Mar 14, 2025 Special Called Council

[Call to Order]

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I NOW DECLARE THAT THE PLANO CITY COUNCIL IS CONVENED IN A SPECIAL SESSION, THAT ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE PRESENT.

LISA, WOULD YOU MIND READING THE FIRST CAPTION? CERTAINLY, SIR. ALL RIGHT. ACCEPTANCE OF THE RESIGNATION OF A COUNCIL MEMBER AND ADOPTION OF AN ORDINANCE TO CALL A SPECIAL ELECTION TO FILL A VACANCY TO BE HELD MAY 3RD,

[1. Acceptance of the resignation of a Council Member and adoption of an Ordinance to call a Special Election to Fill a Vacancy to be held May 3, 2025 for the purpose of electing one (1) Member of Council, Place No. 5, to fill an unexpired term until the May 2027 election and, if needed, any subsequent runoff election; designating polling locations for such Special Election; ordering notices of election to be given as prescribed by law in connection with such election; and providing an effective date.]

DESIGNATING POLLING LOCATIONS FOR SUCH SPECIAL ELECTION, ORDERING NOTICES OF ELECTION TO BE GIVEN AS PRESCRIBED BY LAW AND IN CONNECTION WITH SUCH ELECTION, AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. OKAY.

NOW WE DO HAVE A HERE. DO YOU GUYS HAVE ENOUGH? YEAH. OKAY. GO AHEAD. WE DO HAVE ONE SPEAKER, BUT I DON'T.

YEAH. MR. STAFFORD SIGNED UP TO SPEAK, BUT I DO NOT SEE HIM, SO I'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER WILLIAMS. THERE WE GO. THANK YOU MAYOR. SORRY. I'M GOING TO EXERCISE SMART BREVITY ON THIS.

YOU ALL HAVE A COPY OF MY FORMAL RESIGNATION.

I'LL KEEP IT RELATIVELY BRIEF. THIS IS ONLY A TINY BIT SWEET, VERY MUCH BITTER FOR ME.

I'VE ABSOLUTELY LOVED SERVING WITH ALL OF YOU.

I'VE LOVED SERVING ON COUNCIL FOR THE PAST SIX YEARS.

AND I WISH THE TIMING FOR THIS COULD BE DIFFERENT.

THE ONLY SILVER LINING TO TODAY IS THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO ON AND CONTINUE TO SERVE AT THE COUNTY LEVEL, BUT I AM VERY MUCH GOING TO MISS WORKING WITH YOU ALL AND SERVING THE CITY OF EXCELLENCE.

THANK YOU SHELBY. WE AS WELL ARE GOING TO MISS YOU AND WE WE WISH YOU THE BEST.

I KNOW YOU WILL DO A GREAT JOB AT THE COUNTY, AND OBVIOUSLY THERE'S THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT ISSUES GOING ON UP THERE, BUT WITH YOUR EXPERIENCE, I KNOW YOU'LL BE ABLE TO HELP IN MANY WAYS THAT THAT THEY HAVE.

I NEED ANY OTHER COMMENTS? EXCUSE ME. GO AHEAD RICK.

YES. I WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT SHELBY, YOU'RE GOING TO BE SORELY MISSED.

THE PAST TWO YEARS SINCE I'VE BEEN ON HERE, I'VE COME TO REGARD YOU AS A FRIEND.

WITH REGARDS TO CITY THE WAY WE SEE THE DIRECTION OF THE CITY MAJORITY OF THE TIME, WE'RE ON THE SAME PATH.

THERE ARE OTHER TIMES WE'RE NOT. BUT I THINK DUE TO CIVIL DISCOURSE THAT WE HAVE BETWEEN THE TWO OF US, AND I STILL CONSIDER YOU A FRIEND, I'M GOING TO SAY I'M GOING TO MISS YOU FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS.

BUT I THINK THE ADVENTURE THAT YOU'RE GOING ON IS GOING TO SERVE THE GREATER GOOD OF COLLIN COUNTY.

SO ALL I CAN SAY IS, I WISH YOU THE BEST. AND LIKE I SAID, WE'RE GOING TO MISS YOU.

COUNCIL MEMBER PRINCE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MAYOR.

COUNCIL MEMBER WILLIAMS, I JUST WANTED TO SAY IT'S BEEN A PRIVILEGE TO SERVE ALONGSIDE YOU.

YOUR PASSION AND DEDICATION TO THE CITY HAS BEEN VERY EVIDENT.

AND I KNOW THERE'S THERE'S BEEN MANY ITEMS THAT WE'VE PARTNERED TOGETHER ON THAT I THINK HAVE COME TO IN THE FUTURE.

WE'LL SEE WILL MAKE A BIG IMPACT FOR PLANO. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.

ANTHONY. WELL, I WILL ALSO USE UNCHARACTERISTIC SMART BREVITY, BUT I WANT TO THANK YOU, SHELBY, FOR YOUR SERVICE ON THE CITY COUNCIL. IT HAS BEEN AN ABSOLUTE PLEASURE SERVING WITH YOU AND GIVEN THE THE WEIRD SYNCHRONICITY OF OUR MINDS OVER THE PAST SIX YEARS ON SO MANY ISSUES ON THE COUNCIL I GUESS IT'S ONLY FITTING THAT YOU FIGURED OUT A WAY TO LEAVE THE COUNCIL AT THE SAME TIME AS ME.

BUT NO, I'M JOKING. BUT ANYWAY, IT'S SERIOUSLY, IT'S BEEN AN HONOR SERVING WITH YOU AND SUCH A PLEASURE.

I'M GOING TO MISS SERVING WITH YOU, BUT I KNOW YOU'VE GOT REALLY GREAT THINGS AHEAD, AND YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE A GREAT IMPACT FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND FOR THE WHOLE COUNTY GOING FORWARD. SO THANK YOU. MAYOR PRO TEM. SO, SHELBY, I'M THE ONLY ONE WHO DOES NOT APPROVE OF YOU LEAVING BECAUSE I REMEMBER WE ACTUALLY CAME IN TOGETHER, RIGHT? I MEAN, WE'RE THE ONLY TWO THAT ACTUALLY GOT ELECTED AT THE SAME TIME AND AND STARTED SERVING AT THE SAME TIME AND ASKED SIMILAR QUESTIONS TO OUR PREVIOUS COUNCIL AND THEN REALLY WORK TO TRY TO BRING THE ENTIRE COUNCIL TOGETHER AS ONE RATHER THAN A SEPARATE GROUP.

AND SO I'M ACTUALLY VERY UPSET THAT YOU'RE LEAVING.

BUT I ALSO UNDERSTAND WHY YOU'RE YOU'RE PURSUING ANOTHER PATH.

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THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER SMITH. THANK YOU MAYOR.

SINCE I'M ACTUALLY SITTING CLOSE, I'M GOING TO SHAKE YOUR HAND. SAY, IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE SERVING WITH YOU, MY FRIEND. WE'RE GOING TO MISS YOU AND ON BEHALF OF COUNCIL AND CITIZENS OF PLANO, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU THE WAY YOU DID IT.

BECAUSE YOU'RE SAVING US MONEY BY DOING IT EARLY SO WE CAN HAVE IT IN THE GENERAL ELECTION COMING UP IN MAY.

SO AGAIN, THANK YOU. APPRECIATE YOU. AND YOU'RE GOING TO DO GREAT.

WE'RE HERE FOR YOU. THANK YOU. DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM AND THE WORDS OF MARIA TOO, DITTO DITTO DITTO.

AND I KNOW YOU'RE NOT LEAVING QUITE YET, WE'LL PROBABLY HAVE PLENTY OF OPPORTUNITIES TO TALK BEFORE YOU DO LEAVE, BUT I REALLY HAVE ENJOYED SERVING WITH YOU. I'VE LEARNED A LOT FROM YOU.

COME TO KNOW YOU AS A FRIEND AND AND SOMEONE THAT I CAN BOUNCE IDEAS OFF OF.

AND YOU REALLY HELPED ME LOOK AT AT DIFFERENT SITUATIONS AND FROM DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES.

AND I HOPE YOU WILL ALWAYS BE A PHONE CALL AWAY TO COUNT ON WHEN I WANT TO KNOW WHAT YOU'RE THINKING.

AND I'M SURE YOU WILL TELL ME. SO BEST OF LUCK TO YOU.

ALL RIGHT. SO REAL QUICK, COUNCILMAN, ON BEHALF OF STAFF.

THANK YOU. AND BY THE WAY, YOU'RE HOLDING OVER SO YOU'RE STILL GOING TO BE HERE FOR A LITTLE WHILE IN YOUR CHAIR UNTIL THE ELECTION.

BUT APPRECIATE YOUR INTEREST AND YOUR PASSION FOR ALL THAT YOU'VE DONE FOR THE CITY.

WE'VE ENJOYED WORKING WITH YOU AND KNOW THAT WE WILL STILL GET TO WORK WITH YOU IN YOUR NEXT CAPACITY.

SO JUST APPRECIATE ALL YOUR SUPPORT. APPRECIATE YOUR DEDICATION TO THE COMMUNITY, IT MEANS A LOT.

AND PLEASE THANK YOUR FAMILY ALSO ON BEHALF FOR ALL THE HOURS THAT THEY'VE SPARED YOU.

SO MUCH APPRECIATED. SO WE HAVE WE NEED A MOTION OF ACCEPTANCE.

AND AS MARK SAID AND AS JULIE SAID, WE SHELBY WILL BE A HOLDOVER UNTIL THE ELECTION ON MAY 3RD.

SO THIS IS NOT THE LAST TIME WE SEE HIM. SO DO YOU WANT TO SPEAK, JOHN? I DID, I DID WANT TO SPEAK. DID IS PAST JOHN.

I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT. I SHELBY, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.

AND THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO WIN OUR LATEST WAGER.

SO WE'RE WE'RE NOW WE'RE NOW EVEN. BUT YOU ALL, AS A CITY COUNCIL, YOU HAVE YOUR CHOICES TO HOLD THE ELECTION ON MAY THE 3RD OR JUNE THE 7TH ON THE RUNOFF DATE.

AND I HOPE YOU PICK THE MAY THE 3RD DATE, BECAUSE THAT IS FAR CHEAPER FOR THE CITY, BECAUSE HOPEFULLY WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE A RUNOFF ELECTION IN PLACE TWO AND WON'T HAVE TO HAVE THAT JUNE 7TH ELECTION. BUT YOU ALSO HAVE A CHOICE OF WHEN YOU'RE FILING DEADLINE IS FOR CANDIDATES, YOU CAN CHOOSE A FILING DEADLINE THAT IS SIX DAYS OR NO LATER THAN THE 40TH DAY BEFORE THE ELECTION, WHICH IS MARCH THE 24TH AT 5 P.M.. I WOULD HOPE THAT YOU CHOOSE THE SHORTER SIX DAY PERIOD THAT ENDS THE FILING FOR THIS NEXT THURSDAY, BECAUSE THAT WAY WE'RE NOT SPENDING WE'RE NOT SPENDING MONEY FOR, OKAY.

IT WILL REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT WE'RE SPENDING WITH THE COUNTY TO REDO MAIL BALLOTS, AND WILL THUS ALSO REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT THE CITY IS SPENDING.

SO MAY 3RD ELECTION FILING DEADLINE SIX DAYS FROM NOW, WHICH IS NEXT THURSDAY AT 5 P.M.

TO SAVE THE CITY THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF MONEY ON THIS.

BUT THAT'S YOUR CALL AS A COUNCIL TO MAKE. OKAY.

SO THANK YOU. LISA IS THAT IS THAT CORRECT? IS IT NINE DAYS? BUT YOU CAN SET IT AS LOW AS SIX DAYS. I UNDERSTAND.

OKAY. [INAUDIBLE]. YOU'RE HOT. YEAH. YOU'RE HOT.

RICK. GO AHEAD. OKAY. THANK YOU. RELUCTANTLY MR. MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE ACCEPT THE RESIGNATION OF SHELBY WILLIAMS FROM THE CITY COUNCIL.

OKAY. SECOND. THANK YOU. I HAVE A MOTION. AND SECOND, TO ACCEPT THE RESIGNATION OF COUNCIL MEMBER WILLIAMS. PLEASE VOTE. OKAY. MOTION CARRIES 8 TO 0.

NO, THAT WAS ALL IN. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. ONE ACTION.

ITEM TWO. A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANO CITY COUNCIL APPOINTING AN INTERIM BOARD MEMBER TO SERVE ON THE DALLAS AREA RAPID TRANSIT AUTHORITY DART BOARD

[2. A Resolution of the Plano City Council appointing an interim board member to serve on the Dallas Area Rapid Transit Authority (DART) Board of Directors as provided in Chapter 452 of the Texas Transportation Code; and providing an effective date.]

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THANK YOU. SO ONE OF OUR DART BOARD MEMBERS RESIGNED THIS WEEK, AND THERE'S A LOT GOING ON, AND WE NEED SOMEONE THAT'S READY TO STEP IN AND REPRESENT THE CITY OF PLANO WELL, AND SO WE HAVE ASKED COUNCIL MEMBER ANTHONY RICCIARDELLI TO DO THAT FOR US, AND I COULDN'T BE MORE EXCITED FOR YOU. NOPE. WELL, I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY THANK YOU, MAYOR.

I APPRECIATE YOUR CONFIDENCE IN ME AND THE REST OF THE COUNCIL.

YOU KNOW, I THOUGHT I WAS ABOUT TO HAVE SOME FREE TIME, BUT.

NO. NO. IN ALL SERIOUSNESS, I'VE SAID REPEATEDLY THAT I'M REALLY, YOU KNOW, EVEN THOUGH IT'S GOING TO BE BITTERSWEET, LOOKING FORWARD TO THE INCREASED FAMILY TIME AFTER MAY 3RD AND COMPLETING EIGHT YEARS ON THE COUNCIL.

BUT GIVEN WHAT A PIVOTAL TIME WE'RE IN FOR THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PLANO AND DART, AND AFTER YOU KNOW MUCH DISCUSSION WITH LIESL, YOU KNOW, AND FIGURING OUT THAT THERE'S A WAY TO DO IT AND STILL INCREASE FAMILY TIME.

YOU KNOW, I REALLY FELT CALLED TO KEEP CONTRIBUTING IN THIS WAY.

SO I'M EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO TO KEEP CONTRIBUTING ON THIS ISSUE AND HOPE TO DO GOOD WORK FOR YOU ALL.

SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU ANTHONY. SHELBY. SINCE I'M STILL ON COUNCIL FOR THE TIME BEING, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPOINT COUNCILMAN RICCIARDELLI TO SERVE AS A DART BOARD MEMBER, AND I'D REALLY LIKE TO HEAR HIM SAY, JUST WHEN I THOUGHT I WAS OUT, THEY PULLED ME BACK IN. OKAY, YOU DON'T HAVE TO SECOND ALL OF THAT, BUT YOU CAN YOU.

RICK. OH, I WAS JUST GOING TO SECOND IT. OKAY.

I THINK JULIE JUMPED IN THERE, SO. GOT IT. OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. SO I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE A RESOLUTION APPOINTING COUNCIL MEMBER RICCIARDELLI TO THE DART BOARD. PLEASE VOTE. OKAY, SO THE COUNCIL WILL NOW RECESS INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION IN CLOSED SESSION ROOM TO HOLD A CLOSED EXECUTIVE MEETING PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF VERNON'S TEXAS CODES ANNOTATED

[Executive Session]

IS THAT CORRECT? ADJOURNED. ADJOURNED. SO, THERE BEING NO FURTHER BUSINESS, WE ARE ADJOURNED.

GOT IT.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.