May 26, 2026 Special City Council

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OKAY, TODAY

[ Call to Order]

UH, WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND CALL THE SPECIAL MEETING CHURCH CITY COUNCIL MEETING TO ORDER AT 6:00 PM WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND START BY THE OPENING PRAYER AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, THE FLAGS OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE STATE OF TEXAS.

FOR EVERYBODY, PLEASE STAND AND BOW YOUR HEADS.

FAMILY.

FATHER, WE COME BEFORE YOU TONIGHT WITH GRATITUDE FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY AND FOR THE FREEDOMS, FREEDOMS AND RESPONSIBILITY THAT LOCAL GOVERNMENT REPRESENTS.

WE ASK FOR YOUR GUIDANCE AND WISDOM AS WE GATHER TO CANVAS THE RESULTS OF OUR ELECTION AND CARRY OUT THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE.

TONIGHT MARKS BOTH AN ENDING AND A BEGINNING.

WE GIVE THANKS TO THE SERVICE AND DEDICATION AND SACRIFICES OF OUR OUTGOING COUNCIL MEMBER ALLISON HAYWARD.

WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR THE TIME, EFFORT, AND COMMITMENT GIVEN TO THE CITIZENS OF OUR CITY, AND WE ASK THAT YOU BLESS HER AND HER FAMILY IN THE NEXT CHAPTER OF HER LIFE.

WE ALSO WELCOME OUR NEWLY ELECTED COUNCIL MEMBER, SARAH DIETZ, AND ASK THAT YOU GRANT HER WISDOM, HUMILITY, INTEGRITY, AND COURAGE AS SHE TAKES THE OATH TO SERVE AS A CITY OF, TO SERVE THE CITY OF CHURCHS, HELP ALL OF US WHO SERVE TO LEAD WITH RESPECT, UNITY, COMPASSION, AND COMMITMENT TO DOING WHAT THE WHAT'S RIGHT FOR THE PEOPLE WE REPRESENT.

MAY TONIGHT'S MEETING BE CONDUCTED WITH PROFESSIONALISM, CIVILITY, AND PURPOSE.

HELP US TO REMEMBER THAT WHILE OPINIONS MAY DIFFER, WE ARE ALL WORKING TOWARD THE BETTERMENT OF OUR CITY AND ITS FUTURE.

WE ASK YOUR CONTINUED BLESSINGS UPON OUR RESIDENTS, OUR FIRST RESPONDERS, OUR MILITARY, AND ALL THOSE WHO WORK EACH DAY TO KEEP OUR COMMUNITY SAFE AND STRONG.

IN JESUS' BODY NAME WE PRAY, AMEN TO THE FLAG, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL HONOR, TEXAS FLAG, I A PLEASURE TOGI TO CITY, TEXAS.

ONE STATE UNDER GOD.

ONE IN.

THANK Y'ALL FOR THAT.

SO AS MANY OF Y'ALL MAY KNOW, UH, OUR AIR CONDITIONS OUT, SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO HAVE TO BEAR THE HEAT A LITTLE BIT.

[ Hearing of Residents This time is set aside for any person who wishes to address the City Council. Each person should fill out the speaker’s register prior to the meeting. Presentations should be limited to no more than 3 minutes. All remarks shall be addressed to the Council as a body, and not to any individual member thereof. Any person making personal, impertinent, or slanderous remarks while addressing the Council may be requested to leave the meeting. All handouts and/or USB devices must be submitted to the City Secretary no later than noon on the Monday preceding the meeting. Handouts will be provided to each Councilmember prior to the start of the meeting by the City Secretary. All USB devices will be vetted by City IT staff to ensure City property is protected from malware. Discussion by the Council of any item not on the agenda shall be limited to statements of specific factual information given in response to any inquiry, a recitation of existing policy in response to an inquiry, and/or a proposal to place the item on a future agenda. The presiding officer, during the Hearing of Residents portion of the agenda, will call on those persons who have signed up to speak in the order they have registered.]

ALL REMARKS SHOULD BE ADDRESSED TO THE COUNCIL AS A BODY AND NOT TO ANY INDIVIDUAL MEMBER THEREOF, ANY PERSON MAKING PERSONAL IMP PERTINENT OR SLANDEROUS REMARKS.

WHILE ADDRESSING THE COUNCIL MAY BE REQUESTED TO LEAVE THE MEETING.

ALL HANDOUTS AND OR USB DEVICES MUST BE SUBMITTED TO THE CITY SECRETARY NO LATER THAN NOON ON MONDAY PROCEEDING.

THE MEETING HANDOUTS WILL BE PROVIDED TO EACH COUNCIL MEMBER PRIOR TO THE START OF THE MEETING BY THE CITY SECRETARY.

ALL USB DEVICES WILL BE VETTED BY THE CITY IT STAFF TO ENSURE CITY PROPERTY IS PROTECTED FROM MALWARE.

AS I CALL YOUR NAME, WHEN YOU COME UP AND YOU GET READY TO SPEAK.

IF YOU'LL PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE.

UH, FIRST WE HAVE TIFFANY GIBSON.

TIFFANY GIBSON, 6 9 3 9 HALLELU CHURCH, TEXAS.

GOOD EVENING MAYOR, FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS AND CITIZENS OF SHIRTS.

I RESPECTFULLY COME HERE TO HONOR A WOMAN WHO SERVED AND HER SERVICE HAS ELEVATED, NOT JUST OUR CITY, BUT THE ENTIRE STATE OF TEXAS.

COUNCIL MEMBER ALLISON HAYWARD HAS SERVED ON CITY COUNCIL SINCE 2018, AND IN THAT TIME, SHE HAS NEVER STOPPED REACHING HIGHER, NOT JUST FOR THE CITIZENS OF SHIRTS, BUT NOT JUST ALSO FOR HERSELF.

SHE HOLDS A BUDGET CERTIFICATION.

SHE SERVED ON THE TML BUDGET AND AUDIT COMMITTEE AND CHAMPION FIRST RESPONDERS, PAY RESTRUCTURING AND THE SAFETY INFRASTRUCTURE RIGHT HERE IN THE CITY OF SHIRTS.

BUT HER IMPACT EXTENDS FAR BEYOND OUR CITY LIMITS.

SHE SERVED AS A TML PRESIDENT REPRESENTING OVER 1,100 CITY STATE,

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THE FIRST, THE VERY FIRST OF SHIRTS OFFICIAL HAS EVER HELD THAT HONOR.

ALLISON, YOU ARE A LIVING EXAMPLE OF A SERVANT LEADER, A WOMAN WHO CHOSE PEOPLE OVER POLITICS, PROGRESS OVER COMFORT AND PURPOSE OVER RECOGNITION.

THE WORD OF GOD REMINDS US IN ONE PETER CHAPTER FOUR, VERSE 10.

EACH OF YOU SHOULD USE WHATEVER GIFT YOU HAVE RECEIVE TO SERVE OTHERS AS FAITHFUL STEWARDS OF GOD'S GRACE IN VARIOUS FORMS. COUNCIL MEMBER HAYWARD, YOU HAVE BEEN A FAITHFUL STEWARD.

SHIRTS IS BETTER BECAUSE OF YOU.

GOD BLESS YOU TODAY AND ALWAYS.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

NEXT WE HAVE BOB JANSSEN, BOB JAMESON, 45 0 4, BRUSH CREEK DRIVE AND SHIRTS.

I JUST CAME UP TO SAY THANK YOU ALLISON.

WE APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU DO FOR US.

THE CITIZENS COULDN'T BE HAPPIER AND UH, THANK YOU.

NEXT WE HAVE DANA ELDRIDGE.

I DIDN'T WANT TO HAVE TO WALK QUITE SO FAR.

DANA ELDRIDGE, 2 6, 2 8, GALA, FOX DRIVE, ERTZ, TEXAS.

THREE SMALL ITEMS ON ACCOUNTANT TONIGHT, UH, SUNDAY.

EMS OUR CHURCH.

EMS SHOWED UP AT OUR CHURCH.

HAD A 90-YEAR-OLD MAN THAT PASSED OUT.

DID A REMARKABLE JOB, TALKED TO THE CHIEF, PASSING IT ON TO THE CITY MANAGER SHIRTS.

EMS DID A MARVELOUS JOB SUNDAY MORNING FOR US.

SECOND THING IS, SARAH, CONGRATULATIONS ON BEING HERE.

YOU'RE HEARING A LOT OF STUFF ABOUT KIND OF WHAT YOU GOTTA DO WHEN YOU SIT IN THAT CHAIR UP THERE.

UM, I'M SURE YOU CAN DO IT.

CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR WIN.

ALLISON.

EIGHT YEARS AGO, WE MET A YOUNG LADY IN OUR COMMUNITY AND TALKED HER INTO RUNNING FOR OFFICE.

WAS TOLD THAT SHE WAS NOT THE RIGHT HORSE TO BACK.

AND I TOLD AN INDIVIDUAL HE WAS BACKING THE WRONG HORSE.

ALLISON WON WITH 73% OF THE VOTE THAT YEAR.

UM, SHE'S DONE SEVEN AND A HALF YEARS SERVING THE CITY OF SHIRTS, SERVING THE CITY, THE STATE OF TEXAS AS TML PRESIDENT.

UM, WE SHOULD ALL BE PROUD OF WHAT SHE'S, WHAT SHE REPRESENTS FOR THE CITY OF SHIRTZ, WHAT SHE'S DONE.

AND I JUST WANT TO COMMEND HER, EVEN THOUGH YOU TOLD US WE COULDN'T SPEAK DIRECTLY TO PEOPLE ON THE ON THE DIES.

THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE GETTING TONIGHT, MAYOR.

SO ALLISON, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE DONE.

THANK YOU.

NEXT WE HAVE CHRIS C**K.

CHRIS C**K, 7, 6, 8, CLEARBROOK, SHORTZ, TEXAS.

GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND ALL YOU COUNCIL MEMBERS.

I'M NOT SPEAKING TO YOU DIRECTLY.

UM, I'M NOT COMING TO PRAISE ALLISON AS, UM, A COUNCIL MEMBER OF ALL THE WONDERFUL THINGS SHE'S DONE FOR THE CITY OF SHIRTS FOR THE STATE OF TEXAS.

BUT, UM, JUST FOR THE PERSON THAT YOU ARE, FOR THE THINGS YOU DID FOR ME WHEN I WAS AT A VERY LOW POINT IN MY LIFE WITH MY SISTER, THAT YOU STEPPED OUT NOT BECAUSE OF WHAT YOU COULD GET FROM ME OWING YOU ANYTHING JUST BECAUSE OF YOUR HEART, YOUR HEART OF A SERVANT, AND, UM, THE INTEGRITY THAT YOU'VE BROUGHT TO THE OFFICE THAT YOU HAVE AND, UM, TO THE CITY OF SHIRTZ.

I THANK YOU.

AND LAST WE HAVE BRENT BOLTER,

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REAL QUICK, ALLISON, YOU KNOW HOW I FEEL ABOUT YOU.

A QUICK THANKS SARAH.

CONGRATULATIONS TONIGHT.

I THOUGHT IT WAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SP SPEAK ABOUT EXPECTATIONS NOW THAT WE HAVE OUR NEW CITY COUNCIL IN TOTAL AFTER TONIGHT IN 45 YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE AIR FORCE.

AS A DELISTED PERSON, AS A CONTRACTOR, AS A CIVILIAN, IT WAS NEVER ABOUT ME.

IT WAS ABOUT THE MISSION OF THE AIR FORCE.

WHATEVER THEY ASKED OF ME IS WHAT I DID WHEN I SERVED ON THE SHIRTZ HOUSING AUTHORITY.

IT WASN'T ABOUT ME, IT WAS ABOUT THE PEOPLE THAT WE SERVED.

WHEN I WAS A NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH CHIEF FOR BELMONT PARK, IT WASN'T ABOUT ME.

IT WAS ABOUT EVERY PERSON THAT LIVED IN THAT COMMUNITY.

WHEN I WAS IN THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR THE HOA IN BELMONT PARK, IT WASN'T ABOUT ME.

IT WAS ABOUT EVERYBODY THAT LIVES THERE.

NOT JUST MY NEIGHBORS, NOT JUST THE PEOPLE THAT I KNEW.

EVERYBODY, RIGHT? THEN I BECAME A COACH OF SOCCER TEAM, MY GRANDSON'S SOCCER TEAM.

IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT MY GRANDSON, IT WAS ABOUT EVERY BOY ON THAT TEAM THAT PLAYS FOR ME AND IS GONNA CONTINUE TO PLAY BECAUSE I'LL BE COACHING AGAIN IN THE FALL.

SO WHAT I WANTED TO SAY TONIGHT TO EVERYBODY ON COUNCIL IS YOU'RE THERE FOR EVERYBODY IN SHIRTS.

YOU'RE NOT THERE JUST FOR ONE SPECIAL INTEREST.

YOU'RE NOT THERE JUST FOR A HANDFUL OF PEOPLE.

YOU'RE THERE FOR EVERYBODY IN THE CITY.

AND I JUST WANTED TO SAY, AND I THOUGHT TONIGHT WAS A GOOD OPPORTUNITY SINCE YOU HAVE A NEW MEMBER COMING ON BOARD.

THAT'S MY EXPECTATION.

THAT'S HOW I'VE LIVED MY LIFE OF SERVICE.

IT WAS FOR EVERYBODY THAT I WAS THERE TO SERVE.

AND I WOULD ASK COUNSEL THAT YOU REMEMBER, IT'S ABOUT EVERYBODY IN THIS CITY.

IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT A HANDFUL OF PEOPLE, IT'S NOT ABOUT SPECIAL INTEREST.

IT'S NOT ABOUT AGGRIEVED, UH, FORMER MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL OR FORMER PEOPLE THAT SAT IN THAT SEAT.

IT'S ABOUT ALL THE CURRENT RESIDENTS OF SHIRTS AND WHAT YOU GUYS CAN DO THAT HELPS EVERYBODY IN THE CITY MOVE FORWARD.

SO THAT'S WHAT I'M ASKING YOU TO DO, UH, TONIGHT GOING FORWARD, ESPECIALLY AS WE BRING A NEW MEMBER ON.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

THANK YOU.

AND THAT BRINGS US TO THE END OF HEARING OUR RESIDENTS.

MOVING ON

[1. Resolution 26-R-064-Approving the canvassing of the election returns and declaring the results of the May 16, 2026 Runoff Election for Place 6 (Mayor/S.Edmondson)]

FOR PLACE SIX, WE HAVE OUR CITY SECRETARY, SHEILA EDMONDSON.

THANK YOU MAYOR.

GOOD EVENING MAYOR COUNCIL AND CITY STAFF.

TONIGHT I BRING FORWARD RESOLUTION 26 R 0 6 4 TO APPROVE THE CANVASSING OF THE SPECIAL RUNOFF ELECTION HELD ON MAY 16TH, 2026 FOR THE UNEXPIRED TERM OF PLAY.

SIX.

THE CANDIDATES IN THIS RUNOFF ELECTION RACE, R SARAH DIETZ AND RAQUEL GUTIERREZ.

THE OFFICIAL FINAL VOTE COUNT FROM THE RUNOFF ELECTION ARE AS FOLLOWS.

SARAH DIETZ RECEIVED 887 VOTES OR 59.05% OF THE VOTE TOTAL.

RAQUEL GUTIERREZ RECEIVED 615 VOTES OR 40.95% OF THE VOTE TOTAL.

THE TOTAL VOTES CAST DURING THIS EARLY VOTING AND PERSONAL APPEARANCE AND ABSENTEE UH, VOTES WAS 1,205.

ON RUNOFF ELECTION DAY, THERE WERE 298 VOTES CAST.

THE TOTAL NUMBER OF VOTES CAST FOR THIS RUNOFF ELECTION WAS 1,503.

STAFF RECOMMENDS THAT YOU APPROVE RESOLUTION 26 R SIX FOUR, UM, WITH THE VOTE TOTAL OF MISS DETS WINNING THE MAJORITY OF THE VOTE.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

COUNCIL, I HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? CAN I GET A MOTION? SO MOVED A SECOND.

OKAY.

I HAVE A MOTION MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER ALLISON HAYWARD.

SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER PAUL MACALUSO.

WHO CAN I GET EVERYBODY TO CAST THE VOTES? YEP.

LAST ONE.

ALRIGHT, CAN I GET THE VOTES PUBLISHED PLEASE.

OKAY.

HAVING SEVEN YAYS, NO NAYS.

MOTION PASSES.

MOVING

[2. Oath of Office (S.Edmondson/S.Courney)   Place 6: _____________________ Comments by _____________________]

SARAH, IF YOU'LL STEP UP.

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IF YOU'LL, UH, PUT YOUR, UH, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.

PUT YOUR LEFT HAND ON THE BIBLE AND IF YOU'LL REPEAT AFTER ME, I STATE YOUR NAME.

I SARAH DIETZ.

DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR, DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE, THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE, THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE OF COUNCIL MEMBER.

PLACE SIX OF COUNCIL MEMBER, PLACE SIX OF THE CITY OF SHIRTS OF THE CITY OF SHIRTS AND WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY AND WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY, PRESERVE, PROTECT, AND DEFEND, PRESERVE, PROTECT AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS, THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES.

OF THE UNITED STATES.

AND OF THIS STATE.

AND OF THIS STATE.

SO HELP ME GOD.

SO HELP ME GOD.

CONGRATULATIONS.

THANK, THANK YOU.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, COUNCIL, CITY MANAGER AND RESIDENTS OF SHIRTS AND MY FAMILY.

I AM TRULY HONORED AND HUMBLED TO STAND BEFORE YOU TONIGHT AS I AM SWORN IN TO SERVE THE RESIDENTS OF SHIRTS AS YOUR CITY COUNCIL.

PLACE.

SIX, REPRESENTATIVE FIRST AND FOREMOST, THANK YOU TO THE VOTERS OF SHIRTS FOR YOUR TRUST, YOUR ENCOURAGEMENT AND YOUR BELIEF IN ME FOR HOLDING SIGNS FOR ALL THE THINGS I DO NOT TAKE THIS RESPONSIBILITY LIGHTLY.

AND I AM COMMITTED TO SERVING OUR COMMUNITY WITH INTEGRITY, TRANSPARENCY, AND HEART.

I ALSO WANT TO SINCERELY THANK THE SHIRTZ POLICE ASSOCIATION AND THE SHIRTZ FIRE ASSOCIATION FOR THEIR ENDORSEMENT AND SUPPORT THROUGHOUT THE CAMPAIGN.

YOUR DEDICATION AND SERVICE TO OUR CITY.

HELP KEEP OUR COMMUNITY SAFE EVERY SINGLE DAY.

AND I'M INCREDIBLY GRATEFUL FOR YOUR CONFIDENCE IN ME TOWARD CHILDREN, THE DIET BUNCH ALLISON AND HER HUSBAND, ZACH DARING IN HER, HER HIS FIANCE, MAYA LANDON AND HAYDEN.

AND TO OUR DAUGHTER ISABEL.

SHE'S A PICU NIGHT NURSE.

SO SHE'S ON SHIFT TONIGHT, SO SHE'S GONNA BE WATCHING ON LIVE.

UM, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE.

THANK YOU FOR PUTTING UP WITH ME.

THANK YOU FOR PUTTING UP WITH SEEING MY FACE ON EVERY CORNER AND FOR HOLDING SIGNS IN THE RAIN OR SHINE.

YOU FIVE ARE MY WHY AND I HOPE YOU KNOW YOU INSPIRE ME EVERY DAY.

AND FINALLY, TO MY HUSBAND, THANK YOU FOR STANDING BESIDE ME AND PUSHING ME TO BE THE VERY BEST VERSION OF MYSELF, , UM, THROUGH EVERY EVENT, EVERY CHALLENGE AND EVERY VICTORY.

YOUR SUPPORT AND LOVE MADE THIS JOURNEY POSSIBLE.

I TRULY WOULD NOT BE STANDING HERE WITHOUT YOU.

I LOOK FORWARD TO THIS NEW CHAPTER TO WORKING WITH THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL AND TO KEEP SHIRTS THE CITY THAT WE ALL LOVE.

THANK YOU AGAIN.

I'M HERE TO SERVE AND GHOST SPURS GO.

WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND DO

[3. Pin Presentation for Newly Elected Councilmember (Councilmember Allison Heyward)]

SO SARAH, I'M GONNA PIN YOU WITH THE SHIRTS PEN, BUT I WANT TO TELL THE STORY FIRST.

SO WHEN I RAN IN 2018, TIM AND I WERE STANDING OUT AND HE HAD THE SHIRTS PEN.

AND I SAID, HEY TIM, I WANT ONE OF THOSE PENS.

HE SAID, YOU WIN, I'LL GET YOU A PEN AND I'LL GIVE EVERY COUNCIL MEMBER A PEN.

AND FROM THAT MOMENT ON, I STARTED GIVING EVERY NEW COUNCIL MEMBER A PEN

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SO I'D LIKE TO PIN YOU AS MY LAST OFFICIAL THING.

I'D LIKE TO FIGURE WITH THE SHIRT.

AND YOU CAN COME UP AND TAKE YOUR SEAT .

AND WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND COME DOWN AND, UH, GIVE A PRESENTATION

[4. Presentation for Councilmember Allison Heyward]

FIRST OF ALL, WE WANT TO HONOR ALLISON WITH, UH, STREET SIGN AND IT ALSO HAS A LOT OF MEMBERS, UH, WRITINGS IN THE BACK, WISHING HER GIVING HER BEST WISHES.

AND HER FAVORITE COLOR IS RED, SO WE DIDN'T MAKE IT RED FOR HER.

SO ALLISON, CONGRATULATIONS.

THANK YOU.

WANT A PEN? HER YOU DO THAT FIRST.

OKAY.

HERE, DO THAT FIRST.

SO WE ALSO HAVE A PLAQUE THAT WE WANNA PRESENT, ALLISON AND THAT, AND THE PLAQUE HAS AN NAME, COUNCIL MEMBER ALLISON HAYWARD, AND RECOGNITION OF YOUR DEDICATED SELFLESS SERVICE TO OUR BELOVED CITY AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES.

YOU HAVE OUR DEEPEST GRATITUDE CITY COUNCIL PLACED SIX NOVEMBER, 2018 THROUGH MAY, 2026.

THANK YOU FOR LEADING WITH INTEGRITY AND HEART MAKING SHIRTS ONE OF THE SAFEST CITIES IN THE NATION, AND A PLACE WE CAN PROBABLY CALL HOME.

CONGRATULATIONS.

THANK YOU.

I'LL PUT THE MIC HERE.

YOU'RE GONNA TO SLIDE YOUR RIGHT A LITTLE BIT.

OKAY.

SO COUNCILWOMAN HAYWARD ALLISON.

SO MY THIRD NIGHT HERE, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU REMEMBER, WE SPENT ABOUT AN HOUR AND A HALF TALKING ABOUT ALL THE BIG DREAMS THAT WE HAVE FOR THE CITY OF SHIRTS AND HOW WE WERE GONNA DO THOSE THINGS.

WE WERE GONNA ACCOMPLISH 'EM AND MAKE THIS A GREAT COMMUNITY.

AND IT'S BEEN A TRUE PLEASURE OVER THAT LAST THREE AND A HALF YEARS WORKING ON EVERY ONE OF THOSE THINGS WITH YOU AND MAKING THOSE A REALITY.

AND I ALSO WANNA SAY, I KNOW THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF COMMENTS ABOUT BEING THE PRESIDENT OF TML, BUT WHAT WAS ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS THAT I SAID THAT IS A CHALLENGE FOR THE STAFF AND FOR, AND YOU REALLY TOOK THAT UP AS A COUNCIL MEMBER, IS TO BRAND THE CITY OF SHIRTS, BUILD THE BRAND OF SHIRTS.

AND I THINK IT DOESN'T GO RECOGNIZED ENOUGH HOW MUCH ALLISON HAS DONE TO BUILD THE BRAND OF SHIRTS IN TERMS OF MAKING US KNOWN AS A COMMUNITY AROUND THE STATE.

BEING THE PRESIDENT OF TML IS NOT ONLY A TREMENDOUS HONOR, BUT DURING THE LAST LEGISLATIVE SESSION, SHE REALLY SPEARHEADED AND CREATED A LOT OF THINGS THAT TML PRESIDENTS HAD NOT DONE IN THE PAST IN TERMS OF CREATING A LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE MADE UP OF MAYORS AND COUNCIL MEMBERS TO REALLY ADVOCATE FOR CITIES BECAUSE IT IS SOMETHING THAT'S CRITICAL AND IMPORTANT FOR US EVERY TWO YEARS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DO.

AND YOU DID A TREMENDOUS JOB AT THAT AND I'LL ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT AND I'LL ALWAYS REMEMBER SERVING WITH YOU.

SO, UH, IT'S A TRADITION THAT WHEN SOMEONE DOES OUTSTANDING ON THE STAFF DOES SOMETHING JUST INCREDIBLE.

THEY GET A CITY MANAGER COIN.

AND I WANNA PRESENT THAT TO YOU NOW FOR DOING THE OUTSTANDING JOB.

THANK YOU.

SO,

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CAN I COME BACK THIS WAY? I'M COMING BEHIND THE PODIUM 'CAUSE I'M MANY, I'M SURE MANY OF YOU SEE ME IN A ANKLE BRACE AND I NEED TO GIVE MY FOOT A REST 'CAUSE I PROBABLY SHOULDN'T BE IN THESE HIGH HEELS.

UH, I JUST WANNA SAY IT'S BEEN AN HONOR AND A PRIVILEGE SERVING AS A COUNCIL MEMBER IN THE CITY OF CHURCH.

UH, THE RESIDENTS TRUSTING IN ME FOR SEVEN YEARS TO BE ABLE TO BRING SHIRTS WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE.

AND I PRAY THAT IT MOVES FORWARD AND KEEPS GOING FORWARD THE WAY IT IS.

I JUST WANNA ALSO THANK MY, MY FAMILY, MY HUSBAND AND MY KIDS.

AND MY HUSBAND COULDN'T BE HERE TONIGHT BECAUSE DUTY CALLED, HE WENT TO SAN DIEGO TO BE WITH A FRIEND WHO LOST HIS WIFE.

SO THAT'S WHY HE COULDN'T BE HERE.

MY SON CAME TO HELP ME IN HIS STEAD AND BE HERE FOR ME.

AND I WANNA JUST SAY THAT I WANT TO THANK MY FRIENDS ALL IN THE BACK CORNER AND ALL THE PEOPLE THAT I'VE MET AND MADE CONNECTIONS WITH OVER IN THE MIDDLE.

IT'S BEEN TREMENDOUS TO KNOW THAT I HAVE FRIENDS THAT WILL ALWAYS HAVE MY BACK AND WILL BE THERE FOR ME WHEN I'M HAVING MOMENTS OF BEING DOUBTFUL.

THEY'RE JUST KIND OF LIFTING ME UP AND WORDS OF ENCOURAGEMENT, EVEN WHEN RESIDENTS ARE, ARE ANGRY, THEY WERE THERE TO, TO HELP, HELP BUILD MY SPIRIT UP AND SAY, HEY, YOU GOT THIS.

JUST GET BACK ON THAT HORSE AND KEEP ON GOING.

I WANNA THANK THE REST OF MY COUNCIL MAYOR, SERVING AS A COUNCIL MEMBER AND BEING WITH THEM AND KNOWING THAT, I ALWAYS TOLD EVERYBODY THAT CHURCH HAD THE BEST COUNCIL AND ANY CITY BECAUSE NO MATTER HOW MUCH WE DISAGREE WITH EACH OTHER, WE CAN STILL COME OFF THE D AND STILL BE FRIENDLY AND, AND HAVE CONVERSATIONS.

AND OCCASIONALLY ON THE AFTER THE CHRISTMAS PARADE, WE CAN GO AND HAVE DINNER TOGETHER BECAUSE WE ARE, WE REALIZE THAT IT'S NOT ABOUT US, IT'S ABOUT THE CITY OF CHURCH AND WE NEED TO DO WHAT'S RIGHT AND WE DO.

AND I JUST TRULY APPRECIATE THE STAFF BECOMING GOOD CLOSE WORKING RELATIONSHIPS WITH ALL THE CITY STAFF AND BEING ABLE TO REALLY SAY THAT I LIKE TO CALL SOME OF THEM FRIENDS.

THE KNOWLEDGE THAT THEY HAVE, THE KNOWLEDGE THEY'RE WILLING TO IMPART THE KNOWLEDGE, THE TIMES THEY WERE WILLING TO SIT DOWN WHEN YOU DON'T COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND SOMETHING TO EXPLAIN IT.

IT HAS BEEN TRULY AN AMAZING TIME FOR ME.

AND I AM TRYING NOT TO BE OVERLY EMOTIONAL.

IT IS BITTERSWEET, BUT I KNOW THAT IT IS IN GOOD HANDS WITH SARAH IN THAT SEAT.

AND I KNOW SOME PEOPLE HAVE TOLD HER SHE HAD BIG SHOES TO FILL, BUT SHE DOESN'T, SHE HAS TO FILL HER OWN SHOES, NOT MINE.

AND I KNOW SHE WILL DO JUST THAT.

I KNOW THAT SHE CARES ABOUT THE CITY OF SHIRTS.

IT SHOWS WITH THE THINGS THAT SHE DOES.

AND WITH THAT, MY NEXT ADVENTURE IS TO BE A STAFF MEMBER OF THE LITTLE ITALIAN REDECORATORS THAT IS MY GRANDCHILDREN, .

THEY ALL HAVE ITALIAN NAMES SO I, WHEN THEY COME OVER, I CALL THEM THE LITTLE ITALIAN REDECORATORS BECAUSE MY HOUSE GETS REDECORATED VERY OFTEN.

AND I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO EVERYONE AND IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE AND AN HONOR AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THE NEXT CHAPTER.

AND I'M GONNA BE LOOKING FORWARD TO FINDING PLACES TO VOLUNTEER IN THE CITY OF CHURCHS.

'CAUSE THE TITLE COUNCIL MEMBER DOESN'T MEAN I CAN'T STILL SERVE IN SOME CAPACITY AND YOU WILL SEE ME AROUND.

AND I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU AGAIN FOR EVERYTHING AND I AM TRULY BLESSED AND HONORED TO HAVE HAD THAT TITLE.

THANK TELL MYSELF I WASN'T GONNA GET EMOTIONAL, GOT CLOSE, BUT DEFINITELY WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO ALLISON.

UH, I'VE ONLY BEEN ON DAIS FOR SIX MONTHS AND, UH, SHE'S BEEN A TREMENDOUS, UH, LEADER.

UH, SHE'S GIVEN ME A LOT OF GUIDANCE, UM, BEEN THERE WITH ME EVERY STEP OF THE WAY AND DEFINITELY VERY MUCH APPRECIATED.

AND, UH,

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UH, WHICH TO HER THAT'S NOT A CHORE BECAUSE ANYTIME YOU CALL UP ON HER TO SERVE, SHE, SHE ALWAYS SAYS, UH, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO DO? SO ALLISON, UM, WE'RE JUST GONNA GIVE YOU A COUPLE WEEKS, ENJOY YOURSELF AND, UH, , AND THEN WE'RE GONNA SEE WHERE WE CAN PUT YOU TO WORK.

ALL RIGHT.

ALRIGHT, THIS END.

AND THIS'LL ADJOURN.

UH, TONIGHT'S SPECIAL MEETING AT 6 31.