2026-09-23 - City Council Special Meeting

Summary

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  • Mayor called the special meeting to order at 8:00 AM; all council members present except the Mayor Pro Tem. Invocation and Pledge of Allegiance by council members.
  • Agenda approved 6-0 by show of hands.
  • Citizen comments: no one signed up to speak.
  • At about 8:03 AM council went into closed session under the Texas Open Meetings Act (Government Code 551.074, personnel matters) to interview City Manager finalists and discuss the appointment. See City Manager Appointment.
  • Council returned from closed session at 1:54 PM; the Mayor stated no action was taken. Adjourned by voice vote.

Agenda

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Transcript

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Transcript

00:03Huh.

00:03>> Good.

00:04>> Okay, it is now 8

00:07It is now 8 a.m.

00:10And I call this special meeting to

00:12order.

00:13>> [clears throat]

00:16>> Let the record show that all council

00:18members are present with the exception

00:20of Mayor Pro Tem Gonzales.

00:24And the invocation will be given by

00:26council member Bass and the Pledge of

00:28Allegiance by council member Brown.

00:30>> Will you all stand?

00:36>> Lord,

00:38thank you for our beautiful city of

00:40Killeen.

00:41Thank you for our staff,

00:44for these wonderful candidates for our

00:46city manager.

00:48Give us wisdom today to make wise

00:50choices. We thank you for all of your

00:53blessings. Amen. In the name of Jesus,

00:56amen.

00:59>> I pledge allegiance to the flag of the

01:02United States of America, and to the

01:04republic for which it stands, one nation

01:08under God, indivisible, with liberty and

01:12justice for all.

01:18>> Council, I need a motion to approve the

01:21agenda.

01:22Council member Brown.

01:23>> Motion to approve the agenda.

01:25>> [clears throat]

01:26>> Second.

01:26>> Second.

01:28>> Seconded by council member Kimble. All

01:31in

01:31Is there any discussion?

01:34All in favor signify by raising of your

01:36hand.

01:40Okay, so the motion passed

01:43six to

01:45I'm sorry, five

01:49to

01:50with the council member

01:54Nashkins

01:55did not vote.

01:56>> I

01:57Oh, okay. Six. Okay.

01:59Six to zero.

02:01>> [snorts]

02:01>> Excuse me. It was uh

02:03Yeah, six to zero.

02:05All right.

02:06Okay.

02:08So, one.

02:09And it's time for citizens comments.

02:12Um

02:14>> [clears throat]

02:15>> Citizens have 3 minutes to speak. One

02:17minute allotted

02:19for city council to respond with a

02:21statement of explanation or without

02:23engaging

02:25and without engaging in dialogue.

02:28Madam Dep- Deputy Secretary City

02:30Secretary.

02:31>> We have no one signed up to speak.

02:32>> You have no one? Okay.

02:33>> [snorts]

02:34>> All right.

02:35Uh

02:36with that said, we will go into

02:41executive session.

02:44>> [snorts]

02:45>> We will this pursuance of the Texas Open

02:48Meeting Law,

02:50Government [snorts] Code 551.001,

02:55the mayor now calls a closed meeting of

02:57the city council on the 23rd day of

03:01September and I have the time at 8:03.

03:05And we will

03:07be in discussion with item

03:10DS-26084,

03:13conduct city managers finalist interview

03:15and discuss the appointment of a city

03:17manager.

03:18Then Section 551.

03:22074, personnel matters, the city council

03:25will conduct city manager finalist

03:27interview.

03:29We will now go into executive session.

03:33Okay.

03:34Council has completed its closed meeting

03:37on September 23rd, 2026

03:40at 1:54 p.m.

03:44There were no action taken.

03:47And uh council, I need a motion to

03:50adjourn.

03:52Councilman McKendrick.

03:52>> I make a motion that we adjourn.

03:56>> Second.

03:57>> All in favor?

03:58>> Aye.

03:59>> Aye.

04:00>> We'll adjourn.

04:01>> Thank you.

04:02Thank you.