Good evening.

First of all, thanks for everyone coming on online and in person.

And we'll open with an invocation.

Heavenly Father, we ask for your guidance, your wisdom, and your support as we begin this meeting.

We gather here today intent on doing good work.

We seek to represent fairly and well those who have given us this task.

Help us to engage in meaningful discussion and give us clarity and strength to use our best skills and judgment.

Please bless this community, the residents, businesses, and visitors.

And help us to continue doing good work in your name.

Amen.

Call to order roll call, please.

Councilmember Hollingshead.

Here.

Councilmember Bracken.

Councilmember Davis.

Here.

Councilmember Brooks.

Present.

Councilmember Deeds.

Here.

Mayor Pratem K V.

Yes.

Mayor Gray.

Here.

All are present.

Thank you.

Please rise.

You know, right now, most of us are on the uh early part of spring break, which is great.

But I also want to want to talk about briefly about how hard things can be.

You know, um, I have a friend of mine just last week, uh daughter's roommate um took her own life in California.

Um college student, and just uh how hard life can be for everybody, no matter what your age is, and especially right now, a lot of our younger generation.

Um again on about a week ago or so um I have a teacher friend that um had a fifth grade student um try to commit suicide and was in the hospital for quite some time.

And it's just those are the kind of things that we have to remember, like how hard our families and our loved ones and our kids and our friends' kids and our friends' families just have it, you know, in day in, day out, and just you know, make sure you reach out to your friends who uh may have you haven't heard from for a little while.

Make sure that you reach out to somebody that you know may be going through something rotten.

Um this this is the week of my uh anniversary of my uh well, see my anniversary week as well, but my anniversary of of my mother's passing two years ago this week, and it's still real hard.

I was talking to a friend this afternoon who lost lost one of their parents uh long after, and just how hard it is uh to lose people you you really love and care about.

And uh, you know, and I and I still struggle with it.

Um I still I have a my one of my closest friends on the planet died ten years ago this year, and and um and I and I still struggle with it.

So it's it's everybody sh has deals with their pain and their sorrow in different ways.

Um and I just you know make sure that you reach out to people, make sure we're taking care of each other, and uh just try to understand that that life can be hard.

With that, Ryan Hollinshead.

Thanks, Mayor.

I I'll piggyback on what you're talking about.

You know, as we're working on a high school, we do our best to try to get every kid connected to something because we know if you're connected to other humans, your mental health will be better, right?

You'll you'll be have a better experience.

And then we send 18-year-olds off into the world, right?

And there's nobody trying to get them connected.

So I'm in a in a great community like this where we have so many great organizations and groups.

Uh let's just keep reaching out a hand to get people involved, get people connected, um, checking on people.

I think your message is is relevant for adults, probably even more than teenagers.

Thank you.

Councilmember Bracken.

Thank you, Mayor.

No comments tonight, and I appreciate your comments though.

Thank you.

Councilmember Davis.

Nothing tonight, thank you.

Thank you, Councilmember Brooks.

Uh no, thank you.

Just echo your comments.