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[1. Call to Order of the Edmond City Council Meeting.]
AGAIN, I'D LIKE TO CALL OUR REGULAR MEETING OF CITY COUNCIL AND THE EDMOND PUBLIC WORKS AUTHORITY MEETING TO ORDER ON THIS MONDAY, FEBRUARY 24TH, 2025.[2. Recess of the Edmond City Council Meeting and Call to Order of the Edmond Public Works Authority Meeting.]
OF BUSINESS IS RECESS TO THE EDMOND CITY COUNCIL MEETING AND CALL TO ORDER THE EDMOND PUBLIC WORKS AUTHORITY MEETING.MAYOR, DO WE HAVE A SECOND? PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.
WE'RE NOW IN THE PUBLIC WORKS AUTHORITY MEETING.
[3. Public Works Authority General Consent Items: Items listed under General Consent are usually approved as a group with the proper motion from a member of the Public Works Authority. Members of the Public Works Authority may pull any item under General Consent for separate discussion and/or action.]
BUSINESS IS THE PUBLIC WORKS AUTHORITY.GENERAL CONSENT ITEMS, THERE ARE FOUR ITEMS, A, B, C, AND D COUNSEL.
IS ANY OF 'EM NEED TO BE PULLED FOR ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? COMMENTS, MR. BARON? I'D MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE PUBLIC WORKS AUTHORITY GENERAL CONSENT OFFICE.
THE FOUR PUBLIC WORKS AUTHORITY, UH, GENERAL CONSENT ITEMS IN THE PAST.
NEXT IS ITEM FOUR, WHICH IS THE PUBLIC WORKS AUTHORITY, DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION ITEMS. WE DO NOT HAVE ANY.
[5. Adjournment of the Edmond Public Works Authority Meeting and Reconvene the Edmond City Council Meeting.]
FIVE IS ADJOURNMENT OF THE PUB EDMOND PUBLIC WORKS AUTHORITY MEETING AND RECONVENE THE EDMOND CITY COUNCIL MEETING.WE'RE NOW BACK IN THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
[6. City Council General Consent Items: Items listed under General Consent are usually approved as a group with the proper motion from a member of the Council. Members of the Council may pull any item under General Consent for separate discussion and/or action.]
ITEMS ON THE, UM, CITY COUNCIL GENERAL CONSENT ITEM.UH, I DO UNDERSTAND THAT ITEM SIX D UH, COUNCIL WOULD LIKE A LITTLE BIT OF COMMENTS ON ITEM SIX D.
YEAH, CHRISTIE BATTERSON'S HERE TO, UH, TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT REAL QUICK.
CHRISTIE BATTERSON HOUSING AND COMMUNITY RESOURCE DIRECTOR.
UM, WE BROUGHT FORWARD TO YOU BACK IN NOVEMBER DURING OUR MENTAL HEALTH WORKSHOP, UM, THAT WE WERE AWARDED A SYSTEM OF CARE GRANT.
UM, THESE, WHAT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU IS THE, UH, CONTRACTS FOR OUR PARTNERS, EDMOND PUBLIC SCHOOLS, EDMOND FAMILY COUNSELING, AND, UH, NORTH CARE TO PROVIDE AND BUILD THAT INFRASTRUCTURE TO PROVIDE SERVICES THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND COMMUNITY WITH, UM, YOUTH AND FAMILY.
SO THAT'S WHAT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU, I, I HAD MENTIONED THEN THAT WE WERE GONNA BRING 'EM FORWARD, SO THANK YOU.
COUNSEL, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO ON THESE 20 ITEMS? A THROUGH T MAYOR.
ITEM SIX J NEEDS A RESOLUTION NUMBER.
UH, THE, THE, THE YES ITEM SIX J, UH, CONSIDERATION OF ACCEPTANCE OF BID AND APPROVAL OF CONTRACT AND RESOLUTION NUMBER EIGHT DASH 25 8 DASH 25.
MR. MAYOR, I'D MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CITY COUNCIL GENERAL CONSENT ITEMS. WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE GENERAL CONSENT ITEMS. SECOND.
THOSE 20 CITY COUNCIL GENERAL CONSENT ITEMS HAVE BEEN APPROVED.
[B. Presentation, Discussion, and Consideration of Acceptance of Proposal, Approval of Agreement and Consideration of Authorizing the Purchasing Agent to Negotiate and Execute an Agreement which Substantially Conforms to the Terms of the Proposal for Executive Search Services - City Manager from one of the following potential candidates; Not to Exceed $40,000.00. (Citywide) Baker Tilly Advisory Group, LP (Baker Tilly Advisory Group Parent, LP) Government Professional Solutions Robert E. Slavin, Inc. Altiora Consulting LLC Sumter Local Government Consulting MGT Impact Solutions, LLC Raftelis Financial Consultants, Inc. S G R (Strategic Government Resources) DRiWaterstone Human Capital (Development Resources LLC) Colin Baenziger & Associates Darren George]
CITY COUNCIL DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION ITEMS. THERE IS ONE SEVEN B, UH, WE HAVE PRESENTATION, DISCUSSION, CONSIDERATION OF SUBSTANCE OF PROPOSAL, APPROVAL OF AGREEMENT, CONSIDERATION OF AUTHORIZING TO PURCHASE THE AGENT, TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT WITH SUBSTANTIALLY CONFORMS TO THE TERMS OF THE PROPOSAL FOR THE EXECUTIVE SEARCH FOR THE CITY MANAGER.CAROLINE PIERCE, CITY OF EDMOND HR OFFICE.
UM, BRIEF REVIEW OF WHAT CAME IN FROM THE PROPOSALS THAT YOU GUYS DIRECTED US TO PUT OUT TO BID FOR AN EXECUTIVE SEARCH FIRM AT THE LAST MEETING OR TWO MEETINGS AGO.
UM, LET'S SEE IF I CAN FIGURE OUT HOW.
A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT USUALLY COMES IN A PROPOSAL IS THE STEPS THAT IS TAKEN TO FILL A POSITION.
AND THESE ARE PRETTY TYPICAL FROM EVERY CONSULTANT THAT COMES IN.
THEY MIGHT DO THINGS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY AS FAR AS EITHER GATHERING INFORMATION.
SOMETIMES THEY MIGHT DO MEETINGS, THEY MIGHT MAKE PHONE CALLS, THEY MIGHT HAVE TOWNSHIP MEETINGS.
IT JUST DEPENDS ON WHAT YOUR NEEDS AND WANTS ARE.
BUT THEY DO IT A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.
UM, THEY ALL DEVELOP A MARKETING BROCHURE, ADVERTISING PLAN, BASICALLY JUST BRANDING THE POSITION IN THE CITY AS A WHOLE.
RECRUITMENT AND OUTREACH PRETTY TYPICAL AS WELL.
HOW THEY DO IT COULD BE DIFFERENT.
WE GOT EVERYTHING, UM, FROM SOMEONE WHO DEVELOPS KIND OF A WEBPAGE THAT HIGHLIGHTS THE POSITION ALL THE WAY TO ADVERTISING, WHERE THEY'RE GONNA ADVERTISE, WHERE GONNA, WHERE THEY'RE GONNA DO THEIR
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NATIONAL OUTREACH.SCREENINGS, EVALUATIONS, SAME THING.
UM, VARIES WITH WHAT THEY DO WITH INITIAL REVIEW.
IF YOU WANT THE CONSULTANT TO DO THE INITIAL REVIEW, UM, BEFORE WE EVEN SEE THE APPLICATIONS, THAT'S SOMETHING THEY CAN DO.
OR IF YOU WANNA BE INVOLVED, INVOLVED IN THE PROCESS FROM THE BEGINNING AND SEE ALL THE APPLICATIONS, YOU CAN DO THAT AS WELL.
UM, NORMALLY SEMI-FINALIST IS WHEN WE REALLY START TO GET INVOLVED AND YOU WOULD GET INVOLVED WITH COMMUNITY LEADERS OR HOWEVER YOU CHOOSE TO MOVE FORWARD.
IT ISN'T UNTIL WE GET TO A FINALIST SELECTION OR A SEMI-FINALIST SELECTION THAT WE WOULD DO BACKGROUND SEARCHES.
THOSE NORMALLY ARE AN ADDITIONAL COST AS OPPOSED TO WHAT IS IN THE FEE STRUCTURE THAT'S SUBMITTED WITH THE PROPOSAL.
UM, DIFFERENT WAYS THAT THEY DO FINALIST SELECTIONS.
MOST OF THE TIME THEY ARE ON SITE.
SOMETIMES THEY DO TOWN MEETINGS AGAIN, SOMETIMES THEY DO RECEPTIONS OR THEY'RE JUST BASIC INTERVIEWS WITH DIFFERENT GROUPS OF PEOPLE THAT ARE INVOLVED WITH THAT POSITION.
AND THEN OF COURSE, NEGOTIATIONS AND PLACEMENT.
THAT'S WHERE WHEN WE GET TO A CONTRACT PHASE, LEGAL WOULD GET INVOLVED AS WELL AS WHAT YOU GUYS ARE WILLING TO PAY AND NEGOTIATE FOR MOVING COSTS, THOSE TYPE OF THINGS.
WE DID RECEIVE 11 PROPOSALS, AND AFTER REVIEWING ALL OF THOSE PROPOSALS, WE NARROWED THAT SCOPE TO FOUR THAT WE FELT WERE GOOD SOLID PROPOSALS TO LOOK AT.
UM, REASONS WHY WE DID NOT LOOK AT SOME OF THOSE PROPOSALS WAS EITHER DUE TO COST OR AS YOU WOULD READ THROUGH IT, YOU WOULD FIND HIDDEN COSTS THAT WOULD BUILD UP IN THEIR FEE STRUCTURE, UM, EXPERIENCE.
SOME PEOPLE JUST DIDN'T HAVE THE EXPERIENCE WITH PLACING MUNICIPAL TYPE POSITIONS AS WELL AS EITHER NO EXPERIENCE IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR AT ALL.
AND THEN SGR DID SUBMIT A PROPOSAL, BUT WE CURRENTLY HAVE AN EXECUTIVE SEARCH FOR OUR FIRE CHIEF WITH THEM.
SO WE FELT LIKE WE'LL SHARE THE LOVE, THAT KIND OF THING.
SO WE JUST FIGURED WE WOULDN'T PUT THEM IN THE POOL.
THE FOUR THAT WE DID KIND OF NARROW THIS COURT SCOPE WITH THIS.
I WANNA REVIEW THOSE ONE AT A TIME.
BAKER TILLY, UH, THIS IS A NATIONAL FIRM THAT'S BEEN IN, IN, UH, PLACE FOR A LONG TIME.
THEY'VE GOT MANY YEARS OF EXPERIENCE, THEIR OUTREACH AND THEIR STRONG COMMUNICATION.
UM, THE WAY THAT THEY DESCRIBED IT IN THE PROPOSAL IS THEY JUST HAVE A VERY LARGE DATABASE THAT THEY CAN REACH OUT TO.
UM, THEY WILL ACTUALLY GO OUT AND HEADHUNT, MEANING YOU MIGHT HAVE A PASSIVE SEEKER AND THEY MIGHT THINK THAT THAT PERSON'S INTERESTED.
THEY WILL ACTUALLY CONTACT THEM TO SEE IF THEY'RE INTERESTED.
UM, THEY GAVE DETAILS IN THEIR PROPOSAL AS FAR AS START TO FINISH.
THEY PROVIDED A 12 MONTH GUARANTEE.
AND WHAT THAT BASICALLY MEANS IS THAT IF YOU WERE TO HIRE THE POSITION OF A CITY MANAGER AND THAT PERSON WERE TO LEAVE OR BE SEPARATED IN A 12 MONTH PERIOD, THEY WOULD DO THE NEXT SEARCH AT NO COST OR AT THE COST OF WHAT IT WOULD TAKE BASICALLY FOR ADVERTISING BROCHURE, THOSE TYPE OF THINGS.
UM, A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THEIR SUCCESS RATES.
THEY HAVE PLACED OVER 30 CITY MANAGERS IN THE LAST FOUR YEARS.
UH, I KIND OF LISTED COMPARABLE CITIES.
SOME OF THEM ARE BIGGER THAN US, SOME OF THEM ARE SMALLER.
UM, THEY DID ALSO WORK WITH LARRY STEVENS AS A REFERENCE.
I REACHED OUT TO HIM WHEN HE WAS AN INTERIM CITY MANAGER FOR NEVADA, MISSOURI.
THEY WORKED WITH HIM AND THEIR COUNSEL TO RE TO FIND HIS REPLACEMENT.
BASICALLY, MACKENZIE, EASTON, UM, THEY ARE ACTUALLY IN THE MIDDLE OF DOING THE EXECUTIVE SEARCH FOR THE EEDA.
AND SO THAT IS THE EXECUTIVE SEARCH FIRM THAT THEY ARE USING.
THEY HAVE 21 YEARS EXPERIENCE.
THEY USE WHAT THEY CALL IT, DIGITAL PERSPECTIVES.
AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS THEY ACTUALLY KIND OF MARKET OUR JOB DESCRIPTION FOR A CITY MANAGER FOR OUR CITY.
AND THAT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN WHAT SOME OTHER CONSULTANTS PROVIDE.
UM, OF COURSE, THEY GAVE A START TO FINISH DETAIL.
THEY PROVIDE AN 18 MONTH GUARANTEE GUARANTEE.
THEIR TIMELINE TO FILL IS 12 WEEKS, WHICH IS PRETTY QUICK.
MOST OF THEM SAID 14 WEEKS, BUT APPARENTLY THEY HAVE A METHOD TO STAY ON TRACK.
UM, DIRECT EXPERIENCE WITH WORKING IN MUNICIPALITIES, SCHOOL DISTRICTS, AND COUNTY GOVERNMENTS.
LIKE I SAID, THEY CURRENTLY WORK WITH THE EEDA TO FILL THEIR POSITION FOR AN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR JOB.
UM, THEY'VE ALSO WORKED WITH OKLAHOMA CITY AS WELL.
KATHY SAID AT THIS POINT SHE'S VERY SATISFIED WITH THEM, UM, WITH WHAT THEY'VE BEEN DOING FOR THE EEDA.
UM, WHEN I SAY CONSULTANT HAS PREVIOUS MUNICIPAL EXPERIENCE AS A CITY MANAGER, THAT MEANS OUR POINT OF CONTACT WITH THESE COMPANIES HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN IN THE ROLE OF A CITY MANAGER.
SO THEY UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR.
GOVERNMENT PROFESSIONAL SOLUTIONS.
UM, THEY ARE A SMALLER FIRM, BUT THEY DO HAVE YEARS OF EXPERIENCE.
UM, THEY ALSO HAVE A PRO PROACTIVE OUTREACH AND SCREENING MATRIX THAT THEY UTILIZE.
I DID SPEAK TO ONE OF THEIR REFERENCES WHO SAID THAT THEY, THEY RECEIVED
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A HIGH NUMBER OF APPLICANTS, SO THEIR OUTREACH WAS VERY BENEFICIAL TO THEM.I'M SORRY, MS. PIERCE, CAN YOU SPEAK UP JUST A LITTLE BIT? YEAH.
IS THAT A LITTLE BETTER? YES, MA'AM.
UM, UM, SO THEIR OUTREACH IS PROBABLY ONE OF THEIR AREAS THAT THEY SHINE IS THEY WILL PASSIVELY, THEY, THEY WILL GO OUT AND SEEK PASSIVE, UM, APPLICANTS AS WELL.
THEY PROVIDE A 24 MONTH GUARANTEE.
THEIR TIMELINE TO FILL IS 14 WEEKS.
UM, I DID LOOK AT COMPARISON CITIES.
AGAIN, THEY'RE SMALLER THAN US.
WE WOULD BE PROBABLY ONE OF THEIR LARGER CLIENTS IF WE DID GO WITH THEM AS A, AS AS A EXECUTIVE SEARCH FIRM.
UM, BUT I DID SPEAK WITH THEM DIRECTLY.
AND THE TWO PARTNERS THAT RUN THIS, UM, FIRM HAVE BOTH BEEN CITY MANAGERS FOR SEVERAL YEARS IN THE PAST.
THE LAST CONSULTANT THAT WE LOOKED AT THAT WE THOUGHT WAS A GOOD CONSIDERATION IS REF TILLIS.
UM, THEY HAVE 20 PLUS YEARS OF EXPERIENCE.
THEY DID NOT NECESSARILY PROVIDE A GUARANTEE.
THEY WOULD PROVIDE A GUARANTEE AS AN OPTION IF WE SELECTED THEIR OPTION TO DO A SIX MONTH EVALUATION ON THE CANDIDATE THAT THEY PLACE.
UM, AGAIN, THEIR TIMELINE TO FILL 12 WEEKS.
THEY'VE DONE EXECUTIVE SEARCHES ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
MOST OF THEM HAVE BEEN IN COLORADO, MEXICO, FLORIDA, VIRGINIA.
FOUR, THAT WE KIND OF NARROWED IT DOWN TO THE COST OF WHAT THEY PROPOSED IS LISTED HERE.
I WILL SAY FOR GOVERNMENT PROFESSIONAL SOLUTIONS, THAT'S A TYPO.
IT SHOULD BE 21 5 AND NOT 24 5.
THAT'S A FEE STRUCTURE THAT INCLUDES MOST THINGS WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ADVERTISING COST OR BACKGROUND COST.
AND WHEN YOU SEE BACKGROUND FROM A HUNDRED, 175 TO 750 PER APPLICANT, THAT DEPENDS ON HOW DETAILED YOU WANT THAT BACKGROUND TO BE.
IT CAN BE A SURFACE BACKGROUND, NATIONAL CRIMINAL, OR THEY CAN DO A VERY IN-DEPTH SOLUTION.
IT USUALLY ALSO INCLUDES A SOCIAL MEDIA SEARCH OR JUST A, UM, MEDIA SEARCH.
TRAVEL EXPENSES OBVIOUSLY ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THIS FEE STRUCTURE BECAUSE YOU DON'T KNOW HOW MANY, HOW MANY FINALISTS YOU'LL HAVE.
UM, BUT THAT WOULD BE AN ADDITIONAL COST.
WHEN YOU BRING YOUR FINALIST IN TO INTERVIEW AND VISIT YOUR CITY, YOU USUALLY PAY FOR THOSE COSTS FOR THAT PERSON WHO'S INTERVIEWING AS WELL AS THE SPOUSE.
THAT IS PRETTY MUCH IT IN A NUTSHELL.
WHAT QUESTIONS DO YOU HAVE? I CAN'T REMEMBER.
THE FIRM WE USED, UM, THREE YEARS AGO OR WHENEVER THAT WAS.
THEY DID NOT SUBMIT A PROPOSAL.
THE, UM, WERE YOU ABLE TO GET ANY INTEL OR ON, AND I DON'T KNOW IF A COMPANY WOULD'VE PROVIDED THIS OR NOT ON THEIR PAST PERFORMANCE, I DID REACH OUT TO, UM, REFERENCES THAT THEY PROVIDED, UM, EMAIL AND PHONE CALLS.
SOME OF THEM RETURNED CALLS, SOME OF THEM DID NOT.
LIKE I SAID, I DID SPEAK WITH LARRY STEVENS ON BAKER TILLY, WHICH WAS POSITIVE.
I DID GET A HOLD OF KATHY WILLIS FOR, UM, MACKENZIE EASTON.
I WAS NOT ABLE TO GET IN TOUCH WITH ANYBODY FOR REF TILLIS.
AND THEN I WAS ABLE TO GET IN TOUCH WITH THE MAYOR OF THE TOWN OF PROSPER IN TEXAS IN REFERENCE TO THE GOVERNMENT PROFESSIONAL SOLUTIONS.
AND HE WAS VERY PLEASED WITH WHAT THEY WERE ABLE TO BRING IN THEIR SERVICES.
RALPH TILLIS DID NOT RETURN YOUR PHONE CALL.
I WAS NOT ABLE TO REACH A REFERENCE FOR RALPH TILLIS.
SO YEAH, THE FOUR FIRMS THAT WE LOOKED AT, I DID SPEAK TO EVERY, EVERY ONE OF THEM PERSONALLY.
SO I'M NOT SURE IF YOU WANNA MAKE A DECISION TONIGHT OR IF YOU WANNA GIVE DIRECTION TO REVIEW THESE AT LENGTH AT ANOTHER TIME, OR IF YOU HAVE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS.
COUNSEL, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO? I HAVE ONE QUESTION, MAYOR.
I THINK IF MEMORY SERVES, UH, DENTON, TEXAS AND WESTMINSTER, COLORADO, THOSE TWO COMMUNITIES, THEY'RE IN THE, UH, I THINK THOSE ARE WHO EDMUND KIND OF BASIS SOME DECISION ON IN TERMS OF CITIES THAT ARE COMPARABLE.
IS THAT RIGHT? UM, THEY'RE PROBABLY A LITTLE SMALLER THAN WE ARE, BUT COMPARABLE IN SIZE AS FAR AS REPRESENTATION FROM THE CITY.
I REMEMBER SEEING SOMETHING ON THE POLICE AND FIRE DISCUSSIONS BACK A YEAR OR SO AGO WHEN WE DO BENCHMARKING.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? UH, ARE ARE YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS
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IN THE ORDER THAT YOU WOULD RECOMMEND OR NOT NECESSARILY? NOT NECESSARILY.I THINK THEY'RE IN ORDER ALPHABETICALLY,
I MEAN, SHOULD WE HAVE SOME DISCUSSION? THAT'S WHAT I'M WELL DISCUSSION AND CIRCLE BACK OR, OKAY.
SO WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO? WOULD YOU LIKE TO HAVE ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION OR WOULD YOU LIKE TO THINK ABOUT IT FOR ANOTHER COUNCIL MEETING, UH, AND COME BACK AND, AND HAVE, SINCE YOU'VE HAD TIME TO, UH, DIGEST IT A LITTLE BIT MORE, SLEEP ON IT A LITTLE BIT MORE AND THEN COME BACK AND, AND MAKE A DECISION? OR, OR IT SHOULD, WE HAVE A QUICK DISCUSSION JUST SO KIND OF HOW, IF WE CAN HAVE WHATEVER WE WANT TO HAVE RIGHT NOW.
THAT, THAT'S WHY I PROGRESSED THIS PORTION ON 'CAUSE WAITING FOR, TO SEE IF YOU ALL WANT TO HAVE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION OR CONVERSATION ABOUT IT.
ONE OF THE MAIN THINGS I WAS LOOKING AT IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WHOEVER DID THIS HAD EXPERIENCE IN SEARCHING FOR SOMEONE FOR MUNICIPAL AND MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT.
I LIKED THE FACT THAT A COUPLE OF THEM, UM, WERE PREVIOUSLY CITY MANAGERS.
UM, I REALLY LIKED BAKER TILLY.
UM, AND THIS IS JUST ME FROM LOOKING AT THIS, SO IF YOU KNOW SOMETHING, I DON'T PLEASE SPEAK UP.
UM, I LIKE THAT THEY HAVE 45 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE.
I ALSO LIKE THAT THEY'VE SUCCESSFULLY PLACED OVER 30 CITY MANAGERS.
YOU KNOW, YOU REALLY TRULY CAN'T GUARANTEE ANYONE ANYWAY.
UH, THEIR COST WAS MIDDLE OF THE ROAD, SO I WASN'T, I'M NOT WORRIED ABOUT THAT.
UM, YOU DON'T, YOU CAN'T ALWAYS GO WITH THE CHEAPEST PERSON AND THE MOST EXPENSIVE PERSON IS NOT ALWAYS THE BEST.
SO, UM, THAT WAS KIND OF MY THOUGHTS AND I THOUGHT I'D JUST THROW THAT OUT.
I A LITTLE BIT HAVE PROBLEM WITH THE REF TILLIS WHEN THEY WOULDN'T GUARANTEE.
I MEAN, EVEN IF YOU DO GUARANTEE IT, TRULY YOU CAN'T.
BUT IF THEY'RE LIKE, NO, WE WON'T UNLESS WE HAVE A SIX MONTH REVIEW AND THEN WE'RE GONNA CHARGE YOU FOR THAT.
YOU'RE ALREADY, YOU KNOW, GETTING QUITE A BIT OF MONEY FOR DOING WHAT YOU DO.
THAT WAS KIND OF MY THOUGHTS ON THEM.
THE GOVERNMENT PROFESSIONAL SOLUTIONS, UM, THEY ARE A SMALLER FIRM, WHICH SOMETIMES THAT'S GOOD.
SOMETIMES THEY CAN GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE ATTENTION.
SOMETIMES IT'S NOT SUCH A GOOD THING.
UM, I KNOW THEIR OUTREACH IS LARGER WITH THEIR, UM, DIGITAL, DIGITAL PERSPECTIVES.
UM, AND, BUT STILL, I, UH, I DON'T KNOW.
I JUST KIND OF, AND I KNOW MCKENZIE EASTON IS DOING EEDA, UM, JUST A PERSONAL OPINION, BUT I DON'T THINK THAT WE, I I WOULD PREFER NOT TO USE THE SAME SEARCH GROUP WHO'S SEARCHING FOR SOMEBODY ELSE HERE IN EDMOND.
UM, IT'S JUST A PERSONAL OPINION AND MAYBE SOME OTHER PEOPLE WOULD SAY THAT'S A BIG PRO, BUT THAT'S JUST ONE.
SO I THINK IF WE COME BACK TO IT, I LOOK AT BAKER TILLY AND THAT SEEMS TO BE MY LEADING GROUP TO GO WITH AND THOSE ARE MY REASONS.
BAKER TILLY, IS THAT WHAT YOU SAID? MM-HMM
DID ANYTHING I SAY WAS ANY OF IT INACCURATE? NO, IT WAS ALL VERY GOOD.
UM, I LIKE, UH, BAKER TILLY THAT THEY ARE SEEKING PASSIVE JOB SEEKERS.
I THINK THAT CAN BE A POSITIVE THING TO SEEK OUT SOMEONE WHO'S NOT NECESSARILY DESPERATE TO LEAVE SOMEWHERE.
UM, THE CITIES THAT ARE COMPARABLE, I THINK IN SOME WAYS YES, THEY'RE COMPARABLE AND MAYBE EVEN, UM, I THINK SOME OF 'EM ARE A LITTLE BIGGER, BUT DIFFERENT.
UM, I APPRECIATE THOSE COMPARISONS.
AND THEN HEARING SOMEONE'S NAME, WHO WE KNOW WHO HAS HAD EXPERIENCE WITH THIS GROUP, I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S ALSO HELPFUL.
I, UM, I'M NOT SURE IF I LEFT THIS MEETING AND THOUGHT ON THEM SOME MORE.
I'M NOT SURE WHAT FACTORS WOULD COME INTO PLAY UNLESS I WANTED TO MAKE SOME PHONE CALLS MYSELF, WHICH I TRUST YOU.
UM, I'M NOT SURE THAT I, I WOULD PURSUE THAT, BUT,
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UM, YEAH, OBVIOUSLY KIND OF RELYING ON YOUR EXPERTISE AND I APPRECIATE THIS PRESENTATION.I WOULD AGREE WITH THAT AS WELL.
SO WITH BAKER TILLY, IT SOUNDS LIKE 30 CITY MANAGERS IN THE LAST FOUR YEARS THEY PLACED, SO A VARIETY OF SIZES.
SO SOME SMALLER, SOME COMPARABLE, SOME LARGER.
AND WHAT I PICKED OUT WERE THE ONES THAT WERE COMPARABLE.
I MEAN, I WAS LEANING THAT DIRECTION BEFORE TODAY.
I AGREE WITH THE COMMENTS THAT THEY'VE MADE.
UM, ONE OF THE LARGEST ONES THAT BAKER TILLY JUST, UM, FIELD WAS DALLAS.
I DIDN'T PUT DALLAS ON THERE BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT COMPARABLE.
I WAS DOING MY OWN RESEARCH MYSELF AND UH, UM, THEY WERE THE ONES THAT THEY FILLED DALLAS AND, UH, YEAH, MS. PEAR, YOU THINK YOU CAN WORK WITH BAKER TILLEY? I CAN WORK WITH WHATEVER DECISION YOU GUYS MAKE.
I'M WITH, UH, COUNCILWOMAN NICHOLS.
I DON'T, I DON'T THINK I NEED ANOTHER DAY OR TWO OR 10 DAYS, 14 DAYS TO THINK ABOUT IT.
OH, WELL, MY TWO CHOICES, OH, I HAD TWO.
ONE WAS BAKER TILLY AND ANOTHER ONE WAS MCKINSEY EASTON.
UM, AND SO I'M, I'M FINE WITH THAT.
UM, WHAT I'VE, SINCE I'VE BEEN THROUGH THIS PROCESS BEFORE, WHAT ONE THING THAT'S VERY, UH, CRITICAL IS THE INTERVIEWS THAT THEY DO WITH THE COUNCIL.
UM, FOR WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR AND ALL THAT.
I DO LIKE THAT BOTH OF THE, THE TWO GROUPS MCKENZIE SENT AND BAKER TILLY, BOTH THEY'RE HEAD HUNTERS, UH, COMPARED TO A LOT OF OTHER ONES WHERE THEY'RE JUST SEND OUT A NOTICE AND SEE WHAT FALLS IN THEIR LAP.
THEY'RE ACTUALLY OUT THERE SEEKING, UM, PEOPLE THEY'RE ACTUALLY KNOCKING ON.
THEY KNOW SOMEONE IN AN AREA THAT, HEY, YOU KNOW, HAVE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT MOVING UP? MM-HMM
SO I LIKE THAT BECAUSE, UH, A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T LOOK TO, TO MOVE OUT OF THEIR COMFORT ZONE UNTIL SOMEONE KNOCKS ON THE DOOR AND SAYS, HEY, UH, WE'RE LOOKING AT YOU.
SO I HAVE ONE QUESTION, MR. MAYOR.
WHEN THESE, WHEN THESE FIRMS START A SEARCH FOR A CITY MANAGER MM-HMM
UH, IT'S NOT JUST CITY MANAGERS IN OTHER CITIES THAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR, THEY MIGHT HAVE SOMEONE THAT'S A BUDGET ANALYST AND A DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS HOLDS TWO JOBS.
UH, THEY LOOK AT ALL DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF VARIOUS CITIES OF, OF, OF THE SENIOR MANAGEMENT.
IS THAT RIGHT? IF WE GIVE THEM THAT DIRECTION, THEN YES, THEY WOULD.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S A GOOD IDEA OR NOT.
THAT'S JUST A, AN IDEA, BUT I, BUT AT LEAST ASK 'EM AND SEE WHAT THEY THINK ABOUT THAT.
WELL, TO ECHO WHAT THE MAYOR SAID TOO, IN THINKING BACK, UM, AND THIS GETS TO PROCEDURE A LITTLE BIT, BUT I APPRECIATE THEM MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS, BUT I NEVER WANTED THEM TO SELF-SELECT SOMEONE OUT WHO APPLIED EITHER.
I MEAN, THEY'RE OUTREACHING, BUT, UM, BUT YEAH, I, I THINK YOU DON'T WAIT FOR PEOPLE TO COME, BUT THEY HAVE NETWORKS AND CONNECTIONS WHERE THEY CAN GO OUT.
BUT I ALSO, OH, YOU HAD TALKED ABOUT EARLIER, I WOULDN'T WANT THEM TO SELECT OUT PEOPLE.
I WANT 'EM TO TALK TO THE COUNCIL MM-HMM
POTENTIAL MEMBERS ABOUT WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR, WHAT CHARACTERISTICS, EXPERIENCE, ET CETERA.
BUT THEN, YOU KNOW, THERE COULD BE SOMEONE WHO KNOWS A LOT ABOUT EDMOND, BUT HASN'T NECESSARILY BEEN A CITY MANAGER, OR I MEAN, KIND OF TO YOUR POINT.
SO I I, I WANNA HAVE THOSE ROBUST CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM, BUT THEN I DON'T NECESSARILY WANT THEM TO JUST NOT AT ALL SHARE RESUMES MM-HMM
AND AT LEAST THEY CAN MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS.
BUT I'D LIKE TO LOOK AT THEM ALL FOR YEAH.
AND WE CAN, THE FUTURE COUNCIL, WE CAN BUILD THAT INTO THE AGREEMENT AND SAY THAT'S WHAT WE WANT.
IT'S NOT A COOKIE CUTTER, CUTTER POSITION.
'CAUSE CITY MANAGERS HISTORICALLY HAVE COME FROM DIFFERENT POSITIONS WITHIN INSIDE THE MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT.
THEY COULD BE THE CITY ENGINEER.
THEY COULD, THEY COULD COME FROM WATER RESOURCES, THEY CAN COME, A LOT OF 'EM COME FROM THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT, UH, AS THEY COME UP.
AND YOU ALL HAVE HEARD, SOME OF Y'ALL HAVE HEARD ME SAY THIS BEFORE.
THE WAY A CITY MANAGER GETS PROMOTED IS NOT
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AT THEIR CURRENT JOB OR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER.THEY DON'T GET PROMOTED THERE.
IT'S, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S, HELP ME.
THAT'S, THAT'S HOW THEY GET PROMOTED IS, UM, MAYBE THEIR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER IN DALLAS.
SO A BIGGER COMMUNITY ASSISTANT OR THEIR, OR ONE OF THOSE CITY MANAGER IN A SMALLER COMMUNITY, ONE OF THOSE COMMUNITIES THAT'S AROUND THE DALLAS AREA OR ONE OF THE MAJOR HUBS THAT WE'RE, THAT WE LOOK AT, THERE MIGHT BE A CITY, UH, EVEN A CITY MANAGER OR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER IN ONE OF THOSE, OR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER OUT OF DALLAS OR PLANO OR SOMEWHERE PLACE LIKE THAT, WHO'S WANTING TO COME HERE.
IT ALSO DEPENDS ON WHAT YOUR CITY NEEDS AT THAT TIME FOR ITS GROWTH.
UM,
DO YOU NEED SOMEBODY THAT'S REALLY STRONG IN FINANCE? DO YOU NEED SOMEBODY REALLY STRONG IN ECONOMIC GROWTH? DO YOU NEED SOMEBODY, YOU KNOW, SO YOU NEED ALL OF THAT, THAT KIND OF BACKGROUND.
WHAT DO YOU WANT? DO YOU WANT A STRONG ENGINEER? DO YOU NEED, SO THERE'S SO MANY THINGS TO LOOK AT AND IT JUST DEPENDS ON WHERE YOU ARE IN YOUR DEVELOPMENT PHASE OF THE CITY.
SO, UM, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO LOOK AT ALL THAT STUFF INSTEAD OF JUST BEING IN OUR NARROW FOCUSED AND SAYING, THIS PERSON'S NEVER BEEN A CITY MANAGER.
UM, YES, IT'S A LOT OF WORK FOR THE FOLKS WHO HAVE TO WEED THROUGH IT, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT, IT'S A BIG JOB, SO IT SHOULDN'T BE TAKEN LIGHTLY.
SO WHAT WOULD BE THE NEXT STEPS BE IF, IF WE, IT LOOKS LIKE WE ALL HAVE A CONSENSUS FOR, FOR THE BAKER TILLY, FOR SOMEWHAT OF BAKER TILLY.
WHAT WOULD THE NEXT STEPS BE IF WE, UM, IF I'M THE POINT PERSON, I WOULD CONTACT THEM AND WE WOULD START GETTING THE AGREEMENT REFINED.
UM, BASICALLY BRENDA MAYER CAN SIGN OFF ON THEIR PROPOSAL AS A PURCHASING AGENT AND THEN WE WOULD JUST START THE PROCESS.
EVERYONE COMFORTABLE WITH THAT? MM-HMM
THEN DO WE NEED TO VOTE ON THAT? DO, YES.
LET'S COREY
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? MR. LUCK TO MS. DELEY.
DO YOU WANT TO INCLUDE IN THAT MOTION TO AUTHORIZE THE PURCHASING AGENT TO SIGN THE CONTRACT ONCE IT'S READY? YES.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION, PLEASE CATCH YOUR, NOPE.
THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT HARD WORK.
[A. Case No. SP23-00009; Public Hearing and Consideration for a Site Plan Application for Centerline Plumbing, Located West of Broadway Avenue, on Broadway Court. (Centerline Plumbing; Ward 3) This item will be continued to the City Council meeting on March 10, 2025.]
NOW WE'RE UP TO ITEM EIGHT, THE PUBLIC HEARING, CITY COUNCIL PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS ITEM EIGHT A MAKE SURE CASE NUMBER SP TWO THREE DASH 0 0 0 9 PUBLIC HEARING CONSIDERATION FOR A SITE PLAN APPLICATION FOR CENTER LINE PLUMBING LOCATED WEST OF BROADWAY AVENUE ON BROADWAY COURT CENTER LINE PLUMBING.THIS ITEM WILL BE CONTINUED TO THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING ON MARCH 10TH.
SO DO WE NEED A MOTION TO, TO MOVE IT TO MARCH 10TH? I MOVE THIS ITEM, UH, BE CONTINUED TO THE MAY 10TH CITY COUNCIL MEETING, MARCH OR MARCH? MARCH, MARCH, MARCH 10TH, SECOND.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.
THAT ITEM'S BEEN CONTINUED TO MARCH 10TH, 2025.
[B. Case No. EPC24-00007; Public Hearing and Consideration of an Amended Final Plat for Campbells South Addition, Located Northwest of Boulevard and 15th Street. (City of Edmond; Ward 3)]
B IS CASE NUMBER EPC 24 DASH 0 0 0 7 PUBLIC HEARING CONSIDERATION OF AN AMENDED FINAL PLAT FOR CAMPBELL, SOUTH EDITION LOCATED NORTHWEST OF BOULEVARD.AND 15TH STREET, CITY OF ED ADMIN IS THE APPLICANT.
IS IT CITY HERE? YEAH, I'M HERE.
UM, JUST A QUICK COMMENT ON THIS.
THE FIRST PLAT THAT WE GUIDED THROUGH THIS PROCESS, WHICH WAS THE HIGHLAND PARK EDITION, WHICH WAS IN FRONT OF Y'ALL IN THE JANUARY 13TH MEETING, HAS COMPLETED THE PROCESS OF REMOVING THE OFFENSIVE LANGUAGE AND HAS FILED A RECORD WITH
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OKLAHOMA COUNTY MAKING IT THE FIRST OF THESE PLATS TO OFFICIALLY COMPLETE, COMPLETE THIS PROCESS.UM, BUT FOR CAMPBELL SOUTH EDITION, THE APPLICANT, THE CITY OF EDMOND, IS PROPOSING TO AMEND AND REMOVE ILLEGAL DISCRIMINATORY LANGUAGE FROM THE CAMPBELL'S SOUTH EDITION SOUTH EDMOND EDITION PLAT APPROVED AND RECORDED IN 1948, LOCATED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF 15TH STREET BETWEEN BROADWAY AND BOULEVARD UP TO 10TH STREET.
THE CAMPBELL SOUTH EDMOND EDITION PLAT IS ONE OF APPROXIMATELY 20 PLATS THAT THE CITY IS AMENDING TO REMOVE THIS OFFENSIVE LANGUAGE.
THIS PLAT CONSISTS OF MOSTLY SINGLE FAMILY ZONING AND DEVELOPMENT, EXCEPT FOR A SMALL PORTION OF COMMERCIAL ALONG 15TH THE AMENDMENT STRIKES THE UNCONSTITUTIONAL AND UNENFORCEABLE LANGUAGE DETAILING THAT PROPERTY WITHIN THE PLAT IS RESTRICTED FOR USE AND OCCUPANCY BY PERSONS ONLY OF THE CAUCASIAN AND AMERICAN INDIAN RACES SENATE BILL 1617, WHICH AMENDED STATE STATUTE TO ALLOW MUNICIPALITIES TO REMOVE THIS LANGUAGE FROM HISTORICAL PLATS WENT INTO EFFECT IN NOVEMBER OF 2024.
AND STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL.
UM, AND THAT'S ACTUALLY, WE'RE DOING THIS FOR EIGHT BCN, UH, SAME.
UH, SO WE COUNSEL, WE NEED TO TAKE EACH ONE INDIVIDUALLY.
UH, BUT THIS IS PART OF OUR PUBLIC HEARING.
IS THERE ANY COMMENT, QUESTIONS FROM THE AUDIENCE FOR EIGHT B, C, OR D? I'M JUST GONNA GET THE PUBLIC COMMENT PART OUT.
UH, THERE'S ONLY, BUT WE'LL TAKE EACH ONE INDIVIDUALLY.
SO EIGHT B UH, MOTION TO APPROVE.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.
[C. Case No. EPC24-00008; Public Hearing and Consideration of an Amended Final Plat for Leavitt’s North Park Addition, Located on the North Side of Memorial Road Between Broadway and Boulevard (City of Edmond; Ward 3)]
EPC 24 DASH 0 0 8 PUBLIC HEARING CONSIDERATION OF AN AMENDED FINAL PLAT FOR LEVITS NORTH PARK EDITION, LOCATED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF MEMORIAL BETWEEN BROADWAY AND BOULEVARD.WE'RE ALSO, WE'RE JUST FORTUNATE, UH, MR. FROST, WHO, UH, WAS THE, UM, BUSINESS OWNER WHO STOOD UP IN FRONT OF COUNCIL SEVERAL YEARS AGO ABOUT THIS ITEM.
UH, HE'S ACTUALLY HERE IN THE AUDIENCE TODAY, BUT, UM, JUST TO LET EVERYONE ELSE KNOW, UM, I WILL BE SIGNING THIS PARTICULAR PLAT AT TWO O'CLOCK TOMORROW IN MY OFFICE, AND MR. FROST WILL BE THERE TOO, SO HE CAN GET HIS COPY AND PLACE IT UP ON HIS WALL AND HIS AND HIS BUSINESS HERE IN EDMOND.
COUNSEL, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO ON ITEM EIGHT C? MOVE TO APPROVE.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.
[D. Case No. EPC24-00009; Public Hearing and Consideration of an Amended Final Plat for Reynolds Addition, Located East of Broadway Between 9th and 12th Streets. (City of Edmond; Ward 3)]
D AS CASE NUMBER EPC 24 DASH 0 0 0 9 PUBLIC HEARING CONSIDERATION OF AN AMENDED FINAL PLAT OF REYNOLDS EDITION LOCATED EAST OF BROADWAY BETWEEN NINTH AND 12TH STREETS.UH, SAME ITEM HERE, BUT I APPRECIATE STAFF WORKING DILIGENTLY TO GET ALL OF THESE THROUGH AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
COUNSEL, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO ON EIGHT D? MOTION TO APPROVE.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION REAL QUICK? MAYOR, MR. BRIAN? THANK YOU.
THANK YOU MS. PATRICK CHRISTIE, EVERYBODY INVOLVED? THANK YOU MR. FROST.
AND MR. CASEY AND OUR, UM, OH YEAH, OUR, UM, WHAT DO YOU CALL IT? CSS PARTNERS? YEAH.
LOTS OF, LOTS OF PEOPLE CONTRIBUTING.
OH, WE NEED TO APPROVE THIS ONE FIRST.
SO COUNSEL, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO? WE HAVE A MOTION.
[E. Public Hearing and Consideration of Ordinance No. ___ Amending Chapter 2.78 of the Edmond Municipal Code by Renaming Chapter “City Of Edmond Safety And Risk Management Program”; By Amending Section 2.78.010; By Amending Section 2.78.020; By Amending Section 2.78.030; By Amending Section 2.78.050; By Amending Section 2.78.060; By Amending Section 2.78.070; By Amending Section 2.78.080; By Amending Section 2.78.090; Providing For Repealer And Severability; And Providing An Effective Date. (Citywide)]
E IS THE PUBLIC HEARING CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 4 0 2 6 4 0 2 6 AMENDING CHAPTER 2.78 OF THE MOND MUNICIPAL CODE BY RENAMING CHAPTER, CITY OF EDMOND SAFETY AND RISK MANAGEMENT PROGRAM BY AMENDING SECTION 2.7800 BY AMENDING SECTION 2.78020[00:35:04]
BY AMENDING SECTION 2.78030 BY AMENDING SECTION 2 7 8 0 5 0MAYOR, I COULDN'T HEAR YOU WELL.
I WANT TO ASK THE CITY ATTORNEY TO GIVE US A LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF WHAT WE JUST DID OR, OR WHAT WE WANT TO DO HERE.
UH, SO WE'RE UPDATING THIS CHAPTER OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE, UM, KIND OF TO REFLECT WHAT'S ACTUALLY HAPPENING IN PRACTICE AND OFFER SOME CLARIFICATION.
UM, THE BIGGEST CHANGE IS THE THRESHOLD AT WHICH WE'RE ALLOWED TO APPROVE, UM, SETTLE CLAIMS, ADJUST CLAIMS, THINGS LIKE THAT.
JIM MILLS IS OUR DIRECTOR OF RISK MANAGEMENT.
HE'S SITTING RIGHT OVER THERE.
AND GENERALLY WE BRING THINGS TO YOU ALL TO APPROVE, UM, NO MATTER WHAT, ANYTHING OVER ABOUT $5,000, ANYTHING LESS THAN THAT SETTLED BY YOUR INSURANCE.
BUT, UM, THAT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE THRESHOLD FOR PURCHASING, WHICH IS WHY WE CHOSE THAT NUMBER.
COMMISSIONER MOSES, DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU WANT TO ADD TO THAT? NOPE.
COUNSEL, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS ON WHAT WE WANT TO DO HERE? IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS FROM THE AUDIENCE? COUNSEL, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO ON ITEM A E MOVE TO APPROVE SECOND, MAYOR.
DON'T YOU HAVE TO READ IT AGAIN A SECOND? NO, GO AHEAD.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSIONS, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.
[F. Public Hearing and Consideration of Ordinance No. ___ Amending Chapter 2.68 of the Edmond Municipal Code by Modifying Section 2.68.030 to Allow for the City's Purchasing Agent to Report to the Assistant City Manager of Administration; Providing for Repealer and Severability; and Declaring an Emergency. (Citywide)]
ITEM EIGHT.F IS PUBLIC HEARING CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 4 0 2 7 4 0 2 7, AMENDING CHAPTER 2.68 OF THE EDMOND MUNICIPAL CODE BY MODIFYING SECTION 2.6 8.030 TO ALLOW FOR THE CITY'S PURCHASING AGENT TO REPORT TO THE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER OF ADMINISTRATION PROVIDING FOR REPEAL AND SEVERABILITY AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
SO WE HAVE TWO VOTES ON THIS SIDE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, COUNSEL ON THIS ITEM? ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS FROM THE AUDIENCE? COUNSEL, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO ON ITEM EIGHT F? MOVE TO APPROVE? WE HAVE A MOTION.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.
MR. MAYOR, I'D MAKE A MOTION FOR THE EMERGENCY CLAUSE.
WE HAVE A, WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE EMERGENCY.
SECOND, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.
[G. Public Hearing and Consideration of Ordinance No. ___ Amending Chapter 2.74 - Community Agency Review Commission of the Edmond Municipal Code by Amending Section 2.74.060 - Authority; Providing for Repealer and Severability; and Providing an Effective Date. (Citywide)]
ITEM EIGHT G, PUBLIC HEARING CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 4 0 2 8 4 0 2 8 AMENDING CHAPTER TWO DASH SEVEN FOUR COMMUNITY AGENCY REVIEW.COMMIT COMMISSION OF THE M MUNICIPAL CODE BY AMENDING SECTION TWO DASH SEVEN 4.060 AUTHOR AUTHORITY PROVIDING FOR REPEAL AND OBSERVABILITY AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
THIS IS THE ITEM CHANGING WHAT WE'RE DOING ON CLARK.
IT'S UH, CHRISTY BATTERSON, HOUSING AND COMMUNITY RESOURCE DIRECTOR.
UM, AS WE BROUGHT TO YOU LAST WORKSHOP WAS THE CHANGES THAT WE WERE RECOMMENDING FOR KA.
UM, SOME OF THE CHANGES IN THE ORDINANCE IS JUST LANGUAGE THAT THE COMMITTEE FELT THAT NEEDED TO BE CLEARED UP.
UM, BEFORE WE STARTED THE APPLICATION PROCESS.
THE BIGGEST CHANGE IS, UM, CHANGING THE AMOUNT THAT WILL BE FUNDED TO OUR NONPROFIT PARTNERS.
UM, WE'RE CHANGING IT FROM A 3% DOWN TO A ONE, EXCUSE ME, $1 MILLION FLAT.
AND THEN IN, IF WE NEED TO ADJUST THAT BECAUSE OUR SALES TAX HAS DECREASED, UM, WE CAN CHANGE THAT, UM, TO A LOWER AMOUNT.
UM, BUT WE FEEL THAT THAT IS THE BEST COURTS OF ACTION MOVING FORWARD.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR CHRISTIE? THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
ANY QUESTION? COMMENTS FROM THE AUDIENCE ON A F OH EIGHT G.
COUNSEL, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO ON THIS ITEM? UM, I MOVE TO APPROVE MOTION ORDINANCE NUMBER 4 0 2 8.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.
[9. Executive Sessions and Action Items:]
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TO GO TO AN EXECUTIVE SESSION.WE'RE NOW IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.
SECOND, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.
WE COME OUT EXECUTIVE SESSION.
WE'RE OUT THIS EXECUTIVE SESSION.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. MAYOR.
I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE SETTLEMENT IN A MATTER STYLE JCD PROPERTIES, V CITY, AND AUTHORIZING CITY ATTORNEY TO EXECUTE ALL NECESSARY DOCUMENTS AND EFFECTUATE SETTLEMENT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND NO CITIZENS' COMMENTS TODAY.
[11. Comments from the Mayor and Members of the City Council.]
COMMENTS FROM THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL.UM, TODAY WE HAD A VERY UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY HERE IN EDMOND.
THE OU TENNIS TEAM WAS DOWN ON 15TH STREET PLAYING ARKANSAS.
UM, AND THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT ABOUT BEFORE, IS BEING READY FOR SOMETHING TO FALL INTO YOUR LAP.
UH, OU COURTS OR SOME, SOME CONSTRUCTION WAS NOT READY FOR THEM TO HOST THIS MATCH.
THEY NEEDED TO FIND THAT QUALITY LEVEL OF COURT.
AND GUESS WHERE THEY FOUND THAT QUALITY LEVEL COURT TO PLAY A BETTER QUALITY LEVEL HERE AT EDMOND, OKLAHOMA.
SO AT NOON TODAY, I'M SO GLAD THEY WERE HERE.
YOU COULD TELL OU WAS THERE BECAUSE THEY WERE LOUD AND
BUT IT WAS JUST THAT WE HAD THE FACILITIES, THE FACILITY WAS READY.
THAT'S EXCITING TO ACCOMMODATE THEM.
AND THIS IS ABOUT THE SECOND TIME THAT I'M AWARE OF THAT THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO HOST A MATCH BECAUSE THEY'RE READY MM-HMM.
UM, AND THEY PROBABLY ATE SOME FOOD.
THEN THE, UM, OH, THIS PAST WEEKEND, IF YOU DIDN'T SEE YOU AT THE MUSEUM, WE HAD THE AWARD-WINNING, UH, WAR OF THE WORLD'S, UH, REDO OF, OF, OF THE PLAY THAT WE DID A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO THAT DID WIN AN AWARD.
YOU MISS ME AND MY SPANDEX AGAIN,
BUT ALSO ON A SERIOUS NOTE, MENTAL HEALTH.
WE DO A GREAT JOB HERE SUPPORTING THE MENTAL HEALTH INITIATIVES OF EDMOND, THE REGION, THE SCHOOLS, OUR FIRST RESPONDERS AND ALL THAT.
AND THIS, IN THIS TIME RIGHT NOW, YOU'RE JUST SEEING MORE AND MORE CASES ARE BEING MADE AWARE OF MORE AND MORE PEOPLE OF HAVING MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES.
AND SO PLEASE, YOU KNOW, DIRECT 'EM TO OUR FACILITIES HERE OR WHATEVER NECESSARY TO HELP THEM SO THAT THEY DON'T HAVE TO STRUGGLE IN SILENCE AND THAT THERE'S NOT HELP OUT THERE.
AND UH, LAST THING I HAD IS I DID RECEIVE ANOTHER TEXT FROM THE, UH, OKLAHOMA BLOOD INSTITUTE.
THEY ARE DESPERATELY NEEDING BLOOD AND PLATELETS.
SO IF YOU HAVE THE CAPACITY TO GIVE ONE OR THE OTHER, UH, PLEASE STICK YOUR ARM OUT FOR THEM TO POKE YOU.
I, UH, RECEIVED AN EMAIL FROM, UH, THE TELLERS FAMILY ASKING ME TO, UH, ASSIST THEIR SON MAXIMUS TELLERS WITH HIS COMMUNITY MERIT BADGE FOR THE BOY SCOUTS.
SO I ARRANGED A PHONE CALL WITH YOUNG MAXIMUS.
HE ASKED SOME GREAT QUESTIONS.
ONE OF 'EM WAS, IF I HAD ANYTHING TO DO WITH HIRING PEOPLE AT THE CITY OF EDMOND, I SAID, NO.
AND THEN HE ASKED ME IF I HAD ANYTHING TO DO WITH HIRING PEOPLE AT THE PARKS DEPARTMENT.
AND HE SAID, WELL, WHAT IS IT EXACTLY YOU DO
SO WE, UH, WE HAD A LITTLE CHAT, AND THEN HE ASKED ABOUT THE BUDGET AND, UH, HOW OLD IS MAXIMUS? HE'S THIRD GRADER.
AND, UH, SO HE SAID, OKAY, NOW WALK ME THROUGH THAT AGAIN.
SO I WALKED HIM THROUGH THE BUDGET ITEMS AND UH, I COULD HEAR HIM WRITING IT DOWN AND SAYING IT OUT LOUD.
AND I ASKED HIM IF THERE WAS ANY QUESTIONS, AND HE SAID, NO, NOT AT THIS TIME.
HE SAID, I THINK YOU'VE COVERED EVERYTHING.
SO I EMAILED HIS PARENTS AND MAXIMUS, IF YOU'RE WATCHING TONIGHT, WHICH I SUGGESTED
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YOU MIGHT WANT TO DO, UH, YOU'RE A VERY POLITE LITTLE FELLOW AND, UH, CONGRATULATIONS ON GETTING YOUR COMMUNITY MERIT BADGE.AND, UH, YOU'RE SO WELL-MANNERED.
AND THAT'S A TRIBUTE TO YOUR PARENTS AND TO YOU.
AND, UH, IF ALL OF OUR YOUTH COULD BE LIKE YOUNG MAXIMUS, THE WORLD WOULD BE A BETTER PLACE.
SO I'M GLAD I HE REACHED OUT AND CONGRATULATIONS.
ANYONE ELSE FROM THE COUNCIL? UM, THOSE WHO MIGHT BE WATCHING ONLINE WHO WEREN'T HERE AT THE BUDGET WORKSHOP? SO WE KICKED OFF BUDGET SEASON AT THREE 30 TODAY.
AND SO THOSE VIDEOS WILL BE POSTED ONLINE.
UM, AND WE HAVE SEVERAL WORKSHOPS COMING UP AS WE LEAD INTO, UM, APPROVING THE BUDGET IN JUNE.
SO, UM, THOSE WHO WANT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT HOW THE MONEY IS BUDGETED AND SPENT AND WHERE IT GOES, I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO WALK THOSE.
ANYONE ELSE? WELL, COUNSEL, DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? YES, SIR.
I DON'T THINK WE NEED DISCUSSION ON THAT.