[After determining that a quorum is present, the City Council of the City of Denton, Texas will convene in a Special Called meeting on Tuesday, June 17, 2025 at 12:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers at 215 E. McKinney Street, Denton, Texas at which the following will be considered:]
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GOOD AFTERNOON AND WELCOME TO THIS MEETING OF THE DENTON CITY COUNCIL. TODAY IS TUESDAY, JUNE 17TH, 2025. WE DO HAVE A QUORUM, SO I'LL CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER. SORRY, WE'RE A COUPLE OF MINUTES BEHIND, BUT THE FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS PLEDGES TO THE UNITED STATES AND TEXAS
FLAG. PLEASE STAND WITH ME IF YOU'RE ABLE. >> I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION
UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. >> HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG. I
PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE. >> TO THEE, TEXAS. ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE.
>> AND INDIVISIBLE. >> ALRIGHT. >> NEXT IS.
[A. Consider adoption of an ordinance of the City of Denton canvassing the returns and declaring the results of the municipal runoff election held on Saturday, June 7, 2025; and providing an effective date.]
>> BEFORE THE. >> OKAY. SO ITEM A2A ID 251022. CONSIDER ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DENTON. CANVASING RETURNS DECLARING RESULTS OF THE MUNICIPAL RUNOFF ELECTION HELD
ON SATURDAY, JUNE 7TH, 2025 AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL LAUREN BOWDEN, CITY SECRETARY, HERE TO PRESENT THE RESULTS OF THE JUNE 7TH RUNOFF ELECTION. THE JUNE 7TH ELECTION WAS ORDERED. THE MAY 3RD ELECTION WAS ORDERED ON FEBRUARY 4TH, AND NO CANDIDATE RECEIVED A MAJORITY OF THE VOTES IN COUNCIL DISTRICT THREE, WHICH RESULTED IN THE NECESSITY TO HAVE THE RUNOFF ON JUNE 7TH, WHICH WAS ORDERED ON MAY 13TH. THE FINAL RUNOFF ELECTION RESULTS AS PROVIDED BY DENTON COUNTY ELECTIONS. SUSIE. RUMOR. RUMOR, EXCUSE ME, RECEIVED 65.47% OF THE VOTES CAST, AND IN ORDER TO OFFICIATE THE OUTCOME, CITY COUNCIL MUST ACCEPT THE FINAL RESULTS. THIS IS THE PRESENTATION OF THE RESULTS FROM THE TWO CANDIDATES. AND THE RECOMMENDATION IS TO ADOPT THE DRAFT ORDINANCE.
>> OKAY. THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? SEEING NONE, I'LL TAKE A MOTION. MOTION BY COUNCILMAN JESTER. SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER HOLLAND. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? SEEING? NONE.
WE'LL JUST GO. REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT ONE. HOW SAY YOU, REPRESENTATIVE FROM DISTRICT SIX? I REPRESENTATIVE FROM DISTRICT FIVE. I REPRESENTATIVE FROM DISTRICT THREE.
REPRESENTATIVE FROM DISTRICT TWO I. AND MAYOR HUDSPETH IS I AS WELL. PASSES. UNANIMOUS. TAKES
[B. Issue the following to newly Elected Council Members: · Certificate of Election · Statement of Officer · Oaths of Office]
US TO ITEM B. WHICH IS ISSUE THE FOLLOWING NEWLY ELECTED ISSUE THE FOLLOWING TO THE NEWLY ELECTED COUNCIL MEMBERS. THE CERTIFICATE OF CERTIFICATION OF ELECTION. STATEMENT OF OFFICERAND OATH OF OFFICE. >> YEAH. >> COME DOWN FOR THAT.
>> SO. YEAH. >> WE'LL GO HERE LIKE. ALL
RIGHT. OKAY. >> WELL CONGRATULATIONS ON THE ELECTION AND RUNOFF ELECTION.
AND THANK YOU FOR STEPPING UP TO SERVE THE CITY IN THIS CAPACITY. IT'S NOT EASILY DONE AND TAKES A LOT. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND SO WE HAVE A CERTIFICATE THAT SAYS IN THE NAME AND BY THE AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF DENTON, THIS IS TO CERTIFY THAT A GENERAL ELECTION HELD ON JUNE 7TH, 2025, SUSIE MOORE WAS DULY ELECTED COUNCIL MEMBER, DISTRICT THREE. IF WE GIVE HER A HAND.
>> YES. AND THEN. >> ZACH, WHAT DO YOU WANT US? OKAY. HERE YOU GO.
>> AWESOME. >> SO THE MICROPHONE. >> IS YOURS. IF YOU.
>> I JUST WANTED AGAIN TO THANK EVERYBODY THAT TRUSTED ME WITH THIS POSITION. EVERYBODY THAT
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VOTED FOR ME, EVERYBODY THAT CONTRIBUTED TO MY CAMPAIGN, WHETHER IT WAS FINANCIAL OR THROUGH, YOU KNOW, ANY KIND OF BIG OR SMALL ACT. I SAW ALL OF IT. EVEN THE SMALL THINGS, ALL OF IT ADDS UP TO WHAT IS WHAT HAS HAPPENED AT THE END. AND I REALLY HOPE THAT THAT I MAKE EVERYBODY PROUD. AND EVEN FOR THE FOLKS WHO DIDN'T VOTE FOR ME, I HOPE I CAN EARN YOUR TRUST. I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT I'VE BEEN ENTRUSTED WITH THIS POSITION, AND I HOPE THAT THAT THAT I'LL MAKE EVERYBODY PROUD. AND I WILL ALWAYS DO MY BEST TO MAKE THE BEST DECISION WITH WITH THE INFORMATION THAT I HAVE, WORK KINDLY WITH EVERYBODY, COLLABORATE AND TRY TO DO THE BEST FOR THE CITY OF DENTON. THANK YOU. SURE. YOU WANT TO COME UP? THESE ARE MY PARENTS, CLARK AND CHERYL TOWNSEND. THEY DROVE OVER FROM PARIS, TEXAS, ABOUT TWO HOURSAWAY. >> ALL RIGHT, SO IF YOU'LL RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND FIRST WE'RE
GOING TO DO THE STATEMENT OF OFFICER. I STATE YOUR NAME. >> I, SUSIE RUMORE.
>> DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR. >> DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR. >> THAT I HAVE NOT, DIRECTLY OR
INDIRECTLY. >> THAT I HAVE NOT DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY.
>> PAID, OFFERED, PROMISED TO PAY. PAID, OFFERED, OR PROMISE TO PAY.
>> CONTRIBUTED OR PROMISED TO CONTRIBUTE. >> CONTRIBUTED OR PROMISED TO
CONTRIBUTE. >> ANY MONEY. >> ANY MONEY.
>> OR THING OF VALUE. >> OR THING OF VALUE. >> OR PROMISED ANY PUBLIC
OFFICE. >> OR PROMISED ANY PUBLIC OFFICE.
>> OR EMPLOYMENT. >> OR EMPLOYMENT. >> FOR THE GIVING.
>> FOR THE GIVING. >> OR WITHHOLDING. >> OR WITHHOLDING.
>> OF A VOTE. >> OF A. >> VOTE AT THE ELECTION, AT THE
ELECTION. >> AT THE ELECTION. >> AT WHICH I WAS ELECTED.
>> AT WHICH I WAS ELECTED. >> CITY OF DENTON. COUNCIL MEMBER FOR DISTRICT THREE.
>> CITY OF DENTON. COUNCIL MEMBER FOR DISTRICT THREE. >> OR AS A REWARD TO SECURE MY
APPOINTMENT. >> OR AS A REWARD TO SECURE MY APPOINTMENT.
>> OR CONFIRMATION. >> OR CONFIRMATION. >> WHICHEVER MAY BE THE CASE.
>> WHICHEVER MAY BE THE CASE. >> SO HELP ME GOD. >> SO HELP ME GOD.
>> OKAY, THIS IS THE OATH OF OFFICE FOR THE STATE. I STATE YOUR NAME. I DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR.
>> DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR. >> THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES.
>> THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES. >> OF THE OFFICE OF.
>> OF THE OFFICE OF. >> CITY OF DENTON. COUNCIL MEMBER, DISTRICT THREE.
>> CITY OF DENTON. COUNCIL MEMBER, DISTRICT THREE. >> OF THE STATE OF TEXAS.
>> OF THE STATE OF TEXAS. >> AND I WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY.
>> AND I WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY. >> PRESERVE, PROTECT AND DEFEND.
>> PRESERVE, PROTECT AND DEFEND. >> THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES.
>> THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. >> AND OF THIS STATE.
>> AND OF THIS STATE. >> SO HELP ME GOD. >> SO HELP ME GOD.
>> AND THIS IS THE OATH OF OFFICE FOR THE CITY. I STATE YOUR NAME.
>> I, SUSIE MOORE. >> DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR. >> DO SOLEMNLY.
>> SWEAR THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES. >> THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY
EXECUTE THE DUTIES. >> OF THE OFFICE OF. >> OF THE OFFICE.
>> OF CITY COUNCIL. MEMBER, DISTRICT THREE. >> CITY COUNCIL MEMBER, DISTRICT
THREE. >> OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS. >> OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS.
>> 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 CITY. >> CHARTER THE CITY CHARTER. >> CODE OF ORDINANCES AND
RESOLUTIONS. >> CODE OF ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS.
>> OF THE CITY. >> OF THE CITY. >> YOU'RE DULY SWORN.
CONGRATULATIONS. >> THAT. IT'S OKAY TO DO THIS NOW.
>> SO THE VOICE THAT DOESN'T. THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT. >> AND SUSIE, YOU CAN SEE YOUR SWING AROUND FROM THAT END AND EVERYONE WILL SHAKE YOUR HAND AND THEN YOU CAN COME AROUND ON
THAT WAY. SO BE GOOD. >> WE'LL WANT TO MAKE IT AS LONG AS POSSIBLE.
>> YEAH. >> YEAH. >> A LOT OF HANDS.
>> NO, NO. IN FRONT. YEAH. JUST THERE YOU GO. >> OKAY.
>> GREAT. >> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. CONGRATULATIONS.
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>> THANKS. WELCOME ABOARD. >> OKAY. >> SO. I'M GOING TO TURN THAT
OFF. OH. FINGERLINGS. >> CAN WE KEEP ALL THE GIRLS ON THAT SIDE OF THE OF THE DIOCESE.
>> I THINK WE'RE GOING TO MIX IT UP. >> BOYS VERSUS GIRLS.
>> NO. >> YEAH. BOYS VERSUS GIRLS OKAY. >> BRING IT ON OKAY.
[C. Election of Mayor Pro Tem.]
>> SO THAT TAKES US TO ITEM C WHICH IS ID TWO 425448. ELECTION OF MAYOR PRO TEM. AND I'LL START WITH THE NOMINATION OF. COUNCIL MEMBER REPRESENTATIVE FROM DISTRICT FOUR. WHAT IS HE FOR? JUDGE HOLLAND I BELIEVE HE WOULD LEND A GREAT LEVEL OF EXPERTISE. HE SERVED A NUMBER OF YEARS AT THE COUNTY LEVEL. HE'S BEEN ON THIS BODY FOR NOW INTO HIS SECOND TERM. HE HAS HELPED ME OUT TREMENDOUSLY ANYWAY OVER THE YEARS AND THINK HE'S MORE THAN QUALIFIED TO AS IF HE CAN SIT AS A JUSTICE OF THE PEACE. HE CAN CERTAINLY IN THE INSTANCE THAT I MISS A MEETING, RUN A COUNCIL MEETING, ESPECIALLY WITH THE CITY MANAGER, CITY ATTORNEY TO HIS RIGHT AND LEFT, HE'S IN GOOD SHAPE. AND SO THAT IS THAT'S MY NOMINATION. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND MOTION BY MAYOR HUDSPETH? SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER JESTER FOR THE REPRESENTATIVE FROM DISTRICT FOUR, JOE HOLLAND. AND WE'LL HAVE TO DO A VOICE VOTE. SO REPRESENTATIVE FROM DISTRICT TWO, I'LL SAY YOU, REPRESENTATIVE FROM DISTRICT FOUR, I'LL SAY YOU. REPRESENTATIVE FROM DISTRICT
FIVE, I'LL SAY YOU. >> NAY. >> MAYOR HUDSPETH IS AN I REPRESENTATIVE FROM DISTRICT SIX. HOW SAY YOU, REPRESENTATIVE FROM DISTRICT ONE? HOW SAY YOU?
NAY, REPRESENTATIVE FROM DISTRICT THREE. HOW SAY YOU. >> NAY.
>> THAT FAILS. I WOULD ALSO NOMINATE COUNCIL MEMBER FROM DISTRICT SIX. SHE IS BEEN A DYNAMIC ADDITION TO THIS BODY. SHE HAS BEEN SOMEONE THAT I FEEL IT CAPTURES THE CITY VERY WELL.
SHE IS. BEEN A GREAT UNITER OF PEOPLE AND SUPPORTER OF THIS OF THE DIFFERENT PEOPLE IN THIS BODY. SO I WOULD PUT FORWARD REPRESENTATIVE FROM DISTRICT SIX. IS THERE A SECOND. SECOND.
>> MOTION BY MAYOR HUDSPETH, SECOND BY REPRESENTATIVE FROM DISTRICT FOUR. REPRESENTATIVE
FROM DISTRICT TWO. I'LL SAY YOU. >> NAY. >> REPRESENTATIVE FROM DISTRICT FOUR. HOW SAY YOU? I REPRESENTATIVE FROM DISTRICT FIVE. HOW SAY YOU.
>> NAY. >> MAYOR HUDSPETH IS I REPRESENTATIVE FROM DISTRICT
SIX. >> I THANK YOU. >> REPRESENTATIVE FROM DISTRICT
ONE. >> NAY. >> REPRESENTATIVE FROM DISTRICT
THREE. >> NAY. >> OKAY, THEN I WOULD MOVE AND PUT FORWARD REPRESENTATIVE FROM DISTRICT THREE AS A AS A MAYOR PRO TEM AGAIN IT. I'VE NEVER MISSED A MEETING IN FIVE YEARS. I DON'T ANTICIPATE DOING IT THIS LAST YEAR. IT'S NOT OVERLY CUMBERSOME PROJECT AS FAR AS THAT SIDE, ESPECIALLY WITH THE ASSISTANCE YOU HAVE. SHE'S FULLY CAPABLE. SHE'S RUN MEETINGS BEFORE. SHE'S DONE ALL THOSE THINGS. AND SO I WOULD PUT THAT, PUT HER FORWARD AS A NOMINEE. AND SO I'LL GO TO YOU, REPRESENTATIVE FROM DISTRICT
THREE. WOULD YOU ACCEPT THAT NOMINATION? >> YES.
>> THANK YOU. IS THERE A SECOND. SECOND REPRESENTATIVE FROM DISTRICT FOUR SECONDS? MAYOR HUDSPETH NOMINATES REPRESENTATIVE FROM DISTRICT TWO. HOW SAY.
>> YOU, >> REPRESENTATIVE FROM DISTRICT. FOUR. HOW?
>> SAY YOU. >> REPRESENTATIVE FROM DISTRICT FIVE. HOW SAY YOU.
>> NAY. >> REPRESENTATIVE. MAYOR HUDSPETH IS A YES REPRESENTATIVE
FROM DISTRICT SIX. I'LL SAY. >> YOU NAY. >> REPRESENTATIVE FROM DISTRICT
ONE. HOW SAY YOU? >> NAY. >> REPRESENTATIVE FROM DISTRICT
THREE. HOW SAY YOU? >> NAY. >> WAIT.
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>> IS THAT RIGHT? NO. >> THAT'S INTERESTING. >> OKAY.
>> WHAT WAS THAT, SIR? >> I DIDN'T HEAR. >> THAT.
>> FAILS. >> STAFF. CAN YOU, CAN YOU? I NEED ACCESS TO THE IMAGES I SENT YOU. WHILE YOU'RE DOING THAT, MR. CITY ATTORNEY, IF SOMEONE I CAN RENOMINATE. RIGHT. IF
SOMEONE'S FAILED IN A VOTE. >> I'M JUST LOOKING AT THE RULES. THE PROCESS THAT WAS OUTLINED AND PROVIDED IN THE BACKUP. IT SAYS IN THE EVENT OF A TIE VOTE, ANY NOMINATIONS RECEIVED, THE NOMINEES PREVIOUSLY SUBMITTED SHALL AGAIN BE PRESENTED FOR ELECTION. IT DOESN'T SPECIFICALLY ADDRESS IF ALL OF THEM FAIL, BUT I BELIEVE THAT IN THE NOMINATION PROCESS, SOMEONE IS NEVER COMPLETELY ELIMINATED. THEY COULD COME BACK AND BE NOMINATED AGAIN, RIGHT?
>> SO YES, STARTING THERE, THERE YOU GO. SO TO THE BODY, I WOULD SAY THIS, I HAD THIS PREPARED BECAUSE I'VE DONE THIS EVERY YEAR I'VE BEEN MAYOR. SO THIS IS A POST FROM ONE OF THIS BODY'S REPRESENTATIVE UNOFFICIAL PAGE THAT WOULD SAY THE MAYOR, I QUOTE THE MAYOR WAS WRONG AS
HELL FOR THAT COWARDICE MOVE LAST NIGHT. >> SO STILL.
>> AGREE, UNDERSTAND? I WOULDN'T BE SUPPORTIVE OF THIS PERSON BEING MY. MY BACKUP, RIGHT? THEY THEY DON'T SUPPORT ME. I DON'T SUPPORT THEM IN THAT WAY. WE DON'T SEE THE WORLD THE SAME.
AND THAT'S OKAY. I JUST DON'T I JUST IN A YEAR WHERE WE'RE TRYING TO MOVE FORWARD, WE'RE TRYING TO NOT REPEAT PAST ISSUES. MY PLEA IS THAT JUST THIS LAST YEAR, MAYOR, WE DON'T HAVE SOMEONE THAT ADVOCATED FOR ME TO BE RECALLED THAT IS CAMPAIGNED AGAINST ME EVERY YEAR. STILL, I SIT HERE. SO OBVIOUSLY EITHER THEIR READ OF THE TEA LEAVES OF THE CITY AT LARGE ARE WRONG. I'VE SERVED IN THAT DISTRICT. I'VE WON THAT DISTRICT. I'VE WON AT LARGE THREE TIMES. I'M JUST SAYING THIS ONE YEAR GIVE ME ONE PERSON THAT I'VE NEVER HAD ANYONE OTHER THAN JESSE. DURING THE PANDEMIC YEAR, WE DIDN'T EVEN MEET IN PERSON. I'VE NEVER HAD ONE PERSON THAT DIDN'T CAMPAIGN AGAINST ME IN THAT SEAT, AND I'M JUST DESPERATE TO HAVE ONE YEAR OF SOMEBODY THAT LIKES ME, THAT JUST THE VERY BARE MINIMUM. GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, THEN THIS IS THE GROUP THAT SUPPORTED A COUPLE OF OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT THEN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
THERE'S ANOTHER ONE OF THAT GROUP AND THEN GO TO THE LAST SLIDE THAT THEN SLANDERED MY WORDS, NOT ANYONE ELSE'S. OUR NEWEST MEMBER. AND SO TO ME, AGAIN, TO START FRESH MEANS TO NOT SUPPORT PEOPLE THAT LOOK TO DO HARM TO OUR MEMBERS. IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A NEW YEAR, NEW FOCUS, NEW CAMARADERIE, IT NEEDS TO LET'S NOT MAKE THE SAME MISTAKES. THEY OPENLY MISLABELED SOMEONE, AND DURING THE CAMPAIGN PROCESS, IT'S THEY'VE BEEN DOING IT AND LET'S LET'S DISTANCE FROM THAT. LET'S HAVE A SENSE OF WE'RE NOT GOING TO MAKE THE SAME MISTAKES. THAT'S MY PLEA. AND WITH THAT, AND TO CIRCUMVENT HAVING TO GO THROUGH IT AGAIN, I RECOGNIZE THE REPRESENTATIVE FROM DISTRICT THREE TO MAKE A NOMINATION BECAUSE THAT'S THAT'S REALLY IF YOU'RE IF YOU'RE DOING THE MATH THAT THAT'S REALLY THE KEY TO THIS WHOLE THING. AND I DON'T WANT TO GO THROUGH ALL THREE OF THEM AGAIN. I JUST WANT TO GET TO IT SO THAT I CAN WE CAN BE DONE WITH IT.
REPRESENTATIVE THREE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR TO MAKE A NOMINATION FOR MAYOR PRO TEM.
>> GIVEN THAT, I WILL NOMINATE MYSELF. >> OKAY. WE HAVE A NOMINATION FOR THE REPRESENTATIVE FROM DISTRICT THREE. I'LL, I'LL SECOND THAT. SO, NOMINATION BY DISTRICT THREE. REPRESENTATIVE FROM DISTRICT THREE. MAYOR SECONDS. REPRESENTATIVE FROM
DISTRICT TWO. I'LL SAY. >> YOU I. >> REPRESENTATIVE FROM DISTRICT FOUR. HOW SAY YOU REPRESENTATIVE FROM DISTRICT FIVE. HOW SAY YOU? NAY. MAYOR IS A REPRESENTATIVE FROM DISTRICT SIX. HOW SAY YOU? I REPRESENTATIVE FROM DISTRICT ONE. HOW SAY YOU REPRESENTATIVE
FROM DISTRICT THREE. HOW SAY. >> YOU I. >> AND THAT PASSES.
CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THAT CONCLUDES THIS MEETING. AND PLEASE JOIN US IN THE FOR OUR RECEPTION. AND MOM, DAD, I WANT TO INTRODUCE MYSELF. THANK YOU ALL. Y'ALL DID A GREAT
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JOB. SHE'S AMAZING. WE WANT A BIKE RIDE TOGETHER. AND SHE. YEAH WE'VE DONE ALL THE THINGS.SO Y'ALL Y'ALL Y'ALL DO GREAT WORK. AND I WILL SAY AS A AS A DAD WITH ADULT KIDS, THEY DON'T COME WITH STEERING WHEELS RIGHT. SO WHAT YOU PUT IN THEM AND THEN THAT HAS TO SOAK IN AND DO ITS THING. AND Y'ALL HAVE DONE AMAZING WORK TO THE BENEFIT OF THE CITY OF DENTON. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND 1224 THAT CONCLUDES THIS MEETING. GREAT.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.