE AN IMPACT ON HOW MUCH GROUNDWORK WE CAN MAKE.

IT'S NOT LOST ON ME THAT THERE IS A, YOU KNOW, THAT TIME FRAME IS IS PRETTY SHORT.

BUT I DO THINK THAT AS YOU'VE NOTED, THAT THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO BE ABLE TO, TO PUT IN THE WORK, COME TO THAT POINT, MAKE A DECISION AND DECIDE IF WE NEED MORE TIME.

I'VE HEARD FROM A NUMBER OF PEOPLE, INCLUDING COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT WHAT'S MOST IMPORTANT IS GETTING THE WORK DONE CORRECTLY.

AND I'M VERY CONFIDENT THAT THAT'S WHAT THIS GROUP IS INTENDING ON DOING.

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I WOULD SAY THAT GIVEN THAT WE'VE SEEN THAT THERE IS A NUMBER OF THINGS WITHIN THE HOME, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE. I'M PRETTY SURE MOST EVERYONE HAS READ THE WHOLE ROYAL CHARTER IN HERE. THERE'S A NUMBER OF THINGS IN HERE THAT PROBABLY NEED SOME ATTENTION THAT WE'RE ALL INTENDING ON PUTTING FORTH THE EFFORT AND ADDRESSING THE DATE AS IT, AS IT COMES ACROSS. BUT I WOULD SAY TO A POINT THAT WAS MENTIONED EARLIER, AND I APOLOGIZE, I CAN'T REMEMBER WHO STATED IT, BUT AROUND THE COUNCIL'S CAPACITY HERE.

FIRST AND FOREMOST, THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. TERENCE RYAN AND CAROLYN DAVID GRAVES FOR FOR BEING HERE.

BUT I WANT TO TELL YOU FROM MY PERSPECTIVE MY MY EXPECTATION, YOU KNOW, TAKE THAT FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH.

THAT I APPLAUD YOU FOR BEING HERE, BUT I ALSO HOPE THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE A VOICE IN ANOTHER ROOM, RIGHT? SO I'VE. I'VE SEEN A GROUP OF MANY COME TOGETHER AND MAKE A DECISION AND IT NOT BE TAKEN INTO TO TO ACTION.

AND SO I HOPE THAT IF THESE PEOPLE COME HERE AND DEVOTE THEIR TIME AND, AND THEIR TALENT AND EFFORT TO, TO SEE THE CITY MOVE TOWARDS THE RIGHT DIRECTION THAT YOU GUYS ARE, ARE GOING TO BACK US WHEN IT COMES TO GOING BACK TO COUNCIL. SO THAT'S THAT'S MY $0.02 THERE.

THANK YOU. I HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION ABOUT THE THERE'S A GROUP IN TOWN THAT'S CIRCULATING A PETITION WITH THEIR OWN AMENDMENTS.

AND IF THEY MEET THE QUALIFICATIONS AND GET EVERYTHING DONE AND COUNCIL HAS TO PUT IT ON THE BALLOT, RIGHT, FOR THE NOVEMBER ELECTION, AND LET'S JUST SAY IT PASSES IN NOVEMBER TO ADOPT THOSE AMENDMENTS.

WHAT HAPPENS TO OUR WORK HERE? SO STATE LAW. AND WE'LL GET TO SOME OF THIS.

BUT I LOVE THE QUESTION. THIS IS GREAT.

STATE LAW PROVIDES THAT YOU CAN AND THIS IS THE TEXAS CONSTITUTION.

YOU CAN ONLY AMEND THE CHARTER ONCE EVERY TWO YEARS.

SO IF THE CHARTER IS AMENDED, WE CAN'T KICK IT DOWN THE ROAD TWO YEARS.

YOU CAN ASK THE QUESTION THOUGH THE WORDING SO THAT SO THEN.

RIGHT. SO BASICALLY IF THAT SET OF AMENDMENTS WAS ADOPTED THEN OUR WORK HERE WOULD BE KIND OF MOOT UNTIL THE NEXT SESSION.

SO IN THAT CASE WOULD IT BEHOOVES US TO AS MUCH AS MAYBE WE DON'T WANT TO DO IT INCREASE THE CADENCE OF MEETINGS HERE SO THAT WE CAN AND EXTEND THAT SO THAT WE CAN WORK IN ADVANCE. I WOULD JUST HATE FOR US TO YOU KNOW, DEDICATE A LOT OF RESOURCES IN TIME AND THINGS LIKE THAT, JUST TO HAVE IT ALL GO AWAY AND REALLY NOT HAVE THE POWER THAT WE WANT TO HAVE AT THE END. AND AND TO PIGGYBACK OFF THAT, EVEN IF, EVEN IF THEY DID GET ENOUGH SIGNATURES FOR THAT PETITION, DOES THAT IS THAT EXCLUSIVE? CAN THAT CAN. ANY AMENDMENTS THAT COMES FROM HERE NOT BE ADDED TO THE TO TO THE BALLOT WITH THE WHY DOES IT HAVE TO BE ONE OR THE OTHER? YEAH. NO IT CAN.

SO IF THE, IF THE PETITION HAS, YOU KNOW, 5 OR 6 AMENDMENTS AND ONE OF THE FIVE PASSES. RIGHT. YOU'RE AMENDING THE CHARTER WITHIN THE TWO YEARS.

SO YOU CAN CERTAINLY YOU CAN INCLUDE THE PETITION.

AND THEN ALSO ANYTHING THAT THE THE COMMITTEE PUTS FORTH AS WELL, IT'S JUST YOU'RE JUST RESTRICTED TO AMENDING IT ONCE EVERY TWO YEARS.

GOTCHA. AND SECONDLY, I DON'T KNOW IF THE DOG ATE MY HOMEWORK OR WHAT WE'RE SAYING THE AMENDMENTS VERY VAGUELY.

IS THERE SOMETHING? DO WE HAVE AN OBJECTIVE OR ARE WE JUST TALKING ABOUT WHAT WE WANT TO HAVE CHANGED? DO WE HAVE SOME AMENDMENTS THAT ARE PROPOSED.

SOME, SOME. SOME SORT OF THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN THROWN OUT THERE THAT I HAVEN'T SEEN THAT WE NEED TO BE DISCUSSING. SO ARE WE JUST.

HOW ARE WE WHAT WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO TO KIND OF STREAMLINE THIS PROCESS? SO WE'RE JUST NOT THROWING THINGS OUT IT? BECAUSE IF WE'RE WORKING WITH SUCH A SHORT TIME FRAME AS TO BE AUGUST 18TH AND WE HAVE TO KIND OF HAVE SOME SORT OF GUIDANCE IN TERMS OF WHAT DO WE NEED TO BE REVIEWING, OR ARE WE JUST COMING BACK, SEEING WHAT WE BASED ON OUR EXPERIENCE AND WHAT WE'VE READ IN THE CHARTER, WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE CHANGED? YEAH.

SO SO COUNCIL DID NOT PROVIDE A LIST OF TARGETED SECTIONS OF THE CHARTER.

I THINK IT WAS MORE OF A KIND OF A COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW.

I MEAN, I'M, I'M SURE AS WE GO AROUND THE ROOM, THERE'S PROBABLY AREAS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE MAY, AS A COMMITTEE FEEL ARE MORE IMPORTANT THAN OTHERS.

BUT IT WASN'T IT WASN'T LIKE THERE WAS DIRECTION FROM COUNCIL THAT YOU NEED TO LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, CHAPTERS ONE FIVE AND YOU KNOW, THERE WASN'T A SPECIFIC DIRECTION.

I HAVE A QUESTION. SO THE OTHER GROUP THAT'S OUT THERE WORKING ON THE CHARTER.

I'VE SEEN PROBABLY THREE PEOPLE SHOW UP AT THE MEETINGS,

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BUT HAVE WE REACHED OUT TO THOSE PEOPLE AND MAYBE ASK THEM TO BE ON THE COMMITTEE? SO WE AND IT WAS UNKNOWN THEY WANTED IT ALL OR NOTHING.

OH, OKAY. OKAY. IS THERE ANYTHING YOU MIGHT WANT TO TAKE ISSUE IN THERE? SO IT'S ACTUALLY BRING YOU IN IN THE QUEUE, SO TO SPEAK. I THINK WE'RE OVER HERE.

OKAY. GOING BACK TO WHAT MARLO WAS STATING, I WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT THE COUNCIL WAS GOING TO PROVIDE AMENDMENTS FOR US TO REVIEW, TO ADDRESS. THAT'S WHY THEY WERE A PART OF IT.

IS THAT CORRECT OR MY MISREADING THAT? YEAH. SO IF NOT, THEN WE'RE GIVING THE COUNCIL TWO VOTING OPTIONS FOR CHANGES.

OKAY. RESIDENT. RIGHT.

SO I'M JUST TRYING TO VERIFY BECAUSE I WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT WE WERE REVIEWING POTENTIAL AMENDMENTS TO MAKE CHANGES VERSUS CREATING AMENDMENTS BECAUSE YEAH, THAT'S NOT 3 TO 5 MONTHS.

WE'RE TALKING YEAR. NO.

IT TAKES. NO, WE DID TAKE ME FOUR MONTHS FOR RISK AND COMPLIANCE FOR CORPORATE BUSINESS.

SO TO SET IT UP WE ACTUALLY DID IT IN SIX MONTHS.

AND I'M SORRY IF I PRONOUNCE YOUR NAME INCORRECTLY.

AMISHA. THE. PEOPLE THAT ARE DOING THE PETITION ACTUALLY STOOD UP AT COUNCIL AND SAID THEY DID NOT WANT TO BE A PART OF THE COMMITTEE.

BOTH OF THEM THAT STARTED THE PETITION JUST AS A NOTE.

AS FOR INFORMATION. ANYTHING FROM THE RESIDENTS? NO. THEY MAY COME UP AND DO A PUBLIC SPEAKING THEIR THREE MINUTES, BUT THEY DID NOT WANT TO BE PART OF THIS COMMITTEE.

THANKS. OKAY. AM I UP? OKAY. POINT OF INFORMATION.

THIS BODY THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS CALLED SAFEGUARD PRINCETON.

THEY HAVE A WEBSITE, AND THEY HAVE 14 POTENTIAL PETITIONS.

THEY'RE ASKING FOLKS TO TO APPROACH THEM AND GET A PETITION AND GET IT OUT THERE.

AND IF YOU EVER WERE, IF YOU'VE EVER WORKED LOCAL PETITIONS, IT'S DOOR TO DOOR. FACE TO FACE.

GET THE SIGNATURES. AND IN THE MIDDLE OF THEIR WEBSITE, IT SAYS IT TAKES 900 TO 1000 SIGNATURES FOR AN ISSUE TO MATTER.

AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS, IS WHAT HE SAID WAS WHEN THEY GET THAT LEVEL, IT GETS VERIFIED AND GETS IN LINE, I GUESS IT TAKES PRECEDENCE.

THAT WAS A BIG QUESTION THAT I HAD WAS, OKAY, SO ALL THIS WORK IS GOING IN, NOT OURS, BUT THEIRS.

IS IT JUST GOING TO BE THERE? AND WHATEVER WE DO BACK TO YOUR QUESTION, YOU KNOW, IS IS MOOT. YEAH.

WE CAN'T INVALIDATE THAT BECAUSE OF STATE LAW, I'M SURE. BUT I WOULD SUGGEST THAT YOU GO TO THE, TO THE, THEIR WEBSITE, LOOK AT THE 14 AND I YOU CAN'T EVALUATE UNTIL YOU SEE THE COMPLETE LIST OF SIGNATURES AFTER VERIFICATION TRUTHFULLY THAT THEY'RE GOING TO GO TO PRESS WITH PROBABLY THE CITY SECRETARY WILL BE INVOLVED TO VERIFY SIGNATURES AND ADDRESSES OR WHATEVER THAT VERIFICATION PROCESS IS.

BUT THE FACT IS, IT'S AN INDEPENDENT AND I WAS SORRY TO HEAR THEY DIDN'T WANT TO BE A PART OF WHAT'S GOING ON.

SO I MEAN, THAT'S THAT'S TENSION TO BEGIN WITH.

BUT ANYWAY, THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT I HAD STUDIED OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS IN ANTICIPATION, STILL NOT KNOWING WHAT WHAT THE NEXT STEPS MIGHT BE.

I WOULD SAY OBVIOUSLY THERE'S THERE'S A SENSE OF URGENCY AS TO THE WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE HERE. I WOULD IN CONSIDERATION TO WHAT WAS MENTIONED ABOUT THE THE GROUP THAT IS LOOKING TO MAKE THEIR THEIR AMENDMENTS KNOWN.

I'VE LOOKED AT A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT THINGS THAT HAVE TRANSPIRED IN THIS CAPACITY. THERE ARE RULES AND LAWS AND REGULATIONS AND THINGS PUT IN PLACE TO ALLOW FOR PEOPLE TO HAVE A VOICE. IF THEY HAVE A VOICE AND THEY GET THE SIGNATURES.

DEMOCRATIC PROCESS WORKED, RIGHT.

THAT'S THAT'S WHAT IT'S THERE FOR.

AND I'M HAPPY TO SEE THAT THE FACES ARE HERE. AND I KNOW THAT EVERYONE'S NOT HERE. BECAUSE THEIR HOPE IS THAT THEY GET THEIR WAY.

I THINK THAT EVERYONE HERE IS WITH THEIR HOPE THAT PRINCETON DOES WHAT IS NEEDED FOR PRINCETON. AND SO MY TIME HERE IS NOT BEN BEING HERE.

IT'S NOT BENEFITING ME. NOT NOT A SINGLE BIT, OTHER THAN THE FACT OF WHAT PRINCETON WILL LOOK LIKE FOR THE FUTURE. RIGHT? AND SO I

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TRUST AND BELIEVE THAT THIS GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS WILL INVEST IN TIME.

AND I'LL BE HONEST WITH YOU, IF SOMEONE FROM THAT GROUP CAME AND SAID, HEY, I WANT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, I'D LISTEN TO THEM. I WOULD BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO MAKE PRINCETON WHAT I WANT PRINCETON TO LOOK LIKE.

I WANT TO MAKE PRINCETON WHAT'S GREAT FOR THE CITY AS A WHOLE.

AND SO I WOULD I WOULD ENCOURAGE US COLLECTIVELY, THAT THERE'S WORK TO BE DONE.

LET'S PUT AN EFFORT AND LET'S, YOU KNOW, SEE WHERE WE ARE BY THE DEADLINES THAT ARE GIVEN. I THINK GRANT SPOKE TO, HEY, IF WE DON'T MEET THIS FIRST THRESHOLD, THERE'S ANOTHER THRESHOLD THAT WE CAN STRETCH OUT TO. LET'S LET'S DO WHAT'S NECESSARY TO FULLY DIGEST WHAT'S LISTED IN OUR CURRENT CHARTER. I THINK THERE'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF INSIGHT FROM COUNCIL AND FROM STAFF.

I'M ABSOLUTELY GOING TO BE LOOKING FOR THAT TO SEE EXACTLY WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE.

AND LET'S LET'S MAKE IT WORK.

SO THAT'S MY $0.02 THERE.

SINCE WE SIT TOGETHER, DO I? ABSOLUTELY, ABSOLUTELY. MICHELLE GETS THAT. SHE GETS TO TALK TO IT'S LIKE, I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN PUSH THE BUTTON TO GET IN THE QUEUE BEHIND HIM WHEN I'M SHARING THE MIC WITH HIM.

JUST A QUICKIE, AND I'M PROBABLY JUMPING THE GUN, BUT IF WE IF I ALREADY READ THE CHARTER AND I HAVE AMENDMENT SUGGESTIONS, CAN I JUST GO AHEAD AND SUBMIT THEM SO THEY CAN BE COMPENSATED AND WE CAN START WORKING TOWARDS SOMETHING IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU'RE. WELL, I WOULD SAY BASED OFF OF WHAT I'VE SEEN HERE, THERE'S THERE'S OTHER AGENDA ITEMS THAT WE'RE GOING TO DISCUSS AS FAR AS DATES AND TIMES OF MEETING. I THINK WE'LL GET TO THE POINT WHERE WE DISCUSS THE FUNCTION LIKE HOW WE FUNCTIONALLY WANT TO OPERATE.

AND AT THAT POINT, IT'S WHERE WE'LL START TO KIND OF PICK APART THE ACTUAL HRC AND TALK THROUGH HOW WE WANT TO ADDRESS THE SPECIFIC ITEMS. IS MY MY POINT.

MY RECOMMENDATION RIGHT NOW I'M GOOD AT CART BEFORE THE HORSE. I HAVE TWO THINGS ON THE ON OUR AGENDA TONIGHT. IT DOES HAVE AS ITEM G6 IT SAYS CONSIDER SETTING A PUBLIC HEARING TO RECEIVE PUBLIC INPUT. AND I THINK THAT AS WE TALK ABOUT THAT TONIGHT AND SET A DATE, THAT THERE SHOULD BE AN EXPLICIT INVITATION GIVEN TO THAT PARTICULAR GROUP SO THAT BOTH OF THOSE THIS GROUP AND THE GROUP THAT IS WORKING BY PETITION CAN BEGIN MAYBE TO MELD TOGETHER AND WORK TOGETHER.

AND SECOND AND I DON'T KNOW THE PROTOCOL ON THIS, BUT IT MAY BE WORTH OUR WHILE TO ASK JASON TO PUT A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TONIGHT FOR THIS COMMITTEE AND ASK JASON TO FORMALLY ASK THE COUNCIL TO MOVE THAT DEADLINE TO SOMETIME IN JULY. JUST TO GIVE US ENOUGH TIME TO GET STARTED.

IF WE HAVE TO MOVE IT AGAIN SO THAT IT AND IT'S NOT PART OF THE NOVEMBER BALLOT, THAT'S FINE TOO. BUT IF THE PROTOCOL IS SUCH THAT PUTTING A MOTION ON THE FLOOR FOR OUR CHAIR TO ASK THE CITY COUNCIL TO MOVE THE DEADLINE, THE JUNE 23RD DEADLINE TO I DON'T HAVE MY CALENDAR OUT, BUT SOMETHING IN JULY THAT WOULD BE MORE REASONABLE.

I WOULD BE IN FAVOR OF THAT.

SO MOVED. BUT YOU. BUT WE NEED A DATE.

EXCUSE ME. SO IF THAT OTHER GROUP PASSES AND THEIR AMENDMENTS GET ON THE BALLOT, AND LET'S SAY WE BEAT THE SHOT CLOCK AND WE GET SOME AMENDMENTS AND WE GET THEM ON THE BALLOT. IS EVERY AMENDMENT VOTED ON SEPARATELY OR IS IT A GROUP OF OKAY.

SO IT'S IT'S NOT THE COLLECTIVE WORK.

IT'S EACH AMENDMENT BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND THEY HAVE LIKE 19.

AND YOU'LL HAVE TO VOTE ON EACH OF THOSE AMENDMENTS THAT THEY ARE TO GET ON THE BALLOT. AND LET ME ASK YOU THIS.

IF WE COME UP WITH AN AMENDMENT THAT IS VERY, VERY SIMILAR TO SOMETHING THAT THAT OTHER GROUP BRINGS FORWARD, IS DO BOTH OF THOSE GO ON OR DO YOU GET WHAT I'M.

DOING SOMEBODY ELSE. OH, MARLO.

YOU'RE ON. YEAH. UNFORTUNATELY, I'M NEXT TO THE QUEUE, BUT BUT IT'S PRETTY MUCH THE SAME QUESTION.

AND THE CLARIFICATION I'M LOOKING FOR IS A CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER.

CHRONOLOGICAL, CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER OF IF THEY HAVE SOMETHING IN TIME FOR THE ELECTION, AND WE CONTINUE BEYOND THAT POINT.

DOES ANY PRESENTATION WE MAKE HAVE TO WAIT ANOTHER TWO YEARS? YES YES, YES. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU. I.

SO. IT GOES ON ABOUT THE PAST TWO, NOT THREE WEEKS.

OKAY. AND WE STILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY OR WE HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL ALL THAT HASN'T HAPPENED,

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THAT IT'S DONE RIGHT. IT HAS TO BE.

YOU CANNOT HAVE IT. FIRST OF ALL, I.

GO AHEAD. GO AHEAD. WHAT WAS THE WEBSITE NAME FOR SAFEGUARD? PRINCETON. AGAIN PRINCETON.COM OR.ORG.COM.

OKAY. I WANT TO JUST CALL TO ATTENTION.

WE HAVE THREE ADDITIONAL IF I'M I WENT TO PUBLIC SCHOOL WHICH HAVE GREAT TEACHERS, BUT WE HAVE A IT'S A LONG JOKE FOR PULLED ME TO THE SIDE I'LL TELL YOU ABOUT IT.

BUT WE HAVE THREE DIFFERENT AGENDA ITEMS THAT WE WANT TO COVER TONIGHT.

AND I JUST WANT TO BE COGNIZANT OF PEOPLE'S TIME.

SO I KNOW THAT THERE'S A LOT OF QUESTIONS, BUT THERE'S SOME OF THESE AREAS WHERE I THINK SOME OF THOSE QUESTIONS MAY BE ANSWERED. SO I JUST WANT TO ASK FOR US TO KIND OF COME BACK TO OUR AGENDA TO MOVE FORWARD.

AND THEN HOPEFULLY THOSE QUESTIONS ARE ANSWERED.

AND IF NOT, THEN I'M MORE THAN HAPPY TO FUNNEL THOSE QUESTIONS, AND THEN I WILL BLOW UP THE INBOX OF GRANT OR MIKE OR WHOEVER THE CASE MAY BE.

SO IF WE CAN GO AHEAD AND MOVE FORWARD THERE.

SO WE, I THINK WE JUST THAT WAS G2 THAT WE LEFT OFF ON.

SO IF WE CAN MOVE ON TO ITEM G THREE ITEM NUMBER 2025003 PRESENTATION AND PRESENTATION

[G.3 2025-003 Presentation and discussion on Texas Home Rule Charters, in general, and the Home Rule Charter for the City of Princeton, Texas.]

DISCUSSION OF THE TEXAS HOME RULE CHARTERS IN GENERAL, AND THE HOME RULE CHARTER FOR THE CITY OF PRESTON, TEXAS.

ALRIGHTY. WAIT FOR AMBER TO GET IT PULLED UP.

SO YOU SHOULD HAVE A COPY OF THE POWERPOINT IN FRONT OF YOU AS WELL.

SO FEEL FREE TO TAKE NOTES.

AND LIKE PREVIOUSLY, THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE VERY CONVERSATIONAL, SO STOP ME AT ANY TIME.

ASK QUESTIONS. WE'VE HAD A LOT OF GREAT QUESTIONS SO FAR.

STOLE SOME OF MY THUNDER ON SOME OF THESE THINGS, BUT THAT'S OKAY. I'LL KIND OF FLY THROUGH SOME OF THE STUFF WE'VE ALREADY ALREADY ADDRESSED. SO AS PART OF THIS, YOU KNOW, FIRST PRESENTATION, THE THOUGHTS JUST TO BE VERY INFORMATIONAL.

WE'LL KIND OF DIG INTO THE KIND OF THE, THE, THE NUTS AND BOLTS OF, OF THE CHARTER AND ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, DISCUSS SUBSTANTIVE AMENDMENTS, YOU KNOW, STARTING IN THE NEXT MEETING.

SO THE PURPOSE OF THIS IS JUST KIND OF GO OVER JUST AS WHAT IS A HOME RULE CHARTER.

WHAT WHAT IS THE WHAT IS PRINCETON'S CHARTER.

KIND OF THE HISTORY, THE BACKGROUND AND THE TIMELINE THAT IT WAS ADOPTED.

KIND OF DO A 30,000 FOOT VIEW OF THE CONTENTS OF THE CHARTER.

WE'LL DISCUSS THE AMENDMENT PROCESS.

WE KIND OF DISCUSSED A LITTLE BIT UP TO THIS POINT, BUT I'LL GO OVER IT AGAIN AND ANSWER SOME MORE QUESTIONS. AND THEN KIND OF GO OVER THE PURPOSE OF THIS COMMITTEE KIND OF ADDRESS THAT A LITTLE BIT TO, WITH, WITH THE RESOLUTION.

BUT I'LL GO OVER IT ONE MORE TIME.

ALL RIGHT. SO FIRST QUESTION IS WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN GENERAL LAW AND HOME RULE.

SO BEFORE PRINCETON WAS A HOME RULE MUNICIPALITY, IT WAS A GENERAL LAW MUNICIPALITY.

SO A GENERAL LAW. YOU BASICALLY HAVE YOU HAVE THE POWER TO DO WHAT STATE LAW SAYS.

YOU'RE LIMITED BY, BY LAW.

SO YOU CAN DO WHAT LAW SAYS WHEN YOU BECOME A HOME RULE CITY.

YOU HAVE A BROAD POWER TO TAKE ANY ACTION THAT'S NOT OTHERWISE PROHIBITED BY LAW.

SO ESSENTIALLY, YOU CAN YOU CAN DO ANYTHING THAT LAW SAYS YOU.

UNLESS. UNLESS THE LAW SAYS YOU CAN'T DO IT.

SO, FOR INSTANCE, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE ONLY BEING ABLE TO AMEND THE CHARTER NO MORE FREQUENTLY THAN ONCE EVERY TWO YEARS.

SO IF WE WERE TO ADOPT HAVING OUR CHARTER THAT WE COULD AMEND EVERY YEAR, THAT WOULD BE CONTRARY TO STATE LAW.

WE COULD IF WE WANTED TO, WE COULD SAY THAT OUR CHARTER COULD BE AMENDED EVERY THREE YEARS.

I MEAN, WE WOULDN'T I WOULDN'T ADVISE THAT BECAUSE IT JUST KIND OF HANDCUFFS YOU A LITTLE BIT. BUT IT'S NOT MORE RESTRICTIVE THAN STATE LAW.

IF THAT MAKES SENSE. SO WHAT IS WHAT IS A HOME RULE CHARTER? AS I KIND OF MENTIONED EARLIER, A HOME RULE CHARTER IS KIND OF AKIN TO A CONSTITUTION FOR THE CITY.

RIGHT? IT'S THE GOVERNING GOVERNING DOCUMENT FOR THE CITY.

WHAT'S WHAT MAKES A HOME RULE CHARTER NEAT IS THAT IT'S WRITTEN AND ADOPTED BY THE RESIDENT. SO EVERYONE IN THE ROOM ON THE COMMITTEE IS A RESIDENT OF THE CITY OF PRINCETON AND ULTIMATELY HAS TO BE A VOTE IN THE INITIAL CHARTER, AND ANY AMENDMENTS THERETO HAS TO BE VOTED ON BY BY THE RESIDENTS.

SO THAT'S THE CHARTER IS EXPRESSLY AUTHORIZED PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 11, SECTION FIVE OF THE CONSTITUTION.

IT THE CHARTER ESSENTIALLY DEFINES THE LIMITS, DEFINES, AND LIMITS THE POWERS, DUTIES, AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT BASED ON LOCAL PREFERENCES AND DESIRES.

AND SO WHY WOULD A MUNICIPALITY WANT TO BECOME HOME RULE? LOCAL SELF-GOVERNANCE? IT GIVES THE PEOPLE A VOICE KIND OF GOVERN, HELP GOVERN YOUR OWN RIGHT, SET THE RULES FOR YOUR OWN CITY.

ALL RIGHT. SO PRINCETON'S HOME RULE CHARTER, AS YOU KNOW, WAS ADOPTED IN NOVEMBER 2022.

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IT KIND OF HAVE A TIMELINE OF THE ADOPTION PROCESS.

AS VICE CHAIR ELLIS MENTIONED, IT WAS IT TOOK, OH, ABOUT SIX MONTHS TO ADOPT THE INITIAL CHARTER JUST KIND OF GIVE YOU A TIMELINE.

SO THE COMMISSION WAS APPOINTED JANUARY, AND THEN THE FIRST MEETING WAS HELD IN FEBRUARY. AND AT THE TIME I WENT BACK AND LOOKED, I THINK THERE WAS 15 TOTAL MEETINGS OVER THE COURSE OF SIX MONTHS.

SO THAT JUST KIND OF GIVES YOU A KIND OF A, A GUIDELINE, I GUESS. IN AUGUST, THE THE COMMISSION SUBMITTED PROPOSED CHARTER, THE CITY COUNCIL, AND THEN THE ELECTION WAS ORDERED PRIOR TO THE DEADLINE IN AUGUST OF THE YEAR OF 2022 FOR THE ELECTION.

AND THEN ULTIMATELY IN NOVEMBER OF THAT YEAR, IT WAS APPROVED.

AND THEN IT WAS ADOPTED OFFICIALLY AND DECLARED RECOGNIZED BY THE CITY COUNCIL ON NOVEMBER 18TH, 2022. SO SINCE THEN, IT'S REMAINED THE FUNDAMENTAL LAW OF THE CITY OF PRINCETON, AND IT HAS NOT BEEN AMENDED SINCE.

ALL RIGHT. SO I'M GOING TO DO JUST A VERY BRIEF HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW OF THE CONTENTS.

LIKE I SAID, WE'LL GET EXPLORE.

GO INTO DEPTH OF EACH ONE OF THESE CHAPTERS AND EACH ONE OF THESE SECTIONS AND SUBSEQUENT MEETINGS. BUT THERE'S 15 TOTAL CHAPTERS.

CHAPTER ONE, KIND OF DEFINING THE CORPORATE LIMITS AND THE TJ'S TJ, INCLUDING EXPANSION AND REDUCTIONS OF THE CITY LIMITS.

AND TJ CHAPTER TWO ESTABLISHES THAT PRINCETON IS A COUNCIL MANAGER FORM OF GOVERNMENT.

CHAPTER THREE KIND OF GOES OVER THE QUALIFICATIONS FOR CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.

TERM LIMITS. COMPENSATION.

COMPENSATION VACANCIES, VACANCY, FILLING APPOINTMENT OF A MAYOR PRO TEM, ETC.. CHAPTER FOUR ESTABLISHES A CITY MANAGER AND KIND OF WHAT THE QUALIFICATIONS ARE FOR BEING CITY MANAGER.

THE DUTIES, THE ROLES, THE POWERS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE CITY MANAGER. CHAPTER FIVE KIND OF HAS MORE THE FINANCIAL PROVISIONS.

SO KIND OF SOME SOME BUDGET SPECIFIC ITEMS. SOME BOND ITEMS. IT ESTABLISHES KIND OF THE FISCAL YEAR.

DEADLINES, ADOPT A BUDGET, ETC..

CHAPTER SIX AND SEVEN HAS TO DO WITH THE ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE CITY'S SECRETARY AND CITY ATTORNEY.

CHAPTER EIGHT CREATES A MUNICIPAL COURT AND ESTABLISHES THE JURISDICTION OF THE MUNICIPAL COURT. SETS, YOU KNOW, KIND OF COSTS, FINES AND PENALTIES GENERALLY.

CHAPTER NINE CREATES FOR SPECIFIC BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.

ONE BEING THE PLANNING AND ZONING, ONE BEING THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT.

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. AND THEN SECTION 9.05 KIND OF IS THE CATCHALL ALLOWING COUNCIL TO ESTABLISH ADDITIONAL BOARDS, COMMITTEES OR COMMISSIONS, INCLUDING THE ONE TONIGHT.

CHAPTER TEN HAS TO DO WITH ORDINANCES, INCLUDING THE VALIDATION PROCEDURE AND PUBLICATION THEREOF. CHAPTER 11 GOVERNS ELECTIONS IN THE CITY.

SPECIAL ELECTIONS, REGULAR ELECTIONS, ELECTION PROCEDURES, NOTICES, ETC.. CHAPTER 12 HAS TO DO WITH INITIATIVE, REFERENDUM AND RECALL.

SO THAT'S A LOT OF FUN LEGAL JARGON.

WE'LL WE'LL DIG INTO THAT WHEN WE GET TO IT.

ALL RIGHT. THREE MORE CHAPTERS.

CHAPTER 13 HAS TO DO WITH FRANCHISES.

SO THE USE OF PUBLIC PROPERTY FOR FURNISHING SERVICES.

CHAPTER 14 HAS A LOT OF THE GENERAL PROCEDURES AND PROVISIONS, KIND OF ADMINISTRATIVE STUFF.

SOME ETHICS. CONFLICT OF INTEREST.

THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT.

PUBLIC INFORMATION ACT.

AND THEN FINALLY, CHAPTER 15 HAS TO DO WITH THE ADOPTION OF THE CHARTER.

IT HAS ALL THE 15 REQUIRED SIGNATURES.

ALL RIGHTY. GRANT? GRANT? YEP. CAN YOU CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG? AND I JUST REMEMBER THIS FROM WHEN WE WERE ON IT.

THERE ARE GOING TO BE A FEW CHAPTERS THAT ARE JUST PURE, TRUE LEGAL JARGON THAT THE STATE REQUIRES US TO HAVE, AND WE WON'T BE ABLE TO CHANGE THEM.

SO JUST TO THOSE OF YOU THAT WERE QUESTIONING LIKE TIMELINES, IT IS A VERY TIGHT TIMELINE, BUT THERE ARE GOING TO BE SOME ITEMS THAT WE

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TRULY GRANT WILL SAY, NO, YOU CAN'T CHANGE THAT.

YEAH, A LOT OF IT'S BOILERPLATE LANGUAGE.

I MEAN PRINCETON'S CHARTER IS IS IS WAS, I THINK, FORMULATED FROM A VERY COMMON TEMPLATE.

RIGHT. SO IT'S IT'S NOT THE CONTENTS OF PRINCETON'S CHARTER ARE NOT ABNORMAL.

SO A LOT OF IT IS, IS LEGAL JARGON, BOILERPLATE.

THERE ARE SOME AREAS THAT WE CAN CERTAINLY ADD OUR OWN OWN LANGUAGE, BUT THERE ARE THERE ARE SOME INSTANCES. SO IT'S NOT LIKE WE'RE AMENDING, YOU KNOW, EVERY SECTION OF THE CHARTER, THERE'S SOME THINGS IT'S JUST BEST LEFT ALONE. BUT WE'LL GET TO THOSE WHEN AS WE KIND OF DIG IN A LITTLE BIT DEEPER.

BUT THAT'S A VERY VALID POINT. SO HEY, GRANT, ONE ONE QUESTION NOT ASK YOU TO DO ANYTHING CRAZY, MORE WORK OR ANYTHING, BUT I WAS GOING TO READ THROUGH THE CHARTER AND JUST IDENTIFY LIKE MY TOP THINGS THAT BASED ON WHAT I HEAR PEOPLE SAY, ETC., THAT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I FOCUS ON REALLY UNDERSTANDING.

BUT CAN YOU IS IT POSSIBLE TO QUICKLY HIGHLIGHT THE BOILERPLATE THINGS THAT ARE WE'RE JUST NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO TOUCH OR, YOU KNOW, HIGHLIGHT. HERE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE CAN DISCUSS MODIFICATIONS FOR SO THAT WE DON'T SPEND ANY UNDUE TIME. YEAH.

I MEAN, I CAN GIVE SOME EXAMPLES JUST RIGHT OFF THE BAT. SO, YOU KNOW OPEN MEETINGS ACT, PUBLIC INFORMATION ACT, SOME OF THOSE THINGS WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO TOUCH. BUT AS WE GO THROUGH AND, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE SUBSEQUENT MEETINGS AND WE KIND OF DIVE IN A LITTLE BIT DEEPER.

I'LL, I'LL JUST CALL OFF AND SAY, HEY, SECTION, SAY ABC. NO, NO. OKAY.

THIS IS KIND OF WHY THEY'RE IN THERE. THERE'S NOT A LOT OF WIGGLE ROOM. I WON'T I WON'T WASTE ANYONE'S TIME. OKAY.

OKAY, GOOD. CERTAINLY.

YEAH. AND YEAH, I'M JUST GOING TO ECHO WHAT MR. MASHBURN JUST BROUGHT UP. WE CAN CERTAINLY PROVIDE LIKE A PDF, KIND OF AS SOMEONE SOME SECTIONS TO KIND OF STRIKE THROUGH AS I DON'T WANT TO SAY OFF LIMITS, BUT KIND OF LIKE THE LANGUAGE IS IN HERE FOR A REASON.

IT'S BOILERPLATE. YEAH.

AND I KNOW THAT WE'VE HAD TALKS FROM FROM WHEN I, WHEN I FIRST CAME ON THAT THERE'S SOME ITEMS THAT YOU, YOU WOULD LIKE TO HAVE CLEAR UP THAT WILL MAKE YOUR JOB EASIER AND MAKE THE, MAKE THE CITY'S JOB EASIER. SO THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS, I THINK YOU CAN START WITH THAT AS WELL.

WHEN THAT TIME COMES THAT YOU CAN GET THE CITY ATTORNEY'S RECOMMENDATION ON WHAT HE WOULD ADVISE, BECAUSE THERE'S SOME THINGS THAT ARE JUST ARE TOO VAGUE TO REALLY GET A YES OR NO FOR THAT HE WOULD BE ABLE TO GIVE YOU GUYS THE GUIDANCE AS WELL.

SO. IS IT ME BECAUSE I.

YEAH. OKAY. AS I'M LOOKING THROUGH ALL OF THE STUFF THAT YOU HAVE IN HERE, I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T HAVE THE TIME TO COME TO CITY HALL AND AND ACTUALLY SEE HOW IT CURRENTLY IS WORKING, BUT THOSE OF US WHO CAN, WE COME IN AND AND SEE HOW THINGS ARE WORKING? NOT EVEN TO COME IN AND ASK THE EMPLOYEES ANYTHING, BUT JUST SEE THE PROCESSES SO THAT WE ARE MAKING BETTER CHOICES.

BECAUSE WHAT I WOULD SAY, I'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN A LOT OF THE MEETINGS IN MCKINNEY, AND THEY ARE VERY TRANSPARENT WITH HOW THEY DO THINGS AND HOW THINGS KIND OF ROLL. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU GUYS OFFER.

I'M JUST ASKING. IF WE CAN START DOING THAT.

YOU KNOW, I'M. SORRY. I'M TRYING.

I JUMP OUT, TRY TO GET BACK IN WHEN THERE'S A QUESTION.

SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE CAN HEAR ME.

YEAH, THAT'S CERTAINLY A GREAT IDEA.

KIND OF WORKING WITH STAFF AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO THAT, WHETHER IT'S, I DON'T KNOW, BY SURVEY, I DON'T KNOW.

WE CAN, WE CAN. I THINK MAKING SURE THAT THE COMMITTEE HAS AS MUCH INFORMATION AS THEY IS, THEY NEED TO COME BACK TO SAY, OKAY, WELL, I THINK WE NEED SOMETHING HERE AT LEAST.

I THINK, OH YEAH, OKAY.

I AM IN THE TIME THAT WE LEARNED ABOUT THE WEBSITE FOR WHAT'S THE NAME OF THIS ORGANIZATION AGAIN? SAFEGUARD PRINCETON.

I WENT TO THE WEBSITE AND THERE ARE 14 AREAS THEY'RE RECOMMENDING THAT NEED TO BE CHANGED.

AND I WAS THINKING, SINCE WE ARE THE OFFICIAL CHARTER SHORTER REVIEW.

I'M NOT SAYING THAT THEY'RE NOT DOING WHAT THEY NEED TO DO TO BE LEGAL.

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WE COULD PROBABLY USE THEIR IDENTIFIED AREAS AS A STARTING POINT.

AND THAT WOULD PROBABLY GIVE US SOME HEADWAY INTO MOVING INTO THE OTHER AREAS.

JUST AS A SUGGESTION. THROWING IT OUT.

OH WOULD WE BE ABLE TO GET AN EMAIL OF ALL THE BOILERPLATE INFORMATION WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO TOUCH, JUST SO THAT WE KNOW WHAT WE NEED TO DISCUSS AND WHAT WE DON'T IN THE FUTURE? JUST TALK. TO ALL THE HOLIDAY HOMES.

OKAY. WE'LL DISCUSS THIS WITH SOMEONE THAT NIGHT.

IS THAT YOU SAY, HEY, HERE'S A 25 PAGE CHARTER.

LET'S JUST GO ALL OVER THE PLACE.

BUT I'LL START WITH, YOU KNOW, IN CHAPTER TWO.

SO SO IT'S EASIER TO DIGEST.

SO. YES, I'LL. I'LL CALL THOSE OUT.

OKAY. THANK YOU. THERE'S JUST THERE'S VERY LITTLE LEGAL.

RIGHT. SO LET'S JUST TAKE IT OFF.

OKAY. YEAH. SOUNDS GOOD.

YEAH. AT AT EACH MEETING, WILL THERE BE A PUBLIC APPEARANCES FOR.

OKAY, GOOD. SO WE SHOULD BE ACTUALLY PROMOTING THESE MEETINGS, RIGHT. TO ENCOURAGE THE PUBLIC TO COME AND TALK TO US.

YEAH. SO I WOULD SAY THAT GIVEN SOME OF THE INPUT THAT'S BEEN PRESENTED AROUND HERE, I THINK THAT THERE IS TO THE POINT THAT WAS THAT WAS BROUGHT UP AROUND THE GROUP THAT'S OUTSIDE OF THIS GROUP. I ABSOLUTELY LOVE TO HEAR THEIR PERSPECTIVE.

BUT I DO I WOULD SAY THIS WE HAVE CITY STAFF, WE HAVE COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT ARE HERE THAT ARE FUNCTIONALLY IMPACTED BY HOW THE, THE HOME CHARTER IS, IS SET UP.

MY MY RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE I'D LIKE TO AND AGAIN WE'RE GOING TO GET TO THAT POINT.

SO I'M GOING TO BE CLEAR. BUT I'D LIKE TO START THERE BUT HAPPY TO, TO TO TAKE IN CONSIDERATION.

IN ADDITION TO THAT, THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING, THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS AND BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD.

BUT I ALSO WANT TO CALL IT'S 740 AND TO GET US TO CONTINUE TO MOVE ON WITH THE AGENDA.

SO THAT WAY WE CAN ENSURE THAT WE'RE BEING RESPECTFUL OF PEOPLE'S TIMES.

YEAH. I JUST WANT TO ADD ONE COMMENT REGARDING THE GROUP WITH THE PETITION IS THAT I DON'T THINK THAT IS SOMETHING WE SHOULD USE AS A TEMPLATE TO OR IF THEY WANT TO COME IN PUBLIC, SPEAK TO US AND TAKE THEIR THREE MINUTES AND GIVE US THEIR THOUGHTS AND WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE, THEY'RE ARE MORE THAN WELCOME TO COME.

STAND UP AND SPEAK, JUST LIKE MR. LONG WAS ABLE TO DO TODAY.

AND THEN, YOU KNOW, WE CAN RESPECT THEM AND TAKE NOTES FROM THEM AS PUBLIC SPEAKERS.

I WOULD LIKE TO ADVOCATE FOR CAROLYN'S POINT THAT I DON'T KNOW WHAT THOSE 14 POINTS ARE, BUT IF ANY OF THEM ARE SOMETHING THAT WE FEEL AS A COMMITTEE WOULD BE AN ANTITHESIS TO WHAT WOULD BE IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE CITY, THEN I THINK IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE FOR US TO ADDRESS THOSE. ADDRESS THEM, BUT POSSIBLY FROM AN OPPOSITE POSITION.

AND NOT JUST THROW THEM OUT BECAUSE THAT COMMITTEE HAS THEM.

MAXINE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR THOUGHTS ON THAT, BECAUSE I HAD TO PICK MY PAPERBACK UP IN ORDER TO REFRAIN FROM MAKING PERSONAL, DEMEANING, INSULTING, THREATENING, AND DISPARAGING REMARKS.

SO I BELIEVE THAT WHEN PEOPLE ARE WORKING TOGETHER AND WE WANT WHAT'S BEST FOR THE CITY, AND THESE PEOPLE WERE ELECTED BY THE CITIZENS TO DO THINGS DECENT IN AN ORDER.

AND I KNOW THE THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE GONE OUT AND DONE THIS AND I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM, HAVE ASKING THEM TO COME AND HAVE PUBLIC REMARKS AND BRING THOSE REMARKS SO THAT WE CAN MAKE THOSE DECISIONS.

I DIDN'T KNOW THAT IT WOULD BE TO THE POINT OF IF THEY GOT THOSE SIGNATURES, IT WOULD KIND OF BE A WASTE OF TIME FOR US.

SO I WILL REACH OUT TO THEM MYSELF AND NOT PROBABLY BEG OR ASK THEM TO COME AND LET US KNOW WHAT YOUR ISSUE. WHAT ISSUES YOU'RE HAVING AND IF IT'S VALID,

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THERE'S A COMMITTEE THAT'S SELECTED TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN FOR YOU.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO OUTSIDE OF IT TO TO DO THAT.

SO. I THINK THAT AS IN GENERAL, IF ANY PERSON ON THIS COMMITTEE WANTS TO TAKE A LOOK AT THEIR PETITIONS AND AMENDMENTS AND BRING FORWARD YOUR THOUGHTS ON THOSE, ABSOLUTELY. THAT'S WHAT WE CAN AND SHOULD DO.

BUT TO SUGGEST THAT WE USE THEIR PETITION AS A STARTING POINT, I FIND THAT TO BE AN IRRESPONSIBLE AND POSSIBLY GROSSLY NEGLIGENT WAY TO APPROACH THIS BECAUSE WE HAVE NO IDEA WHAT IS IN THOSE PETITIONS WHERE THEY GOT THE INFORMATION, ETC. SO WITHOUT FIRST HAVING REVIEWED IT IN GREAT DETAIL TO UNDERSTAND THE IMPACT, I WOULD NEVER RECOMMEND USING THAT AS A STARTING POINT FOR OUR DISCUSSION.

YOUR POINT IS WELL TAKEN AND I AGREE WITH YOU.

WE SHOULD NOT USE WHAT THEY HAVE TO GUIDE WHAT WE DO, BUT WE ALSO NEED TO EXERCISE WISDOM AND PRUDENCE.

THEY HAVE IDENTIFIED 14 POSSIBLE AREAS FOR IMPROVEMENT.

WE'RE HERE TODAY AND WE ARE STARTING WITH A BLANK SLATE.

EVEN A BROKEN CLOCK IS RIGHT TWICE A DAY.

AND SO I BELIEVE THAT IT WOULD BE IMPORTANT FOR US TO LOOK AT WHAT THEY HAVE IDENTIFIED.

MAYBE NOT IN THE SAME WAY AS RENDELL SAID, BUT LOOK AT WHAT THEY HAVE IDENTIFIED AS POSSIBLE AREAS THAT WOULD NEED TO BE AMENDED, AND WE DETERMINE WHETHER AMENDMENTS NEED TO BE MADE AROUND THOSE AREAS.

IT WOULD BE A GUIDE, NOT SOMETHING THAT WE JUST USE TO GUIDE THE WORK THAT WE DO.

IT WOULD JUST BE SOMETHING THAT WE USE AS A FOOTNOTE.

LITTLE AREA THAT MIGHT NEED TO BE AMENDED BY US, BUT NOT THAT WE JUST GO OUT AND USE WHAT THEY HAVE.

THEY'VE DONE A LOT OF WORK.

I LOOKED AT THE WEBSITE, THEY'VE ADDED CHARTERS FROM SEVERAL OF OUR SURROUNDING CITIES AND ARE ASKING PEOPLE TO DO THE COMPARISON.

AND I'M SURE IN OUR PRIVATE TIME IN PREPARING FOR THE MEETING, AND JUST AS WE ARE GOING TO BE REVISING OR AMENDING THAT, WE TOO WOULD WANT TO DRAW ON WHAT MAYBE OTHER CITIES ARE DOING SO.

IT'S NOT THAT WE ARE USING THEIR WORK AS OURS, BUT WE CAN USE IT AS A SPRINGBOARD FOR WHAT WE DO.

I WOULD HAVE TO I WOULD HAVE TO AGREE WITH GENTRY ON THIS MATTER.

I FEEL LIKE, YEAH. AND I GET THE POINT THAT'S BEING STATED BY CAROLYN.

I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S WORK BEING DONE.

I THINK THAT IT IS IMPORTANT THAT THAT IS VETTED, AND THIS IS NOT AN INDICTMENT ON ANYONE INVOLVED IN THAT MEASURE AT ALL.

BUT WE ARE ALL RESPONSIBLE AT OUR CAPACITY TO DO THE WORK, TO UNDERSTAND HOLISTICALLY, COMPREHENSIVELY THE DECISIONS THAT WE'RE MAKING. RIGHT. AND SO NOT THAT THAT CAN'T BE PART OF THE DISCUSSION, BUT I DO FEEL LIKE WHEN IT COMES TO THE DECISIONS THAT WE'RE MAKING HERE, THAT IT SHOULD BE IN MAYBE IN TANDEM, BUT IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE THE THE FIRST STEP.

I THINK THAT THERE IS PLENTY OF PEOPLE THAT ARE INVOLVED THAT ARE IN THE ROOM THAT CAN HELP US START, AND AS WE GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS, I MYSELF WILL GO TO THAT SITE REVIEW.

I'VE BEEN TO THAT SITE BEFORE, BUT RE REVIEW THE INFORMATION AND REACH OUT TO THOSE INDIVIDUALS TO GET A BETTER UNDERSTANDING. BUT I THINK THAT WITHIN THIS CAPACITY THAT WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR TAKING THIS PROCESS FROM A FOUNDATIONAL LEVEL, AND WE DON'T HAVE TO START AT A PLACE THAT SOMEONE HAS ALREADY BEGUN.

I THINK THAT THAT IS THE FAIR WAY OF GOING THROUGH THIS PROCESS.

AND I WILL AGAIN ASK THAT.

I KNOW THAT THERE'S A LOT OF DIALOG AND WE HAVE MANY MORE MEETINGS, BUT WE WON'T HAVE MANY MORE PRODUCTIVE MEETINGS IF WE DON'T ACTUALLY CHOOSE WHEN THOSE MEETINGS ARE GOING TO BE. SO I WOULD ASK THAT WE GO AHEAD AND MOVE ALONG WITH THE AGENDA. IF EVERYONE IS OKAY WITH THAT, AND I WILL PICK UP WITH THE NEXT.

I'LL DEFER TO THE MAYOR.

AND THEN I JUST WANT TO SAY ONE THING, AND I WANT EVERYBODY TO KEEP IN MIND THAT SOME OF THE AGENDA NOT SORRY, THAT AGENDA.

SOME OF THE AMENDMENTS THAT THEY ARE PROPOSING AS WELL JUST CAN'T BE DONE.

SO JUST KEEP IN MIND THAT WHEN YOU'RE READING SOME OF THESE AMENDMENTS THAT THEY'RE PUTTING OUT THERE, THAT SOME OF THEM MIGHT NOT EVEN BE ABLE TO BE LEGALLY ACTUALLY DONE, AND THERE IS A FEW ON THERE THAT IS NOT LEGAL.

SO THAT CANNOT BE THE BASE OF OF WHERE WE START.

ONCE AGAIN, LIKE YOU SAID, WE CAN WORK IN TANDEM AND TRYING TO BRING SOME IDEAS, BUT LET'S RESEARCH EVERY ONE OF THEM TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY CAN ACTUALLY BE

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DONE. YEAH. YEAH. AWESOME.

SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON. GRANT. IS THAT THE END OF THE PRESENTATION? I HAVE TWO MORE SLIDES, BUT I'LL BE QUICK BECAUSE WE'VE DISCUSSED ABOUT 99% OF IT ALREADY, SO I'LL BE QUICK.

AND YOU KNOW, I LOVE ALL THE QUESTIONS. AND OBVIOUSLY IF ANYONE WANTS TO, YOU KNOW, EMAIL ME AFTER THE FACT.

ANY QUESTIONS? THAT'S WHAT I'M HERE FOR, TO KIND OF BE A A REFERENCE AND A, YOU KNOW, HELP YOU GUYS OUT. SO KIND OF ROLL THROUGH REAL QUICK.

WE'VE DISCUSSED YOU KNOW, HOW A RULE CHARTER CAN BE AMENDED WITH ONE OF TWO WAYS. ONE IS COUNCIL ORDERED.

COUNCIL ON ITS OWN MOTION MAY ORDER FOR A CHARTER AMENDMENT ELECTION OR TWO IS RESIDENT INITIATED. SO COUNCIL SHALL ORDER A CHARTER AMENDMENT ELECTION IF IT RECEIVES A PROPOSED CHARTER AMENDMENT THAT IS SUPPORTED BY A PETITION SIGNED BY.

IN THIS INSTANCE, IT WOULD BE AT LEAST 5% OF THE QUALIFIED VOTERS.

KEEP IN MIND BOTH HAVE TO BE DONE BY ELECTION.

THAT'S JUST THERE'S TWO WAYS TO TO TRIGGER THE ELECTION.

WE'VE WE'VE TOUCHED ON THE NEXT BULLET POINT.

HOW OFTEN CAN A CHARTER BE AMENDED? IT'S NO MORE OFTEN OR THAN EVERY TWO YEARS.

AND THAT'S FROM THE CONSTITUTION.

AND THEN THIS LAST BULLET POINT, THIS WAS BROUGHT UP, I THINK MAYBE MISS KELTON, I CAN'T REMEMBER WHO, BUT THERE'S NOT A LIMITATION ON A NUMBER OF AMENDMENTS PER ELECTION.

THERE CAN BE MULTIPLE.

YOU KNOW, I'VE SEEN SOME THAT MAYBE THERE'S THREE AND UP TO 25 EACH.

EACH AMENDMENT WOULD HAVE A DIFFERENT LINE ITEM, AND THE BALLOTS MUST MUST BE PREPARED IN A WAY THAT THE VOTER MAY APPROVE OR DISAPPROVE ANY ONE OR MORE AMENDMENTS WITHOUT HAVING TO APPROVE OR DISAPPROVE ALL OF THEM.

SO YOU GO THROUGH AND EACH ONE, YES OR NO? ALL RIGHT. THEN THE VERY LAST SLIDE IS JUST WE KIND OF TOUCHED ON THIS WITH THE RESOLUTION. SO WHAT WE'RE HERE FOR, WE'RE HERE TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS RECOMMENDED MODIFICATION AND AMENDMENTS TO THE CHARTER.

WE DISCUSSED THE TERM.

OBVIOUSLY, THE JUNE 23RD IS PROBABLY GOING TO BE AN ISSUE, BUT WE AND THEN JUST KIND OF THE THE REPORTING REQUIREMENTS PROVIDE ROUTINE PROGRESS REPORTS AND THEN A FINAL WRITTEN REPORT TO COUNCIL.

SO THAT NO, NO QUESTIONS, NO MORE QUESTIONS.

SO WE'VE JUST DONE. YEAH.

QUICK AND DIRTY. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU GRANT. YOU'RE WELCOME. WITH THAT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM G FIVE.

[G.5 2025-005 Consider selecting the dates and times of future Committee meetings; and take appropriate action.]

2025005. CONSIDER SELECTING THE DATES AND TIMES OF FUTURE COMMITTEE MEETINGS AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION AT THIS TIME.

GIVEN THAT WE ARE KIND OF NEARING THE THE BACK END OF OUR MEETING TIMELINE, I WOULD LIKE TO START TO GET THE CONVERSATION GOING BY WHAT WAS STATED BEFORE AS FAR AS THIS PROCESS, BEFORE TAKING SIX MONTHS.

I HEARD THERE WAS SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 13 AND 15 MEETINGS.

THERE WERE 15, 15 MEETINGS, BUT IT WAS ALSO MUCH MORE IN DETAIL BECAUSE WE HAD TO GO THROUGH PRETTY MUCH NOT EVERY ITEM, BUT YES, EVERY SINGLE ITEM.

AND SO IT WAS MUCH MORE DETAILED.

WE HAD TWO, THREE LIKE TOWN HALLS HERE AT THE CITY FOR SURE.

PRESENTATIONS. SO HARDLY ANYONE CAME.

YEAH, IT IS TRUE. THE CITY.

NOT VERY MANY PEOPLE CAME TO THE PUBLIC APPEARANCE OR TOWN HALLS.

DO I THINK THAT WE NEED TO HAVE 15 MEETINGS FOR THIS? NO, I WHAT MY MY THE THE DIRECTION I WAS GOING WITH KIND OF TAKING THE IN CONSIDERATION THE, THE THE AMOUNT, THE CADENCE THAT WAS FOR THE PREVIOUS HRC WAS THAT WE WOULD EITHER AND ONE OF THEM WAS A BIT AGGRESSIVE AND BE HONEST ABOUT THAT.

EITHER HAVE WEEKLY OR BIWEEKLY MEETINGS GIVING SOME OF THE TIMELINES WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT WE'RE UP AGAINST.

MY RECOMMENDATION AGAIN, THIS IS UP FOR DISCUSSION.

AND THEN WE CAN HAVE OFFICIAL MOTION IS ONE OF THOSE TWO OPTIONS.

BUT I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO INCLUDE IN THAT THAT WE HAVE AT LEAST I KNOW WE HAVE ONE PUBLIC HEARING THAT'S LISTED HERE FOR US TO DISCUSS.

BUT I'D LIKE TO HAVE AT LEAST TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS AS PART OF THAT PROCESS.

SO THAT'S WHAT I'M PUTTING UP FOR DISCUSSION. IT'S NOT AN OFFICIAL MOTION, BUT I WANT TO PUT THAT OUT THERE TO GET THE CONVERSATION GOING. AND MIND YOU, IT'S 752.

SO GREAT CONVERSATION. HOPEFULLY. ONE OF THE TOWN HALLS PUBLIC APPEARANCE WE DID WAS ON A SATURDAY AND WE HAD SOME BOARDS UP, YOU KNOW, WITH ALL THE CHARTER ITEMS FOR PEOPLE TO ACTUALLY COME AND GIVE US THEIR FEEDBACK ON THESE CHARTERS. AND AGAIN, THERE WAS NOT A LOT.

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THERE WAS I THINK ONE OF THEM HAD NO BODY.

SO IT WAS, YOU KNOW, IT WAS PUBLICIZED EVERYWHERE YOU COULD POSSIBLY THINK.

AND, YOU KNOW, IT WAS VERY DISAPPOINTING REGARDING THAT.

I WOULD MAKE A SPECIFIC MOTION FOR STARTING OUT WITH BIWEEKLY.

AND IF WE'RE STARTING TO PRESS A DEADLINE, WE CAN ACCELERATE.

AND I LIKE TO PRESENTATIONS FOR PUBLIC.

RIGHT. SO WE HAVE A, WE HAVE AN OFFICIAL MOTION ON BOARD GRANT.

KEEP US HONEST WITH THAT.

I'VE BEEN OUT OF THE CHAIR FOR A WHILE SO KEEP ME ON TRACK HERE.

SO SINCE WE HAVE AN OFFICIAL MOTION, WE SHOULD TAKE AN OFFICIAL VOTE.

RIGHT? FOR THAT, WE NEED A SECOND. I'M SORRY. WE NEED A SECOND FOR THAT MOTION. SO THERE'S A MOTION ON THERE. IS TO TO CLARIFY, THE MOTION WAS A WEEKLY, BI WEEKLY, BI WEEKLY. OKAY.

THE MOTION WAS BIKE WEEK BI WEEKLY.

AND. RIGHT. OKAY. SO SECOND, THE MOTION OF BI WEEKLY IS IS THERE A REQUIREMENT FOR US TO HAVE A QUORUM IN ORDER FOR THIS MEETING TO GO FORWARD? BECAUSE IF WE ARE AT RISK, IF WE HAVE TO HAVE A CERTAIN NUMBER OF PEOPLE AND IT'S GOING TO BE VERY COMPLICATED TO GET THAT NUMBER OF PEOPLE BI WEEKLY, I JUST WANT TO BE CONSIDERATE OF THAT FIRST.

I CAN I CAN PLAY, I THINK, WITH ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS EXPRESSED AND THIS IS MY PERSPECTIVE. I'M NOT SPEAKING FOR THE WHOLE, BUT ONE OF THESE EXPRESSED WAS THE IMPORTANCE OF ATTENDANCE. AND I ABSOLUTELY RESPECT THAT.

I THINK THAT IN MY OPINION, BI WEEKLY IS A BIT OF A A SOLID TARGET IN MY OPINION. I THINK THAT THAT'S DOABLE.

I THINK IT'S, I THINK IF WE DID ANYTHING LESS, IF WE DID ANYTHING MORE EXTENDED THAN THAT, IN MY PERSONAL OPINION, YOU'RE GOING TO LOSE CONTACT TONE, CONTEXT TONE.

RIGHT. AND THE URGENCY IS GOING TO BE GONE. AND THERE'S GOING TO BE A DISCONNECT BETWEEN THE TIME. I'M ALL FOR BI WEEKLY.

FIRST OF ALL, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT IF WE'RE VOTING FOR THAT AND WE RESERVE OUR SCHEDULES FOR BIWEEKLY MEETINGS, FOR SURE, FOR SURE.

I MEAN, AND THE BEAUTIFUL THING ABOUT THIS IS THAT THERE'S A MOTION AND THEN THERE'S A SECOND SO WE CAN TAKE A VOTE.

AND IF PEOPLE DON'T THINK THAT'LL MAKE SENSE FOR THEM, THEN THEY CAN VOTE NO. RIGHT.

SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, THERE WAS A MOTION MADE FOR BIWEEKLY AMICIA.

SECOND THAT MOTION. AND WITH THAT, WE'LL TAKE THE SAME THE SAME APPROACH THAT WE DID EARLIER. A RAISE OF HANDS IF THE IF IT'S A YES.

THANK YOU. KEEP UP, KEEP HIM UP.

AND AMBER, I THINK AMBER GRABBED HIM.

ALL RIGHT. AND THEN ANYONE.

THAT'S AN AYE. ALL RIGHT.

THAT MOTION APPROVES. AND THEN I'LL DEFER TO YOU FOR YOUR QUESTION.

THANK YOU. IS THERE A WAY I'M GOOD WITH BIWEEKLY, BUT IS THERE A WAY THAT IT WOULD NOT BE THURSDAY EVENINGS? YOU KNOW, WE MADE A MOTION FOR THE THE CADENCE.

WE HAVEN'T MADE A MOTION FOR THE DATE OR DAY.

SO I THINK THAT'S STILL UP FOR US TO DISCUSS.

OKAY. SO I'M OPEN TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THE DAY AS WELL.

WE CAN DISCUSS WHAT WHAT MAKES SENSE FOR EVERYONE.

I'M GOOD WITH ANY OTHER DAYS. JUST THE THE MEETINGS ARE THE LAST THURSDAY EVENING.

SO THAT'S THE REASON WHY.

AND THE OTHER DAY WOULD BE FINE BY ME.

IF WE CHOOSE FROM THIS WEEK AS WOULD BE THE FIRST ONE.

SO WE'RE LOOKING TO TO DECIDE.

WE'RE LOOKING TO DECIDE THE DAY OF THE WEEK OF JUNE 8TH.

IS THAT CORRECT? DOES IT MATTER? WITH CITY COUNCIL? SHE WAS.

I THINK SHE WAS. OH, BECAUSE I'M RIGHT.

YEAH IT DOES. DOES IT MATTER BECAUSE YOU GUYS HAVE OTHER MEETINGS I KNOW DURING THE WEEK.

SO WE HAVE TO PICK A DAY BASED ON THAT.

MR. CHAIR, IF, IF, IF I MAY MAKE A SUGGESTION TO THE CHAIR.

IF I MAY MAKE A SUGGESTION SO THAT EVERYONE KNOWS ELSE IN THE.

AS FAR AS BEING RECOGNIZED FOR BECAUSE THE MICS WORK A CERTAIN WAY.

I THINK IT MAY BE BEST TO CHANNEL THROUGH THE CHAIR, AND IF AND THEN YOU CAN HIT THE MIC IF YOU'RE RECOGNIZED.

SO WE'LL LOOK TO THE CHAIR.

WE'LL POINT AND THEN HE'LL RECOGNIZE YOU, THEN HE'LL SPEAK AND THEN SO ON AND SO FORTH.

SO THAT WAY WE CAN LEAVE THE MIC OPEN. SO HIS MIC SHOULD ALWAYS BE OPEN.

THERE YOU GO. THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

THAT'S A GREAT SUGGESTION. OKAY, SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, I DO SEE THAT THERE'S THERE WAS A QUESTION THAT CAME THROUGH THAT I WANT TO RECOGNIZE.

SO IF WE CAN JULIE BECAUSE SHE HAD HER MIC WENT OFF, I WANTED TO GIVE HER AN OPPORTUNITY. SPEAK, AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK TO YOU. SHERRY. SO MY MY MY QUESTION WAS JUST SINCE WE JUST VOTED IN BI WEEKLY,

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ARE WE LOOKING FOR THIS NEXT MEETING TO BE THE WEEK OF JUNE 8TH? AND WHAT WE NEED TO WORK ON NOW IS WHICH DAY OF THE WEEK IT IS ON THAT DAY.

WHAT WE'VE DETERMINED IS THE CADENCE.

WE HAVE NOT EXACTLY SET THE START TIME OF THE THE MEETING.

SO I THINK THAT'S STILL UP FOR DISCUSSION, INCLUDING THE DAY.

SO THAT THAT ASPECT OF IT IS, IS STILL UP FOR US TO DISCUSS.

THERE WAS I'M GOING TO GET YOU, MISTER CRISWELL, AND THERE WAS ANOTHER QUESTION THAT WAS OVER HERE. I'M SORRY, I CAN'T HEAR EVERYONE'S TAG, AND THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE ROOM.

RANDALL. THANK YOU. I WAS ACTUALLY GOING TO MAKE A MOTION FOR THURSDAY NIGHTS.

WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE THURSDAYS THAT INTERFERE WITH YOUR MEETINGS.

IS IT EVERY THURSDAY, YOUR MEETINGS? I THINK YOU CAN JUST. GO GO GO GO.

OH IF WE COULD AVOID THURSDAYS, THAT WOULD BE IDEAL OVERALL.

OKAY. YEAH. I DON'T I DON'T MEAN TO SOUND SELFISH FOR THURSDAYS, BUT. OKAY. BUT, YES, I WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA.

I'M GOING TO GET YOU. I'LL TRY TO AVOID THURSDAYS.

WE'RE GOING TO GO TO MARC, AND THEN I'M GOING TO GO DOWN THE LINE.

I GUESS I WANT TO BRING FORWARD A MOTION TO POSSIBLY START NEXT WEEK WITH THE DEADLINE APPROACHING RAPIDLY. IF WE DO BIWEEKLY STARTING THE FIRST WEEK OF THE EIGHTH, THAT'LL LEAVE US IN ONE MEETING.

SO MY MOTION IS TO START.

WE NEED A DAY, THOUGH.

SELECTING A DATE? YEAH, THE FIRST WEEK OF JUNE, WHICH MY RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE THE FOURTH.

AND THAT DAY IS WHAT? THAT'S A WEDNESDAY.

A WEDNESDAY. OKAY, SO WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR FOR WEDNESDAY AND WE HAVE A SECOND.

ALL RIGHT. WITH THAT, IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR ANY OTHER COMMENTS BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD? JUST A POINTED MOTION.

HE STATED THE MOTION WAS FOR WEDNESDAY BEING THE FOURTH, AND THAT'S GOING TO BE BIWEEKLY FROM THAT DATE.

AND THEN AMISHA SECONDED.

JUST A POINT OF DISCUSSION AND I'M GOING TO ASK FOR CLARIFICATION HERE JUST SO WE CAN WRAP THIS UP. WE HAVE WEDNESDAY, WE HAVE BIWEEKLY.

DO WE HAVE A TIME? 6:00.

CAN WE CLARIFY YOUR MOTION? THANK YOU. CLARIFYING THE MOTION.

START TIME 6 P.M.. ALL RIGHT.

SO THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR IS WEDNESDAY AT 6 P.M.

BI WEEKLY STARTING FROM THE REMINDING OF THE DATA.

AGAIN I'M SORRY FOR THE FOR FOURTH.

THANK YOU. AND WITH THAT BEING SAID THAT'S A FRESH MOTION ON THE FLOOR.

DO WE HAVE A SECOND AMISHA.

SECOND IS THAT WITH THAT WE'LL DO A VOTE BY THE RAISE OF HANDS.

OH, SORRY, I DIDN'T SEE THE DISCUSSION OF THIS DISCUSSION.

SO THAT WOULD HAVE THE NEXT ONE NEXT WEEK.

AND THAT WOULD BE JUNE 1ST.

FOURTH. FOURTH. OKAY, THEN THE ONE AFTER THAT WOULD BE TWO WEEKS AFTER THAT. TWO WEEKS OTHER. OKAY.

AND I'VE HAD THIS QUESTION BEFORE, AND I AND NO ONE SEEMS TO BE ABLE TO ANSWER IT. IF WE NEED TO ATTEND ONCE VIRTUALLY, IS THAT AVAILABLE? IF WE NEED TO ATTEND A ONE TIME VERSION. OH, THE QUESTION ONE VIRTUALLY IS THE QUESTION.

I DON'T KNOW THAT WE HAVE A METHOD SET UP FOR THAT.

I THINK IT'S SET UP TO BE IN PERSON.

THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION FOR YOU AT THE MOMENT.

YEAH. MICHAEL, DO YOU KNOW? I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU DO NOT HAVE THE TECHNOLOGICAL CAPABILITY TO SET THAT UP.

OKAY. WE HAVE TO HAVE YOU HAVE TO BE ABLE TO BE CAST UP THERE.

AND YOU HAVE TWO WAY AUDIO VISUAL AND BE SEEN.

SO WE DON'T HAVE THE CAPABILITY AT THIS TIME, BUT I KNOW STAFF'S. THAT'S ALL.

I'M WORKING ON IT. YEAH.

JUST ONE POINT OF DISCUSSION.

DO WE HAVE TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION PLANNING AND ZONING, EDC, CDC. THE AD HOC COMMITTEE MEETINGS, THE.

YOU KNOW. YEAH, I CURRENTLY LOOKED IF WE STARTED ON THE FOURTH, WE WILL BE OKAY DOING IT ON THAT WEDNESDAY.

IT WILL KIND OF OFFSET THE OTHER MEETINGS.

THANK YOU. I DON'T JUST JUST ONE QUESTION.

THE TWO WEEK CADENCE AFTER THAT, THOSE ARE OKAY.

ALSO NO CONFLICTS OF THE MEETING ROOMS OR ANYTHING GOING FORTH IN TWO WEEKS AND TWO WEEKS. SO AMBER, THOSE ARE OKAY.

SORRY. OKAY. YEAH. THEY'RE TALKING.

MY UNDERSTANDING IS THE FOURTH, RIGHT? AND THEN TWO WEEKS AFTER, THEN TWO WEEKS AFTER THAT.

THOSE THOSE TIMES ARE FREE FOR THIS ROOM.

YEAH. SO THAT WOULD BE FOR THE TEAM.

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YEAH. SHE SAID SHE'S OKAY.

OH SHE'S WORKING RIGHT NOW OKAY.

YEAH. DON'T ATTACK ME.

BUT I WAS THINKING IF WE COULD DO, LIKE, ON A SATURDAY.

HALF DAY SO THAT WE COULD GET MORE.

I'M JUST SAYING, WE'VE GOT A SENSE OF URGENCY HERE, AND I KNOW THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE, I MYSELF HAVE TO COMMUTE.

I HAVE ABOUT AN HOUR AND A HALF DRIVE ON WEDNESDAY EVENINGS AND I, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST IT'S A IT'S IT'S TOUGH TO DO.

SO IF WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY MAYBE NOT DOING THAT EVERY OTHER WEEK, BUT MAYBE WORKING IN A SATURDAY BIGGER CHUNK AND OR SUNDAY OR, YOU KNOW, WHEN MORE PEOPLE ARE AVAILABLE.

ABSOLUTELY. I ABSOLUTELY I HEAR YOU.

I THINK THAT THE, THE THE ITEM IS ADDRESSING THE SET UP, SELECTING THE TIMES FOR FUTURE MEETINGS.

AS FAR AS THE RECURRING ASPECT OF IT, BUT IF WE GET TO THE POINT TO WHERE THERE'S ADDITIONAL TIME THAT'S NECESSARY, WE CAN HAVE A DISCUSSION AS TO WHAT THOSE ADDITIONAL MEETINGS MAY BE.

BUT I WOULD SAY THERE'S A MOTION ON THE FLOOR.

THERE'S BEEN A SECOND OF THAT MOTION, AND I WANT TO GO AHEAD AND GET PAST THE APPROVAL OF THIS ASPECT OF IT, OR IT NOT BEING APPROVED, AND THEN WE CAN GO FROM THERE. IS THAT A.

OH, OKAY. ABSOLUTELY. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.

MR. JOHNSON. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. I WILL STAY FOR THE THE WEEKEND.

PROBABLY NOT WORK BEST BECAUSE WE HAVE TO KEEP IN MIND STAFF.

SO THAT WOULD BE THE ONLY REASON THAT I WOULD SAY NO ON THE WEEKENDS.

BECAUSE OF STAFF. WITH THAT.

WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR AND WE HAVE A SECOND. I WANT TO GO AHEAD AND DO A VOTE.

SO BY SHOW OF HANDS, IF YOU'RE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION BEING APPROVED, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND SO AMBER CAN COUNT.

THE TIME BEFORE THE VOTE.

SO IF WE DO THE JUNE 4TH, WORTH.

YOU'LL HAVE TO KNOW WHAT AGENDA ITEMS YOU NEED, BECAUSE I'LL HAVE TO GET THE AGENDA POSTED TOMORROW.

RIGHT, RIGHT. I, I THINK I CAN WORK WITH GRANT AND MIKE TO GET THE AGENDA OUTLINED.

YEAH. I'M MORE THAN HAPPY TO DO THAT.

OKAY. YEAH. SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, AGAIN, IF YOU ARE IN FAVOR OF THAT, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

ALL RIGHT. AND ALL THAT ARE NOT IN FAVOR.

I APPRECIATE YOU. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. MOTION PASS.

OKAY. WITH THAT BEING SAID, THE NEXT ITEM IS ITEM G62025006.

[G.6 2025-006 Consider setting a public hearing to receive public input on the Home Rule Charter for the City of Princeton, Texas; and take appropriate action.]

CONSIDER SETTING A PUBLIC HEARING TO RECEIVE PUBLIC INPUT ON THE HOME RULE CHARTER FOR THE CITY OF PRINCETON, TEXAS AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION.

I THINK I'D LIKE TO. MOTION.

CONSIDERING THE FACT IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO RIGHT NOW, GO WITH THE JUNE 23RD DATE.

RIGHT. I THINK WE SHOULD DO MAYBE A PUBLIC HEARING ON SATURDAY THE 17TH HERE, AND THEN THAT OPENS IT UP FOR THE CITY.

OH, SORRY. THE ACTUALLY EITHER THE 14TH OR THE 21ST OF JUNE BECAUSE THEN THAT IF WE DO IT, YOU KNOW, ON A SATURDAY THAT GIVES THE CITY THAT OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE FOR THAT.

SO WHAT ARE YOU PROPOSING EITHER SATURDAY, JUNE 14TH OR 21ST FOR IT TO BE ON SATURDAY, MR. CHAIR? OH, THERE I GO.

THANK YOU. SO THE PUBLIC HERE.

SO I JUST WANT TO KEEP IN MIND EVERY SINGLE MEETING THAT WE HAVE IS OBVIOUSLY IT'S OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. IT'S IT'S NOTICED, POSTED AND HELD IN ACCORDANCE WITH OPEN MEETINGS ACT. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A PUBLIC APPEARANCE SECTION ON EVERY SINGLE MEETING.

RIGHT. SO THE THE INTENT BEHIND THE PUBLIC HEARING WAS JUST TO PUT OUT ADDITIONAL NOTICE AND HAVE A DESIGNATED IN ADDITION TO THE PUBLIC APPEARANCE HAVE A KIND OF A PUBLIC HEARING ESTABLISHED TO ALLOW PEOPLE MORE TIME TO SPEAK AND KIND OF VOICE THEIR CONCERNS.

SO WE COULD MAKE THE PUBLIC HEARING A PART OF ONE ONE OF YOUR MEETINGS.

RIGHT? IT COULD JUST BE, YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT'S ON THE FOURTH OR WE COULD DO THE 18TH, WE DON'T HAVE TO NECESSARILY DO A SEPARATE MEETING FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING. IT'S JUST IT'S NOT A LEGAL REQUIREMENT.

IT'S JUST GIVING OUT ADDITIONAL NOTICE AND OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE OR EVEN EXTEND OUR MEETINGS TO GIVE MORE TIME FOR IT. CORRECT.