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WELCOME TO THE REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING.AND, UH, WE'RE SO GLAD THAT YOU ARE ALL HERE.
WOULD YOU PLEASE TAKE THE ROLE MAY HARTKE PRESENT VICE MAYOR ROAD, COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS, COUNCIL MEMBER LOPEZ, COUNCIL MEMBER STEWART, COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS HERE.
OR INVOCATION WILL BE BROUGHT FORTH BY ELDER BRUCE.
LUNQUIST FROM FAITH CHURCH OF THE VALLEY.
AND OUR PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE WILL BE LED BY COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS.
THANK YOU FOR BEING OUR GOD AND GIVING US THE FREEDOM TO ASSEMBLE AS CITIZENS AND ELECTED OFFICIALS TO DISCUSS MATTERS THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO THE PEOPLE OF CHANDLER.
IT IS ONLY BECAUSE OF YOUR GRACE, THAT OUR COUNTRY WAS CREATED BY MEN WHO ARE NOT PERFECT, BUT, BUT IN THE END PUT TOGETHER A CONSTITUTION THAT ALLOWS PEOPLE TO LIVE AND SPEAK FREELY.
THANK YOU, JESUS, HELP US NOT TO FORGET THAT MANY IN OUR WORLD TODAY CANNOT IMAGINE HAVING SUCH FREEDOM AND HAVING HAVE TO LIVE IN FEAR OF THEIR GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS.
WE PRAY NOW THAT YOU WILL GIVE THE COUNCIL WISDOM AND GUIDANCE AS THEY GO THROUGH THE AGENDA TONIGHT.
AND FINALLY, I PRAY OVER EACH COUNCIL MEMBER IN THE NAME OF JESUS THAT THEY AND THEIR FAMILIES WOULD HAVE GOOD HEALTH AND THAT THEY WOULD BE BLESSED BY GOD AS THEY SERVE THE PEOPLE OF CHANDLER HEAL, ANY SICKNESS OR ILLNESS AND BLESS THEM.
AND I PRAY ALL THIS IN THE NAME OF OUR ONLY GOD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST.
PLEASE JOIN ME AS WE RECITE THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE CLI THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND IT'S ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE
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COUNCIL.WE'VE GOT TWO ITEMS ON OUR CONSENT AGENDA, THE PREVIOUS MINUTES AND, UH, THE OFFICIAL CANVAS OF THE CHANDLER, UH, CITY OF CHANDLER PRIMARY ELECTION OF AUGUST SECTION AUGUST 2ND, 2022.
UH, COUNCIL, HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO PROCEED COUNCIL MEMBER LOPEZ? YEAH.
SO CONGRATULATIONS TO THOSE THAT, UH, WON AND PREVAILED, UH, FORCE, AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO WORK WITH YOU IN THE UPCOMING MONTHS, BUT, UH, UM, HOPEFULLY, UH, AGAIN, WE CAN WORK TOGETHER IN THE FUTURE, UH, BEYOND THAT.
SO, UH, YES, I MOVE FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE CITY.
COUNCIL'S REGULAR MEETING OF AUGUST 15TH, UH, FOR APPROVAL ITEMS, ONE THROUGH TWO MOTION.
IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND THAT MOTION THERE SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS.
ANY COMMENTS BEFORE WE PROCEED ADDITIONAL? YES.
MAYBE I WOULD HAVE GOT SOME MEMBER ELLIS.
WELL, IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE REALIZE THAT IN OUR CITY, WE LOVE HARD AND WE LOVE WELL.
AND TODAY THAT IS BEING SHOWN, UH, THAT WE ARE RECEIVING TWO NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS AND I I'M SO ELATED TO WORK WITH THEM IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS THAT I AM STILL HERE AND CONTINUE TO BE HERE.
THE IDEA OF A DEMOCRACY TRULY HAD HIS WAY IN OUR CITY.
AND WE LOVE WHEN THAT WORKED FOR ALL OF US, NOT JUST SOME OF US.
AND SO I'M GRATEFUL THAT I WAS ABLE TO WITNESS THAT.
ANOTHER THING THAT I WANTED TO REALLY CONGRATULATE OUR CITY IN IS THE FACT THAT, UH, FOR ALL THE 35 YEARS THAT I HAVE LIVED HERE IN CHANDLER, I HAVE NEVER PARTICIPATED IN ONE OF OUR ELECTIONS WHERE OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS OR OUR MAYORS WERE AT EACH OTHER'S THROAT.
AND SO FOR THAT MATTER, THIS ELECTION ALSO, WE SAW THAT CAME THROUGH.
EVERYBODY STAYED IN THEIR LANE AND THE PUSH TO WHAT THEY DESIRES OF THEIR HEART WORK AND THOSE WHO WON THE ONE FAIRLY.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH TO THE PEOPLE OF CHANDLER FOR HAVING SPOKEN.
AND WE ALWAYS, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU ARE A PART OF WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE ON THE DAYAS.
AGAIN, WELCOME TO COUNCIL MEMBER ELECT AND SENIORS.
WELCOME TO COUNCIL MEMBER ELECT PAULSON.
WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO WORK WITH YOU FROM THIS END.
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THANK YOU.THANK YOU, MARIN AND CONGRATULATE RELATIONS AS WELL FROM, FROM ME, WHAT A GREAT RACE BY EVERYBODY THAT, THAT RAN.
AND AGAIN, CHANDLER DESERVES THE KIND OF RACES THAT WERE RUN THIS CYCLE.
THE LAST CYCLE, THE CYCLES, BEFORE THAT TO ECHO COUNCIL MEMBER, ELLIS' SENTIMENTS, UM, FOLKS WHO RUN ON THEIR MERIT.
AND SO WE DON'T HAVE TO WATCH A BUNCH OF NEGATIVE ADS OR THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND THEN WE COME HERE AND SIT DOWN AND WORK ON BEHALF OF OUR COMMUNITY AND, UH, WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH OUR NEW MEMBERS.
AND SO CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN AND LOOK FORWARD TO IT.
CUTS ANYTHING TO SAY, MAYOR, HANG ON THERE.
UM, SO I HAVE A LITTLE EXPERIENCE WINNING AND LOSING AND, UH, IT'S TRUE.
AND UH, SO I KNOW HOW HARD YOU ALL WORKED AND UH, SO TO THAT END TODAY, YOU'RE, UH, YOU HAVE SUCCEEDED AND, UH, PLEASE, UH, PLEASE, UH, CONSIDER THIS ASSIGNMENT OR THIS JOB, THE HONOR OF A LIFETIME AS IT HAS BEEN FOR ME.
AND SO, UH, BEST WISHES TO BOTH OF YOU COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS.
I WANTED TO JUST SHARE CONGRATULATIONS TO, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, ELECT CNS, UH, COUNCILWOMAN ALIVE POSTING ON THERE, BOTH HERE.
IF YOU COULD JUST WAVE YOUR HANDS.
SO EVERYONE IN THE LOBBY KNOW WHO YOU ARE NOW.
NOW YOU KNOW WHO TO GO TO AND I WILL BE REMISS NOT TO ACKNOWLEDGE.
UM, COUNCIL MEMBER ALECK HAS SEEN US AS FAMILIES HERE.
IF YOU GUYS CAN STAND OR WAVE THAT PEOPLE STAND UP, GO AHEAD, STAND UP, COUNSELOR.
AND, AND, UH, COUNSEL MAY ELECT.
IS ANY OF YOUR FAMILY MEMBERS HERE? NO, JUST ME.
UM, BUT I JUST WANTED, I JUST WANTED TO SHARE, YOU GOT TO NEED YOUR FAMILY BECAUSE WHEN THE DAYS ARE LONG HERE AND THE NIGHTS ARE DARK AND YOU'RE NOT FOR SURE WHICH WAY YOU'RE GOING TO LEAN ON, YOU'RE GOING TO NEED YOUR FAMILY.
LET THEM BE THE LEANING THAT YOU NEED TO HAVE DURING THIS TIME.
BECAUSE ALTHOUGH WE SIT IN THIS SEAT IS NOT AS EASY TO MAINTAIN A SEAT AS IT IS TO SIT IN THE SEA.
SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE HAD A VERY GOOD ELECTION, A GOOD, FAIR, EQUITABLE ELECTION HERE IN THE CITY OF CHANDLER.
AND AGAIN, WE CONTINUE TO DO WHAT WE DO BEST BY MAKING SURE ALL THE PEOPLE HAVE CHANNELED REPRESENTATIVE.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER ORLANDO.
I DIDN'T REALIZE YOU WERE GOING DOWN THE DIASTAT.
WE GOT A 32ND DELAY ON THE, ON THE VIDEOS, YOU KNOW, UM, NOW I DO WANT TO CONGRATULATE YOU MAYOR FOR YOUR REELECTION, UH, AND ALL OF THE CANDIDATES THAT DID RUN.
AS I INDICATED EARLIER, I HAD A CHANCE TO SIT DOWN WITH ALL OF THEM.
SOME, SOME OF THEM TWICE, MAYBE EVEN MULTIPLE TIMES, I SHOULD SAY.
AND ALL OF THEM HAD A REALLY GOOD REASON WHY THEY WANT TO RUN AND THEY REALLY HAD THEIR CARE.
THEY REALLY CARED FOR CHANDLER.
SO CONGRATULATE ALL THE CANDIDATES AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE NEXT FOUR YEARS AND WORKING WITH THE COUNCIL AS WELL.
UM, AND TO YOU COUNCIL MEMBER ORLANDO, UM, YOUR CONTINUED, UM, EXPERIENCE AND WISDOM IS GOING TO SERVE OUR NEW COUNCIL.
WELL, I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING, CONTINUED WITH YOU AS WELL AS WITH COUNCIL MEMBERS, ELECT AND CNS AND COUNCIL MEMBER ELECT POSTIN, UH, LOOK FORWARD TO BRINGING OUR, SEEING OUR STRENGTHS OF OUR NEW COUNCIL AND THE DIRECTIONS THAT WE WILL ALSO PROCEED THAT WILL CHANGE BECAUSE OF NEW VOICES AS PART OF OUR COUNCIL.
I ALSO WANT TO GIVE A THANK YOU TO ALL WHO RAN.
UH, IT'S, IT'S JUST HARD WORK RUNNING.
THERE'S NO, THERE'S NO RESPITES.
YOU, YOU PUT YOUR HEART INTO THIS AND IT'S JUST NOT FOR THE TIMID TO RUN FOR A POLITICAL OFFICE.
SO, UH, WHETHER YOU WERE SUCCESSFUL AND, AND MOVED AHEAD OR NOT, I, I DO WANT TO APPLAUD ALL WHO RAN.
THIS IS JUST, UH, UH, IT'S JUST GUT RETCHING.
UH, IF, IF YOU FIND YOURSELF NOT ON THE, ON THE POSITIVE END OF THE VOTERS' APPROVAL, AND, UH, I APPRECIATE THAT AS WELL AS OTHERS UP HERE WHO ALSO WERE NOT SUCCESSFUL THEIR FIRST TIME.
AND, UH, I WANT TO APPLAUD EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU FOR THE PASSIONS THAT YOU HAVE FOR OUR CITY AND HOPE THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES TO STAY INVOLVED.
SO WITH THAT, UM, UH, COUNCIL, UH, OR ELECTION, THIS ARE, WE ARE ABLE TO VOTE FOR THIS.
YOU SAID, ALL RIGHT, PLEASE VOTE.
ALL RIGHT, COUNSEL, THAT, UM, CONCLUDES
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THAT CONCLUDES OUR REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING.