* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:03] GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY. UH, WELCOME TO OUR REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING OF NOVEMBER 4TH. UH, I'D LIKE TO CALL THIS MEETING TO [ Call to Order] ORDER CLERK, PLEASE TAKE THE ROLE. MAYOR HARTKE. HERE, VICE MAYOR HARRIS. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER ENCINAS. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER STEWART. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER ORLANDO. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER POST HERE FORUM. THANK YOU SO MUCH. OUR INDICATION TONIGHT WILL BE BROUGHT FORTH BY PAVIN FALA AND OUR PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE BY COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS. MS. FAH, OH MY LORD, MY DEFENDER, MY HELP IN PEARL LOWLY. DO I INTRIGUE THE AILING? DO I COME UNTO THEE TO BE HEALED? HUMBLY DO I CRY OUT THEE WITH MY TONGUE, MY SOUL, MY SPIRIT. OH GOD, MY GOD. THE GLOOM OF NIGHT HAS SHROUDED EVERY RE REGION AND ALL THE EARTH IS SHOT AWAY. BEHIND THICK CLOUDS, THE PEOPLES OF THE WORLD ARE SUNK IN THE BLACK DEPTH OF RAIN ILLUSIONS WHILE THEIR TYRANTS WALLOW IN CRUELTY AND HATE. I SEE NOTHING BUT THE GLARE OF SEARING FIRES THAT GLAZE UPWARD FROM THE NAMOS. A I HEAR NOTHING SAVE THE UNDRESS. ROLL THE BET OUT FROM THOUSANDS UPON THOUSANDS OF FIRE WEAPONS OF ASSAULT. WHILE EVERY LAND IS CRYING ALOUD IN ITS SACRED TONGUE, MY RICHEST AVAIL ME NOTHING. AND MY SOVEREIGNTY HAD PERISHED. OH MY LORD. THE LAMBS OF GUIDANCE HAVE GONE OUT. THE FLAMES OF PASSION OR MOUNTING HIGH AND ENCE IS EVER GAINING IN THE WORLD. MALICE AND HATE HAVE OVER SPREAD THE FACE OF THE WHOLE EARTH. AND I FIND NO SOULS EXCEPT DINE, OWN OPPRESS. SMALL BANDS WHO ARE RISING UP THIS CRY MAKE HAZE TO LOVE, MAKE TO TRUST, MAKE HAY TO GIVE TO GUIDANCE. COME, COME FOR HARMONY TO BEHOLD THE STAR OF DAY. COME HERE FOR KINDLINESS, FOR EASE. COME HERE FOR MA ITY AND PEACE. COME AND CAST ON YOUR WEAPONS OF WRATH TILL UNITY IS ONE. COME AND IN THE LORD'S TRUE PATH. EACH ONE. HELP EACH ONE. WE LIVE WITH EXTENT JOY, WITH HEART AND SOUL. DO THIS OPPRESSED OF DYING OFFERED THEMSELVES UP FOR ALL MANKIND IN EVERY LAND, THOU CS THEM. OH MY LORD. WHIPPING OVER THE TEARS THY PEOPLE SHUT. MOURNING THE GRIEF OF THY CHILDREN. CON CONDOLING WITH HUMANKIND SUFFERING BECAUSE OF THE ITIES THAT WE SET ALL THE NESS OF THE EARTH. OH MY LORD. WING THEM WITH VICTORY THAT THEY MAY, THAT THEY MAY SO UPWARD SALVATION STRAIN THE LOW IN SERVICE TO TH PEOPLE AND THEIR BACKS IN SERVITUDE TO DIE. THRESHOLD OF HOLINESS. REALLY THE OR THE GENEROUS. REALLY THE OR THE MERCIFUL. THERE IS NONE OTHER GOD SAVED. THE, THE CLEMENT, THE PITIFUL, THE ANCIENT OF DAYS FROM THE WRITINGS OF THE BAHA FAITH, PLEASE JOIN ME IN RECITING THE PLEDGE OF ALLE. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. THANK YOU MS. FALA. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS. NEXT ON OUR AGENDA TONIGHT [1. Service Recognitions] IS SCHEDULED PUBLIC APPEARANCES. WE'VE GOT SERVICE RECOGNITIONS AND OF CITY RECOGNITION. SO I'D LIKE TO INVITE, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER STEWART, JOIN ME UP FRONT. ALL RIGHT. CITY MANAGER SERVICE RECOGNITIONS. THANK YOU MR. MAYOR. MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, WE DO HAVE TWO EMPLOYEE SERVICE RECOGNITIONS THIS EVENING. AND FOR THE FIRST I'D LIKE TO CALL FORWARD OUR PUBLIC WORKS AND UTILITIES DIRECTOR JOHN KNUTSON. [00:05:01] THANK YOU JOSH. I'D LIKE TO ASK CHRISTABEL DYKSTRA TO COME DOWN FOR HER 20 YEAR SERVICE RECOGNITION. SO AFTER GROWING UP HERE IN CHANDLER AND ATTENDING CHANDLER HIGH SCHOOL, CHRISTABEL BEGAN HER CAREER WITH THE CITY AS AN INTERN UNDER THE COE PROGRAM, THE COOPERATIVE OFFICE EDUCATION IN 2000. THIS INTERNSHIP LASTED A YEAR AND WITH, AND WAS WITHIN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. SHE THEN ROLLED DIRECTLY INTO A TEMP POSITION WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. AFTER HER INTERN PROGRAM WAS COMPLETED, CHRISTABEL BECAME AN OFFICIAL FULL-TIME CHANDLER EMPLOYEE AS A RECORDS CLERK IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IN 2003. AT SOME POINT LATER IN HER TIME IN CHANDLER, SHE MET AND MARRIED HER HUSBAND ROBERT, WHO IS A MEMBER OF CHANDLER PD . AND NOW THEY SHARE TWO YOUNG DAUGHTERS TOGETHER AS CHRISTABEL ADVANCED HER CAREER WITH THE CITY. SHE HAS WORKED IN SEVERAL DEPARTMENTS OVER THE YEARS, INCLUDING NEIGHBORHOOD RESOURCES, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. AND THEN AFTER TAKING A SHORT VACATION WORKING FOR THE CITY OF AVONDALE, SHE RETURNED HOME TO CHANDLER IN 2022 AND ACCEPTED HER DREAM JOB WITH THE BEST DEPARTMENT OF ALL PUBLIC WORKS AND UTILITIES . AND SHE SERVES AS OUR UTILITIES ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT MANAGER, WHERE SHE LEADS UTILITIES, ADMINISTRATION TEAM, AS WELL AS THE METER SERVICES DIVISION. CHRISTABEL IS AN EXAMPLE OF THE CHANDLER EMPLOYEE WHO EMBODIES THE VALUES OF OUR ORGANIZATION, WHICH HE DEMONSTRATES IN ALL THAT SHE DOES EACH AND EVERY DAY. THANK YOU CHRISTABEL. AND WE NEED ABOUT 20 MORE YEARS. THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, IF I COULD JUST ADD ANOTHER THING ABOUT KRISTABELL IS THAT SHE ACTUALLY WAS ONE OF THE KEY PIECES OF OUR AIRPORT MASTER PLAN COMPLETION, WHICH WE JUST TALKED ABOUT A FEW MINUTES AGO. SO THANK YOU KRISTABELL MAYOR AND COUNCIL FOR OUR SECOND RECOGNITION AND FINAL RECOGNITION OF THE EVENING. I'D LIKE TO CALL FORWARD CORY VAR, OUR ASSISTANT COMMUNITY SERVICES DIRECTOR. THANK YOU, JOSH. APPRECIATE IT. AND I'D LIKE TO CALL FORWARD JEFF STANTON. WE'RE CELEBRATING 25 YEARS OF SERVICE TODAY, AND I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT ALL 25 YEARS OF JEFF SERVICE WERE AT THE CHANDLER PUBLIC LIBRARIES , SO HE DIDN'T MOVE AROUND. BUT A HUGE CONGRATULATIONS TO JEFF STANTON. ON 25 YEARS OF SERVICE WITH CHANDLER PUBLIC LIBRARY IN THE CITY OF CHANDLER, JEFF'S POSITIVE ATTITUDE AND FIRST RATE CUSTOMER SERVICE ARE HIGHLY VALUED ASSETS TO THE CITY. AND WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR HIS COMMITMENT AND HARD WORK. COWORKERS CAN ALWAYS COUNT ON YOU FOR ASSISTANCE. A HEALTHY DOSE OF FRIENDLY CONVERSATION CAPPED OFF WITH A SMILE A QUARTER CENTURY OF DEDICATION IS RARE, AND IT'S A TESTAMENT TO YOUR CHARACTER, ALONG WITH YOUR CELEBRATION FOR JEFF'S ACCOMPLISHMENTS TONIGHT, I'M ALSO HONORED TO ANNOUNCE THAT JEFF HAS DECIDED TO RETIRE IN JANUARY. OH, EVERYONE. , NOT JEFF. ALL RIGHT. WHILE THIS IS A LOSS FOR THE CITY OF CHANDLER, WE WISH JEFF HAPPINESS AND HEALTHINESS ON A SECOND ACT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND ENJOY YOUR JOURNEY AHEAD ON YOUR BIKE AND MANY TRAVELS. THANK YOU. THAT'S MY BOY. JUST LINING UP. THANK YOU. APPLAUSE, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. THAT CONCLUDES OUR SERVICE RECOGNITIONS THIS EVENING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. AND NEXT ON [2. Recognition: American Public Works Association Accreditation] OUR AGENDA TONIGHT IS RECOGNITION OF THE AMERICAN PUBLIC WORKS ASSOCIATION ACCREDITATION. CAN WE CALL UP THE PUBLIC WORKS TEAM? WOOHOO. SO TONIGHT [00:10:01] WE ARE GLAD TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNIZE OUR PUBLIC WORKS TEAM FOR THE IMPORTANT WORK THAT THEY DO TO MAINTAIN THE RECYCLING AND TRASH TRANSPORTATION AND WATER AND WASTEWATER SERVICES FOR OUR CITY. OUR PUBLIC WORKS TEAM HAS RECEIVED ACCREDITATION FROM THE AMERICAN PUBLIC WORKS ASSOCIATION FOR THE SIXTH YEAR, AND THIS TEAM IS ALWAYS LOOKING AT INNOVATIVE WAYS TO IMPROVE THE SERVICES THEY PROVIDE FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND IS WELL DESERVING OF THIS RECOGNITION. MAN, THEY KEEP COMING AND COMING. YOU SURE? NONE OF YOU WERE PUBLIC WORKS PEOPLE. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. AND JOHN, WHO'S GONNA SHARE SOMETHING HERE? ALRIGHT, WELL FIRST THANK YOU MAYOR AND COUNCIL FOR YOUR TREMENDOUS SUPPORT OF OF OUR DEPARTMENT. UH, WE COULDN'T DO ANYTHING THAT WE DO WITHOUT YOU. AND I I CERTAINLY APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT YOU HELP US WITH. UM, THIS AWARD, UH, AMERICAN PUBLIC WORKS ASSOCIATION ACCREDITATION. IT'S NOT THE SIXTH YEAR, IT'S THE SIXTH REACCREDITATION. SO WE'VE BEEN ACCREDITED SINCE 2004. UH, WE ARE ONE OF ONLY SIX ORGANIZATIONS IN THE ENTIRE STATE THAT ARE ACCREDITED FOR AMERICAN PUBLIC WORKS. UM, THE THE REALLY GREAT THING ABOUT THIS PROCESS IS IT, UH, IT REQUIRES US TO REEVALUATE 336 DIFFERENT PROGRAMS AND PROCEDURES, UH, THAT WE DO EVERY DAY. AND THIS GROUP HERE IN FRONT OF YOU REPRESENT OUR, OUR TEAM FROM OUR COST CENTERS AND OUR DIVISIONS. AND THEY WORK HARD FOR AN ENTIRE YEAR. EVERY TIME WE DO THIS, EVERY FOUR YEARS, IT'S A ONE YEAR PROCESS. THEY MEET ABOUT WEEKLY, UH, LIZ DENNING AND CHRISTABEL OVER HERE. WERE THE TWO INSTIGATORS OF ALL OF IT. AND, UH, LIZ, I, I THINK LIZ HAS DECIDED IT'S HER LAST TIME, UH, DOING THIS. AND YOU'VE DONE IT HOW MANY TIMES NOW? FIVE, FIVE TIMES. SO SHE'S, SHE'S PASSING THE, THE, UH, THE BATON OVER TO CHRISTABEL TO CARRY ON WITH THAT. BUT TREMENDOUS GROUP. AND I JUST WANNA THANK ALL OF YOU FOR ALL THE GREAT WORK. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. RIGHT. THANK YOU ALL. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THAT INCLUDES OUR SCHEDULED PUBLIC APPEARANCES COUNCIL, NEXT ON [ 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 November 4, 2024, Regular Meeting, Items 1 - 3.] OUR AGENDA IS THE CONSENT AGENDA OF OUR REGULAR MEETING. UH, HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO PROCEED? MAYOR, MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBER ORLANDO, I MOVED, UH, THAT WE APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR NOVEMBER 4TH, 2024. REGULAR MEETING ITEMS ONE THROUGH THREE. SECOND THAT MAYOR. ALL RIGHT. WE'VE GOT A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER ORLANDO A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS. I DON'T SEE ANYONE, UH, SIGNIFYING THAT THEY NEED TO ABSTAIN OR DO ANYTHING. SO COUNCIL, PLEASE VOTE. MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. WITH THAT, THAT CONCLUDES OUR REGULAR MEETING. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.