Good evening, folks.

It's six o'clock.

Welcome to the Board of Mayor and Alderman meeting, the regularly scheduled meeting for Monday, February 23rd, 2026.

We welcome all those that are in attendance this evening.

Got a pretty good collection of folks here.

I know we have some items on the agenda that are recognition related.

Speaking of that, I'll go ahead and let you know what the highlights for tonight's meeting.

We have something known as citizens to be heard.

We have that feature each and every board meeting.

It gives an opportunity for residents or visitors to come before the board and speak to their fellow neighbor, the community, the board of mayor and alderman, and we welcome that.

That comes as item six on the agenda.

And if you'd like to speak to the board and to the community, you'll just fill out a sheet, a little sign-up sheet.

It's out in People Street on the other side of the double doors at the table there.

You can give that to one of the officers that's in attendance tonight, and they'll bring that forward to the clerk, and we'll recognize you at that point in time.

We have three special recognition items today.

Teacher of the month for February.

We have the Youth Excellence Award for February.

And this evening we'll be proclaiming Arbor Day and letting you know of an activity coming up here in the city as well.

And then finally, on the regular agenda this evening, we have a final reading on various ordinance changes.

This evening, our invocation will be led by community and economic development director Cameron Ross.

Our Pledge of Allegiance will be led by Alderman Brian Ulicky.

Please rise.

Let us bow our heads in prayer.

Dear Heavenly Father, we gather with grateful hearts for the safety and community we enjoy.

As we begin, please remember those among us facing hardship, asking for their comfort and security.

Grant us the humility to listen and the wisdom to lead.

May our decisions today be guided not by our own interest but the needs of those we serve.

We give thanks for the dedicated workers and responders who keep our community moving, often unseen and in difficult conditions.

Help us to be your hands and feet, acting with patience, kindness, and a steady focus on the common good.

May our work here truly matter.

It is in your name we pray.

Amen.

Please be seated.

Thank you, Director Ross, for leading us in the invocation this evening.

Thank you, Alderman Ulickey, for leading us in the Pledge of Allegiance.

Before we move forward in our agenda, I'd just like to take a quick moment to acknowledge the passing of one of our residents recently, Barbara Montgomery.

Served the city for many many years as an active volunteer with the Germantown Animal Shelter.

If you got to know Barbara, which I think some of the board members did over the years, you knew her passion, compassion, passion, and love for all animals.

And she was very instrumental along with Steve Morley and so many others over 15 plus years ago in forming the friends of the Germantown Animal Shelter.

Barbara was one of a kind and she will be missed by the community and by the animal shelter.

So I just wanted the community to be aware of that.

This evening we now move to item uh four on the agenda, and that's setting the agenda.

The agenda is presented to the community members uh generally on Wednesday.

It's sent to the community and sent to the board of mayor and alderman at this particular time.

City administration asked for no modifications or adjustments to the agenda.

Is there a motion to approve the February 23rd, 2026 agenda as presented to the community?

Move to approve.

There's a motion by the vice mayor.

Second.

And there's a second by Alderman Sanders.

Any discussion on setting the agenda?

Clerk, please call the roll.

Alderman Sanders.

Yes.

Vice Mayor Gibson.

Yes.

Alderman Hicks.

Yes.

Alderman Ullicky?

Yes.