* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:11] SO I NOW CALL THIS MEETING OF THE BAYTOWN CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION ORDER. IT IS THURSDAY, APRIL 8TH. IT IS 5:34 PM WE ARE IN BAYTOWN CITY HALL. COUNCIL CHAMBERS, WE DO HAVE A QUORUM. SO WE [a. Discuss possible amendments to the City of Baytown Council Rules of Procedure.] HAVE ITEM ONE A DISCUSSED POSSIBLE AMENDMENTS TO THE CITY OF BAYTOWN COUNCIL. RULES OF PROCEDURE, MS. HORNER. GOOD EVENING COUNCIL. UM, TONIGHT I WAS JUST GOING TO DO A QUICK OVERVIEW OF OUR RULES, UM, AND THEN GO FROM THERE. OKAY. UM, OUR RULES OF PROCEDURE BASICALLY HAVE EIGHT DIFFERENT SECTIONS. THEY GO FROM AUTHORITY, GENERAL RULES, THE CODE OF CONDUCT FOR COUNCIL, FOR STAFF, AND FOR THE PUBLIC. WE TALKED ABOUT TYPES OF MEETINGS, PRESIDING OFFICERS DUTIES, ORDER OF BUSINESS, CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS, AND ALSO CONSIDERATION OF, UH, CREATION OF COMMITTEES. SO, GENERAL RULES ARE JUST THAT ALL OF OUR MEETINGS ARE PUBLIC. YOU HAVE TO HAVE A QUORUM BEFORE YOU START A MEETING. ATTENDANCE IS, UH, REQUIRED AND LESS EXCUSED. UM, IT TALKS ABOUT MISCONDUCT THAT COUNCIL'S CHARGE OF MISCONDUCT REQUIRES MINUTES OF YOUR MEETINGS. UM, THE QUESTIONS THAT COME BEFORE COUNCIL MUST CONTAIN JUST ONE SUBJECT. UM, IT'S PRESCRIBES HOW RIGHTS TO THE FLOOR ARE GIVEN. IT'S GIVEN BY THE, THE MAYOR OF THE PRESIDING OFFICER TO ONE PERSON AT A TIME. TALKS ABOUT THE EMPLOYEES THAT ARE REQUIRED TO BE AT MEETINGS, WHICH INCLUDE YOUR CITY MANAGER, YOUR, UH, CITY CLERK, WHO ACTS AS TAKES THE MINUTES, YOUR CITY ATTORNEY THAT ACTS AS PARLIAMENTARIAN AND ANSWERS QUESTIONS OF LAW. AND YOUR CHIEF OF POLICE WHO SERVES SERGEANT ARMS. AND THEN ANYBODY ELSE WHO THE CITY MANAGER DEEMS APPROPRIATE TO BE THERE ARE ALSO REQUIRED TO BE THERE. COUNCIL CAN SUSPEND THE RULES AND THEY CAN AMEND THE RULES TO AMEND THE RULES. THEY HAVE TO CONSIDER AT ONE TIME, DISCUSS AT ONE TIME AT A COUNCIL MEETING, AND THEN IT CAN BE AMENDED AT A SUBSEQUENT COUNCIL MEETING. UM, COUNCIL MEMBERS' CONDUCT, UM, THEY'RE SUBJECT TO THE RULES. THEY DEAL WITH THEIR CONDUCT DURING COUNCIL MEETINGS. ONCE THEY'RE GIVEN THE FLOOR, THEY'RE NOT TO BE INTERRUPTED UNLESS CALLED OUT OF ORDER. THEY CAN PRESENT A MOTION TO REQUIRE ENFORCEMENT OF THE RULES. IF SOMETHING SEEMS LIKE IT'S OUT OF ORDER, THEY CAN DO THAT. STAFF ARE ALSO SUBJECT TO THE RULES. THEY ALSO HAVE TO BE RECOGNIZED IN ORDER TO SPEAK. WHEN THEY SPEAK, THEY HAVE TO ADDRESS THE ENTIRE COUNCIL. UM, CITIZENS, LIKEWISE SUBJECT TO THE RULES. THEY CAN'T HAVE PRIVATE CONVERSATIONS. THEY CAN BE REMOVED IF THEY'RE DISRUPTIVE OR BOISTEROUS, AND THEY DON'T. WE DISCOURAGED, UNAUTHORIZED REMARKS, WHISTLES, ET CETERA. ALSO, UH, WE ARE SUBJECT TO ROBERT'S RULES, THE LATEST EDITION, AND WITH THE ONE EXCEPTION THAT OUR MAYOR CAN, UM, TAKE, PARTICIPATE, AND VOTE ON MATTERS, UM, THAT COME BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL MUST BE RECOGNIZED TO SPEAK. CITIZENS WHEN THEY SPEAK, MUST GIVE THEIR NAME AND ADDRESS, AND THEY CAN'T POSE A QUESTION WITHOUT PERMISSION OF THE PRESIDING OFFICER. WE DO TRY TO KEEP, UH, REPETITION'S. COMMENTS ARE PROHIBITED. WRITTEN COMMENTS CAN BE SUBMITTED TO COUNSEL, SO THEY CAN CONSIDER THOSE BEFORE ACTING ON ANY ITEM. UM, THERE'S A PROCEDURE FOR CALLING PEOPLE OUT OF ORDER. THERE'S, IF SOMEBODY HAS CHARGES AGAINST EMPLOYEE, THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE IMMEDIATELY CALLED OUT OF ORDER AND ADDRESSED TO THE CITY MANAGER. UM, IF DISTURBANCES OR LIKEWISE CAN BE CALLED OUT OF ORDER AND COMMUNICATION DEVICES SHOULD BE MUTED. SO IT ALSO DISCUSSES TYPES OF MEETINGS. SO WE HAVE A REGULAR MEETING. WE HAVE WORK SESSIONS. AT WORK SESSIONS. NO ACTION IS TAKEN. IT'S JUST A DISCUSSION. AND REALLY PUBLIC IS NOT SUPPOSED TO, UM, PARTICIPATE UNLESS INVITED TO BY THE, THE MAYOR. UH, WE HAVE SPECIAL MEETINGS, AND THOSE ARE CALLED WHEN, WHEN NEEDED EMERGENCY MEETINGS OR THOSE WHEN THERE'S SOME PUBLIC, UH, DESIRE OR NEED TO, UH, HAVE A MEETING BECAUSE OF SOME SORT OF IMMINENT EMERGENCY OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. UM, THERE'S REQUIREMENTS AS FAR AS NOTICE OF MEETINGS, USUALLY 72 HOURS EXCEPT FOR EMERGENCY MEETINGS WHERE WE HAVE TO GIVE ONE HOUR NOTICE. AND A SPECIAL NOTICE TO THE, UH, PRESS PRESIDING OFFICER'S DUTIES, UH, PRESIDING OFFICER IS TO CALL THE, UH, MEETINGS TO ORDER TO PRESERVE ORDER. AND IF PRESIDING OFFICER CAN LEAVE LEAVES, UM, HE'S SUPPOSED TO APPOINT A SUBSTITUTE CHAIR FOR THE REMAINDER OF THAT MEETING. HE PRESIDES OVER ALL POINTS OF ORDER. UH, BEFORE A MOTION IS, IS A VOTE IS TAKEN. HE'S SUPPOSED TO STATE THE, THE QUESTION TO BEFORE THE COMMITTEE FOR THE COUNCIL AND, UM, CAN CALL FOR RECESS AT REGULAR INTERVALS, NOT TO EXCEED 15 MINUTES AND VOTES. HE CAN CALL FOR VOTES. AND, UH, MAKE SURE EITHER BY HAND, BY VOICE, HOWEVER IS MOST APPROPRIATE TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY VOTES, AGENDAS THE ORDER OF MANY, UH, AGENDAS. IT TALKS ABOUT, UM, WHO CAN PLACE ITEMS ON THE AGENDA WHEN THEY'RE DUE. AND YOU CAN'T RECONSIDER AN ITEM FOR SIX MONTHS AFTER THIS KID CONSIDERED, UNLESS EVERYBODY VOTES, MAJORITY VOTES TO WAIVE THAT RULE. AND WE TALK ABOUT THE ORDER. SO TYPICALLY, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THE CALL TO ORDER. WE HAVE A CONFIRMATION OF QUORUM. WE DO THE PLEDGE AND INVOCATION, THEN YOUR MINUTES, THEN YOUR A CITIZENS COMMUNICATIONS, YOUR BUSINESS ITEMS, YOUR CONSENT AGENDA, YOUR, UH, APPOINTMENTS IN THE CITY MANAGER'S REPORT AS ASSISTANCE COMMUNICATIONS ARE DISCUSSED HERE. ALSO IN THIS SECTION [00:05:01] WHERE WE HAVE, UH, FIVE MINUTES, IF SOMEONE WANTS TO DISCUSS AN ITEM THAT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA, THEY HAVE TO SUBMIT IT TO THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE. UM, FIVE O'CLOCK THE DAY BEFORE THE POSTING OF THE MEETING. THEY'RE GIVEN FIVE MINUTES AND THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE SUBMITTED TO, UH, ADMINISTRATION FIRST TO SEE IF THEY CAN BE HANDLED ADMINISTRATIVELY, WHATEVER THE ISSUE MAY BE. AND THERE'S ONE CITIZEN COMMUNICATION PER MEETING, UM, ITEMS ON THE AGENDA. ANYBODY CAN SIGN UP TO SPEAK ON THE AGENDA AND THE ITEM ON THE AGENDA. AND THAT LIMIT IS THREE MINUTES. AND PASSING TIME IS PERMITTED. ORDINANCES ARE PRINTED. UM, THEY'RE APPROVED AS A FORM. THEY'RE DISTRIBUTED TO YOU BEFORE THE COUNCIL MEETING OR AT THE COUNCIL MEETING. AND MAJORITY VOTE IS REQUIRED IN ORDER TO PASS ANY ITEM, EXCEPT SOMETIMES WE DO BY LAW HAVE A MAJORITY HAVE A SUPER MAJORITY VOTE CREATION OF BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS. THAT'S ALSO WITHIN A COUNCIL'S PURVIEW. THEY CAN BE STANDING COMMITTEES, THEY CAN BE AD HOC COMMITTEES. UM, YOU PRESCRIBE THE DUTIES AND THE MEMBERSHIP AND THE SELECTION, THEIR ADVISORY, UNLESS OTHERWISE THEY'RE REQUIRED BY LAW OR YOU, AND THAT COULD BE VIA ORDINANCE. YOU CAN PRESCRIBE THAT THEY HAVE CERTAIN POWERS AND DUTIES THAT ARE OUTSIDE, UH, BEYOND JUST ADVISORY IN NATURE. THE APPOINTMENTS IS UNDER YOUR CONTROL. YOU THE RULES DO SAY THAT IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE INCLUSIVE OF ALL SEGMENTS OF THE COMMUNITY. YOU ALL CONSIDER THE QUALIFICATIONS AND THAT AFTER THREE CONSECUTIVE TERMS, IT ENCOURAGES YOU ALL TO APPOINT A A NEW PERSON. AND THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS SHALL HAVE RULES AND PROCEDURES THAT ARE SUBSTANTIALLY SIMILAR TO WHAT, WHAT YOU ALL HAVE. SO IN THE RECENT PAST, THESE RULES IN THE CURRENT FORM WERE PROBABLY ADOPTED IN 2004. THEY'VE BEEN AMENDED FOUR TIMES. UM, THE LAST TIME WE DISCUSSED THE RULES WAS IN 2019 AND THERE WAS JUST A DISCUSSION, BUT NO AMENDMENTS AT THAT TIME. AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, GLAD TO ANSWER THEM. UH, ANY QUESTIONS I GUESS ON WHAT THE SUMMARY THAT WAS PRESENTED? I HAVE A COUPLE COMMENTS, MAYOR. OKAY. SO I JUST, I'D LIKE A LITTLE BIT OF LATITUDE 'CAUSE I'M GONNA DIGRESS JUST A LITTLE BIT. OKAY. UM, BUT IT IS RELEVANT, SO, WELL, I JUST LEARNED ONE THING, SO ONE QUESTION AT A TIME. I'M, I'M LOOKING AT THAT PERSON OUT OF ORDER THERE. YEAH, NO, JUST SAY ONE QUESTION AT A TIME. YEAH. ALRIGHT. SO THERE'S NOT REALLY ANY QUESTIONS, BUT, YOU KNOW, I THINK MOST PEOPLE KNOW THAT, THAT, YOU KNOW, FOLLOW CITY HALL OR ATTEND OUR MEETINGS OR WE ALL CERTAINLY KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, EVERYONE UP HERE AND STAFF, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALL EXTREMELY CAPABLE INDIVIDUALS AND WE'RE AMBITIOUS IN MANY WAYS AS WELL, WHETHER IT'S POLITICS OR BUSINESS, COMMUNITY, CIVICS, WE ALL HAVE VARIOUS PERSONAL PASSIONS, AND WE ALL HAVE A LIFE TO LIVE OUTSIDE OF CITY HALL. UM, BUT, YOU KNOW, WE ARE ELECTED OFFICIALS AND WE, WE REPRESENT THE CITY. UM, AND TRULY, YOU KNOW, THE INSTITUTION OF CITY HALL IN, IN MY OPINION ANYWAY, SHOULD BE FIRST AND FOREMOST ALWAYS. AND I'VE, I'VE HAD SOME DISCUSSIONS, UM, ABOUT THAT REALLY OVER THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS, MAYBE LONGER ACTUALLY. AND, YOU KNOW, RICK READS BOOKS ON THAT, AND HE SAYS, WELL, CHRIS, THERE'S ACTUALLY A, A, A TERM FOR THAT. IT'S CALLED MISSION FIRST LEADERSHIP. AND THAT REALLY KIND OF SUMMARIZES WHAT I'M TRYING, TRYING TO, TO SAY HERE. AND I BELIEVE IN THAT PHILOSOPHY QUITE A BIT. BUT THAT'S NOT TO SAY THAT LITTLE DUST UPS OR, YOU KNOW, SIZABLE DIFFERENCES OF OPINION, UH, YOU KNOW, WON'T OCCUR SOMETIMES. SOMETIMES THEY DO. AND IT'S NOT ALL THAT BAD THAT THEY DO, YOU KNOW, FRANKLY, IT CAN BE QUITE HEALTHY. SOMETIMES THE, THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS HOW WE HANDLE, UM, THOSE INSTANCES. AND I CAN TELL EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU IS EACH AND EACH AND EVERY ONE OF, YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN ON BOTH SIDES, UH, OF, OF, OF INSTANCES LIKE THAT OVER THE EIGHT YEARS I'VE BEEN ON COUNCIL. AND I'VE CERTAINLY ISSUED ONE OR TWO APOLOGIES IN MY TIME, AND I'VE PROBABLY RECEIVED TWO OR THREE AS WELL. SO, YOU KNOW, IT HAPPENS. THE, THE, THE MAIN THING IS THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU TALK 'EM THROUGH, UH, YOU KNOW, IT NEVER SINKS DOWN TO ANYTHING PERSONAL AND, YOU KNOW, WE REALLY JUST NEED TO, TO GET ONTO THE NEXT ISSUE AND THE NEXT TASK AT HAND. AND I SAY THAT, UM, BECAUSE I, I WAS THE ONE THAT REQUESTED TO PUT THIS, UH, REFRESHER ON THE AGENDA. AND I THINK KIND OF SIMILAR TO HOW YOU WANTED THE REFRESHER ON THERE, MAYOR, AFTER YOU WERE SWORN IN WHEN WE LAST DISCUSSED IT IN EARLY 2019, AND I DIDN'T CATCH IT THEN, BUT, YOU KNOW, I'VE, I'VE REFRESHED MYSELF WITH THE RULES OF PROCEDURE, THE CODE OF CONDUCT, AND I REALLY BELIEVE THERE'S AN OVERSIGHT. AND, YOU KNOW, IT WASN'T AN INTENTIONAL OVERSIGHT BY ANY STRETCH, BUT, YOU KNOW, THESE RULES OF PROCEDURE PERTAIN [00:10:01] TO FROM THE TIME THE MAYOR BANGS THE GAVEL UNTIL ADJOURNMENT. AND THAT'S ALL. AND, YOU KNOW, I TRULY BELIEVE IN A, A, A STANDARD OF, OF CONDUCT AND, AND BEING THE BEST COUNCIL MEMBERS WE CAN. AND IN, IN MY OPINION, IT JUST SEEMS TO ME THAT IT SHOULD APPLY TO THE OTHER TIMES THAT WE'RE ACTING IN OUR OFFICIAL CAPACITY AND WE'RE REPRESENTING THE CITY, WHETHER WE'RE AT CITY HALL, WHETHER WE'RE AT A RIBBON CUTTING, WHETHER WE'RE AT A NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING INTERFACING WITH THE PUBLIC. UM, SO THAT, THAT'S MY ONLY SUGGESTION. AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK EVERYBODY IN HERE WOULD AGREE ALSO THAT I'M PROBABLY ONE OF THE MORE PASSIONATE MEMBERS OF COUNCIL AND, YOU KNOW, I, I CAN BE A LITTLE ABRASIVE AT TIMES AS WELL. SO I WILL PROBABLY BE MAYBE THE MOST CONSCIENTIOUS OF ANY SORT OF AMENDMENT LIKE THAT. BUT, YOU KNOW, YOU JUST, YOU REACH A POINT, UM, IN YOUR TENURE ON CITY COUNCIL, MAYBE YOU REACH A POINT IN LIFE THAT YOU JUST WANNA BE, YOU KNOW, THE BEST COUNCIL MEMBER YOU CAN. SO I WOULD BE FINE WITH THAT, BUT THAT'S JUST ONE OPINION. SO I WOULD SUPPORT AN AMENDMENT, UM, ALONG THOSE LINES, MISS CITY ATTORNEY. AND OF COURSE I WOULD, YOU KNOW, WELCOME ANY FEEDBACK OR COMMENTS AND MAYBE OTHER FOLKS HAVE DIFFERENT IDEAS OR SIMILAR IDEAS. SO THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE I'M AT AND I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. OKAY. SO I'M, I'M ASSUMING WHATEVER LANGUAGE YOU'RE SEEKING IN AMENDMENT, HAVE YOU FORWARDED THAT TO THE I HAVE NOT. I THINK KAREN HAS, SO MAYBE THAT WOULD BE GOOD FOR US TO REVISIT. WE DON'T HAVE THAT IN FRONT OF US, OBVIOUSLY, BUT, RIGHT. YES. I DO HAVE A, UM, COUPLE OF COMMENTS AND, YOU KNOW, I HAVE TO A AGREE WITH THE SENTIMENTS. UM, OF MY COLLEAGUE, ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS THAT I DID BEFORE COMING ON COUNCIL, I SAT DOWN WITH BOB LIPPER AT THAT TIME AND I SAID, YOU KNOW, MR. LIPPER, I'VE SEEN HOW NASTY CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS CAN GET, UM, IN OTHER CITIES AND WHERE I'VE TRAVELED. AND I SAID, THAT'S NOT SOMETHING I WANNA WALK INTO. AND THEN HE GOES, THAT DOES NOT HAPPEN. AND HE GOES, WE WILL GET SPIRITED. BUT, UM, IT HAS NOT HAPPENED, BUT IT'S REALLY UP TO US AS COUNCIL TO DRIVE THAT. AND SO THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'VE REALLY LIKED ABOUT BEING ON COUNCIL, IS THAT THERE IS, UM, A SENSE OF RESPECT FOR EACH OTHER. UM, BECAUSE WE ALONE CANNOT PASS ANY INITIATIVE THAT WE WANNA DO FOR OUR, UM, OUR, OUR DISTRICTS AND FOR THE CITY. WE ALL HAVE TO WORK TOGETHER. AND, UM, IT'S, WE, WE SHOULD BE A COLLECTIVE VOICE. WE MAY NOT AGREE WITH SOME OF THE VOTES OR, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE COMMENTS THAT WE'RE MAKING WITH EACH OTHER OR ABOUT AN ISSUE, BUT I, I THINK WE AT LEAST SHOULD UPHOLD THAT RESPECT WITHIN ONE ANOTHER. UM, YOU KNOW, THE, THE THING ABOUT, UM, YOU KNOW, HOW WE CONDUCT OURSELVES OUTSIDE OF THE GAVEL BEING DRAWN, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I ALWAYS TELL MY CONSTITUENTS IS THAT BEING IN PUBLIC OFFICE, WE ARE ON PRETTY MUCH 24 7. SO BECAUSE WE ARE OUT IN THE COMMUNITY WHEREVER WE ARE MEETINGS OR WE'RE JUST AT A PARK, THEY CATCH US AT THE GROCERY STORE, WHATEVER, WE ARE THEIR COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVE, I GET CALLS AT DIFFERENT HOURS OF THE DAY. SO TO ME, I AM ON CALL 24 7, WHICH MEANS I AM A REPRESENTATIVE OF NOT JUST MY DISTRICT, BUT FOR THE CITY. AND I ALSO REPRESENT EACH OF YOU. AND SO I KNOW FOR MYSELF, I WOULD WANT TO ENSURE THAT EVERYONE IS HOLDING TO THOSE STANDARDS AS WELL. OKAY. UM, ANY AMENDMENT I WOULD GLADLY REVIEW AND, AND SEE WHAT WE CAN DO TO, IF WE NEED TO MAKE THINGS BETTER. UM, AGAIN, IT'S NOT JUST FOR US, IT'S MAYBE FOR THE NEXT COUNCILS AS WELL, BECAUSE WE ARE SETTING THAT BAR. OKAY. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? YES, SIR. THAT WAS ONE OF THE ONES THAT HELPED SIGN IT TO BRING THIS FORWARD IS, IS COUNCIL MEMBER AND HAD THE DISCUSSIONS WITH CITY MANAGER. MY CONCERN ON THAT, UH, WAS IT, IT'S GOOD AS A NEW COUNCIL MEMBER TO GO OVER IT AND GET, GET IT OUT, BUT I ALSO, YOU LOOK AT SOME OF THE, THE, THE GAPS IN IT, THE, THE CODE OF CONDUCT REFERS TO HOW WE TREAT EACH OTHER. AGAIN, I'VE BEEN ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE DIOCESE FOR, FOR MANY YEARS IN SEVERAL OTHER CITIES, AND SOMETIMES MAYBE WE COULD ADD A LITTLE LANGUAGE THAT SAYS HOW WE TREAT OR ADDRESS STAFF ISSUES AS WELL. 'CAUSE I'VE BEEN ON THE RECEIVING END OF SOME PRETTY GOOD TONGUE LASHINGS. SOME DESERVE IT, SOME NOT. SO, BUT IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US IF WE'RE GONNA SET A STANDARD FOR US AND WE ALSO CREATE A STANDARD THAT THAT'S HOW WE'RE GONNA TREAT NOT ONLY THE CITIZENS, BUT THE STAFFS AND STUFF LIKE THAT. BUT IT, IT IS KIND OF GOOD AS IT NEW TO THIS SIDE [00:15:01] OF THE DIOCESE TO KIND OF REVIEW IT AND HAVE AN OPEN DISCUSSION. SO WE, WE ALL GET KIND OF TOGETHER ON YEAH, THIS IS THE STANDARD. WE'RE GONNA GO GO BY IT, IT'S A PROPER STANDARD AND, AND WE DON'T HAVE THE CHAOS OR JUST SHEER DISRUPTIONS THAT YOU SEE AT SOME OTHER COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, MEETINGS AND AT OTHER CITIES AND OTHER PLACES. YOU LOOK AT THAT AND YOU JUST SHAKE YOUR HEAD GOING, HOW CAN THAT HAPPEN? IT'S NEVER HAPPENED HERE, BUT IT'S BECAUSE WE SET THOSE STANDARDS FOR OURSELVES AND WE ADHERE TO 'EM. AND SO I, I APPRECIATED, YOU KNOW, BRINGING IT FORWARD. BUT I'D LIKE TO SEE SOMETHING THAT WE KIND OF PUSH BACK AND ALSO ADDRESS. WE'RE ALSO GONNA TREAT STAFF THE SAME WAY WE'RE GONNA TREAT EACH OTHER. SO COULD YOU FORWARD SOME LANGUAGE TO I CAN CITY ATTORNEY, I'LL, I'LL VISIT THAT FOR CONSIDERATION. YEAH. OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. THAT'S ALL I GOT. QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? ANYBODY LEARNED? ANYTHING NEW FROM THE SUMMARY? OKAY. GUESS NOT. I THINK IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO HAVE THESE REFRESHERS. OKAY. WELL, I THINK, UM, THE ONLY COMMENTS IS JUST, YOU KNOW, SERVING WITH DIFFERENT COUNCIL MEMBERS. I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY IN DEMOCRACY THERE'S SOMETIMES THERE'S DIFFERENCES OF OPINIONS AND SO ON. AND SO IT IS ALWAYS, IT COULD HAPPEN HERE AT THE DIOCESE, IT COULD HAPPEN ANYWHERE. AND SO I WOULD ALWAYS ASK ANY COUNCIL MEMBER IN THEIR ACTIVITIES, UH, EITHER AMONGST EACH OTHER AND CERTAINLY AMONGST STAFF, SAME THING THAT WE ALWAYS DO IT WITH THE DECORUM OF THE OFFICE IF WE CAN. SO OTHER THAN THAT, IS THERE ANY OTHER ITEMS THAT WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT IN HERE? IF THERE IS, UH, IF YOU HAVEN'T HAD TIME TO REVIEW EVERYTHING HERE, PLEASE GET WITH EITHER RICK OR, UH, KAREN AND, AND LET THEM KNOW ANY, ANY AMENDMENTS YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE. OKAY. OKAY. THAT FAIR? THANK YOU. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU. ANY, BEING THAT THERE'S NO OTHER QUESTION [b. Discuss any or all of the agenda items on the City Council Regular Meeting Agenda for April 8, 2021, which is attached below.] OR COMMENTS, THE ONLY ITEM WE HAVE AFTER THIS IS THERE, IF THERE'S ANY ITEMS ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS AT THIS TIME? NOPE. GOOD. OH, OKAY. SO BE IT THAT WE'VE, UH, ADDRESSED ALL POST AGENDA ITEMS FOR THIS WORK SESSION, THEN THIS WORK SESSION IS NOW ADJOURNED AND WE TURN BACK AT SIX 30. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.