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[1. Executive Session]
THE CITY COUNCIL WILL RECESS INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION IN ACCORDANCE WITH TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTIONS 551.071 TO CONSULT WITH AND SEEK THE ADVICE OF THE CITY'S LEGAL COUNSEL.AND SECTION 551.087 TO DISCUSS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MATTERS.
THE CITY COUNCIL IS RECESSING AT 1:01 P.M.. ALL RIGHT.
PARDON US FOR BEING A LITTLE LATE TODAY. WE WILL RECONVENE NOW IN OPEN SESSION AT 2:30 P.M..
[1. Invocation]
FOLLOWED BY MAYOR PRO TEM KRISTI MARTINEZ GARCIA, WHO WILL LEAD US IN THE PLEDGES TO OUR UNITED STATES AND TEXAS FLAGS? PLEASE RISE IF YOU'RE ABLE. LET US PRAY. GOD, WE THANK YOU SO MUCH, LORD, FOR YOUR PRESENCE IN THIS MEETING AND IN THIS PLACE AND IN THESE PERSONS THIS DAY. LORD, WE THANK YOU FOR OUR CITY.LORD, THE BEAUTIFUL DAY THAT YOU'VE GIVEN US.
WE THANK YOU FOR THIS CITY WHERE IT CAN BE SNOWING ONE WEEKEND AND 95 DEGREES THE NEXT.
AND LORD, WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR GOODNESS. THAT'S SO REAL HERE.
GOD, FOR THE DIVERSITY OF PEOPLE THAT ARE HERE IN THIS ROOM AND IN OUR CITY.
AND, GOD, I JUST PRAY FOR THESE LEADERS. LORD BLESS THEM.
YOU YOU LEAD THESE LEADERS AS THEY SEEK TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THIS WORLD FOR YOU.
LORD, IT REAL PEOPLE WITH REAL CONCERNS, REAL FAMILIES WITH REAL NEEDS.
AND GOD. BECAUSE ALL THE CITIZENS OF THIS CITY MATTERS TO YOU.
GOD, WHAT HAPPENS IN THIS PLACE MATTERS TO YOU.
SO, LORD, I PRAY FOR DISCERNMENT AND COMPASSION.
AND I PRAY FOR FOLKS TO BE LISTENING AND AVAILABLE AND CARING.
AND LORD, MAY YOU IN YOUR WILL BE DONE. YOUR KINGDOM COME.
LORD, IN THIS CITY WE GIVE OUR CITY TO YOU, LORD.
WE GIVE THIS COUNCIL TO YOU AND JUST ASK FOR YOU TO DO GOOD AND WONDERFUL THINGS THROUGH THEM.
EVEN THIS DAY, AS WE MEET TOGETHER IN YOUR NAME, JESUS, WE PRAY.
AMEN. AMEN. AMEN. THANK YOU FOR THAT BEAUTIFUL PRAYER.
[2. Pledges of Allegiance]
AND NOW, IF YOU'LL JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.THANK YOU, DOCTOR HURST. YOU KNOW ONE OF THE, TAKE A MOMENT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE HERE, BUT ONE OF THE NICE THINGS ABOUT BEING MAYOR IS WHEN YOU FLY SOMEPLACE ON A PLANE, PEOPLE RECOGNIZE WHO YOU ARE, AND THEN YOU GET TO TALK TO THEM.
AND SO I WILL ENGAGE IN A CONVERSATION WITH PEOPLE.
AND SO I SAT BESIDE A COUPLE WHO MOVED HERE FROM COLORADO A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, HAVE A BUSINESS HERE, AND THEY ABSOLUTELY LOVE THIS CITY. AND THEY CAME FROM DENVER, WHICH IS, OF COURSE, A BEAUTIFUL PLACE.
THEY SAID, OH, NO, WE PUT UP WITH THEM. BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THEY MAY BE DIFFICULT, BUT THE PEOPLE HERE AREN'T AS CRAZY AS THEY ARE IN DENVER. SO FOR WHATEVER REASONS, PEOPLE FIND THEIR WAY TO LUBBOCK.
IT'S A GOOD THING TO HEAR PEOPLE SAY THAT THEY LOVE THIS CITY.
THEY'RE HAPPY TO BE HERE. AND I KNOW WE ALL ARE HAPPY TO BE LEADING THIS CITY.
IT'S A GREAT PLACE. SO NOW, CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER, AND WE'LL TAKE UP CITIZEN COMMENTS.
WE GIVE YOU THREE MINUTES TO MAKE THOSE COMMENTS. IF YOU SIGN UP IN ADVANCE BY 2 P.M.
ON THE DAY OF THE COUNCIL MEETING. SO WE ALWAYS INVITE PEOPLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT OPPORTUNITY.
BUT ALSO LET YOU KNOW THAT YOU CAN EMAIL US, YOU CAN FIND OUR EMAIL ADDRESSES ONLINE.
WE GO TO CITY OF LUBBOCK AND GO TO CITY COUNCIL AND LOOK UP EACH DISTRICT.
YOU CAN FIND THE EMAIL OF THE COUNCIL PERSON FOR YOUR DISTRICT OR MY EMAIL THERE AS WELL.
OR YOU CAN CALL US, OR YOU CAN JUST BUTTONHOLE US AT WHEREVER YOU FIND US OUT IN PUBLIC.
WE'RE ALWAYS HAPPY TO TALK WITH YOU. SO WE'LL NOW TAKE UP AN ITEM 4.1 ON OUR AGENDA.
[4. Minutes]
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MINUTES FROM THE MARCH 11TH, 2025 REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING.IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 4.1? THANK YOU.
IS THERE A SECOND? I HEAR THE SECOND. MR. COLLINS.
ANY DISCUSSION, ANY CHANGES? IF NOT, ALL IN FAVOR, LET IT BE KNOWN BY SAYING AYE.
AYE. ANY OPPOSED? I HEAR NONE, SO THE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
WE'LL NOW TAKE UP OUR CONSENT AGENDA. ITEM FIVE.
[5. Consent Agenda - Items considered to be routine are enacted by one motion without separate discussion. If the City Council desires to discuss an item, the item is removed from the Consent Agenda and considered separately.]
THERE HASN'T BEEN A REQUEST FROM ANY COUNCIL PERSON TO PULL ANY ITEM FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA.SO I WILL NOW ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA.
IS THERE A MOTION? SECOND. ALL RIGHT. MAYOR PRO TEM MADE THE MOTION.
MR. ROSE MADE THE SECOND ANY DISCUSSION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.
I HEAR NONE. ALL IN FAVOR, LET IT BE KNOWN BY SAYING AYE.
AYE. ANY OPPOSED? SAY NO. I HEAR NONE. SO THE CONSENT AGENDA IS APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY.
ALL RIGHT. WE'LL TAKE UP OUR REGULAR AGENDA. NOW WE'RE GOING TO CONSIDER ITEM 6.1.
[1. Board Appointments - City Secretary: Consider appointments to the Animal Services Advisory Board, Audit & Investment Committee, Board of Health, Capital Improvements Advisory Committee, Keep Lubbock Beautiful Advisory Committee, Lake Alan Henry Board of Appeals, Park and Recreation Board, Public Transit Advisory Board, and Veterans Advisory Committee.]
THE COUNCIL WILL FIRST CONSIDER APPOINTMENTS TO THE ANIMAL SERVICES ADVISORY BOARD, THE BOARD OF HEALTH CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS ADVISORY COMMITTEE.KEEP LUBBOCK BEAUTIFUL ADVISORY COMMITTEE, LUBBOCK LAKE ALAN HENRY, BOARD OF APPEALS, THE PARK AND RECREATION BOARD, PUBLIC TRANSIT ADVISORY BOARD, AND VETERANS ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
THANK YOU. MAYOR. I WILL READ OFF THE RECOMMENDATIONS TO YOU ALL AND WE'LL GO FROM THERE.
THE FIRST BOARD IS ANIMAL SERVICES ADVISORY BOARD AND AN ANIMAL WELFARE REP POSITION.
WE HAVE TWO CITY OF LUBBOCK REPRESENTATIVE POSITIONS, REGINA SYLVESTER AND DONNA GRIFFITH.
THE RECOMMENDATIONS TO REPLACE THOSE TWO POSITIONS ARE NICHOLAS SKEEN AND PATSY CARDONA.
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND A DEVELOPER REAL ESTATE POSITION.
THOMAS PAYNE IS BEING RECOMMENDED TO BE REAPPOINTED AND ANOTHER DEVELOPER REAL ESTATE BUILDER POSITION, ANDY BEAN, IS BEING RECOMMENDED, TO BE REPLACED BY CLAY ENGER.
IN A CITIZEN POSITION JONATHAN HILL IS RECOMMENDED TO BE REPLACED BY NORMA JOHNSON.
ON THE KEEP THE LUBBOCK BEAUTIFUL ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
IT'S BEING RECOMMENDED FOR CHRISTOPHER HOWE TO BE REAPPOINTED FOR SHANNON HANSEN AND A LAKE ALAN HENRY PROPERTY OWNER POSITION TO BE REAPPOINTED AND TO REPLACE MARISSA ALLISON, CHIEF AND A LUBBOCK CITIZEN IN LAKE ALAN HENRY, PROPERTY OWNER POSITION.
CHRIS SAINT CLAIR PARK AND RECREATION BOARD IS BEING RECOMMENDED FOR WILLIAM PACE TO BE REAPPOINTED TO REPLACE MARGARITA OLIVARES, TIMOTHY CLINT WEAVER AND TO REPLACE DANIEL BUNYI, VERONICA LOPEZ.
ON THE PUBLIC TRANSIT ADVISORY BOARD THE RECOMMENDATION IS TO REAPPOINT KRISTIN MURRAY AND TO REPLACE ANNE POLK WITH MATTHEW FRASSONI ON THE VETERANS ADVISORY COMMITTEE. IT IS BEING RECOMMENDED FOR THE FOLLOWING TO BE REAPPOINTED, JEFFREY LOWRY, DALTON KEEL, BENNIE GUERRERO, STEVE OWEN, AND NORMAN BEARDEN.
SO MOVED BY THE MAYOR PRO TEM, A SECOND. SECOND.
SECOND BY DOCTOR WILSON. ALL IN FAVOR, ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR? LET IT BE KNOWN BY SAYING AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? SAY NAY. I HEAR NONE. THE MOTION IS APPROVED.
IS APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY. SO NOW WE'LL TAKE UP APPOINTMENTS TO THE AUDIT AND INVESTMENT COMMITTEE.
THANK YOU, MAYOR. AB HAS RECOMMENDED BRANDON KIDD IN A CITIZEN POSITION TO BE REAPPOINTED, EDWIN SCHOLZ AND AN EB REPRESENTATIVE POSITION TO BE REAPPOINTED.
AND THEY HAVE SUBMITTED TWO NAMES TO REPLACE BRAD ODELL IN A CITIZEN POSITION.
GILBERT QUINTERO AND COOPER CUNNINGHAM ARE THE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THAT POSITION.
ALL RIGHT. I WILL NOW ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO FOR APPOINTMENT TO THE AUDIT AND INVESTMENT COMMITTEE.
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WITH THE APPOINTMENT OF COOPER CUNNINGHAM TO THE AUDIT INVESTMENT COMMITTEE.IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. IS THAT TIM? MR. COLLINS? OKAY, WE'VE GOT A MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION ON THAT? MR. MAYOR. MAYOR PRO TEM. MAYOR, I WOULD LIKE TO RECOMMEND GILBERT QUINTERO TO THAT POSITION. AND WE CURRENTLY HAVE WILL YOU DO ME A FAVOR AND GIVE ME A BREAKDOWN OF HOW MANY PEOPLE WE HAVE REPRESENTING EACH DISTRICT, PLEASE. YES. CURRENTLY, THIS IS A SMALLER COMMITTEE.
FIVE MEMBERS. WE HAVE TWO MEMBERS IN DISTRICT FOUR AND TWO MEMBERS IN DISTRICT FIVE.
THE INDIVIDUAL THAT RESIGNED WAS IN DISTRICT SIX.
SO THAT'S NUMBERS NOT BEING ACCOUNTED FOR, WHICH IS CURRENTLY FOUR MEMBERS. AND IT'S THREE MALE, ONE FEMALE, AND ALL FOUR ARE ANGLO. I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE MR. QUINTERO TO REPRESENT DISTRICT ONE AND THE OVERALL CITY IN THAT POSITION.
I THINK THAT WE NEED SOME BALANCE IN HOW WE ARE HAVING OUR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS REPRESENTED, AND I THINK THAT MR. QUINTERO HAS ALL THE QUALIFICATIONS NECESSARY TO REPRESENT LUBBOCK WELL.
ARE YOU WISHING TO MAKE THAT AS A MOTION AMENDMENT TO THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR? IS THAT HOW WE THE PROPER WAY? YEAH. SO RIGHT NOW YOU'D HAVE TO.
I MEAN, YOU CURRENTLY HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND ON THE FLOOR, RIGHT? AND SO YOU'D HAVE TO MOVE TO AMEND THE CURRENT MOTION AND THEN YOU'D HAVE TO GET A SECOND FOR THAT. RIGHT. BUT THERE WOULD HAVE TO BE AT SOME POINT IN TIME, A SPLIT IN THE VOTE ON.
SO, I'M JUST TRYING TO CLARIFY EXACTLY WHERE WE NEED TO GO.
THEN YOU WOULD SIT THERE AND MAKE A VOTE ON THAT PARTICULAR MOTION IF THAT PASSES.
ALL RIGHT. IS THAT WHAT YOU ARE WISHING TO DO? MAYOR PRO TEM? YES. THAT'S WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO.
OKAY, SO THERE'S A MOTION TO AMEND THE CURRENT MOTION ON THE FLOOR WHICH WAS TO APPOINT MR. CUNNINGHAM. AND THE MOTION TO AMEND IS TO REPLACE MR. CUNNINGHAM WITH MR. QUINTERO. SO WE HAVE A MOTION.
IS THERE A SECOND? I HEAR NONE. ALL RIGHT, SO THAT MOTION FAILS.
RIGHT. SO WE GO BACK TO THE ORIGINAL MOTION. SO IS THERE FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THE ORIGINAL MOTION.
THIS IS THE COMMITTEE THAT REVIEWS THE CITY'S INTERNAL AUDIT RESULTS AND REVIEWS THE CITY'S FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND HELPS PLAN THE INVESTMENT STRATEGY FOR THE CITY AND PROVIDES ALSO GUIDANCE ON THE INTERNAL CONTROLS THAT WE USE TO ADJUST THE CITY'S FINANCES.
MR. CUNNINGHAM HAS A STRONG BACKGROUND FOR THIS VERY TECHNICAL POSITION BECAUSE HE HAS A DEGREE IN AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS AND ABOUT EIGHT YEARS IN BANKING AND FINANCE INSTITUTIONS LIKE THE TEXAS TECH CREDIT UNION.
HE'S WORKED AS A MORTGAGE LOAN PROCESSOR, AND NOW HE'S A PORTFOLIO MANAGER AT WESTERN BANK.
I THINK, MR. QUINTERO IS AN EXCELLENT APPLICANT.
I'D LOVE TO GET HIM INVOLVED IN ANOTHER BOARD OR COMMISSION.
THE NEXT ONE THAT COMES UP THAT HE'S INTERESTED IN. AND I HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY TO THAT ALSO.
OKAY. MAYOR PRO TEM. LET ME ALSO ADD, BECAUSE THE WAY THAT DAVID READ THAT HE DID MAKE IT SOUND LIKE MR. QUINTERO, EVEN THOUGH HE DID SAY HE WAS AN EXCELLENT CANDIDATE, THAT IT ALMOST SOUNDED LIKE YOU WERE MAKING IT APPEAR THAT MR. QUINTERO IS NOT QUALIFIED. HE ALSO HAS GOOD CREDENTIALS, AND I KNOW THAT WE'VE ALREADY VOTED NOT TO PLACE ANOTHER. SOMEONE THAT IS VERY QUALIFIED, HAS THE CREDENTIALS AND HAS THE OBJECTIVITY THAT I THINK IS NECESSARY FOR THIS BOARD AS WELL. AND HE DOES HAVE A BACKGROUND IN INVESTMENTS, HE HAS BACKGROUND IN BUSINESS, HE'S AN ENTREPRENEUR, AND HE HAS A DIFFERENT INSIGHT.
SOMETIMES WE GET TOO CLUSTERED WITH HAVING TOO MANY FOLKS FROM ONE DISTRICT.
MOSTLY MALE, MOSTLY WHITE MALE. AND SOMETIMES I THINK IT'S NECESSARY TO BE MORE INCLUSIVE OF ALL OF OUR CITIZENS, BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT IS NOT JUST FOR ONE DISTRICT TO DETERMINE WHAT IS GOOD FOR ALL THE CITIZENS OR TO AUDIT OUR THE WAY THAT OUR CITY FUNCTIONS. SO AGAIN, LET ME JUST EMPHASIZE THAT MR.
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QUINTERO IS VERY QUALIFIED AND HAS PROBABLY HAD TO WORK HARDER THAN A LOT OF FOLKS THAT I KNOW.ALL RIGHT. IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS MATTER FROM ANYONE? I WILL, YOU KNOW, JUST AGAIN, TO MAKE A POINT TO ANYBODY WHO HAPPENS TO BE WATCHING THIS.
WE DO ENCOURAGE PARTICIPATION. WE ARE TRYING TO GET BROADER REPRESENTATION.
AND PART OF THAT COMES FROM JUST, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE BEING WILLING TO APPLY. SO MR. QUINTERO DID OBVIOUSLY APPLY FOR THIS POSITION.
SO THAT'S A REQUIREMENT. NOT ALL COMMITTEES FUNCTION THAT WAY.
NOT ALL COMMITTEE POSITIONS REQUIRE SPECIFIC EXPERTISE.
IT'S ALWAYS A BALANCE BETWEEN GETTING BROAD BASED SUPPORT ACROSS DISTRICTS SOMETHING THAT REFLECTS THE MAKEUP OF OUR CITY, BUT ALSO GETTING THE RIGHT PEOPLE WITH EXPERTISE IN THAT AREA.
I THINK THE AUDIT AND INVESTMENT COMMITTEE IS ONE OF THE MORE DIFFICULT ONES TO SERVE ON.
BUT PLEASE DON'T LET ANYTHING THAT IS DISCUSSED UP HERE TODAY OR HOW WE APPROACH THESE ISSUES DISCOURAGE ANYONE FROM APPLYING FOR POSITIONS IF THEY WANT TO DO SO. SO WITH THAT, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? YES, MAYOR. LET ME CORRECT YOU AS WELL. YES, MA'AM.
ONCE AGAIN, YOU SAID WHAT DAVID SAID ABOUT EXPERTISE.
DO NOT DISMISS THE CREDENTIALS OF MR. QUINTERO.
MR. CUNNINGHAM DOES NOT SIT ON THE UTILITY BOARD.
JUST TO BE CORRECTED OR TO CORRECT YOU. IN ADDITION, HERE'S WHAT ALSO SEEMS TO HAPPEN.
THEY'RE THERE IN THAT DATABASE FOR A VERY LONG TIME.
THEN YOU HAVE FOLKS THAT SHOW UP AND BECAUSE SOMEONE HAS SAID, OH, I WANT YOU TO BE ON HERE.
AND THAT DAY THEY'RE SUBMITTING THEIR APPLICATIONS.
THAT TO ME DEMONSTRATES WHO REALLY WANTS TO SERVE AND WHO'S DOING IT BECAUSE WE HAVE AN AGENDA.
SO IF WE WANT TO ALSO SAY THAT WE HAVE OUR TRACK RECORD DEMONSTRATES THAT WE ARE NOT ALWAYS INCLUSIVE OF ALL OF OUR DISTRICTS. WE'VE MADE THAT VERY CLEAR TIME AND TIME AGAIN.
DISTRICT ONE HAS SO MANY QUALIFIED PEOPLE AND OFTEN WE DON'T HAVE THE REPRESENTATION.
ONCE AGAIN, MISS PAZ, WILL YOU PLEASE TELL ME WHO IS REPRESENTED FROM WHAT DISTRICT AND THEN THEIR GENDERS? YES. FOR THE AUDIT AND INVESTMENT COMMITTEE. ALL FOUR MEMBERS THAT ARE CURRENTLY SERVING ARE ANGLO. WE HAVE THREE MALE, ONE FEMALE. AND THEN CURRENTLY IT'S SPLIT WITH TWO MEMBERS FROM DISTRICT FOUR AND TWO MEMBERS FROM DISTRICT FIVE.
ALL RIGHT. AND JUST I WASN'T SAYING THAT THIS WAS A EUB POSITION.
I'M JUST SAYING WE DO HAVE ONE FROM THE EUB. SO ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? SO ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION AS MADE BY MR. GLASHEEN TO APPOINT COOPER CUNNINGHAM TO REPLACE BRAD ODELL AND BRANDON KIDD AND EDWIN SCHULTZ TO BE REAPPOINTED.
LET IT BE KNOWN BY SAYING AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED SAY NAY.
OKAY. THAT MOTION PASSES 5 TO 2. ALL RIGHT. HAVING EXHAUSTED ALL ITEMS ON OUR AGENDA, THIS MEETING IS NOW ADJOURNED.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.