The Killeen City Council held a special meeting at 5:00 PM on June 22, 2026, to discuss and vote on several proposed charter amendments recommended by the Charter Review Committee. Topics included council-initiated investigations, candidate filing fees, initiative and referendum requirements, change order briefings, recall procedures, and judicial removal of elected officials. Six citizens provided public comments, and the council took final votes on each item.
The call to order. Thank you. It is now 5 p.m. on June 22nd. I call the city council meeting to order. Let the record show that all council members are present. Councilmember Nash King is participating on Zoom. I need a motion to approve the agenda. Councilmember Brown. Move to your perfect. Councilmember Kendrick. I second. It was motioned by Councilmember Brown and second by Councilmember Kendrick's. All in favor. Signify by saying yes, and I see Councilmember Nas King. I see your hand, ma'am. Thank you. The motion carries seven to zero. It's now for citizen time for citizen comments. Citizens will have three minutes to speak with one minute time allotted for city council to respond with a statement or explanation without engaging in dialogue. Madam City Attorney, please call the person's name. Charles Carroll. Good afternoon, sir. How are you? How are you all? So my name is Charles Carroll, uh member of District 3. Uh today I'm here just to make some comments regarding council investigations. All right. Investigation by council needs to be codified in a detailed way that serves the citizens of clean. Currently, the process can end when city employees refuse to communicate. They simply stop responding, whether it is to council or to residents. When the city council does not have the interest in the wrongdoings, damaging activity, conflicts of interest, illegal or corruption, communication simply stops. Without being able to bring our own items to agenda or request an investigation, all traction on any issues stops and no resolution or progress is made. This is simply unacceptable government behavior and not typical of other public servant roles such as state and federal level jobs. There is not typically a legal goes to public cause which covers these positions from not being held accountable. There needs to be a complete process in which if a city employee comes under investigation, either by city council initiation or by public request, that the issue is fully investigated to include council or residents submitted information and evidence, and that the investigation results in either correction at corrective action or the overall resolution of the issue. Other areas of public service jobs lay out a clear framework for filing grievances that should be investigated and the time frame in which they must be completed based on severity of those grievances. Currently, there is no way for a resident to request an investigation without going to the state level or in some cases even the FBI. This is not functional. The City Council should seek serious input from local residents and the state regarding how to make the most thorough language to protect the investigative process. Citizens and public monies. City employees must have a high bar to include being able to communicate and defend their decisions, choices, and actions in the rows. Staying silent can't continue on the public's money. This must be written into our governing standards. On a piece that's kind of similar. So today, if I wanted to sit up here and talk about for my three minutes on why I believe the duck bill platypus is the most important, and I'm on the face of this earth. So you turn it on. The citizens say what they care about. Thank you. Thank you.