May 07, 2025 Town Council

[A. CALL SPECIAL MEETING TO ORDER AND ANNOUNCE A QUORUM PRESENT]

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GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO THE WESTLAKE TOWN COUNCIL BOARD OF TRUSTEES MEET SPECIAL MEETING FOR WEDNESDAY, MAY 7TH.

I CALL THE MEETING ORDER.

IT IS FOUR O'CLOCK AND WE HAVE A QUORUM.

WE'LL START TONIGHT WITH THE INVOCATION FROM PASTOR CLAYTON REED FROM SOUTHLAKE BAPTIST CHURCH.

HOW ARE YOU? THANKS FOR BEING HERE.

LET'S PRAY WHERE WE GIVE THANKS FOR THIS EVENING.

AND WE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT IN EVERY ENDEAVOR IN LIFE, THAT WITHOUT YOU, WE DON'T HAVE A COMPASS.

AND SO WE PRAY TONIGHT AS THIS COUNCIL MEETS AND NEW PEOPLE JOIN THIS COUNCIL, THAT YOU WOULD FILL THEM WITH THE SPIRIT OF WISDOM, INTEGRITY, AND PASSION FOR WHAT THEY DO.

THANK YOU, LORD, FOR THE TIME THAT THIS GROUP WILL MEET TONIGHT.

WE PRAY THAT YOU WOULD BLESS THEM AS THEY DELIBERATE, AS THEY CELEBRATE, OR WE JUST PRAY THAT YOU WOULD USE THIS GROUP TO ADVANCE YOUR KINGDOM IN THIS WORLD.

THANK YOU, MOST OF ALL, FOR JESUS.

AND IT'S IN HIS NAME WE PRAY.

AMEN.

AMEN.

THANK YOU, SIR.

GOOD SEEING YOU.

UH, PLEASE RISE AND JOIN, UH, RISE AND JOIN ME AND RECITE THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE TEXAS FLAG.

HI LIBERTY.

TODAY WE HAVE ISHI MISTRO IN GRADE FIVE AND PRA IN GRADE ONE AND MONY ZUCKER FROM GRADE 11.

SO THANK Y'ALL FOR BEING HERE TO HELP US TONIGHT.

MUCH ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS.

ONE NATION UNDER GOD, ONE VISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

NOW TIME FOR THE TEXAS PLEDGE.

HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG.

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE TEXAS ONE STATE UNDER GOD ONE.

AND IN IS VISIBLE, THESE REMAIN STANDING FOR A MOMENT OF SILENCE.

REFLECTION.

THANK YOU.

THANK Y'ALL SO MUCH.

FIRST, THANK Y'ALL AGAIN VERY MUCH.

UH, ARE THERE ANY CITIZEN OR PARENT COMMENTS TONIGHT OR NOT? UM, TWO

[04.29.2025 Draft TC BOT Meeting Minutes]

DO I HAVE, UH, ANYTHING ON THE CONSENT AGENDA ANYONE WANTS, WANTS TO DISCUSS OR CAN I GET A MOTION TO APPROVE? SO MOVED.

CAN I GET A SECOND? SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

AYE.

ANY, UM, ANY POST MOTION PASSES? THANK YOU.

REGULAR

[E.1. (TABLED 4/15/2025) Discuss, consider and act regarding WA Resolution 25-07 approving and adopting a policy requiring submittal of returning student registration forms within the designated time frame set by the school to guarantee continued enrollment at Westlake Academy]

THIS WAS TABLED FROM FOUR 15 OF 25.

DISCUSS, CONSIDER AN ACT REGARDING WA RESOLUTION 25 DASH OH SEVEN B, UH, PROVING AND ADJUSTING POLICY REQUIRING SUBMITTAL FOR RETURNING STUDENTS REGISTRATION FORMS WITHIN THE DESIGNATED TIMEFRAME SET BY THE SCHOOL TO GUARANTEE CONTINUE ENROLLMENT AT WESTLAKE ACADEMY.

HI DARCY.

HI MAYOR AND BOARD.

THANK YOU FOR, UH, TALKING ABOUT THIS POLICY AGAIN TODAY.

WE TOOK IT BACK, WE ADDED THE STIPULATION THAT THE DEADLINE WOULD BE MAY 31ST TO TIGHTEN UP THE LANGUAGE ON IT.

UM, I'M HAPPY TO LET YOU KNOW WE HAVE ALREADY STARTED OUR ENROLLMENT PROCESS AND WE'RE MOVING FORWARD.

I THINK SOME OF OUR, UM, FAMILIES LISTENED TO THE BOARD MEETING, UH, LAST TIME AND WE HAVE, WELL, I HAVE NOTES ON IT WHERE THEY WERE.

THERE WE ARE, WE HAVE FORTY, A HUNDRED FIFTY EIGHT, UH, STUDENTS THAT HAVE RETURNED THEIR ENROLLMENT.

WE STILL HAVE 340 THAT WE'RE WAITING ON, AND WE HAVE TWO AND A HALF WEEKS TO GET THOSE 340 IN.

UM, WE ARE CONTACTING, WE'VE CONTACTED THEM PERSONALLY BY EMAIL THREE TIMES AND IT'S BEEN IN THE COMMUNICATE THREE TIMES.

AND AFTER THIS MEETING, WE WILL START WITH OUR TECH ROBO TEXT ROBOCALLS AND CONTINUE WITH EMAILS AND THROUGH THE COMMUNIQUE AS WE MOVE, GET CLOSER, UM, DOWN TO THE DEADLINE.

WE WILL ALSO DO, UM, REGISTERED LETTERS IF NECESSARY FOR OUR REMAINING ONES, BUT WE ARE BACK ASKING FOR THAT, UM, MAY 31ST DEADLINE.

AND IF WE DON'T HAVE, UH, REGISTRATION BY THAT TIME, WE WOULD CONSIDER THE STUDENTS, UH, DIS-ENROLLED FOR THIS SCHOOL YEAR, FOR THE CO UPCOMING SCHOOL YEAR.

OKAY.

AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT AGAIN TO PEOPLE LISTENING OR THAT

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WE ARE STARTING TO BE MORE DISCIPLINED IN OUR SCHOOL ACROSS EVERYTHING WE DO, AND WE'RE ASKING THE PARENTS IF YOU'RE GONNA COME BACK TO SCHOOL TO FILL OUT THE CORRECT PAPERWORK BY MAY 31ST THE CURRENT YEAR.

IF NOT, YOU WILL NOT BE ENROLLED IN THE SCHOOL GOING FORWARD.

CORRECT.

OKAY.

THAT'S PRETTY EASY TO UNDERSTAND.

ANY QUESTIONS? CAN I GET A MOTION TO APPROVE, UH, WA RESOLUTION 25 0 7.

SO MOVED.

SO MOVED SECOND.

I GOT A SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES, DARCY.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU DR.

DARCY.

THANK YOU.

UM, AT THIS TIME

[F. RECOGNITION OF OUTGOING COUNCIL MEMBERS/TRUSTEES]

I'M GONNA START WITH MIKEAL, UM, MIKE, BECAUSE YOU, YOU RAN A YEAR AGO.

I KNOW IT SEEMS LONGER , BUT YOU RAN, YOU, YOU FILLED A, A PERSON THAT, THAT HAD RESIGNED AND I JUST, UH, ON BEHALF OF OUR RESIDENTS AND OUR TOWN COUNCIL, UM, I REMEMBER ALMOST OVER TWO YEARS AGO WHEN WE STARTED TALKING AND YOU WEREN'T HAPPY WITH THE CONDITION OF THINGS AND I WASN'T, AND MANY OF ON, ON THIS DIOCESE WERE NOT.

BUT YOU STEPPED UP TO RUN AND YOUR COUNCIL AND YOUR WORK HAS BEEN JUST FABULOUS AND I'M STILL GONNA REACH OUT TO YOU.

UH, BUT YOU'VE JUST DONE A GREAT JOB.

WE HAVE A OPEN FOR APPRECIATION AND IT SAYS TO MIKE ALTA WITH GREAT APPRECIATION AND RECOGNITION OF YOUR GUIDANCE, LEADERSHIP, AND COMMITMENT, SERVING WESTLAKE, A COUNCIL MEMBER BOARD OF TRUSTEE, MAY 2ND, 2024, 2025.

I REALLY MEAN THAT.

AND THESE SEATS WILL BE OPEN WHEN YOU GET INTO YOUR THIRD RETIREMENT .

SO THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU'VE DONE AND YOU'RE LEAVING SOON TO GO.

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THANKS.

UH, DR. WHITE IS NOT HERE TODAY.

UM, I DON'T KNOW IF OUR RESIDENTS REALIZED HOW MUCH THAT WE OWE ANNA.

UH, ANNA WAS ON COUNCIL FOR TWO TERMS FOR FOUR YEARS.

UM, SHE, UM, SHE HAD THREE PRETTY TOUGH YEARS ON COUNCIL GOING THROUGH, UH, THE LEADERSHIP AT THAT TIME.

UM, ANNA WAS KIND OF RESPONSIBLE FOR GETTING ME TO RUN, UH, AND OTHERS TO RUN.

SHE'S ALSO RESPONSIBLE OF KIND OF SHEDDING SOME LIGHT ON OUR FINANCIAL CHALLENGES, ON OUR INFRASTRUCTURE CHALLENGES.

UH, SHE ALSO, THE REASON THESE THINGS ARE VIDEOTAPED AND LIVE STREAMED IS 'CAUSE OF DR. WHITE.

UH, WE OWE HER A LOT AND I'M GONNA MISS HER.

AND YOU KNOW, THE, THE AMOUNT OF TIME AND EFFORT SHE PUT IN THIS JOB, SHE DID A, SHE DID A NOTIFICATION TELLING EVERYBODY WHAT IN THE MEETING.

THEN SHE DID A NOTIFICATION AFTER THE MEETING WHAT HAPPENED, AND THEN SHE DID HER NEWSLETTERS.

BUT SHE PUT IN SO MANY HOURS AS ALL OF YOU DO.

AND, UM, AND I KNOW WE'RE GONNA SWEAR IN SOME NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS HERE IN A LITTLE BIT.

UM, I COULDN'T BE MORE PROUD ON HOW COUNCIL HAS REPRESENTED HERSELF.

AND THAT WAS OUR, YOU KNOW, WHOLE GOAL AND THE THINGS WE HAVE IN FRONT OF US.

SO NOT ONLY TO OUR NEW MEMBERS COMING IN AND THE MEMBERS THAT ARE SIGNING UP FOR A SECOND TERM, I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR EVERYTHING YOU'RE DOING AND SUPPORTING THE CITY AND OUR SCHOOL.

SO, ANY COMMENTS FROM ANY OF YOUR COUNCIL OR, AND USUALLY QUIET MIKE.

I GOT TO SERVE WITH ANNA, DR. WHITE, UH, FOR ONE YEAR.

BUT, UH, KIM'S POINT, SHE PUT IN A LOT OF YEARS AND TREMENDOUS PASSION.

SHE HAD A, UM, WHEN SHE HAD A STRONG OPINION, SHE LET US KNOW.

WE GOT TO WRESTLE WITH IT.

AND THAT'S PART OF THE PROCESS.

UM, WHEN SHE, UH, FELT SOMETHING'S WORTH SUPPORTING.

SHE, SHE SUPPORTED, I WISH YOU WERE HERE TO HEAR THIS AND I'LL PASS IT ALONG TO HER.

BUT ANNA REALLY HAS WORKED HARD FOR THIS TOWN AND, UH, THAT'S, UH, THAT'S PRETTY TERRIFIC.

NO DOUBT.

THANK YOU.

YOU AND I HAVE, UH, AND I KNOW YOU'LL WATCH THIS LATER.

WE HAVE THE SAME TOKEN OF APPRECIATION AND WE DO REALLY DO APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE.

UH, MOVING

[G. PRESENT CERTIFICATES OF ELECTION AND ADMINISTER OATH OF OFFICE TO NEWLY ELECTED OFFICIALS ]

I'D LIKE TO NOW PRESENT CERTIFICATES OF ELECTION, ADMINISTER THE OATH OF OFFICE TO THE NEW ELECTED OFFICIALS.

I'LL CALL YOU UP ONE AT A TIME.

AYE.

TJ DWAYNE, DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE OF COUNCIL MEMBER, PLACE ONE OF THE TOWN OF WESTLAKE, OF THE STATE OF TEXAS AND, AND WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY, PRESERVE, PROTECT, AND DEFEND CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF UNITED, OF THE UNITED STATES

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SO HELP ME GOD.

YES, WE ALMOST DEAD.

I MICHAEL YAKIRA SOLEM YOU SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE OF COUNCIL, MEMBER OF PLACE TWO OF THE TOWN OF WESTLAKE, OF THE STATE OF TEXAS, AND TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY, RESERVE, PROTECT, AND DEFEND CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES AND OF THIS STATE.

SO HELP YOU I GOT IT MEMORIZED.

I, KEVIN SMITH, I ONLY SWEAR I'LL FAITHFULLY.

COUNCIL MEMBER PLACE THREE DOWN WESTLAKE STATE OF TEXAS.

THAT'S MY ABILITY, SERVE, PROTECT, AND DEFEND CONSTITUTION AND LAWS.

I TODD GUTTIER SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I'LL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE OF COUNCIL MEMBER PLACE.

FIVE WESTLAKE, STATE OF TEXAS BEST OF MY ABILITIES, DESERVE, PROTECT, SERVE, PROTECT, AND DEFEND TION AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES, STATES, AND OF THIS STATE.

THE STATE WILL HELP ME GOD.

YEP.

DOUBLE SAFE.

OKAY.

UM, WE WILL, YOU GUYS THANK YOU.

AND I, I DO MEAN TO THANK YOU FOR RUNNING AND YOUR SERVICE AND YOUR CONTINUED SERVICE AND LOOKING FORWARD TO A GREAT, UM, YEAR.

WE HAVE A LOT OF STUFF WE NEED TO DO.

THE

[H. EXECUTIVE SESSION]

UH, AND PURSUANT TO SECTION 5 5, 1, THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE AND THE TOWN COUNCIL BOARD OF TRUSTEES WILL NOW RECESS THE REGULAR MEETING FOR A SHORT RECEPTION AND THEN ADJOURN INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE AUTHORITY CONTAINED IN 25 DASH ZERO NINE, SECTION 5 51 DASH 0 7 1 2.

CONSULTATION WITH ATTORNEY TO RECEIVE LEGAL ADVICE FOR BOND COUNSEL REGARDING CONTEMPLATED ISSUANCES OF MULTIPLE BONDS AND REGULATED, UH, LEGAL MATTERS.

ALRIGHT, DECEPTION, TIME, .

OH, WE NEED WADE.

I KNOW THAT'S ON.

OKAY, WE ARE.

IT

[I. TAKE ANY ACTION, IF NEEDED, FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION ITEMS]

WE ARE OUT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION.

UM, UH, WADE, I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY FOLLOW UP FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION.

UM, I WANNA THANK EVERYBODY TODAY.

VERY MUCH WELCOME.

OUR NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS YET AGAIN.

UH, NEXT TOWN COUNCIL BOARD OF TRUSTEES MEETING WILL BE HELD MAY 20TH, 2025 AT 4:00 PM I NOW ADJOURN THE SPECIAL MEETING.

IT'S SIX 13.

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