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THE TIME IS 1:40 PM ON THE 14TH DAY OF NOVEMBER, 2022.
MADAM CLERK COULD READ THE ROLL.
COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ.
COUNCIL MEMBER KABE VARDA IS HERE VIRTUALLY.
COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE PRESENT.
ALRIGHT, UM, WE ARE HERE FOR ONE ITEM.
AND SO, MADAM CLERK, IF YOU COULD READ THE CAPTION ON THAT ITEM.
ITEM NUMBER ONE IS A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, ISSUING A VOTE OF NO CONFIDENCE CALLING FOR CITY COUNCIL MEMBER CLAYTON PERRY, TO RESIGN AND ACCEPTING HIS RESIGNATION AND AUTHORIZING ACTIONS NECESSARY TO START THE APPOINTMENT PROCESS FOR AN INTERIM CITY COUNCIL MEMBER IF HE VOLUNTARILY RESIGNS.
UH, SO WE'RE HERE FOR ONE ITEM, A RESOLUTION.
UM, AND SO I KNOW COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A STATEMENT, SO I'LL TURN THE FLOOR TO HIM TO MAKE THAT STATEMENT BEFORE WE BEGIN WITH OUR PUBLIC COMMENT.
I TAKE FULL RESPONSIBILITY AND WHOLLY ACKNOWLEDGE THAT MY ACTIONS CAUSED THE ACCIDENT THAT OCCURRED ON THE EVENING OF SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 6TH.
I'M GENUINELY SORRY NOT ONLY TO THE OCCUPANTS OF THE OTHER VEHICLE, BUT TO MY DISTRICT NEIGHBORS, MY STAFF, AND MY AND THE CITY STAFF, MY FAMILY AND FRIENDS AND COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE.
I KNOW THERE COULD HAVE BEEN EASILY A MUCH WORSE OUTCOME AND I'M REALLY, REALLY GRATEFUL TO GOD THAT NO ONE ELSE WAS INJURED, AND I HUMBLY AND RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR FORGIVENESS.
I SPENT THIS PAST WEEK CONVALESCING PRAYING AND REFLECTING ON MY BAD DECISIONS AT CHURCH.
I WAS REMINDED THAT FAITH IS A JOURNEY, NOT A DESTINATION.
FAITH GIVES US A CONS, CONFIDENCE TO BE COURAGEOUS.
I HAVE FAITH THAT I CAN BE BETTER, DO BETTER, AND MAKE BETTER DECISIONS.
THAT BEING SAID, I'VE COME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT WHILE WAITING FOR THE INVESTIGATION TO CONCLUDE, I'M TAKING A LEAVE OF ABSENCE FROM MY DUTIES AS DISTRICT 10.
DURING THIS TIME, I'LL BE TAKING THE APPROPRIATE MEASURES AS DETERMINED BY MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS TO ENSURE THIS WILL NEVER, NEVER HAPPEN AGAIN.
I COMMIT WHOLEHEARTEDLY TO WHATEVER COURSE OF ACTION OR REHABILITATION.
I I TAKE MY RESPONSIBILITIES AS AN ELECTED OFFICIAL TO DT 10 IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO.
AND ASIDE FROM MY MILITARY CAREER, PUBLIC SERVICE HAS BEEN THE GREATEST PRIVILEGE OF MY LIFE.
I SINCERELY APOLOGIZE TO THE COMMUNITY FOR NOT LIVING UP TO THE STANDARDS AND VALUES YOU ALL DESERVE.
I PLEDGE TO DO WHATEVER IT TAKES TO REGAIN YOUR CONFIDENCE.
ALTHOUGH DO, ALTHOUGH I DO NOT INTEND TO RESIGN MY SEAT, I'M ASKING FOR SOME TIME FOR ME TO HEAL, FOR DUE PROCESS, TO PLAY OUT AND FOR A LITTLE HUMANITY AND COMPASSION.
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I AM A HUMAN AND I MADE A BAD DECISION, A HUGE ONE.I'D ASK MY COLLEAGUES, ALL MY COLLEAGUES TO SHOW SOME COMPASSION AND PATIENCE IN GIVING ME TIME TO MAKE CORRECTIONS FOR MY MOST REGRETTABLE ACTIONS INSTEAD OF RUSHING THIS RESOLUTION THROUGH TODAY.
AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT'S MY BELIEF THAT THE PEOPLE OF DISTRICT 10 WHO ELECTED ME SHOULD BE THE ONES WHO DECIDE WHO SITS IN THIS, IN THIS OFFICE.
THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO HAS REACHED OUT WITH KIND WORDS OF ENCOURAGEMENT.
IT'S, IT'S NOT GONE ON DEAF EARS.
I HOPE TO REGAIN THE RESPECT AND TRUST THAT EACH OF YOU HAS GIVEN ME OVER THE PAST SIX YEARS.
THERE ARE SEVERAL FOLKS WHO SIGNED UP TO SPEAK, UH, TODAY ON THIS ITEM, I'LL CALL FOLKS IN THE ORDER OF SIGN UP.
YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK.
SO IF YOU CAN BE READY TO COME FORWARD, WE CAN KEEP EVERYTHING MOVING.
SO THE FIRST, UH, PERSON SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM IS GINGER TRAINOR.
MS. TRAINOR, YOU'LL BE FOLLOWED BY MICHAEL ANDERSON.
BLESSINGS COUNCILMEN AND WOMEN.
I HAVEN'T BEEN HERE SINCE JANUARY WHEN I BROUGHT THE INVOCATION FOR THE NEW YEAR AND OPENED IN PRAYER IN 2018.
I WAS ALSO HERE TO RECEIVE THE COMPASSIONATE AWARD FOR OUR CHURCH.
SO I KNOW YOU VALUE COMPASSION.
YOU'RE HERE TODAY TO CONSIDER ASKING FOR HIS RESIGNATION OVER A POTENTIAL DRUNK DRIVING INCIDENT, WHICH RESULTED IN A HIT AND RUN.
ACCORDING TO THE MEDIA VIDEO CAM'S NEWSPAPER ARTICLE, IT DECLARES HIM GUILTY WITHOUT A DOUBT.
THIS IS WHY THE MAYOR HAS CALLED THIS MEETING TODAY.
AND FRANKLY, THE ONE THING THAT REALLY PUZZLES ME IS WHY DID HE DRIVE THROUGH BELL MILLER'S DRIVE UP WINDOW, NOT ORDER FOOD, BUT PUT HIS KEYS AND WALLET ON THE COUNTER.
WAS THIS HIS SS O S A PLEA FOR HELP? WHY DIDN'T THE MANAGER KEEP HIM THERE UNTIL THE POLICE ARRIVED AND HE COULD BE CHECKED OUT AND TESTED? ARE THERE OTHER HEALTH ISSUES THAT WE DON'T KNOW ABOUT? HOW CAN WE JUDGE AND CONVICT HIM SO QUICKLY WITHOUT DUE PROCESS? I DON'T EVEN KNOW CLAYTON PERRY.
HE VOTES CONSERVATIVELY ON THE SAME ISSUES THAT I HAPPEN TO AGREE UPON, LIKE BEING PRO-LIFE.
I KNOW HE IS A MAN OF INTEGRITY AND HE HAS DONE SO MUCH GOOD FOR THE CITY SINCE 2017.
I CHALLENGE YOU TODAY TO ASK YOURSELVES, WHY IS HE NOT BEING ALLOWED DUE PROCESS IN OUR JUSTICE SYSTEM? WE ONLY HAVE A FEW FACTS.
TIME IS NEEDED IN ORDER TO CONDUCT A REAL INVESTIGATION OF THE SITUATION.
HOW DID THIS DAY PLAY OUT? WHO WAS WITH HIM? WHERE ARE THE WITNESSES? WHY ARE YOU SO QUICK TO PERSECUTE A PRESUMED INNOCENT MAN BEFORE ALL THE FACTS ARE PRESENTED? DO WE LIVE IN THE TIMES OF K K K? THIS DECISION SHOULD COME FROM HIS CONSTITUENTS IN TIME AND NOT EACH OF YOU.
YOU ARE HIS BROTHERS AND SISTERS.
YOU ARE A TEAM AND YOU SHOULD BE OFFERING HIM YOUR SUPPORT RIGHT NOW WHEN HE NEEDS YOU THE MOST.
YES, IT APPEARS HE'S GUILTY OF THE HIT AND RUN.
BELIEVE ME WHEN I SAY I SUPPORT MAD.
AND I ALSO SUPPORT MAD MOTHERS AGAINST DRUNK DRIVERS, MOTHERS AGAINST DRUG DEALERS.
I'VE NEVER BEEN DRUNK AND I DESPISE LIQUOR.
I'M AN ADVOCATE OF BRINGING AWARENESS ON ONE PILL KILLS, TRYING TO GET IT ADVERTISED ON OUR VIA BUSES.
I LOST MY BABY DAUGHTER TO FENTANYL OVERDOSE LAST YEAR AND ON.
I'M ON MY WAY TO THE D E A OF HOUSTON PARENTS SUMMIT ON OVERDOSE POISONING EPIDEMIC THAT'S GOING ON IN THE CITY.
OUR GREAT GOVERNOR HAS RELEASED A NEW CAMPAIGN USING MY ONE PILL KILL SLOGAN DECLARING FENTANYL IS POISONING AND PROSECUTING DEALERS FOR MURDER.
HE'S ALSO MAKING NARCAN AVAILABLE, SUCH AS OUR SHERIFF'S OFFICE.
ABOUT 15 YEARS AGO, I RECEIVED A CALL FROM AUSTIN PD WHILE MY DAUGHTER WAS IN COLLEGE.
SHE HAD BEEN ARRESTED FOR A D W I AND AS A STRICT MOM, MY THOUGHT WAS LET HER ROT IN JAIL.
I CONVICTED HER OF A CRIME BEFORE THE FACTS WERE REVEALED.
I JUDGED TOO QUICKLY AND I LET HER DOWN.
MUCH LATER I DISCOVERED THAT SHE WENT ON A FIRST DATE WITH A MAN SHE DIDN'T KNOW HE DRUG HER.
THANK YOU MS. TRAIN WITH DATE RAPE DRUG.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH MS. TRAINOR.
IF YOU HAVE A STATEMENT, MS. TRAINOR THANK YOU CAN DISTRIBUTE IT TO, UH, OUR CLERK AND WE GET IT TO THE COUNCIL.
MICHAEL ANDERSON, FOLLOWED BY DAVID PIERCE.
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I COME TO SUPPORT CITY COUNCILMAN CLAYTON PERRY AT ONE OF HIS DARKEST MOMENTS.IT SEEMS INEVITABLE THAT HE'LL BE DISQUALIFIED FROM SERVING ON CITY COUNCIL AFTER HIS REGRETTABLE HIT AND RUN EPISODE.
THIS IS A TRAGIC END TO A STELLAR CAREER.
AS A COUNCILMAN COUNCILMAN PERRY HAS SERVED OUR DISTRICT ADMIRABLY AND STOOD AS SOMETIMES THE SOLE VOICE OF FISCAL RESTRAINT AND REASON ON CITY COUNCIL.
HE'S WORKED TIRELESSLY TO IMPROVE SERVICES AND INFRASTRUCTURE IN DISTRICT 10.
HE'S BEEN FAR OUT IN FRONT IN BRINGING PROPERTY TAX AND REFORM AND RELIEF TO THE ENTIRE CITY, NOT JUST OUR DISTRICT.
ALL THAT FOCUS AND ENERGY WILL SOON BE GONE FOR CITIZENS IN DISTRICT 10.
COUNCILMAN PERRY'S OFFENSE WAS ONE OF CARELESSNESS AND BAD JUDGMENT, NOT ONE OF MALICE AND OR MALFEASANCE.
HE FAILED HIMSELF AND THE PEOPLE AROUND HIM, BUT HE NEVER BETRAYED HIS CONSTITUENTS.
WHETHER COUNCILMAN PERRY RESIGNS OR IS REMOVED FOR CAUSE IS NOT FOR US, THE GENERAL PUBLIC TO SAY THAT'S BETWEEN HIM AND CITY COUNCIL.
BUT REPLACING PERRY ON CITY COUNCIL IS A DIFFERENT MATTER.
THIS IS NOT REPLACING AN EMPLOYEE WHO HAS VIOLATED HIS TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT.
CITY COUNCIL DID NOT SELECT CLAYTON PERRY FOR THE CITY COUNCIL SEAT.
PERRY WAS ELECTED AND REELECTED BY THE VOTERS OF DISTRICT 10.
ANY REPLACEMENT SHOULD BE BASED ON PUBLIC INPUT FROM THOSE VOTERS.
THERE IS SOLID PRECEDENT FOR THIS.
IN FEBRUARY OF 2014, CITY COUNCIL UNANIMOUSLY SELECTED MIKE GALLAGHER AS THE INTERIM DISTRICT 10 COUNCILMAN TO REPLACE CARLTON SEWELLS, WHO IS RUNNING FOR BARAR COUNTY.
JUDGE GALLAGHER WAS OVERWHELMINGLY SUPPORTED BY VOTERS IN DISTRICT 10 AS THE PREFERRED REPLACEMENT.
WITHOUT SUCH INPUT CITY COUNCIL RISKS DISENFRANCHISING AN ENTIRE CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT.
UH, ANDY, DO YOU WANT TO PROVIDE SOME CLARIFICATIONS ON, ON THE, UH, ACTION TODAY BY COUNCIL? YES, MAYOR, I'M HAPPY TO DO THAT AGAIN.
THE, UH, RESOLUTION BEFORE COUNCIL IS A VOTE OF NO CONFIDENCE AND A VOTE ASKING COUNCILMAN PERRY TO VOLUNTARILY RESIGN.
UH, THE COUNCIL RIGHT NOW DOES NOT HAVE THE ABILITY TO REMOVE COUNCILMAN PERRY FROM OFFICE.
SO, AGAIN, TO CLARIFY, UH, THE RESOLUTION DOES NOT DO THAT IN ANY WAY, SHAPE OR FORM.
SECONDLY, AGAIN, I WOULD, I WOULD REMIND THE SPEAKERS THAT WE ARE NOT QUESTIONING THAT ALL THE MERITS OF ANY POLICY THAT COUNCILMAN PARITY IS FORWARD, UH, ON BEHALF OF HIS CONSTITUENTS.
UH, AND SO THAT IS NOT, UH, BEING CONSIDERED TODAY REALLY.
UM, SO, UH, WANNA REMIND ALSO THE SPEAKERS OF THAT.
DAVID PIERCE, FOLLOWED BY RAY BLANKENBERG.
I'M DAVID PIERCE, RESIDING AT, UH, 36 11 CYPRESS CAPE DISTRICT 10.
MR. MAYOR COUNSEL IS A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT 10.
I'M NOT IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, WHICH I READ ONLINE TO EITHER CENSURE OR ASKED FOR MR. PERRY'S RESIGNATION FOR THE FOLLOWING REASONS.
THIS MOTION BEFORE COUNCIL TODAY IS NO DOUBT, ONE THAT COMES OUT OF EXPEDIENCY AND A MOTION NOT EVALUATION OF THE TOTALITY OF FACTS OR A MAJORITY OF THE VOTERS WHO ELECTED MR. PERRY.
NO DOUBT MR. MAYOR AND OFFICER'S FILM OF THE EVENT HAS EXCITED YOU AND THE COUNCIL TO BRING THIS MOTION, BUT IT'S ONLY BASED UPON A SINGLE EVENT SHOWN TO ALL VIA OUR NEWS OUTLETS IN SHORT CLIPS, YET ABSENCE OF AGAIN, ALL THE FACTS, EVERY COUNCIL MEMBER PRESENT IS CERTAINLY AWARE THAT FILM COUPLED WITH FEELINGS NEVER TRULY REFLECTS THE TOTALITY OF A PERSON.
AND YOU CERTAINLY KNOW, YOU KNOW, MR. MAYOR FOR ON JUNE THE 4, 20 20 ON THE BEXAR COUNTY COURTHOUSE, YOU WERE FILMED STATING, I'M THE MAYOR OF THIS G D CITY, A COMMENT THAT WILL LIVE ON THROUGH THE WEB, YOUR MIND AND SOUL.
A COMMENT, I KNOW YOU REGRETTED, BUT IT HAPPENED IN A MOMENT OF TIME.
HOWEVER, YOUR CONDUCT AND COMMENT, AS I RECALL, GENERATED NO SIMILAR MOTION AS THE ONE BEFORE COUNSEL NOW BASED UPON YOUR MISTAKE AND SERIOUSLY BAD CHOICE OF WORDING.
NOW, THERE'S NO DOUBT THAT WHAT IS REPRESENTED ON AN OFFICER'S CAMERA WITH THE S A P D FILMED ON NOVEMBER THE EIGHTH OF 2022.
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IT DOES NOT MAKE MR. PERRY LOOK GOOD.AND NO DOUBT MR. PERRY WILL BE DEALING WITH SOME VERY SERIOUS JUDICIAL, FINANCIAL AND PHYSICAL MATTERS IN THE FUTURE.
BUT I SUBMIT TO ALL THE MISTAKE BY MR. PERRY MADE IN A MOMENT IN TIME LAST WEEK, DOES NOT WARRANT THIS COUNCIL'S CONSIDERATION.
IF IT DOES, THEN THE QUESTION BEFORE ALL OF YOU TODAY IS, WHO'S NEXT? WELL, I'M HERE TODAY SPEAKING AS A CITIZEN WITHIN DISTRICT 10.
I'VE NEVER PERSONALLY MET MR. PERRY.
HOWEVER, I DO HAVE HIS PERSONAL CELL NUMBER.
HE'S BEEN VERY RESPONSIVE TO THE NEEDS OF OUR ASSOCIATION DISTRICT AND THE HOMEOWNERS IN BULL GARDENS.
I'M ASKING ALL IN AUTHORITY TODAY TO NOT MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS MOTION AS THIS WILL DISENFRANCHISE THE VOTERS WHO ELECTED MR. PERRY.
AS FAR AS WE KNOW TODAY, THE PERSONAL ACT BY MR. PERRY IS NOT ONE OF SERIES OF ACTS.
HIS, UH, PROCLAIMING HIS POSITION, HE NEVER PROCLAIMED HIS POSITION, NOT ONE THAT VIOLATES ANY MORAL CLAUSE I'M AWARE OF, AND WHERE THERE IS NO EVIDENCE THAT THIS ACT HAS HAD OR WILL IMPAIR MR. PERRY'S ABILITY TO OPERATE AS A COUNCILPERSON.
MR. BLANKENBERG, YOU BE FOLLOWED BY MOLLY? YES.
UH, MR. MAYOR AND COUNCILMAN, I'VE HAD THE PLEASURE OF KNOWING CLAYTON PERRY FOR THE LAST SIX YEARS.
HE HAS 20 YEARS OF MILITARY EXPERIENCE, IS ONE OF THE REASONS I, AND A LOT OF PEOPLE VOTED FOR HIM DURING MY PRESIDENCY AT THE NORTHERN HILLS HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION.
CLAYTON WOULD COME OVER AND SPEAK AND UPDATE US ON HIS PROGRESS IN DISTRICT 10.
AFTER THE DISTRICT 10 MEETING, MANY OF US GATHERED AT THE BAR THERE AND WOULD SIT THERE AND HAVE A DRINK.
THERE WAS NEVER ANY TIME WHEN HE HAD MORE THAN ONE DRINK, AND THERE WAS NEVER ANY TIME HE DISRESPECTED THIS OFFICE.
WHENEVER I HAD A QUESTION, I WOULD TEXT HIM WITHIN 10 MINUTES, SOMEONE FROM HIS OFFICE, OR HE WOULD CALL ME WITH EITHER AN ANSWER OR THE DIRECT PERSON I NEEDED TO CONTACT TO GET THAT ANSWER.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HIS FIRST OFFENSE AND DID HE MAKE A BAD DECISION? HE HAS ADMITTED THAT.
BUT DOES HE, HE DESERVE TO LOSE HIS SEAT ON CITY COUNCIL? NO, HE DOES NOT EVERYONE NEEDS TO TAKE A LOOK IN YOUR CLOSET.
'CAUSE SOMEWHERE DEEP IN YOUR CLOSET, THERE MAY BE A SKELETON.
AND HAVE WE MADE BAD DECISIONS TO GET HIM BEHIND THE WHEEL? SOMETIMES? I THINK MOST ALL OF US HAVE.
THE ONLY DIFFERENCE IS HE GOT CAUGHT.
AND DOES HE DESERVE TO BE EXPELLED FROM COUNSEL? ABSOLUTELY.
MOLLY, THAT'S THE ONLY NAME I HAVE.
MR. MERKEL SHOULD BE FOLLOWED BY JAMES HAMILTON.
GOOD AFTERNOON, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
I'M A RESIDENT AT 4 4 4 6 BAYLESS SAN ANTONIO.
UM, I SENT EACH OF YOU AN EMAIL, UH, LAST NIGHT.
I COPIED YOU AS A GROUP, SO I'M JUST GONNA BASICALLY READ FROM IT.
I'M GONNA SKIP THE AGENDA ITEM SINCE YOU ALREADY READ IT.
MY RECOMMENDATION IS A VOTE NO ON THIS RESOLUTION.
I'M OKAY WITH SOME WARNING, BUT NOT A VOTE OF NO CONFIDENCE SINCE I STILL HAVE CONFIDENCE IN COUNCILMAN PERRY.
UH, THE REASONING IS THIS APPEARS TO BE A RUSH TO JUDGMENT FOR AN INCIDENT WHERE ALL THE FACTS ARE NOT YET KNOWN AND PROPERLY VETTED BY AN APPROPRIATE LEGAL PROCESS.
ANY APPOINTMENT PROCESS SHOULD INVOLVE WE THE PEOPLE, THE CITIZENS OF COUNCILMAN PERRY'S DISTRICT AND NOT THE EXISTING CITY COUNCIL.
IT SHOULD GO TO A REGULAR VOTE OF WE THE PEOPLE.
UM, I BASICALLY HAVE GIVEN MY QUALIFICATIONS, AND I'M JUST GONNA SAY IN CLOSING, THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION FOR CONSIDERING THIS PERSONAL OPINION BY ONE OF COUNCILMAN PERRY'S REPRESENTED CONSTITUENTS, A CONCERNED CITIZEN, ONE OF WE THE PEOPLE THE CITY COUNCIL SERVES.
MR. HAMILTON, YOU'D BE FOLLOWED BY TEUS GUTIERREZ.
WELL, I WAS LISTENING TO EVERYTHING THAT WAS BEING SAID.
AND, UM, UH, MR. PERRY IS TALKING ABOUT HIS MILITARY SERVICE, UH, HIS SERVICE TO THE, UH, CITY COUNCIL OF SAN ANTONIO.
YOU KNOW, UH, HE'S NOT ASKING, UH,
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UH, FOR THESE PEOPLE TO HAVE COMPASSION ON 'EM.WHAT HE'S ASKING FOR IS WHITE PRIVILEGE.
WHITE SUPREMACY IS WHAT HE'S ASKING FOR.
THERE'S A LOT OF BLACK AND BROWN PEOPLE HERE IN SAN ANTONIO THAT DON'T GET TO TAKE A SABBATICAL BECAUSE THEY GET A D W I CHARGE AND RUN INTO SOME PEOPLE.
IF I DRIVE OUTTA HERE TODAY DRUNK AND THE POLICE PULL ME OVER, THEY'RE GONNA TAKE ME IN JAIL AND KEEP ME IN THERE WITH A HIGH BOND, PROBABLY SOMETHING I COULDN'T AFFORD.
AND, UH, AND HE'S ASKING FOR YOUR COMPASSION.
WHEN SOMEBODY THAT LOOKS LIKE ME, UH, DO THE SAME THING, THEY GONNA WANNA LOCK 'EM UP.
UH, DUE PROCESS TO ME IS SITTING IN A JAIL CELL MAKING BOND AND THEN, UH, LOSE MY JOB BECAUSE I GOT CHARGED WITH THE CRIMINAL EVENTS.
HE'S ASKING FOR SOMETHING THAT EVERY OTHER PERSON HERE IN SAN ANTONIO DON'T GET.
YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T HAVE OUR COMPASSION AND YOU'RE NOT GONNA GET A WHITE PRIVILEGE ON THIS.
AND IF YOU'RE GONNA RE RERUN AGAIN, OR IF THEY FIND YOU NOT GUILTY, UH, MAYBE YOU MIGHT GET YOUR SEAT DONE.
OBVIOUSLY YOU HAVE SOME SUPPORTERS BACK HERE, BUT THEY ASKING FOR YOU TO HAVE SPECIAL PRIVILEGES THAT THE REST OF US HERE IN SAN ANTONIO DON'T HAVE.
AND ALL OF Y'ALL THAT'S GONNA VOTE FOR WHITE PRIVILEGE AND GIVING HIM SPECIAL PRIVILEGES THAT THE REST OF THE PEOPLE IN SAN ANTONIO DON'T HAVE, WE GONNA VOTE YOU OUT.
ALL THE BLACK AND BROWN PEOPLE AND PEOPLE THAT AGREE THAT MR. PERRY SHOULDN'T HAVE SPECIAL PRIVILEGES, RIGHT, WHICH HE'S ASKING FOR.
GO THROUGH DUE PROCESS, AND IF THEY FIND YOU'RE NOT GUILTY, RUN AGAIN.
THAT'S HOW IT'S SUPPOSED TO GO.
THERE AIN'T NO SPECIAL PRIVILEGES OR PASSES.
YOU'VE DONE ALL THIS TIME IN THE MILITARY.
YOU KNOW BETTER WHEN YOU TOOK THAT DRINK AND DROVE DOWN THE STREET AND HIT THOSE PEOPLE AND CUSSED PEOPLE OUTTA THAT.
BILL MILLER'S, YOU KNOW, BETTER.
YOU SHOULD BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE JUST LIKE EVERYONE ELSE.
AND YOU KNOW THAT AFTER THIS MEETING TODAY, I DEMAND THAT YOU RESIGN BECAUSE YOU KNOW BETTER.
TEEZ GUTIERREZ, MS. GUTIERREZ.
MS. ESTES, YOU'LL BE FOLLOWED BY DONNA DOZIER.
MAYOR, FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS, THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME THIS TIME.
I WANNA TELL YOU ABOUT THE CLAYTON.
I KNOW THE CLAYTON THAT SUPPORTS WOUNDED WARRIORS.
THE CLAYTON I MET WILL SUPPORT THOSE WARRIORS, THE CLAYTON THAT HAS SHOWN UP FOR THIS CITY TIME AND TIME WHEN I WAS DELIGHTED TO HAVE HIM RUN AS OUR COUNCIL MEMBER.
HE HAS NOT ONLY GOTTEN A HOMESTEAD TAX EXEMPTION FOR ALL OF SAN ANTONIO, BUT HE'S GOTTEN RED LIGHTS PUT AT THE INTERSECTION OF WIENER AND RANDOLPH BOULEVARD.
HE'S DOING THE REVITALIZATION OF HARRY WACH AND AUSTIN HIGHWAY.
SO I ASK YOU TODAY TO HAVE THAT VOTE OF NO ON THIS RESOLUTION AND PUT YOURSELF IN A POSITION THAT IT MIGHT HAPPEN TO YOU ONE DAY.
MS. DOZIER, YOU'LL BE FOLLOWED BY LAWN JET.
UM, I AM A CITIZEN OF THE DISTRICT 10, AND I'M ALSO THE PRESIDENT OF SIERRA NORTH CITIZEN ON ALERT.
UM, I'M HERE TO, UM, ASK THE COUNCILMAN TO, UH, NOT RESIGN.
BASICALLY, IT'S ABOUT CUSTOMER SERVICE.
UH, OUR DISTRICT HAS RECEIVED THE BEST CUSTOMER SERVICE, UH, THAT WE CAN POSSIBLY RECEIVE.
UH, WHEN WE HAVE A CONCERN, THE CONCERN GETS ADDRESSED.
THE TEAM THAT WORKS WITH, UH, COUNCILMAN PERRY, UH, IS A WELL KNIT TEAM.
THIS TEAM RESPONDS TO THE RESIDENTS OF THE DISTRICT, AND WE, UM, WOULD BE A DISSERVICE WOULD BE DONE TO US, UH, TO, UH, LOSE OUR COUNCILMAN.
AND I DO, UH, YOU KNOW, I LISTENED TO THE GENTLEMAN, UH, BEFORE, AND IF THAT GENTLEMAN WITH ALL DUE RESPECT WAS, UH, COUNCILMAN PERRY, AND IF HE PROVIDED THE CU CUSTOMER SERVICE THAT WE
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RECEIVED, I WOULD BE UP HERE TO SUPPORT THAT GENTLEMAN.UH, I GREW UP IN A COLORBLIND, UH, WORLD, AND I, I'M, UH, OF MIXED RACE, UH, ETHNICITY.
I DON'T, UH, EXPECT ANY PRIVILEGES, BUT I'M ABOUT CUSTOMER SERVICE AND I'M ASKING, UH, THE COUNCIL TODAY TO, UH, PLEASE.
YOU KNOW, I I THINK THAT THIS IS A, UH, UM, UH, AN UNFORTUNATE SITUATION.
UM, YOU KNOW, I'M, I'M NOT EVEN SURE WHY YOU GUYS ARE DOING THIS, BUT WHY IS, ARE YOU IN SUCH A HURRY TO, UM, PUSH SOMETHING LIKE THIS? AND, UM, DISTRICT 10, I BELIEVE THERE WOULD BE EVEN MORE PEOPLE HERE.
BUT THIS IS A WORKING DISTRICT AND I HAD TO TAKE TIME OFF OF FROM WORK TO COME DOWN HERE.
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I'VE EVER BEEN HERE TO SPEAK IN FRONT OF YOU.
AND, UM, I FEEL THAT, UH, UH, AGAIN, UH, I ECHO SOME OF THE SENTIMENTS OF THE PREVIOUS, UH, DISTRICT 10, UH, CITIZENS WE WANNA SAY IN WHO REPRESENTS US.
UH, WE DO NOT WANT YOU GUYS TO HAVE A SAY IN WHO REPRESENTS US.
UM, THAT IS, THAT'S OUR, THAT'S OUR, UH, VOTE.
AND, UH, FOR, UH, YOU KNOW, THE COUNCILMAN PERRY HAS BEEN UNDER, I BELIEVE, EXTREME DURESS, UH, WORKING IN HIS POSITION.
UH, HE IS, UM, UH, THE LONE VOICE, I BELIEVE, OF SANITY.
BUT HE REPRESENTS OUR DISTRICT, UH, I THINK VERY WELL.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, IF DISTRICT 10 IS TRULY, UH, THE LAST CONSERVATIVE DISTRICT IN THE CITY, UM, I, I DON'T, I, I HOPE THAT WE'RE NOT, I HOPE THAT THERE ARE OTHER PEOPLE THAT BELIEVE IN FAMILY VALUES, YOU KNOW, THAT BELIEVE IN, UH, ALL OF THE THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT WE WANT TO TEACH OUR CHILDREN TO BE GOOD CITIZENS.
THANK YOU, MS. DOZIER LON JET.
MR. JET, YOU'LL BE FOLLOWED BY ANDREW CIO.
OKAY, MR. MAYOR, YOU KNOW, IN CITY COUNCIL, HOPE EVERYBODY'S DOING WELL TODAY.
UM, I'VE BEEN WITH THE DISTRICT 10 ALL MY LIFE.
UM, EVER SINCE, UH, UH, CLAYTON PERRY CAME ON BOARD, EVERYTHING'S TURNED AROUND POSITIVE.
EVERYTHING THAT HE DOES TURNS TO GOLD.
UH, I, I'M TELLING YOU THAT FROM EXPERIENCE, UH, WE NEED TO, IT'S COME TOGETHER.
GIVE HIM A PASS OR, UH, THINK IT'S ANYTHING OTHER THAN WHAT IT IS.
ALL RIGHT, LET'S VOTE NO, AND LET'S GET, LET'S GET THE BALL ROLLING ON SOMETHING ELSE.
WE GOT A BRAND NEW YEAR COMING UP, AND CLAYTON PERRY'S DONE A WHOLE LOT OF STUFF FOR THIS CITY, AND I'M SURE EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU HAS SOMETHING THAT YOU COULD SAY THAT'S GOOD ABOUT COUNCILMAN PERRY.
THERE'S GOTTA BE SOMEBODY, YOU KNOW, OUT HERE THAT, THAT, THAT COULD VOTE FOR HIM.
AND, AND IT WON'T TURN INTO SOMETHING THAT'S HUGE AND NEGATIVE.
OKAY? SO MY, UH, WHAT I WANNA DO IS I, DONNA DOZER AND I, WE WORKED ON THE, UH, THING TOGETHER.
ALL I JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW, IS THAT CLAYTON PERRY, UH, VOTE NO THANK YOU, MR. JET.
ANDREW VAIO, FOLLOWED BY PEGGY SUE WILSON KO.
SO, UH, I WOKE UP THIS MORNING, YOU KNOW, AND I WAS THINKING ABOUT THE SITUATION.
I'M ANDREW CENTA, RETIRED COMBAT VETERAN, 22 YEARS OF SERVICE.
AND, UM, I WOKE UP THIS MORNING, I KIND OF THOUGHT ABOUT THIS, AND IT'S LIKE THE INVESTIGATION ON COUNCILMAN PERRY HASN'T EVEN BEEN COMPLETED YET.
SO WHY ARE WE RUSHING INTO THIS? AND SO THIS REMINDS ME OF A SIMILAR SITUATION WITH ALAN WARWICK, WHERE IF MEMORY SERVES ME CORRECT, HE WAS NOT PLACED IN A SITUATION OF VOTE, NO CONFIDENCE.
AND ACTUALLY, HE WAS ACTUALLY, UH, ALLOWED TO COMPLETE HIS, UM, HIS, UH, COUNSEL TERM.
SO THAT SITUATION KIND OF LIKE RINGS IN MY MIND TOO.
AND FROM WHAT I RECOLLECT, HE WAS INTOXICATED.
I DON'T KNOW THE DETAILS TO IT, BUT I KINDA LIKE DELVED INTO IT A LITTLE BIT.
AND IT SEEMS LIKE SITUATION KIND OF LINES UP THAT WAY.
UM, IT'S JUST, UH, TO, YOU KNOW, JUST THIS, THIS VOTE OF NO CONFIDENCE, I THINK IS, IS BEING RUSHED INTO.
AND, UM, JUST PRE PRETTY MUCH, UH, ALL I HAVE TO SAY IS, UH, I THINK COUNCILMAN PERRY IS, IS, IS A GOOD MAN.
AND ALSO, BY THE WAY, CA COUNCILMAN BRAVO, UM, I KNOW THAT I DON'T AGREE WITH NOTHING YOU DO, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT, I THINK YOU'RE BEING TREATED UNFAIRLY AS WELL.
SO, UM, THAT'S PRETTY MUCH ALL I HAVE TO SAY.
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ACTUALLY THAT PEOPLE LEFT.'CAUSE THIS IS AN IMPORTANT MATTER.
UM, AND I KNOW THIS IS A SOMBER EVENT, BUT CAN WE AT LEAST ALL START BY AGREEING ON TWO THINGS? NUMBER ONE, IT'S A BAD HAIR DAY.
AND NUMBER TWO, NO ONE ON EITHER SIDE OF THE AISLE IS HAPPY OR PROUD ABOUT WHAT TRANSPIRED.
COUNCILMAN PERRY WAS NOT ELECTED BY THE PEOPLE BECAUSE OF ONE GOOD EVENT OR ONE GOOD THING.
HE WAS ELECTED BECAUSE HE'S GENUINELY A CARING, COMPASSIONATE PERSON WITH A LIFETIME OF ACHIEVEMENTS.
HE SPENT COUNTLESS HOURS OF DEDICATION AND VOLUNTEER WORK.
THIS WAS AN ACCIDENT, NOT A PRE-PLANNED CRIMINAL CONSPIRACY OR COVERUP.
AND IN FACT, HE NEVER USED HIS POSITION IN AN ATTEMPT TO ALTER THE EVENTS THAT OCCURRED.
CAN YOU OR I SAY, WE WOULD'VE DONE THE SAME THING IN THAT SITUATION? I HAVE EVEN MORE CONFIDENCE IN YOU FOR THE WAY YOU DIDN'T BRING THAT UP.
THERE WAS A VIRAL VIDEO, AND NOW WE ALL HAVE BECOME JUDGE AND JURY ON WHAT MAKES A GOOD MAN.
CLAYTON PERRY HAS OWNED UP TO HIS ACTIONS.
THIS SHOULD NOW BE A MATTER FOR THE COURTS TO DECIDE.
I STILL HAVE CONFIDENCE IN HIM AND IN OUR COURTS.
WE SHOULD ALL STAY IN OUR OWN LANES.
VOTERS CAN SUBMIT A RECALL PETITION IF THEY'VE LOST CONFIDENCE.
AND WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, WE DID NOT VOTE FOR THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL TO CONDUCT A TRIAL BY TWITTER.
GET IN BETWEEN PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS AND GET INTO ALL THIS DRAMA THAT ENSUES.
THIS SHOULD NOT BE JUDGED, JUDY, AND WE ARE WASTING TAXPAYER RESOURCES RIGHT NOW.
LEAVE THE DRAMA AT THE DOOR AND LET'S GET BACK TO THE BUSINESS OF IMPROVING THIS GREAT CITY.
THERE ARE NOT SCORES OF PEOPLE HERE CHANTING FOR HIM THAT THEY'VE LOST CONFIDENCE.
COUNCILMAN PERRY HAS HELPED OUR COMMUNITY.
HE'S ATTENDED EVENTS AFTER HOURS AND ON WEEKENDS.
HE HAS GIVEN US A SEAT AT THE TABLE AND HELPS US RESOLVE OUR PROBLEMS REGARDLESS OF OUR P POLITICAL DIFFERENCES.
I CONSIDER HIM A FRIEND AND I RESPECT HIM, EVEN THOUGH, WELL, I, I'M SORRY.
I CONSIDER HIM A FRIEND AND I RESPECT HIM, AND I'M CONFIDENT HE'S GOING TO END UP A STRONGER PERSON AT THE END OF THIS.
WE, THE PEOPLE VOTED HIM INTO OFFICE, AND I DO NOT GIVE ANY OF YOU MY VOTE TO REPLACE HIM.
IT SHOULD BE LEFT TO A VOTE OF THE PEOPLE BY THE PEOPLE.
AND COUNCILMAN PERRY, PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT I PERSONALLY OR MY HUSBAND CAN DO TO SUPPORT YOU IN THIS JOURNEY.
YOU'LL BE FOLLOWED BY CESARIO GARCIA.
THANK YOU GUYS FOR GIVING US AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TODAY.
LET ME SAY THAT, UM, CLAYTON PERRY'S DONE MORE FOR OUR COMMUNITY THAN ANY OTHER COUNCILMAN IN RECENT HISTORY.
HE ALWAYS ANSWERS THE PHONE WHEN WE CALL.
AND IF HE DOESN'T HAVE AN ANSWER FOR US, HE'LL ALWAYS GET AN ANSWER FOR US.
I HOPE THAT Y'ALL DON'T MISUNDERSTAND OUR SUPPORT FOR CLAYTON PERRY TODAY.
NONE OF US THAT ACTUALLY SUPPORT MR. PERRY ARE HAPPY WITH THE EVENTS THAT HAVE TAKEN PLACE THUS FAR.
NONE OF US ARE HAPPY ABOUT IT.
ALL OF US WISH THAT, UM, IT WOULDN'T HAVE HAPPENED.
HOWEVER, THE PEOPLE OF DISTRICT 10 VOTED FOR MR. PERRY.
WE VOTED TO PUT HIM IN OFFICE, NOT YOU GUYS.
LET THAT SINK IN FOR A SECOND.
YOU GUYS ARE ASKING HIM TODAY TO RESIGN.
YOU GUYS DIDN'T VOTE FOR HIM? WE DID.
AS SUCH, I BELIEVE THAT WE, THE PEOPLE OF DISTRICT 10 SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO MAKE THE DECISION WHETHER HE STAYS IN OFFICE AS WE'RE THE ONES THAT ELECTED HIM, NOT YOU.
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SO I ASK YOU TODAY TO RESPECT DISTRICT TEN'S VOTE AND STOP WHAT YOU GUYS ARE TRYING TO DO TODAY.THANK YOU, MR. SCHMUEL CESARIO GARCIA, FOLLOWED BY JEFFREY MCMANUS.
I FIND MY, HERE MY, I FIND MYSELF HERE DUE TO RECENT EVENTS AS A CITIZEN OF THIS GREAT NATION, A TEXAN.
AND WE AS SAN ANTONIO SHOULD BE WORRIED.
THE ONGOING, ONGOING INCIDENT, WHICH INVOLVED COUNCILMAN PERRY IS SUBJECT TO DUE PROCESS.
AND IF THIS IS, IF THIS ELECTED BODY IS UNWILLING TO ALLOW THE LAW, THE LAND TO BE CONDUCTED, THEN THEY TOO ARE SUBJECT TO THE SAME SCRUTINY, PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE.
HAS AN INTERNAL INVESTIGATION BEEN CONDUCTED? IF SO, WHEN? AND TO WHAT END? THIS MOTION IS A WASTE OF TIME AND TAXPAYER'S MONEY.
DID HIS ACTIONS CAUSE IRREVOCABLE HARM TO THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO? THAT'S THE THIRD QUESTION.
WHAT IS THE REAL MOTIVATION BEHIND THIS MOTION? NOW, DO NOT CONDONE WHAT MR. PERRY DID.
HOWEVER, TO FAST TRACK A VOTE OF NO CONFIDENCE IN THIS MANNER IS UNPRECEDENTED.
EQUALLY, IF THERE IS AN AGENDA FOR TODAY'S VOTE, IT IS UNREASONABLE AND DANGEROUS.
THE CHARTER OF THE CITY CANNOT BE BRUSHED AWAY OR USED AS A POLITICAL WEAPON.
I END WITH THIS COLLEGIANS 13, 12.
WELL, THREE 12 TO THREE 13 PUT ON THEN AS GOD'S CHOSEN, ONES, HOLY AND BELOVED, COMPASSIONATE HEARTS, KINDNESS, HUMANITY OR HUMILITY, MEEKNESS AND PATIENCE BEARING WITH ONE ANOTHER, FORGIVING EACH OTHER AS THE LORD HAS FORGIVEN YOU.
MR. MCMANUS, YOU BE FOLLOWED BY PATRICK VON DOLAN.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL PEOPLE.
WHEN I, UH, SIGNED UP TO SPEAK, IT WAS MY CONCERN FOR DUE PROCESS, THAT DUE PROCESS IS NOT NECESSARY.
THANK YOU, CLAYTON, FOR ACKNOWLEDGING YOUR HEIRS.
I BELIEVE THAT THE COUNCIL SHOULD GIVE HIM TIME TO REFLECT AND DECIDE ON HIS OWN WHAT DIRECTION HE SHOULD TAKE.
I DON'T BELIEVE THE COUNCIL SHOULD TAKE THIS ACTION TODAY.
IT MIGHT BE MORE APPROPRIATE TO TABLE IT.
ALLOW CLAYTON PERRY TIME TO GO DO HIS REFLECTION, COME BACK AND DETERMINE WHAT THE PROPER PATH FOR HIM SHOULD BE IN THE FUTURE.
CRAIG, COURTNEY, CRAIG, COURTNEY.
MR. COURTNEY, YOU'LL BE FOLLOWED BY JACK FINGER.
I'D LIKE TO THANK THE COUNSEL, MAYOR NURNBERG, FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL.
UH, I'M HERE TO SUPPORT MY, UH, EXPRESS MY SINCERE SUPPORT TO HONORABLE COUNCILMAN CLAYTON PERRY.
I'VE KNOWN CLAYTON PERRY FOR CLOSE TO 30 YEARS.
PERSONALLY, I'D LIKE TO THANK HIM, NUMBER ONE FOR HIS SERVICE FOR OUR COUNTRY AS A DEDICATED VETERAN.
I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO OUR CITY AS A STEADY VOICE AND VOICE OF REASON ON THE CITY COUNCIL, AND FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP THAT YOU'VE EXHIBITED THROUGHOUT YOUR YEARS ON THE CITY COUNCIL.
I UNDERSTAND THE PURPOSE OF TODAY'S MEETING IS TO HOLD A VOTE FOR NO CONFIDENCE FOR CITY COUNCILMAN PERRY.
BASED ON THE ACTIONS SEEN ON TV, UH, I GUESS I'M AT A LOSS FOR UNDERSTANDING THE TIMING AND PURPOSE OF TODAY'S PROCEEDINGS.
AS A CITIZEN OF THIS GREAT COUNTRY, THIS GREAT STATE, AND THIS GREAT CITY, I BELIEVE WE ARE A NATION OF LAWS.
WE BELIEVE IN DUE PROCESS THAT INCLUDES THE PREMISE OF INNOCENCE, RULES OF EVIDENCE AND JUDGMENT BY PEERS.
YET, COUNCIL PERRY IS BEING DENIED ALL OF THIS BASED ON TODAY'S PROCEEDINGS, WHICH I THINK IS AN, AN OUTRIGHT SHAME.
THIS IS A RACE RUSH TO JUDGMENT BASED ON TRIAL BY TV.
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THIS IS PURE POLITICAL THEATER.NOWHERE IN THE CITY CHARGER DOES IT SAY A CITY COUNCILMAN IS ELECTED BY FEDERAL CI COUNCILMAN.
THAT DECISION IS LEFT TO THE VOTERS OF DISTRICT 10 ONCE DUE PROCESS.
AND OUR SYSTEM OF JUSTICE IS ADHERED TO, AND THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE HAVE SPOKEN.
I DOUBT SERIOUSLY ANY OF YOU WOULD WANT YOUR OWN WARTS OR GHOST IN THE CLOSET.
YET HERE YOU ARE CASTING YOUR OWN STONES.
I WOULD IMPLORE YOU TO SHOW GRACE AND RESTRAINT AND RESPECT FOR CLAYTON PERRY, AND ALLOW THE SYSTEM OF JUSTICE TO PLAY OUT.
HE HAS SERVED HONORABLY, HE HAS DEMONSTRATED LEADERSHIP.
HE'S ACCEPTED RESPONSIBILITY FOR HIS ACTIONS.
AND AS CITIZENS OF THIS COUNTRY, AND AS CITIZENS OF THE CITY, AND AS CITY COUNCILMAN AND THE MAYOR, YOU OUGHT TO RESPECT THAT, AND YOU OUGHT TO LET THE DUE PROCESS PLAY OUT.
JACK FINGER, MR. FINGER, YOU BE FOLLOWED BY MELINDA COX, MAYOR NURENBERG, OTHER MEMBERS OF THE SAN ANTONIO CITY COUNCIL.
FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS JACK M FINGER.
TODAY'S PROPOSED ACTION THAT OF A RESOLUTION, UH, IS LARGELY SYMBOLIC.
IT, UH, IT REALLY HAS NO REAL WEIGHT.
UM, AND, UH, SINCE WE STILL LIVE UNDER A CONSTITUTION, UH, MR. PERRY IS STILL ENTITLED TO HIS, UH, HIS DAY IN A COURT OF LAW, NOT IN A COURT OF PUBLIC OPINION.
NOW, MR. PERRY, IF YOU BELIEVE THAT THE ACTIONS YOU TOOK, UH, THAT NIGHT, WELL, WE'RE NOT THAT OF A REPREHENSIBLE BAD EXAMPLE TO SET FOR AN ELECTED REPRESENTATIVE BY YOUR OWN VOLITION OR THROUGH YOUR NEGLIGENCE.
WELL THEN, SIR, I SAY STAND YOUR GROUND.
STAND YOUR GROUND, AND LET THE DISTRICT 10 CONSTITUENTS DECIDE YOUR FATE.
YOU'VE ASKED FOR A SABBATICAL, AND I'D SAY THAT'S PROBABLY A, A GOOD IDEA.
BUT IN THE MEANTIME, IF THAT MEANS THAT OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS, MONTHS, OR YEAR, WHATEVER, UH, YOU CANNOT BE AT YOUR DAAS HERE, WELL, THEN THAT MEANS THAT THE CITY COUNCIL HAS TO MAKE A DECISION AT THAT POINT.
AND YES, UM, SYMBOLISM IS, IS ONE THING.
BUT PLEASE UNDERSTAND THAT IF YOU, AS A CITY COUNCIL TRIED TO GO AHEAD WITH THIS RESOLUTION TODAY, IT REALLY IS PREMATURE, YOU SHOULD, YOU NEED TO GIVE AT LEAST OF TWO OR THREE CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS WITHOUT MR. PERRY PRESENT TO START SAYING, WELL, THE DISTRICT 10 NEEDS TO WEIGH IN ON THIS.
AND WE DON'T HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE HERE.
IF YOU, UM, IF YOU TAKE THIS ACTION TODAY, ESSENTIALLY WHAT YOU'RE, SAY YOU'RE SHOWING TO THE REST OF US IS THAT, UH, YOU CANNOT WAIT TO GET RID OF THE ONLY CONSERVATIVE VOICE THERE IS ON THE SAN ANTONIO CITY COUNCIL.
WELL, BEFORE WE BEGIN OUR DISCUSSION, UH, LET ME ASK FOR A MOTION ON THE ITEM, MOVE TO APPROVE.
WAS THERE, THERE, THERE WAS A MOTION.
A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR THE ITEM.
LET ME TURN IT OVER TO ANDY FOR A MOMENT AND TO CLARIFY PROCEDURE AND OUTLINE AGAIN, UH, FOR THE BETTERMENT OF THE DIOCESE, AS WELL AS FOLKS WHO HAVE COME OUT HERE TO SPEAK WHAT WE ARE ACTUALLY DOING TODAY WITH THIS ITEM.
TO CLARIFY THE, THE RESOLUTION, IF THAT IS BEFORE COUNCIL TODAY, UH, DOES NOT, IT, IT VOTED ON, IT DOES NOT REMOVE COUNCILMAN PERRY FROM OFFICE.
IT IS A, AGAIN, A VOTE OF NO CONFIDENCE
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IN COUNCILMAN PERRY.AND IT CALLS ON COUNCILMAN PERRY TO VOLUNTARILY AND I UNDERSCORE TO VOLUNTARILY RESIGN.
SO THAT'S THE RESOLUTION BEFORE THE COUNCIL.
UM, AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, UH, WHEN THE RESOLUTION WAS POSTED, UH, THAT WAS BEFORE COUNCILMAN PERRY, UH, MADE HIS, UM, PUBLIC COMMENTS HERE AT THE DAIS, UM, IN WHICH HE TALKED ABOUT TAKING AN EXTENDED LEAVE OF ABSENCE.
UH, WE DO WANNA REMIND COUNCIL THAT THERE IS A PROVISION IN THE CITY CODE UNDER SECTION 2 36 THAT DEFINES A PROCESS FOR APPOINTING A REPLACEMENT COUNCIL MEMBER IN THE EVENT OF A TEMPORARY VACANCY.
UH, IF THE COUNCIL WANTS TO BE PREPARED, UH, TO INITIATE THAT PROCESS, UH, THEY CAN DO SO TODAY.
UM, I WILL OUTLINE THAT THAT PROCESS IS ONE WHICH WILL, UH, AT LEAST ENSURE THAT, UH, DISTRICT 10 WILL NOT BE IN A POSITION IN WHICH THEY ARE NOT BEING REPRESENTED, UH, DURING THE, UH, LEAVE OF ABSENCE OR TEMPORARY VACANCY.
UM, IT DOES OUTLINE THE PROCESS FOR DOING THAT.
IT CALLS FOR THE CITY CLERK TO DO A POSTING.
IT CALLS FOR THE RECEIPT OF APPLICATIONS, AND IT CALLS FOR A B SESSION IN WHICH THE APPLICANTS ARE NARROWED DOWN TO AT LEAST, I'M SORRY, TO AT MOST THREE APPLICANTS THAT THE CITY COUNCIL CAN THEN CONSIDER FOR APPOINTMENT AT THE FOLLOWING MEETING.
SO, I DID WANNA ADVISE COUNCIL THAT THERE IS A PROCESS UNDER THE CITY CODE FOR A TEMPORARY LEAVE OF ABSENCE.
UH, IF THEY FOLLOW THAT, IF YOU ELECT TO FOLLOW THAT PROCESS, AGAIN, WE WILL FOLLOW THAT APPOINTMENT PROCESS.
UM, WITH THE ONE, UH, EXCEPTION, WE MAY HAVE TO ADJUST THE DATE SO THAT WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO APPOINT SOMEONE BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR.
UH, BUT ONE THING I DO WANNA STRESS IN THE PROCESS IS IF AND WHEN COUNCILMAN PERRY ADVISES THE COUNCIL THAT HE'S READY TO RETURN, THEN HE RETURNS AGAIN.
THIS IS A PROCESS FOR A TEMPORARY ABSENCE FROM CITY COUNCIL.
UM, AND ONCE AGAIN, THE RESOLUTION BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL, UH, IF ACTED UPON, WILL NOT RESULT IN COUNCILMAN PERRY, UH, LEAVING OFFICE UN UNLESS AGAIN, HE VOLUNTARILY RESIGNS.
WE'LL RESUME OUR DISCUSSION ON THE ITEM NOW.
COUNCILS MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ.
AND THANK YOU FOR EVERYONE WHO MADE TIME TO SPEAK.
THIS IS A HORRIBLE TIME FOR SAN ANTONIO AND HAS INCLUDED SOME OF THE MOST DIFFICULT MONTHS OF MY TENURE.
NOT BECAUSE OF ISSUES OR POLICY, BUT BECAUSE OF THE STANDARDS THAT WE HAVE NOT MET AS A COUNCIL.
WE ARE AS COUNCIL MEMBERS, REPRESENTATIVE OF OUR, OF OUR DISTRICT, BUT WE ARE ALSO REPRESENTATIVE OF EACH OTHER AND OUR COUNCIL AS A COLLECTIVE BODY.
COUNCILMAN PERRY HAS BEEN A FANTASTIC COUNCILMAN.
HE HAS BEEN A WONDERFUL COLLEAGUE TO ME, AND VERY RARELY HAS HE SURPRISED ME.
AND I CAN RESPECT THAT VERY MUCH IN AN ELECTED OFFICIAL AND IN A COLLEAGUE.
I ALSO UNDERSTAND THE GREATER LEVELS OF SCRUTINY THAT WE RECEIVE AS PUBLIC FIGURES, AS ELECTED OFFICIALS.
WE GO THROUGH LIFE-CHANGING EVENTS PUBLICLY.
WE EXPERIENCE TRAGIC LOSS PUBLICLY, AND WE MAKE MISTAKES BIG AND SMALL PUBLICLY.
BUT WITH THE TRUST OUR CONSTITUENTS PLACE IN US, THEY'RE OWED THAT RIGHT.
AND AS UNFAIR AS IT MAY FEEL TO US IN OUR MOST CHALLENGING MOMENTS, WE ARE OWED THAT SCRUTINY.
AND WHEN WE MAKE MISTAKES, HOW WE MAKE THEM IS IMPORTANT, AND HOW WE TAKE ACCOUNTABILITY FOR THEM IS IMPORTANT.
AND I'VE BEEN SURPRISED AND DISAPPOINTED IN HOW THESE EVENTS HAVE UNFOLDED.
COUNCILMAN PERRY MAINTAINS HIGH STANDARDS FOR HIMSELF AND HIS COLLEAGUES AS HE SHOULD.
AND THESE EVENTS HAVE UNCHARACTERISTICALLY NOT MET THESE STANDARDS.
THE MISTAKE WAS NOT WITHOUT A VICTIM, A VICTIM WHO DID NOT KNOW THAT THE PERSON WHO DESTROYED THEIR CAR AND LEFT THEM THERE WITHOUT CONCERN FOR THEIR SAFETY OR WELLBEING AS A COUNCIL MEMBER, AND THAT THEIR LOSS WOULD BE MADE PUBLIC.
AND UNTIL TODAY, THE ONLY APOLOGY WAS FOR WHATEVER HASSLE WAS CAUSED A VOTE OF NO CONFIDENCE FOR ME.
AND A CALL FOR RESIGNATION IS NOT ABOUT THE RELATIONSHIP I'VE BUILT WITH COUNCILMAN PERRY.
IT IS NOT ABOUT THE AGREEMENTS OR DISAGREEMENTS WE HAVE.
IT IS NOT ABOUT MY VISION FOR DISTRICT 10.
I AM INCREDIBLY GRATEFUL THAT HE'LL BE SEEKING HELP.
I BELIEVE HE HAS A VIBRANT, HEALTHY FUTURE AHEAD OF HIM, REGARDLESS OF WHAT POSITION HE HOLDS OR THE OUTCOME OF THESE EVENTS.
BUT FOLLOWING THE EVENTS THAT TOOK PLACE, THERE IS NO WAY THAT OUR CONSTITUENTS CAN HAVE THE SAME LEVEL OF TRUST IN US AS A BODY.
AND THAT'S WHAT MY VOTE IS ABOUT TODAY.
THERE ARE LINGERING QUESTIONS MY CONSTITUENTS HAVE, HAD IT BEEN THEM, WOULD THEY BE MET WITH THE GRACE THAT'S BEEN SHOWN? CAN WE AS A COUNCIL, OPERATE BUSINESS AS USUAL WHILE THIS LINGERS OVER US? DO COUNCILMAN PERRY'S POLITICAL VALUES OR HOW EFFECTIVE HE'S BEEN FOR HIS CONSTITUENTS? GIVE HIM A PASS FOR THE PAIN HE'S CAUSED SOMEONE.
COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ, COUNCIL MEMBER BRAVO DRINKING AND DRIVING AND A HIT AND RUN ARE SERIOUS CRIMES.
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THE EVIDENCE AGAINST COUNCILMAN PERRY THAT HAS BEEN MADE PUBLIC TO DATE LOOKS DAMNING.BUT THERE IS A JUDICIAL PROCESS IN PLACE FOR HANDLING PERRY'S ACTIONS.
AND WE SHOULD LET THAT PLAY PROCESS PLAY OUT IN THIS COUNTRY.
WE ARE SUPPOSED TO BE INNOCENT UNTIL PROVEN GUILTY.
OUR CITY CHARTER ALLOWS FOR REMOVAL OF A COUNCIL MEMBER WHO HAS BEEN CONVICTED OF A CRIME INVOLVING MORAL TURPITUDE.
THERE IS NO PROVISION FOR NO PROVISION FOR REMOVING SOMEONE WHO HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH A CRIME.
AT THE SAME TIME, QUESTIONS ARE BEING ASKED AS TO WHETHER AN ELECTED OFFICIAL IS BEING TREATED DIFFERENTLY THAN MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.
IF COUNCILMAN PERRY HAS BEEN TREATED THE SAME AS ANY OTHER SAN ANTONIO RESIDENT, THEN THE CITY NEEDS TO DO A BETTER JOB OF EXPLAINING THAT IN ORDER FOR THE PUBLIC TO HAVE MORE CONFIDENCE IN OUR GOVERNMENT.
YALE MEDICINE DEFINES ALCOHOLISM OR ALCOHOL USE DISORDER AS A CHRONIC BRAIN DISEASE CHARACTERIZED BY CONTINUED ALCOHOL USE DESPITE HARMFUL CONSEQUENCES.
HOW WILL THIS COUNCIL MODEL TREATING SOMEONE WHO IS BATTLING ALCOHOLISM? COUNCILMAN PERRY AND I OFTEN HAVE VERY DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES ON THE ISSUES THAT OUR CITY FACES.
YOU WON'T OFTEN FIND ME DEFENDING HIS POLICY POSITIONS, BUT THE FACT THAT WE ARE HERE TODAY PRESENTED WITH A VOTE, CALLING FOR COUNCILMAN PERRY TO RESIGN, FEELS RUSHED AND QUITE FRANKLY, FEELS MORE LIKE CAMPAIGNING FROM THIS DAIS RATHER THAN DOING THE WORK THAT WE WERE ELECTED TO DO.
I WILL BE ABSTAINING FROM VOTING ON THIS RESOLUTION, AND I HOPE THAT WE AS A COUNCIL CAN GET BACK TO WORK SERVING OUR DISTRICTS AND OUR CITY.
I DON'T HAVE, UH, PREPARED NOTES.
UM, I, I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT I WAS GONNA SAY TODAY.
UM, AND TO ME, UH, I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT YOU WERE GONNA SAY TODAY.
UM, I LISTENED TO YOUR STATEMENT THAT YOU MADE IN FRONT OF CAMERAS A COUPLE HOURS AGO, AND I, I LISTENED TO YOUR STATEMENT RIGHT NOW.
UH, WHAT COMES ACROSS CRYSTAL CLEAR IS, UM, THAT NUMBER ONE, YOU'VE APOLOGIZED TO, TO EVERYBODY.
UM, COUNCILMAN PERRY HAS, UH, TAKEN RESPONSIBILITY.
I HEARD HIM APOLOGIZE TO, UH, THE VICTIMS OF THE CAR CRASH.
I HEARD HIM APOLOGIZE TO ALL OF US AND ALL HIS NEIGHBORS AND HIS FAMILY.
AND I TAKE YOU AT YOUR WORD THAT, THAT YOU ARE, UH, THAT YOU'RE REPENTANT ABOUT, THAT I HEARD YOU ADMIT THAT YOU HAVE A PROBLEM.
AND I HEARD YOU TELL US THAT YOU ARE GOING TO BE SEEKING REHABILITATION FOR YOUR PROBLEM.
THAT'S EVEN MORE IMPORTANT TO ME.
TAKING OWNERSHIP PLUS KNOWING THAT YOU'VE GOT A PROBLEM ARE TWO VERY IMPORTANT STEPS OUT OF 12 THAT A LOT OF US ARE FAMILIAR WITH.
I HAVE PERSONAL EXPERIENCE WITH THIS.
I HAVE, UH, MULTIPLE FAMILY MEMBERS WHO HAVE STRUGGLED OR ARE CURRENTLY STRUGGLING WITH SOME RAGING AND VERY HORRIBLE AND VERY HEARTBREAKING ADDICTIONS AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE PROBLEMS. NONE OF THIS IS FUNNY.
NONE OF THIS, UM, SUBSTANCE ABUSE CONVERSATION SHOULD BE TAKEN LIGHTLY.
I'VE, I'VE, UH, VISITED WITH COUNCILMAN PERRY NOW FOR MORE THAN 72 HOURS.
UH, I DON'T THINK HE, HE AND I HAVE EVER SPOKEN THIS MUCH.
UM, BUT OVER AND OVER AGAIN AFTER THAT CONVERSATION I HAVE WITH HIM, IT BECOMES MORE AND MORE CONCRETE IN MY HEAD THAT THIS IS A MAN WORTHY OF, OF COMPASSION.
AND WHEN A HUMAN BEING SAYS, I NEED HELP, AND I NEED YOU TO HELP ME FIND THAT HELP, THEN I CONSIDER IT MY HUMAN OBLIGATION TO THROW HIM A LIFELINE.
NOW, WHETHER HE TAKES THE LIFELINE OR NOT, THAT'S UP TO HIM.
SO WITH THAT, I'VE REVIEWED THE RESOLUTION AND TO OUR CITY ATTORNEY, I'D LIKE YOU TO HELP ME TELL ME WHETHER OR NOT THE FOLLOWING MOTION, UM, IS, IS, YOU KNOW, UH, MEETS THE STANDARDS OF THE LAW.
NUMBER ONE, I'D LIKE TO CALL EVERYBODY'S ATTENTION TO THE FIFTH, WHEREAS IN THE PREAMBLE OF THE, UH, OF THE RESOLUTION AND WHERE IT SAYS DISTRICT 10 AT A PERIOD AFTER THAT AND STRIKE THE REMAINDER OF THAT, THE REMAINDER OF THAT SAYS THAT HE HAS NOT EXPRESSED REMORSE OR ACCOUNTABILITY.
I THINK THAT WE SAW SOMETHING DIFFERENT TODAY.
WHEREAS NUMBER EIGHT IN THE PREAMBLE MAKES REFERENCE TO ACCEPTING HIS RESIGNATION OR DEMANDING HIS RESIGNATION.
UM, I'M NOT GOING TO DO EITHER OF THOSE THINGS TODAY, AND I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT STRICKEN.
MY MOTION WOULD INCLUDE STRIKING SECTIONS THREE AND SECTION FOUR OF THE RESOLUTION, WHICH MAKES REFERENCE TO, UM, RESIGNATIONS AGAIN.
AND THAT WOULD BE THE END OF MY MOTION.
ANDY LEAVING THE REST OF IT UNDISTURBED.
UM, UM, IS THAT, IS THAT WORKABLE
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COUNCILMAN? UH, YES.AND TO SUMMARIZE YOUR MOTION, UH, YOU ARE ASKING TO AMEND THE RESOLUTION BEFORE COUNCIL TO EFFECTIVELY STRIKE THE LANGUAGE, WHICH REFERS TO NO REMORSE OR ACCOUNTABILITY IN THE FIFTH, WHEREAS CLAUSE, AND TO ALSO STRIKE THE CALL TO RESIGNATION LANGUAGE IN THE WHEREAS CLAUSES AND IN THE ACTUAL SECTIONS.
IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S MY MOTION.
THANK YOU FOR THE SECOND COUNCILMAN COURAGE.
UM, THE OTHER THING IS, I, I DO BELIEVE THAT PENDING, YOU KNOW, THAT DURING THE, UH, PENDENCY OF, OF THE LEAVE OF ABSENCE, WHETHER WE APPOINT AN INTERIM OR NOT, I THINK THIS DISTRICT IS IN GOOD HANDS.
I KNOW COUNCILMAN PERRY'S STAFF TO BE, UH, CONSUMMATE PROFESSIONALS.
I KNOW THAT THE SERVICE TO WHICH HIS CONSTITUENTS HAVE GROWN ACCUSTOMED WILL CONTINUE, UH, TO BE EXCELLENT.
AND I ALSO KNOW THAT THE MAYOR IS THE MAYOR OF DISTRICT 10, THE WAY HE'S THE MAYOR OF EVERY OTHER COUNCIL DISTRICT.
AND, UH, ALL OF US WERE ELECTED, UM, TO HELP RUN THE CITY AS A WHOLE.
UH, I THINK THAT THAT WORK WILL CONTINUE UNINTERRUPTED AS WELL.
MR. PERRY, UM, HAS A FAMILY AND I, I KNOW THAT HIS FAMILY'S ALSO VERY WORRIED ABOUT HIM.
I HOPE THAT AT THE END OF THE DAY, FOR THEIR SAKE, FOR HIS SAKE AND FOR THE SAKE OF, OF HIS REPUTATION AND ALL OF THE GOOD WORK THAT HE HAS IN HIS PAST, UM, AND FOR ALL OF THE POTENTIAL THAT I KNOW HE'S GONNA PUT TO WORK IN THE FUTURE, I HOPE THAT HE REALLY DOES USE THIS TIME TO REFLECT AND TO GET ON THE ROAD TO RECOVERY, AND TO EMBRACE THAT VERY AUTHENTICALLY AND TO GET RIGHT WITH GOD AND GET RIGHT WITH THE PROBLEM THAT HE FACES.
HE HAS ASSURED ME THAT THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT HE'S GONNA DO, AND I HAVE NO REASON TO BELIEVE THAT HE WON'T.
THERE WAS A MOTION AND A SECOND, UH, BY COUNCIL MEMBER PIAS TO REMOVE THE LANGUAGE RELATED TO SHOWING REMORSE.
I BELIEVE THAT WAS IN, UH, I FORGET WHICH.
WHEREAS CLAUSE WAS, IT'S IN THE FIFTH WHERE AS CLAUSE.
UH, MAYOR, AND AGAIN, IT'S STRIKING THE LANGUAGE THAT SAYS IT.
THERE IS NO EXPRESS LIMITED REMORSE OR ACCOUNTABILITY AS WELL AS THE LANGUAGE RELATED TO CALLING FOR RESIGNATION.
SO THAT IS THE MOTION THAT'S ON THE FLOOR, IF WE CAN HAVE DISCUSSION ON THAT AMENDMENT.
UH, COUNCIL MEMBER KEO HALBERDA.
MY, UH, MY FAITH DOES NOT ALLOW ME TO, UM, TO DENY A PERSON FORGIVENESS.
MY, MY LOYALTY AND MY SERVICE TO THIS COMMUNITY DOES NOT ALLOW ME TO JUST LET SOMETHING LIKE THIS GO AND NOT DEMAND ACCOUNTABILITY FOR OUR CITY.
I OFTEN SAY THAT I AM SAN ANTONIO.
I FEEL, UM, LIKE I HAVE, I REALLY UNDERSTAND OUR CITY, AND I THINK, AND I BELIEVE THAT OUR CITY IS A CITY OF FORGIVENESS AND COMPASSION.
AT THE SAME TIME, THERE HAS TO BE SOME ACCOUNTABILITY.
SO I SUPPORT THIS AMENDMENT GOING FORWARD.
I, I, I DO NOT WANT TO CALL FOR COUNCILMAN PERRY'S RESIGNATION.
UM, I DO BELIEVE THAT THAT'S NOT MY ROLE.
UM, SO I SUPPORT THIS AMENDMENT AND I SAY THAT, UM, I ASK THAT, THAT THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE, UM, FINDS FORGIVENESS, UH, BUT ALSO ALLOWS ACCOUNTABILITY.
ANDY, CAN WE HAVE THAT RESOLUTION READ, UH, UH, AS CAN WE HAVE IT READ TO THE COUNCIL? DO, UH, COUNCILMAN, DO YOU WANT IT? UH, COUNCILWOMAN, WOULD YOU LIKE IT READ WITH THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT WITH THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS? YES.
YOU WATCH, YOU WANNA READ IT? I'M GONNA ASK LIZ TO READ IT AS AMENDED.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
COUNCILWOMAN, DO YOU WANT ME TO READ IT IN ITS ENTIRETY? YES.
WITH THE AMENDMENT AS IT WOULD, AS IT IS PRESENTED BY COUNCILMAN PALIS.
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL, THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, ISSUING A VOTE OF NO CONFIDENCE IN CALLING FOR THE RESIGNATION OF CITY COUNCIL MEMBER CLAYTON PERRY IS THE CAPTION COUNCILWOMAN THAT WOULD REMAIN UNCHANGED, WHEREAS THE ELECTED OFFICIALS OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO ARE COMMITTED TO SERVING THE CONSTITUENTS IN THEIR DISTRICT AND CITYWIDE CONSISTENT WITH THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO'S CORE VALUES OF TEAMWORK, INTEGRITY, INNOVATION, AND PROFESSIONALISM.
AND WHEREAS CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS HOLD THEMSELVES TO A HIGHER STANDARD OF ETHICAL AND PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT, AND WHEREAS ON
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NOVEMBER 10TH, 2022, THE SAN ANTONIO POLICE DEPARTMENT OBTAINED AN ARREST WARRANT FOR COUNCIL MEMBER CLAYTON PERRY FOR ONE COUNT OF FAILURE TO STOP AND PROVIDE INFORMATION, $200 OR MORE A CLASS B MISDEMEANOR, AN AN ADDITIONAL COUNT OF DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED STEMMED FROM A, A VEHICLE ACCIDENT THAT OCCURRED ON THE NIGHT OF SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 6TH, 2022.AND WHEREAS SS A P D BODY-WORN CAMERA VIDEO FROM THE EVENING OF NOVEMBER 6TH, 2022 AND MADE PUBLIC ON NOVEMBER 10TH, 2022, SHOWS COUNCILMAN PERRY ACTING IN A MANNER THAT AS THE VERY LEAST SUGGESTS, HE WAS SEVERELY INTOXICATED, BUT LUCID ENOUGH TO EVADE THE OFFICER'S QUESTIONS CONCERNING HIS DRIVING HIS VEHICLE AND HIS WHEREABOUTS THAT EVENING.
AND WHEREAS COUNCILMAN PERRY HAS PUBLICLY EXPRESSED THAT HE HAS NO INTENTION OF RESIGNING HIS POSITION AS A COUNCILMAN FOR DISTRICT 10, WHEREAS UNDER SECTION SEVEN OF THE CITY CHARTER, A COUNCIL MEMBER CAN BE REMOVED BY THE COUNCIL ONLY UPON CONVICTION OF CRIME INVOLVING MORAL TURPITUDE.
AND WHEREAS COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY'S ACTIONS AND PENDING CRIMINAL CASE HAVE NEGATIVELY IMPACTED HIS AND THE CITY COUNCIL'S ABILITY TO CONDUCT ITS BUSINESS LEADING TO THE CITY COUNCIL TO LOSE CONFIDENCE IN HIS ABILITY TO ACT AS AN EFFECTIVE REPRESENTATIVE FOR HIS DISTRICT AND COLLEAGUE ON CITY COUNCIL.
AND NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, SECTION ONE, THE RECITALS ABOVE ARE INCORPORATED INTO THIS RESOLUTION SECTION TWO FOR THE REASONS STATED IN THE PREAMBLE ABOVE THE CITY COUNCIL ISSUES, ITS VOTE OF NO CONFIDENCE IN THE CA IN THE CAPABILITY OF COUNCILMAN CLAYTON PERRY TO REPRESENT CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT 10 AND THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE, HONORABLY AND EFFECTIVELY.
THEN IT WOULD CLOSE WITH JUST PASSED AND APPROVE THE STATE.
COUNCIL MEMBER VRAN, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THE AMENDMENT? COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO.
WHEN I WATCHED THE VIDEO AND SAW THE MEMO COME OUT, UH, I WAS ANGRY AND HURT FOR MY COLLEAGUE, MY FRIEND, FOR HIS TEAM, AND HIS CONSTITUENTS OF DISTRICT 10.
UH, THE LANGUAGE THAT AS IT WAS OR ORIGINALLY PRESENTED, I HAD SOME PAUSE GIVEN THAT I BELIEVE THAT THE CONSTITUENTS OF ANY OF OUR DISTRICTS SHOULD HAVE THE ABILITY TO DETERMINE OUR FITNESS TO LEAD AND NOT NECESSARILY THIS BODY.
UM, AND BECAUSE OF THAT AND BECAUSE OF THE, THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO, UH, REMOVE THE ITEM FOR RESIGNATION, UH, I WILL BE SUPPORTING THE AMENDMENTS.
COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THE AMENDMENT? COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE.
I SUPPORTED THE AMENDMENT AND, AND SECONDED IT BECAUSE I BELIEVE IT IS, UH, A MORE APPROPRIATE WAY OF ADDRESSING THE CONCERN I THINK THAT ALL OF US SHARE HERE ON CITY COUNCIL TODAY.
UM, COUNCILMAN PERRY, I CONSIDER TO BE MY FRIEND AND I'VE ENJOYED SERVING WITH HIM.
UH, AND SO MAYBE THAT MAKES ME PREJUDICE ON, ON THIS DECISION, BUT I THINK ALL OF US WHO HAVE WORKED TOGETHER WITH ONE ANOTHER HAVE DEVELOPED A, A CLOSE WORKING RELATIONSHIP.
SO THIS IS A, A VERY TOUGH DECISION.
I'VE RECEIVED PROBABLY 50 OR MORE EMAILS FROM PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN DISTRICT 10.
UH, A LOT OF, UH, RELIGIOUS QUOTES LET HIM WHO IS WITHOUT SIN CAST THE FIRST STONE, UH, JUDGE.
NOT THAT YE BE NOT JUDGED, UH, A RUSH TO JUDGMENT, BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR ALL OF US TO REMEMBER THAT WE AS COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE HELD TO A HIGHER STANDARD, AND WE ALL KNOW THAT.
AND WHEN WE, WHEN WE GO AHEAD AND, AND PLEDGE TO SERVE THIS COMMUNITY, WE RECOGNIZE THAT WE NEED TO BE A BETTER ROLE MODEL TO EVERYBODY IN THIS CITY.
AND ALSO, I BELIEVE A COUNCILMAN FOR ONE DISTRICT IS A COUNCILMAN FOR THE WHOLE CITY.
IF ANYONE FROM DISTRICT 10 WERE TO CALL ME OR DISTRICT FIVE OR THREE AND SAY, I NEED HELP WITH SOMETHING, THE FIRST THING I DO IS HELP THEM.
THE NEXT THING I DO IS LET THEIR COUNCIL MEMBER KNOW.
AND SO, EVEN THOUGH INDIVIDUALS AND DISTRICTS ELECT A COUNCIL PERSON TO REPRESENT THEIR INTERESTS AND THEIR CONCERNS, THE DECISIONS THAT WE MAKE AT THIS COUNCIL AFFECT THE WHOLE DISTRICT ONE, I MEAN THE WHOLE CITY ONE WAY OR ANOTHER.
SO DON'T BELIEVE THAT WHAT ANY OF US DO IS, IS
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COMPARTMENTALIZED INTO WHAT ONE DISTRICT STANDS FOR WAR.IT'S KIND OF INTERESTING THAT IN THE LIGHT OF OUR, OF, UH, CLAYTON'S OWN ADMISSIONS, THAT HE URGED SERIOUSLY THAT CONSTITUENTS ARE STILL SAYING, WELL, WE'RE NOT GIVING DUE PROCESS.
UM, I MYSELF PUT OUT SOME QUESTIONS TO PEOPLE IN MY DISTRICT BECAUSE I HAD RECEIVED, LIKE I SAID, 50 OR 60, WE HEARD STATEMENTS TODAY FROM PEOPLE IN SUPPORT OF CLAYTON PERRY.
SO I ASKED ABOUT SEVEN QUESTIONS TO PEOPLE IN MY DISTRICT.
ONE OF THOSE WAS SHOULD A SHOULD WE HOLD COUNCIL MEMBERS TO A HIGHER STANDARD? I HAD OVER 650 REPLIES IN ABOUT A TWO HOUR PERIOD, AND 91% SAID YES.
I SAID, SHOULD THE COUNCIL TAKE ANY ACTION REGARDING THIS? IN INCIDENT HAD 81% SAY YES.
I SAID, IS THIS THE CORRECT TIME OR SHOULD WE DELAY ACTION? HAD OVER 70% SAY YES.
I ASKED, SHOULD WE EXPECT ANY COUNCIL MEMBER, INCLUDING ME IN A SIMILAR SITUATION TO RESIGN? I HAD 72% OF OVER 650 PEOPLE SAY, YES, SHOULD COUNCIL MEMBERS IN SIMILAR CIRCUMSTANCES BE CENSURED? CENSURE IS A PUBLIC STATEMENT BY COUNCIL STATING THAT THE ACTIONS REGARDING THE INCIDENT WERE NOT ACCEPTABLE AND IT IS NOT EXPECTED BEHAVIOR FROM A COUNCIL MEMBER.
I HAD OVER 80% OF THE PEOPLE WHO RESPONDED SAY YES.
SO I CERTAINLY RESPECT WHAT THE PEOPLE WHO ARE HERE REPRESENTING DISTRICT 10 KNOWS WHO MAILED TO ME, SAID, BUT I'M NOT JUST A COUNCILMAN FOR MY DISTRICT.
I'M A COUNCILMAN FOR THE WHOLE CITY.
I DON'T KNOW IF THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS PUT OUT IN THE WHOLE CITY.
WE MIGHT HAVE 90% OF THE CITY OR 80% OF THE CITY OR 70% OF THE CITY SAY THIS ISN'T RIGHT.
BUT I BELIEVE THAT THE, THE AMENDMENTS THAT WE'VE MADE TO THE ORIGINAL EXPECTATION, THE MAYOR PUT FORWARD AND OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS' CONTRITE STATEMENT AND HIS EARNEST DESIRE TO IMPROVE HIS SITUATION, PROVE HIMSELF.
SO THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN AGAIN, IS WORTHY OF THIS CENSURE, BUT ALSO GIVING HIM THE TIME TO HEAL AND TO COME BACK AND SERVE AS CONSTITUENTS.
SO THAT'S WHY I VOTED FOR THE AMENDMENTS.
AND, UM, I'LL START OFF BY THANKING THE DISTRICT 10 STAFF WHO I THINK THROUGHOUT THE LAST WEEK HAS BEEN INCREDIBLE AND STILL DOING THE WORK OF THE CONSTITUENTS OF DISTRICT 10.
UM, AND THEY HAVEN'T SKIPPED A BEAT.
AND REGARDLESS OF EVERYTHING GOING ON, ANY DISTRACTIONS, I WANNA COMMEND THEM AND ALL OF OUR STAFFS, UM, BECAUSE THE WORK KEEPS BEING DONE.
AND IN REALITY, WE'RE PUBLIC FIGURES, BUT OUR STAFF, UM, KEEP EVERYTHING GOING NO MATTER WHAT.
SO I COULD REASSURE YOUR RESIDENTS THAT, THAT THINGS ARE GETTING DONE.
AND, UM, DISTRICT ONE STAFF WHO'S IN THE AUDIENCE TOO, AND GIVE YOU ALL A SHOUT OUT, I FAILED TO DO THAT LAST WEEK.
UM, BUT WE ABSOLUTELY NEED REPRESENTATION.
AND I, UM, THERE'S NO QUESTION, UM, ON THE DAIS, UM, CLAT PERRY AND I, UH, I, YOU KNOW, CLA PERRY'S AN AGGIE AND I'M A LONGHORN AND THAT'S ALWAYS THE, UH, THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM.
BUT I THAT AFTER WE GET PAST THAT, WE HAVE REALLY GREAT CONVERSATIONS.
I ABSOLUTELY THINK THAT WE NEED REPRESENTATION, UM, FROM BOTH SIDES OF THE AISLES.
I THINK THAT WHEN WE DISCUSS WITH ONE ANOTHER, WHEN WE COME TO CONCLUSIONS BASED ON EVERYBODY'S OPINION, THAT'S WHEN THE BEST DECISIONS GET MADE.
I ALSO THINK THAT WE ARE LEADERS AND WE HAVE TO MAKE THESE TOUGH DECISIONS.
WE HAVE TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION ALL THESE EMAILS, ALL OF THESE CALLS.
UM, I MEAN, I, I DON'T THINK ANY ONE OF US HAS HAD A GOOD NIGHT'S SLEEP IN A FEW WEEKS, UM, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU.
AND, UH, AND IT'S VERY DIFFICULT.
BUT I DO KNOW THAT THIS CITY IS A COMPASSIONATE CITY, AND I STRESS THE FACT THAT WE USE THE TITLE COMPASSIONATE CITY AS WE WANT IT, AS IS NEEDED FOR OUR PURPOSES.
AND SO I WOULD REMIND EACH OTHER THAT EITHER WE'RE COMPASSIONATE OR WE'RE NOT COMPASSIONATE.
WE CAN'T USE THE WORD COMPASSIONATE ONLY WHEN IT BENEFITS US.
SO IF WE'RE THROWING THAT WORD COMPASSIONATE AROUND, WE REALLY NEED TO REEVALUATE AND EXAMINE THE MEANING OF THE MEANING OF THE WORD COMPASSION,
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AND REALLY TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION GOING FORWARD IN ANY OF OUR ACTIONS THAT WE TAKE AS A CITY COUNCIL REGARDING THE LEAVE OF ABSENCE.UM, I INVITE FOLKS TO THINK ABOUT THIS, RIGHT? IN, IN TERMS OF WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR COUNCILMAN PERRY AS OUR COLLEAGUE? WE WILL BE MISSING HIS REPRESENTATION, UH, IN, FOR FORMALLY, RIGHT? SO COUNCILMAN CAMP PERRY, IF HE IS NOT HERE, CANNOT VOTE ON BEHALF OF THE RESIDENTS, THE RESIDENTS THAT HE REPRESENTS.
YOUR POTHOLES ARE GONNA BE FIXED.
ANY SIDEWALK ISSUES THAT YOU HAVE, HIS STAFF IS GONNA CONTINUE.
HOWEVER, HIS STAFF CAN'T VOTE FOR HIM.
AND I THINK THAT THAT'S ONE THING THAT HASN'T BEEN BROUGHT UP TODAY.
AND SO, UM, COUNCILMAN BEEZ, I'M GOING TO BE SUPPORTING YOUR, YOUR AMENDMENT TODAY, BUT I WOULD RECOMMEND, SO THAT THERE IS STILL SOME SORT OF REPRESENTATION INSTEAD OF JUST A SIMPLE NO VOTE, AN ABSENTEE VOTE, UM, THAT MAYBE WE AMEND TO INCLUDE A SECTION THREE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THERE MIGHT BE TEMPORARY VACANCIES, RIGHT? WHEN COUNCILMAN PERRY IS NOT HERE TO VOTE.
AND THAT WE INITIATE ALSO A PROCESS TO FILL THE TEMPORARY VACANCY, UM, WHICH IS IN OUR CITY CODE, UH, AND ACTUALLY TAKE APPLICATIONS.
DISTRICT 10 HAS TO HAVE A SAY AND WHO'S GOING TO BE REPRESENTING YOU ALL WHILE COUNCILMAN PERRY, UM, DOES WHATEVER HE NEEDS TO TAKE CARE OF HIS HEALTH, BECAUSE CLAYTON PERRY IS MY FRIEND, AND I WANT HIM TO GET BETTER, BUT I ALSO WANT YOU ALL TO BE REPRESENTED.
AND I THINK THAT CLAYTON PERRY IS AN HONORABLE MAN AND UNDERSTANDS THAT SOMEBODY SHOULD BE VOTING, UH, SHOULD BE REPRESENTATIVE OF YOUR VOTES, RIGHT? AND SO, UM, COUNCILMAN, UH, BELAYS, I, I DON'T KNOW HOW I WOULD, WHY DON'T, UH, AMEND COUNCIL MEMBER.
I, I BELIEVE THAT WOULD BE TWO SEPARATE MOTIONS.
THAT THAT'S CORRECT, MAYOR, UH, UH, UH, COUNCILMAN, WE CURRENTLY HAVE AN AMENDMENT ON THE TABLE, WHICH IS TO REMOVE THE LANGUAGE ABOUT LIMITED OR NO REMORSE.
WHY DON'T WE TO? AND SO WE NEED TO CONSIDER THAT FIRST MAYOR YEAH.
BEFORE WE CONSIDER A SECOND AMENDMENT.
WHY DON'T WE CONCLUDE DISCUSSION ON THE AMEND AMENDMENT THAT WAS MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER PLY, AND WE'LL, UH, GO BACK TO THE MAIN MOTION YOU CAN MAKE YOUR POINT ON, UM, ON THE VACANCY.
UH, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION, UM, ON THE AMENDMENT? COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL.
UM, I, I DO HAVE A, A NUMBER OF THINGS TO SAY ABOUT WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TODAY, BUT I'LL TRY TO FOCUS SOLELY ON THE AGENDA AT THIS, I'M SORRY, ON THE AMENDMENT AT THIS POINT IN TIME.
UM, I TOO WAS CONCERNED WHEN I SAW THAT LANGUAGE, GIVEN THAT THE COUNCILMAN WAS, UM, GIVING A PRESS STATEMENT AT THE TIME, EXPLAINING, UH, HIS, YOU KNOW, HIS FEELINGS ABOUT THE ISSUE.
AND, UH, CLAYTON, I APPRECIATE THAT YOU'VE DONE THAT AND THAT YOU'VE, UH, HAD THE BRAVERY TO READ IT, THE COURAGE TO READ IT HERE.
UH, THANK YOU COUNCIL MOLA FOR, UM, MAKING THAT, THAT PROPOSAL AND CALLING FOR SOMEONE TO RESIGN, EVEN THOUGH SOMETIMES WE MAY, WE MAY THINK IT
BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH WE'RE NOT ACTUALLY REMOVING SOMEBODY, WE ARE SYMBOLICALLY CONTRADICTING THE WILL OF THE VOTERS.
AND WE, WE DO HAVE TO RESPECT THAT AS, AS MEMBERS OF THIS BODY.
UM, AND WE ALSO HAVE TO, WE ALSO HAVE TO RESPECT WHAT THE PUBLIC EXPECTS OF US.
SO IT, IT IS DEFINITELY A, A DIFFICULT, UH, SITUATION FOR US TO, TO BE IN.
UM, BUT I, I DO WANT TO, UH, ECHO THE, THE NEED FOR US TO HOLD OURSELVES TO, TO THE HIGHEST STANDARDS AND NOT TURN A BLIND EYE WHEN SOMETHING LIKE THIS HAPPENS.
UH, BUT IT CERTAINLY MAKES IT EASIER WHEN, UM, WHEN PEOPLE LIKE COUNCILMAN PERRY COME AND THEY HAVE A PLAN OF ACTION ABOUT HOW TO GET PAST THIS.
SO I'LL BE SUPPORTING THE AMENDMENT.
COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THE AMENDMENT? I'LL JUST SAY THE MATTER BEFORE US IS HARDLY A REVIEW OF COUNCILMAN PERRY'S JOB PERFORMANCE, NOR HIS COLLEGIALITY AS A COLLEAGUE.
UM, I APPRECIATE MY COLLEAGUE'S INTENT AS A BODY, UM, AND THE BODY AS A WHOLE MAKING AN AMENDMENT.
UH, BUT MY NO VOTE ON THE AMENDMENT WILL BE CONSISTENT WITH THE PUBLIC COMMENTS I'VE ALREADY MADE.
SO, WITH THAT, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR AN AMENDMENT, UH, TO THE MAIN MOTION, PLEASE VOTE.
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CAN I VOTE? YOU CAN RECUSE OR ABSTAIN IF YOU WANNA.HDA, COULD YOU GIVE US A VOICE? VOTE.
WILL NOW GO TO THE MAIN MOTION, AND I'LL NEED TO SEE A QUEUE AGAIN, UM, FOR DISCUSSION ON THE MAIN MOTION.
IN ABSENCE OF THAT, JUST GIMME A HAND SIGNAL, IF YOU'D LIKE TO SPEAK ON THE MAIN MOTION.
AND AGAIN, TO CLARIFY FOR THE COUNCIL, WHAT'S ESSENTIALLY NOW BEFORE THE COUNCIL IS A RESOLUTION, WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY RIGHT NOW A VOTE OF NO CONFIDENCE, UH, IN COUNCILMAN PERRY.
AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, THERE IS A PROVISION IN THE CITY CODE TO ADDRESS TEMPORARY ABSENCES.
UM, IF THE COUNCIL DOES NOT WANT TO FOLLOW THAT PROCESS, THEN ESSENTIALLY THE, THE COUNCIL 10 SEED WILL BE VACANT UNTIL COUNCILMAN PERRY INDICATES HE'S READY TO COME BACK.
UH, BUT I JUST WANNA EMPHASIZE THERE'S NO ACTION REQUIRED, UH, IF THAT'S THE CASE.
UM, WELL, LET ME, LET ME JUST, UM, YEAH, COUNCIL MEMBER KIRCH, I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY SOMETHING.
UH, THIS ACTION WHEN IT'S FINALIZED WILL NOT PROHIBIT THE COUNSEL FROM TAKING ANY FURTHER ACTION IN THE FUTURE, SHOULD IT BE WARRANTED AS FAR AS ANY OTHER VIOLATION OF, UH, OUR CHARTER? UH, NO.
COUNCILMAN, IT DOES NOT, IT DOES NOT LIMIT YOU IN DOING FUTURE ACTION.
UM, LET ME GO TO COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL, AND LEMME COME BACK TO COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA TO CONTINUE THE, UH, DISCUSSION ON THE VACANCY.
I, I THINK IT GOES WITHOUT SAYING THAT VOTING ON THIS ITEM'S A LITTLE AWKWARD FOR ME BECAUSE OF A RECENT ITEM THAT WE HAD, UM, COME FORWARD.
UH, BUT I, I DO WANT TO JUST EXPRESS SOME THOUGHTS ON, ON THIS.
UH, FIRST OF ALL, UM, I COMPLETELY AGREE WITH COUNCIL MAGDA REGARDING THE IMPORTANCE BETWEEN, UM, SOME LEVEL OF FORGIVENESS, BUT THE NEED FOR ACCOUNTABILITY.
I'VE SAT ON THIS, UH, I HAVE SAT ON THIS COUNCIL FOR OVER FIVE YEARS NOW.
AND, UH, FROM DAY ONE, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT MY CONSTITUENTS TOLD ME THAT THEY WANTED WAS TO BE ABLE TO WALK ON A SAFE STREET.
AND I HAVE VISITED, I, I WON'T SAY COUNTLESS BECAUSE IT'S COUNTABLE, BUT IT'S A LOT OF SITES A NEIGHBORHOOD SITES WHERE THERE HAVE BEEN TRAGIC ACCIDENTS TAKE PLACE.
UH, AND THE WORST OF THOSE ACCIDENTS, AND, YOU KNOW, I SHOULDN'T EVEN CALL THEM ACCIDENTS, COLLISIONS, THE WORST OF THOSE OCCURRED WHEN THE DRIVER WAS UNDER THE INFLUENCE.
AND THESE ARE COLLISIONS WHERE A PROPERTY WAS DAMAGED, WHERE, UH, SOME PEOPLE LOST THEIR LIVES.
IN FACT, JUST LAST WEEK, I WENT TO A PLACE WHERE, UM, THEY DIDN'T HAVE A NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, BUT THEY INVITED ME OVER, GATHERED ABOUT 40 NEIGHBORS, AND TOLD ME ABOUT THE TRAFFIC ON THEIR STREET.
AND THE SUN OF SOMEBODY WHO HAD DIED WAS THERE.
UM, UH, A DRUNK DRIVER RAN INTO, UM, A GAS LINE.
THE HOUSE CAUGHT ON FIRE, AND THE ELDERLY PARENT PERISHED IN THERE.
THE SON STILL LIVED IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND PEOPLE LIKE THIS TURNED TO US TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT, WHETHER IT'S RE-ENGINEERING THE ROAD, UM, OR IT'S, UM, SOME SORT OF LE UM, SORRY, I'M LOSING MY WORDS HERE.
UH, THE ABILITY TO DO SOMETHING WITH THE LAW ABOUT IT, WHICH WE HAVE VERY LIMITED ABILITY TO DO SO.
UM, SO IN, IN GOOD CONSCIENCE, I CAN'T TURN A BLIND EYE WHEN ONE OF OUR COLLEAGUES, UM, IS, YOU KNOW, FORTUNATELY NOBODY WAS, WAS, WAS KILLED.
BUT, UM, IS CAUGHT IN A SITUATION LIKE THAT.
UM, BUT PERSONALLY, I AM EXTREMELY GLAD THAT THE COUNCILMAN HAS MADE PUBLIC HIS, UH, HIS DECISION TO SEEK HELP, BECAUSE I THINK THIS
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CAN BRING OUR COMMUNITY TOGETHER BEHIND, UH, DOING SOMETHING ABOUT DRUNK DRIVING.AND AS SILLY AS IT SOUNDS, YOU, I THINK YOU CAN SERVE AS A LEADER OR AS A, AS A ROLE MODEL IN THAT SENSE, AS SOMEONE WHO HAS REHABILITATED, UH, HIMSELF.
AND THAT'S NOT TO GIVE YOU A PASS, CLAYTON, NOT TO GIVE YOU A PASS, BUT, UM, I DO THINK THAT'S, UM, THAT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE IN THIS CITY IT IS SIMPLY, SIMPLY TOO EASY TO DRINK AND DRIVE.
UM, SO THAT'S REALLY WHAT I WANTED TO SHARE ON THAT POINT.
COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL, COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA.
AND, UM, UH, AGAIN, I I WANNA STRESS THE FACT THAT, UM, I HAVE COMPLETE CONFIDENCE IN THE DISTRICT 10 TEAM.
UM, AND I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT THEY ARE GOING TO KEEP DOING THEIR JOB FOR THE RESIDENTS.
I CAN'T STRESS THAT ENOUGH BECAUSE I FEEL AS COUNCIL MEMBERS, WE GET ALL OF THE CREDIT.
UM, AND YES, WE'RE THE ONES WHO'S WHO'S, WHO ARE HELD ACCOUNTABLE AT THE END OF THE DAY.
BUT AGAIN, I JUST, I HAVE TO STRESS THAT, THAT I HAVE COMPLETE CONFIDENCE IN THE DISTRICT 10 TEAM TO CARRY ON.
I, I THINK THAT THIS IS DEFINITELY, LIKE COUNCILMAN SANDOVAL SAID, UM, ALMOST A A A TIME TO MOVE AHEAD.
UM, I DO BELIEVE THAT, UH, FOLKS SHOULD, UH, BE HELD RESPONSIBLE AND ACCOUNTABLE FOR THEIR ACTIONS.
I APPRECIATE THAT MY COLLEAGUE, UM, WANTS TO SEEK HELP AND THAT HE KNOWS, UM, WHAT COULD HAVE HAPPENED.
SO THANK YOU COUNCILMAN PERRY FOR THAT.
IT'S A DIFFICULT TIME FOR ME BECAUSE LAST WEEK, UM, I, UH, HELD A PRESS CONFERENCE WITH TXDOT BECAUSE I HAD A DRUNK DRIVER KILL ONE OF MY STUDENTS A MONTH AND A WEEK AGO.
AND I HAVE BEEN TELLING MY COLLEGE STUDENTS NOT TO DRINK AND DRIVE.
IN MIDDLE SCHOOL, I HAD A CLASSMATE KILLED BY A DRUNK DRIVER.
SO I'VE ALWAYS BEEN EXTRA SENSITIVE ABOUT DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE.
AND THAT, THAT TO ME IS SOMETHING VERY PERSONAL.
AND SO WHEN WE THINK ABOUT THE ISSUES THAT OUR COMMUNITY HAS WITH DRUNK DRIVING AND, UM, TRYING TO MAKE THESE STREETS SAFE, I, I KEEP GOING BACK TO THAT, RIGHT? AND SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE KNOW HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO BE ACCOUNTABLE AND TO TAKE CARE OF OTHERS BY NOT DRINKING AND DRIVING.
SO I WANTED TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO REMIND EVERYONE, AND YES, COUNCILMAN PERRY, I THINK THAT, UM, YOU CAN SERVE AS AN EXAMPLE OF HOW TO HEAL AND HOW TO MOVE FORWARD AND, AND, AND SET THIS EXAMPLE GOING FORWARD.
UM, BUT AGAIN, I'M BACK TO THE RESIDENTS OF DISTRICT 10, AND I THINK THAT YOU ALL STILL DESERVE SOMEONE TO CAST A VOTE.
LIKE I SAID, NO DOUBT, DISTRICT 10, UM, TEAM IS GOING TO KEEP DOING THE, THE EVERYDAY STUFF.
BUT YOU NEED SOMEONE ON THIS DAIS THAT MIGHT NOT ALWAYS AGREE WITH ALL OF US.
YOU NEED SOMEONE ON THIS DAIS THAT WILL SPEAK THEIR MIND, THAT REPRESENTS YOUR VALUES.
UM, IT'S OKAY TO DISAGREE, AND THAT'S KIND OF WHY I'M GOING BACK AT THIS, UM, FACT THAT I WOULD LIKE TO AMEND THE RESOLUTION TO ACKNOWLEDGE A TEMPORARY VACANCY THAT WAS ANNOUNCED TODAY BY COUNCILMAN PERRY AND INITIATE A PROCESS TO FILL A TEMPORARY, THE, THE, THE VACANCY AS PROVIDED BY SECTION TWO DASH 36 OF THE CITY CODE, AND TO PROVIDE FOR A CLOSING DATE OF NOVEMBER 28TH, 22 FOR APPLICATIONS WITH INPUT FROM DISTRICT 10 RESIDENTS.
ALL RIGHT, THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR AMENDMENT OF THE RESOLUTION TO ACCOUNT FOR THE TEMPORARY VACANCY.
AND DO YOU WANT TO CLARIFY ANY OF THAT? YES.
I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY ONE THING.
THE, UH, WHAT'S DRIVING THE NOVEMBER 28TH DATE FOR CLOSING OF APPLICATIONS? MAYOR IS AGAIN, THE PROCESS OUTLINED IN THE CODE THAT WAS REFERENCED, UH, CALLS UPON FOR THE CITY COUNCIL TO REVIEW APPLICATIONS AT THE NEXT SCHEDULE B SESSION, WHICH WILL BE NOVEMBER 30TH.
AND AT THAT SESSION, APPLICATIONS ARE REVIEWED AND THE COUNCIL CAN SELECT UP TO THREE APPLICANTS THAT WILL THEN BE INTERVIEWED AT THE NEXT SCHEDULE COUNCIL MEETING.
SO AGAIN, THE NOVEMBER 28TH IS DRIVEN BY THE OBJECTIVE OF HAVING, IF THE COUNCIL WANTS TO DO THAT, APPOINT SOMEBODY BY THE END OF THE YEAR.
AND SO THAT WILL ENSURE, UH, WE GET THROUGH THE PROCESS AND, AND AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE, MAKE SURE THAT DISTRICT 10 WILL HAVE, UH, A VOTING REPRESENTATIVE UP HERE, UH, DURING, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY'S VOLUNTARY LEAVE OF ABSENCE.
AND AS I STATED EARLIER, UM, THAT, UH, IF, IF, UH, IF SOMEONE IS APPOINTED TO REPRESENT, UH, DISTRICT 10 DURING THAT, UH, LEAVE TEMPORARY ABSENCE, UH, ONCE COUNCILMAN PERRY ADVISES US THAT HE'S READY TO RESUME HIS OFFICE, THEN HE'LL RESUME HIS OFFICE.
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UH, 'CAUSE I, I SAW SOME HEAD SHAKES IN THE ROOM.UM, WHAT IS THE OTHER OPTION FOR US AGAIN, THE OTHER OPTION MAYOR, WOULD BE TO LEAVE THE COUNCIL 10, UH, COUNCIL SEAT VACANT UNTIL COUNCILMAN PERRY'S UH, ADVISES US.
HE'S READY TO COME BACK DEPRIVING DISTRICT 10 OF A VOTE ON THE CITY COUNCIL DURING THAT TIME.
OKAY, SO THOSE ARE TO THE TWO OPTIONS GIVEN COUNCIL MEMBER ROJA GARCIA'S AMENDMENT.
UM, SO LET'S HAVE A DISCUSSION ON THAT.
ANDY, DOES IT SAY THAT IT HAS TO BE A B SESSION OR CAN THERE BE A SPECIAL CALLED SESSION AND THEN GET US IN BEFORE AND TO AN EARLIER A SESSION FOR FINALIZED? THE, THE, UH, THE PROCESS OUTLINED IN THE CODE SECTION I'M REFERRING TO COUNCIL MEMBER DOES SAY COUNCIL B SESSION.
SO AGAIN, THAT WOULD BE NOVEMBER 30TH.
ALRIGHT, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THE AMENDMENT MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA TO ACCOUNT FOR A PROCESS TO FILL THE TEMPORARY VACANCY? OKAY, IF THERE IS NONE, UH, LET'S VOTE ON THAT AMENDMENT.
CAN WE REPEAT THE AMENDMENT? UH, AGAIN, THAT IS THE AMENDMENT MADE TO THE MAIN MOTION TO, UH, BEGIN THE PROCESS TO FILL THE TEMPORARY VACANCY, UH, CREATED BY THE TEMPORARY LEAD OF, UH, ABSENCE.
HODA, COULD YOU GIVE US A VOICE? VOTE.
OKAY, WE'LL GO NOW TO, UH, CONTINUED DISCUSSION ON THE MAIN MOTION.
IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THE MAIN MOTION? AND AGAIN, THE MAIN MOTION NOW HAS BEEN AMENDED TO REMOVE THE LANGUAGE, UH, RELATED TO REMORSE AND RESIGNATION, UH, BUT ALSO NOW INCLUDES THE, UH, TEMPORARY VACANCY PROCESS, UH, AND RETAINS THE NO CONFIDENCE.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, PLEASE VOTE.
UM, THAT IS IT FOR OUR AGENDA TODAY.
THE TIME IS 3:07 PM ON THE 14TH DAY OF NOVEMBER, 2022.
OUR SPECIAL MEETING IS NOW ADJOURNED.
NO EXECUTIVE RIGHT? THERE IS NO EXEC, NO MAYOR.
THANKS EVERYBODY FOR COMING OUT.