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COMING. YEAH, HE JUST SAID HE HASN'T GOT IT. ALL RIGHT, WE'RE GOING TO CALL THIS SPECIAL CALLED CITY COUNCIL MEETING TO ORDER. IT IS 7 P.M. ANYONE WISHING TO SUBMIT COMMENTS PRIOR TO THE MEETING MAY DO SO THROUGH E-COMMERCE. I DON'T BELIEVE WE HAVE ANY. WE DO HAVE A QUORUM,
[A. Invocation - Council Member Kristin Green]
AND WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND MOVE INTO THE INVOCATION WITH COUNCIL MEMBER KRISTEN GREEN.PLEASE STAND AND JOIN ME FOR A MOMENT OF SILENT CONTEMPLATION. AMEN. MAYOR PRO TEM KELLY.
PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
HONOR UNDER TEXAS FLAG. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE TEXAS ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE. ALL RIGHT. ITEM C VISITORS FORUM SPEAKERS MUST ADDRESS THEIR COMMENTS TO THE MAYOR RATHER THAN TO INDIVIDUAL COUNCIL MEMBERS OR STAFF. SPEAKERS SHOULD SPEAK CLEARLY AND STATE THEIR NAME AND ADDRESS PRIOR TO BEGINNING THEIR REMARKS. SPEAKERS WILL BE ALLOWED FIVE MINUTES FOR TESTIMONY. SPEAKERS MAKING PERSONAL AND PERTINENT, PROFANE OR SLANDEROUS REMARKS MAY BE REMOVED FROM THE MEETING. UNAUTHORIZED REMARKS FROM THE AUDIENCE. STAMPING OF FEET, WHISTLES, YELLS, CLAPPING, AND SIMILAR DEMONSTRATIONS WILL NOT BE PERMITTED. IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT, THE CITY COUNCIL IS RESTRICTED FROM
[D. Regular Hearing]
DISCUSSING OR TAKING ACTION ON ITEMS NOT LISTED ON THE AGENDA. ACTION CAN ONLY BE TAKEN AT A FUTURE MEETING. I DON'T BELIEVE WE HAVE ANY COMMENTS. ALL RIGHT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM D ONE.REGULAR HEARING CONSIDERATION OF AN ORDINANCE ORDERING A CHARTER AMENDMENT ELECTION TO BE HELD ON SATURDAY, MAY 3RD, 2025 FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONSIDERING PROPOSITIONS FOR CHANGES TO THE LEWISVILLE CITY CHARTER. PER CITY COUNCIL DIRECTION, THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE IS BEING SUBMITTED TO CALL THE CHARTER AMENDMENT ELECTION FOR MAY 3RD, 2025. PER THE TEXAS ELECTION CODE, THE ELECTION MUST BE ORDERED BY FEBRUARY 14TH, 2025, AT LEAST 78 DAYS PRIOR TO THE ELECTION DATE. IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT THE CITY COUNCIL CONSIDER CALLING THE CHARTER AMENDMENT ELECTION FOR THE MAY UNIFORM ELECTION DATE AND ADOPT THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE. SINCE THIS
[E. Closed Session]
IS A REGULAR HEARING, NEXT STEP WOULD TYPICALLY BE TO GO AHEAD AND HAVE A MOTION, BUT WE DO HAVE A NEED TO MOVE INTO CLOSED SESSION. I DON'T HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR THIS ONE EITHER, DO I? OKAY, SO IN ACCORDANCE WITH TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SUBCHAPTER D, SECTION 551 .071 CONSULTATION WITH ATTORNEY, WE ARE GOING TO MO ALL RIGHT. IT'S 709 AND WE ARE[F. Reconvene]
BACK INTO REGULAR SESSION. COUNCILORS. ANY ACTION TO BE TAKEN? MAYOR, MOVE TO CALL A CHARTER AMENDMENT ELECTION FOR THE MAY UNIFORM ELECTION DATE. AND ADOPT THE ORDINANCES SET FORTH IN THE CAPTION. SECOND, I HAVE A MOTION, A SECOND. ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS BEFORE I ASK THE ATTORNEY TO READ? ALL RIGHT, CITY ATTORNEY, THIS IS AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LEWISVILLE, TEXAS, CALLING AN ELECTION TO BE HELD WITHIN THE CITY ON MAY 3RD, 2025 TO SUBMIT TO THE QUALIFIED VOTERS OF THE CITY OF LEWISVILLE FOR THE ADOPTION OR REJECTION OF SEVERAL AMENDMENTS TO THE LEWISVILLE CITY CHARTER, SETTING A DATE FOR SAID ELECTION, PROVIDING FOR EARLY VOTING AND NOTICE OF THE ELECTION. PROVIDING FOR OTHER MATTERS RELATING TO THE ELECTION, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE, AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. COUNSELOR, IF YOU PLEASE, VOTE. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. ALL RIGHT. SINCE THERE IS NO FURTHER ACTION BE TAKEN ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA, WE* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.