The Dallas City Council met on Wednesday, June 3, 2026, from 9:27 a.m. to 7:59 p.m., with a lunch recess from approximately 11:30 a.m. to 1:17 p.m. The meeting included public comments, a detailed briefing on FIFA World Cup 2026 preparations, and a comprehensive briefing on the costs and phasing options for repairing City Hall. No binding votes were taken on the repair options; the council heard expert testimony and will consider next steps.
You're watching the meeting of the Dallas City Council with Mayor Eric L. Johnson. Mayor Pro Tim Jesse Marino. Deputy Mayor Pro Tem Gay Donnell Willis. City Council members, Chad West, Zaren D. Gracie, Maxie Johnson, Jaime Ricendez. Laura Cadena, Adam Basildua, Laurie Blair, Paula Blackman, Kathy Stewart, William Roth, Cara Mendelson, Paul E. Ridley, City Manager Kimberly Beiser Tolbert, City Secretary Billy Ray Johnson, and interim city attorney Bert Vandenberg. Okay, we have a quorum. Good morning. Today is Wednesday, June 3rd, 2026. The time's 927 a.m. And I call this meeting of the Dallas City Council to order. This morning, I think our calling is going to give us our invitation. This morning. Chairman Maxie Johnson represents District 4. He's also the pastor of the New Morningstar Missionary Baptist Church in West Dallas. I'm going to turn it over to him for our invocation, and then we'll have our pledges of allegiance to both the United States flag and the Texas flag. So if you're ready, Chairman Johnson, I'll turn it over to you now. Good morning. Good morning. Let us stand. This past week we experienced some tragedy in southern Dallas. And for a moment, can we just have a moment of silence for those that lost their lives? Ninth Street. Father, we thank you this morning. We thank you because you blessed us to see another day that wasn't promised to us. God, we thank you because even though we don't understand some of the tragedy that happens in our community, we still trust you even when we can't trace you. God, we ask that you continue to bless us. Bless those families that lost loved ones. God, sometimes our frustration comes from the lack of understanding, the lack of knowing. But God, we know that you are in control of it all. There's no problem too big, you cannot solve. There's no pain on earth, you cannot heal. And so this morning we call on you because you told us to call on you and cast our cares on you because you care for us. So God, we ask that you bless every family, every daughter, every son, every nephew, every cousin in the community that are feeling this grief and the pain of the loss. God, we pray for our mayor, we pray for his family, we pray for our city manager, we pray for our council, and most of all, we pray for our entire city. When it seemed like division is high, personal agendas over what you call us to do. Sometimes seems like it gets the news. But God, we know one thing for sure, is that at the end of the day, you still control it all. And so, God, as we lift up our cities, we lift up our communities, we ask that you bless us. We ask that you let your will be done, Lord, not our will. Now, God, we call on you again, and we thank you in advance. We lift up that hymn up that says, Father, we stretch our hands to thee. No other help we know. If you withdraw thyself from us, God, where shall we go? We call on that grace, that's amazing grace. How sweet the sound that saved a rich like us, once we're lost, but now we found God. We thank you. We were blind, but now we see.