2026-09-23 - City Council Special Meeting
Summary
Built from the City's posted agenda and YouTube auto-generated captions. Legistar records no actions for this meeting and no minutes are posted. Names are as captioned and may be misspelled.
- 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
Agenda: see Sources.
Sources
- Legistar meeting page: https://killeen.legistar.com/MeetingDetail.aspx?LEGID=2264&GID=90&G=2BA40654-0FDA-4BCA-927E-A43B14E14935
- Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQfQWyIBAYI (City of Killeen YouTube channel)
Video
Transcript
These are auto-generated captions; names and numbers may be misheard.
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.
