[ Call to Order]
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GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO THE REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING OF DECEMBER 4TH, 2023.I'D LIKE TO CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER.
UH, CLERK, PLEASE TAKE THE ROLE.
MAYOR HART KEY HERE, VICE MAYOR ORLANDO.
PRESENT, COUNCIL MEMBER ENCINAS.
COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS PRESIDENT, COUNCIL MEMBER STEWART.
COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS, A KEY COUNCIL MEMBER POSTON.
HERE WE HAVE A QUORUM, BILINGUAL.
OUR INVOCATION TONIGHT WILL BE LED BY PASTOR VICTOR HARDY OF THE CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF THE VALLEY, AND OUR PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE LED BY MEMBERS, OUR MEMBER OF TROOP TWO 80.
LORD, I, MY STRENGTH IS CALLING FROM YOU STRING.
YOU HIT ME IN THE TIMES OF YOU'RE THE SOURCE OF MY STRENGTH AND YOU'RE THE STRENGTH OF MY LIFE.
I GIVE MY HANDS IN TOTAL PRAISE TO YOU IN JESUS NAME, TROOP TWO 80.
PLEASE JOIN ME IN A PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE.
PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED, THE STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL
[1. Service Recognitions]
OUR NEXT OWNER AGENDA.WE HAVE SERVICE RECOGNITIONS, AND, UH, IF COUNCIL MEMBER POSTED, CAN PLEASE JOIN ME ON FRONT CITY MANAGER, WOULD YOU PROCEED WITH HER EMPLOYEE SERVICE RECOGNITION? THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, WE DO HAVE THREE EMPLOYEE SERVICE RECOGNITIONS THIS EVENING.
AND FOR THE FIRST I'D LIKE TO ASK OUR ASSISTANT CHIEF OF POLICE, MELISSA DENDA, TO COME FORWARD AND MAKE THE PRESENTATION.
I'D LIKE TO CALL OFFICER TJ AMPERAN FORWARD FOR HIS 10 YEARS OF SERVICE.
ALL RIGHT, OFFICER TJ AMPERAN HAS BEEN A DEDICATED EMPLOYEE OF THE CHANDLER POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR THE PAST 10 YEARS.
DURING THIS TIME, HE HAS SERVED IN PATROL AS A BIKE OFFICER, A RECRUIT TRAINING OFFICER, HONOR GUARD, CRISIS NEGOTIATOR, AND AN IMPAIRED.
AND HE IS ONE OF OUR IMPAIRED DRIVING EXPERTS.
TJ IS CURRENTLY ASSIGNED A PATROL AND HE SERVES AS HIS PATROL TEAM'S OFFICER IN CHARGE.
THIS POSITION REQUIRES HIM TO TO DEVELOP INTERNAL COMMUNICATION SKILLS, DECISION MAKING, ABILITIES AND LEAD.
IN THE ABSENCE OF HIS SERGEANT,
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TJ HAS DEVELOPED A REPUTATION AS BEING A HARDWORKING, DEPENDABLE TEAMMATES AND HE'S EARNED THE RESPECT OF HIS SUPERVISORS AND PEER ALIKE.TJ IS CURRENTLY WORKING TOWARDS PROMOTING THE SERGEANT, AND I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT HE WILL ABSOLUTELY ATTAIN THIS GOAL.
CONGRATULATIONS, UH, TJ ON YOUR 10 YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE TO OUR, TO THE CITY OF CHANDLER, AND I'M HONORED TO WORK ALONGSIDE YOU.
CONGRATULATIONS MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
FOR OUR NEXT SERVICE RECOGNITION, I'D LIKE TO ASK MIKE HOLLINGSWORTH, A FACILITIES AND FLEET MANAGER TO COME FORWARD.
MAYOR AND COUNSEL, I'D LIKE TO CALL JOE WALSH TO BE, TO COME FORWARD TO BE RECOGNIZED FOR HIS 10 YEARS OF SERVICE WITH THE CITY OF CHANDLER.
JOE WALSH HAS BEEN A CAR GUY HIS WHOLE LIFE AND STARTED WORKING ON VEHICLES AT A FORD DEALERSHIP.
HE STARTED A NEW JOURNEY AT THE CITY OF CHANDLER IN LATE 2013.
SINCE BECOMING PART OF TEAM CHANDLER, HE HAS ENJOYED TAKING ON ANY NEW CHALLENGES AND ABSORBING ANY TRAINING AVAILABLE, SUCH AS AIR BRAKE SCHOOL, ADVANCED HYDRAULICS, SEVERAL SPECIFIC MANUFACTURE COURSES AND STREET SWEEPER SCHOOL.
HE RECEIVED A MASTER A SE CERTIFICATION IN 2015.
JOE ENJOYS SNOWBOARDING, FISHING, HUNTING, AND CAMPING WITH HIS FAMILY.
JOE LOVES BEING A GRANDFATHER TO HIS BEAUTIFUL GRANDDAUGHTER.
HE IS ALWAYS SUPPORTIVE OF HIS COWORKERS AND HAS A UNIQUE TYPE OF VEHICLE KNOWLEDGE OBTAINED BY WORKING DIRECTLY FOR THE MANUFACTURER.
HE ENJOYS WORKING WITH HIS TEAM AND FEELS IT IS THE MOST WELL-ROUNDED GROUP HE HAS EVER WORKED WITH.
AND JOE IS ALSO JOINED BY HIS WIFE TINA AND HIS YOUNGEST SON, MAYOR, AND COUNCIL FOR OUR FINAL SERVICE RECOGNITION.
I'D LIKE TO ASK SANDEEP DEIA, OUR CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER TO COME FORWARD.
MAYOR COUNCIL, RESPECT THE CITY MANAGEMENT.
AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO INVITE MIKE ROSE TO NAVIGATE HIS WAY ON UP TO RECEIVE HIS 15 YEAR SERVICE ANNIVERSARY REWARD RECOGNITION.
I'M GONNA TRY SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT TONIGHT TO CELEBRATE MIKE'S SERVICE IN CHANDLER CITY HALLS WHERE FORMS ABOUND.
MIKE ROSE, A SYSTEM GURU, WAS PROUDLY FOUND, 15 YEARS STRONG WITH A TECH SAVVY SMILE.
HE'S NAVIGATED THE ENTIRE CITY, GIS STYLE
BUT IF YOU SEE SOMETHING THAT DOESN'T LOOK SO PRETTY, NO NEED TO WORRY.
HE ALSO GAVE US LUCIDITY, TWINS, ALLISON AND MADISON, A DYNAMIC PAIR IN HIS CODERS.
THEN THEY'D OFTEN STARE DAD AND HIS SYSTEMS. THEY'D OFTEN PLEAD, PUT AWAY YOUR COMPUTER AND COME PLAY WITH ME AND ME.
CHIPPENDALE TWIN CANINE CODE CRACKERS, PAW PRINTS ON KEYBOARDS, MISCHIEVOUS ATTACKERS.
MIKE'S LOYAL COMPANIONS THROUGH BUGS AND GLITCHES TEXTS.
BEST FRIEND WILL HAVE YOU LAUGHING IN STITCHES.
SO HERE'S TO MIKE, A MAN OF GREAT SKILL WHO CONQUERED THE DIGITAL AND LEADS WITH GOODWILL.
15 YEARS IN CHANDLER, A TECHIE SAGE WITH TWINS, TEENS, AND DOGS.
OH WAIT, YOU CAN'T FORGET HIS WIFE, HIS LOVELY WIFE, RACHEL, AND THE CITY'S DE SAGE.
WE JUST RAISED THE BAR FOR THE DIRECTOR.
A POETRY CONTEST HERE, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
THAT CONCLUDES OUR EMPLOYEE SERVICE RECOGNITIONS THIS EVENING, AND
[2. Recognition: CEASE Designation Achievement Award]
WE'VE GOT SEVERAL, UH, RECOGNITIONS IN OUR COMMUNITY.FIRST IS RED DOES RECOGNITION FOR OUR CEASE DESIGNATION.
SO STATE STACY SUTHERLAND, ARIZONA, ANTI-TRAFFICKING NETWORK AND, AND TEAM, COME ON UP.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
MY NAME IS JOHN MEZA AND I'M THE BOARD PRESIDENT OF THE ARIZONA ANTI-TRAFFICKING
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NETWORK.WE ARE HERE TODAY TO ANNOUNCE THAT THE CITY OF CHANDLER HAS FULFILLED THE REQUIREMENTS TO BECOME A CEASE DESIGNATED CITY.
THANK YOU TO MAYOR HARTKE, CITY MANAGER WRIGHT AND CITY COUNCIL FOR INVITING US HERE TONIGHT TO SHARE A FEW WORDS ABOUT THIS IMPORTANT ACCOMPLISHMENT.
CEASE, WHICH STANDS FOR CITIES EMPOWERED AGAINST SEXUAL EXPLOITATION IS A PROGRAM OF THE ARIZONA ANTI-TRAFFICKING NETWORK TASKED WITH ENGAGING LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO ENSURE THEY'RE BEST EQUIPPED IN COMBATING SEXUAL SEX TRAFFICKING CRIMES.
OUR GOAL AT CEASE IS TO BUILD A NETWORK OF COMMUNITIES ACROSS ARIZONA WHO ARE ALL COMMITTED TO ENDING SEXUAL EXPLOITATION REGARDLESS OF WHERE YOU CALL HOME.
THESE TIMES TYPES OF CRIMES ARE OCCURRING AND THEIR RIPPLE EFFECTS ON VICTIMS, FAMILY MEMBERS, AND THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE CANNOT BE UNDERSTATED.
WHILE THIS IS A GRIM REALITY, THERE ARE INTERVENTIONS DEPLOYABLE AT THE LOCAL LEVEL THAT CAN AID IN CURTAILING THESE TYPES OF CRIMES.
CEASE AIMS TO EQUIP CITIES AND TOWNS WITH THESE TOOLS, STARTING WITH TRAINING FOR MUNICIPAL STAFF AND LEVERAGING THE EDUCATION INTO ACTION.
CEASE OFFERS A VARIETY OF SEX TRAFFICKING TRAINING AND RESOURCES FOR EMPLOYEES AT ALL LEVELS TO AID IN IDENTIFYING, REPORTING, AND ULTIMATELY PREVENTING THESE TYPES OF CRIMES WITH A SEE SOMETHING, SAY SOMETHING APPROACH.
TO ATTAIN THE DISTINCTION OF BEING A CEASE DESIGNATED CITY, MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENTS MUST FULFILL THE REQUIREMENTS THAT 75% OF THEIR STAFF BECOME TRAINED ON THE CEASE CURRICULUM.
COMMIT TO AN ANNUAL RETRAINING AND INTEGRATE, INTEGRATE THE TRAINING INTO NEW HIRE ONBOARDING.
IN AUGUST, THE CITY OF CHANDLER MADE THIS COMMITMENT.
WE ARE PLEASED TO REPORT THAT THE CITY TOOK THIS CHALLENGE VERY SERIOUSLY, COMPLETING THEIR TRAINING REQUIREMENTS FOR DESIGNATION IN RECORD TIME EXCEEDED BY THE GOAL, BY TRAINING OVER 80% OF THEIR EMPLOYEES.
SINCE THIS ACCOMPLISHMENT, YOUR CITY HAS CONTINUED TO GO ABOVE AND BEYOND IN THE ISSUE.
WE KNOW THAT THIS ACCOMPLISH ACCOMPLISHMENT ACCOMPLISHMENT WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE WITHOUT THE LEADERSHIP OF MAYOR HARTKE, CITY MANAGER WRIGHT AND ALL OF CITY COUNCIL AND OUR SINCEREST.
CONGRATULATIONS TO YOUR CITY FOR MAKING THIS A PRIORITY.
WE WOULD ALSO LIKE TO EXPRESS OUR GRATITUDE TO TADD WILLIE, THE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER FOR CHANDLER, WHO HAS BEEN OUR PARTNER THROUGHOUT THE IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS, AND AN ADVOCATE FOR THE IMPORTANCE OF THE PROGRAM, AS WELL AS THE HUMAN TRAFFICKING UNIT AND THE ENTIRE CHANDLER POLICE DEPARTMENT.
IN CLOSING, IT IS MY HONOR AND PRIVILEGE TO PRESENT THIS PLAQUE TO YOUR CITY ON BEHALF OF THE ARIZONA TRAFFICKING NETWORK FOR ACHIEVING THE CEASE DESIGNATION.
WE APPLAUD YOUR COMMITMENT TO ENDING SEX TRAFFICKING IN THE STATE OF ARIZONA.
AND MAY THIS PLAQUE ALSO SERVE AS A REMINDER OF THE VICTIMS IN THIS COMMUNITY THAT WE AIM TO ASSIST AND THAT NOT JUST ONE PERSON, DEPARTMENT, OR CITY CAN TACKLE THIS IN ISOLATION.
IT WILL TAKE ALL OF US OUR BEST EFFORTS TO REALIZE THE VISION OF AN ARIZONA WHERE NO ONE IS BOUGHT, SOLD, OR EXPLOITED.
DON'T YOU GUYS STAND IN THE MIDDLE? AND I, I DO WANNA THANK COUNCIL.
THIS ITEM FIRST CAME TO US AT THE, UH, SEX TRAFFICKING, UH, AWARENESS EVENT AT GA.
AND UM, CITY MANAGER WAS MADE KNOWN SHORTLY AFTER THAT.
AND TO PUT THIS INTO EFFECT WITH SUCH HIGH REGARD IS, UH, I WANNA THANK YOU.
I WANNA THANK COUNCIL AND OUR COMMUNITY ALL THANK YOU.
[3. Recognition: JustServe Award]
OUR NEXT RECOGNITION HAS TO DO WITH JUST SERVE AWARD.SO AT THE RECENT, UH, NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES, VICE MAYOR ORLANDO AND COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, HARRIS ATTENDED THERE AND AT THAT PARTICULAR POINT WE RECEIVED A COUPLE OF AWARDS.
SO IF WE CAN HAVE JANE ANDERSON FROM, FOR OUR CITY, CHANDLER, LEAH POWELL, AND MEMBERS OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES DEPARTMENT, AND CERTAINLY ROBIN AS WELL.
DO I COME HERE TO SPEAK? ALRIGHT, RIGHT HERE.
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ALL RIGHT.ROBIN, FINLAND AND I ARE HERE TO PRESENT THE CITY OF CHANDLER WITH THIS BANNER SIGNIFYING THAT CHANDLER WAS SELECTED AS ONE OF SIX CITIES IN THE UNITED STATES TO BE NAMED AS A GLOBAL JUST SERVE CITY VICE MAYOR.
YES,
JUST SERVE AS A FREE SERVICE THAT SEEKS TO CONNECT TO THOSE WHO WANT TO SERVE WITH PEOPLE WHO NEED HELP.
SINCE JUST SERVES INTRODUCTION TO CHANDLER IN 2014, THERE'S BEEN ONE OVER 1000 POSTS MADE JUST BY NONPROFITS IN CHANDLER.
CURRENTLY ON JUSTER, THERE'S ABOUT 80 PROJECTS JUST IN CHANDLER.
UM, IT PROVIDES AN EASY WAY FOR SCHOOLS, FAMILIES, AND BUSINESSES TO SERVE WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS.
AND I HAVE TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO ROBIN.
SHE HAS BEEN SPEARHEADING JUST SERVE SINCE THE INTRODUCTION ON A COMPLETELY VOLUNTEER BASIS FOR NINE YEARS.
WE BELIEVE THAT VOLUNTEERISM IS A HALLMARK OF A GREAT CITY.
AS SUCH, THE GIST OF ORGANIZATION WILL ANNUALLY DESIGNATE A HANDFUL OF GLOBAL JUST SERVE CITIES.
THESE CITIES WILL BE CHOSEN BASED ON THE UTILIZATION OF THE JUST SERVE PLATFORM AND FOR THE SPIRIT OF VOLUNTEERISM THAT EXISTS WITHIN THE CITY.
COMMUNITY EVENTS SUCH AS FOR OUR CITY DAY AND FOR OUR CITY, CHANDLER'S OPERATION BACK TO SCHOOL, DEMONSTRATE THE DEEP INVOLVEMENT OF CITIZENS IN THEIR COMMUNITY.
THE FACT THAT CHANDLER WAS SELECTED AS ONE OF THE FIRST CITIES IN THE NATION TO RECEIVE THIS AWARD HIGHLIGHTS JUST HOW UNIQUE AND SERVICE ORIENTED THE CITY IS.
CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR DESIGNATION ONCE AGAIN.
CHANDLER IS LEADING THE WAY, NOT ONLY IN THE STATE, BUT WITHIN THE UNITED STATES, AND WHAT DESI BETTER DESIGNATION TO RECEIVE THAN THAT OUR CITIZENS SERVE ONE ANOTHER.
I WOULD SAY WE COULD LEAVE THIS HERE, BUT, UH,
PAY NO ATTENTION TO THE MAN BEHIND THE SCREEN.
[4. Recognition: 6th Place Digital Cities Award]
OUR LAST RECOGNITION ALSO WAS AWARDED TO US AT, UH, AT NLC DIGITAL CITIES AWARD.IF KIRSTEN, NO, OUR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, UH, STAFFER CAN COME FORTH.
KIRSTEN, KIRSTEN TAKES THIS SERIOUSLY.
SO LAST YEAR AT NLC, SHE FLEW OUT FOR ONE DAY AND RE TO RECEIVE THIS AWARD AND SHE DID THE SAME THING.
AND, UH, YOU REALLY EMBODY, UH, JUST THAT, THAT SPIRIT OF PRIDE FOR OUR CITY AND, UH, MAKING SURE THAT WHAT WE DO IS ALWAYS AMAZING.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY SOME THINGS? YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.
UM, WITHOUT YOUR SUPPORT AND CONTINUED SUPPORT, THIS WOULDN'T BE POSSIBLE, BUT THIS IS NOT JUST AN AN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AWARD.
THIS AWARD REPRESENTS ALL OF THE TECHNOLOGY THAT GOES ON AT THE CITY.
UM, IT IS REALLY AN HONOR TO BE ABLE TO REPRESENT MY COLLEAGUES, UM, HERE AT THE CITY OF CHANDLER AND BE AT THE EVENT.
UM, I WANNA THANK, UH, OD HARRIS, COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS FOR JOINING ME THERE.
UM, BUT WHAT'S REALLY GREAT ABOUT THIS AWARD IS IT REALLY SHOWS THE HUMAN-CENTRIC FOCUS WE HAVE ON TECHNOLOGY, HOW WE'RE DRIVING CITIZEN ENGAGEMENT, UH, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE VOICE OF EVERYONE THROUGH TECHNOLOGY HERE AT THE CITY, AS WELL AS WORKING ON STAFF PRODUCTIVITY TO DRIVE EFFICIENCIES AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE SPENDING CITIZENS DOLLARS, UH, RESPONSIBLY AND FINANCIALLY.
AND I WANNA THANK, UM, SANDEEP AND THE IT LEADERSHIP TEAM FOR ALL OF THEIR SUPPORT AS WE WRITE THIS HUGE APPLICATION EVERY YEAR.
AND HOPEFULLY NEXT YEAR WE'LL BE IN THE TOP THREE.
ALRIGHT, VICE, WHERE IS SHE FLYING TO NEXT YEAR? TAMPA, MAYBE MORE THAN ONE DAY.
THAT CONCLUDES OUR RECOGNITIONS AND, AND PUBLIC APPEARANCES.
AND LETTER TO TAP NEEDS THINGS
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ON HIS WALL.[ Consent Agenda Items listed on the Consent Agenda may be enacted by one motion and one vote. If a discussion is required by members of the governing body, the item will be removed from the Consent Agenda for discussion and determination will be made if the item will be considered separately. Proposed Motion: Move to approve the Consent Agenda of the December 4, 2023, Regular Meeting, Items 1 - 3.]
NEXT ON OUR AGENDA, OUR REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING IS WE HAVE OUR CONSENT AGENDA.THERE ARE THREE ITEMS. WE HAVE SEEN THESE BEFORE.
AND COUNSEL, WHAT IS YOUR, WHAT IS YOUR ITEM ACTION HERE, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, I MOVE TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA.
REGULAR MEETINGS, ITEMS ONE THROUGH THREE.
I SECOND MAYOR, MOTION COUNCIL SECOND BY COUNCILMAN ELLIS.
COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS, NO COMMENTS.
THAT CONCLUDES OUR, OUR REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING.