On September 23, 2026, the Killeen City Council held a special meeting at 8:00 AM in the Killeen Civic and Conference Center Executive Boardroom to conduct interviews with finalists for the City Manager position. All council members were present except Mayor Pro Tem Jessica Gonzalez. The meeting began with an invocation, the Pledge of Allegiance, and a unanimous vote to approve the agenda. No citizens signed up to speak during the public comment period. The council then convened in closed executive session to discuss the candidates and returned at 1:54 PM with no action taken, after which the meeting was adjourned.
Okay, it is now a it is now 8 a.m. And I call this special meeting to order. Let the record show that all council members are present with the exception of Mayor Pro Tim Gonzalez. And the invocation will be given by Councilmember Bass and the presentation by Councilmember Brown. This all stand lord. Thank you for our beautiful city of Colleen. Thank you for our staff for these wonderful candidates for our city manager. Give us wisdom today to make wise choices. We thank you for all of your blessings. Amen. In the name of Jesus, amen. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America. And to the Republic for the United States. Under God, indivisible with liberty and justice for all. Council, I need a motion to approve the agenda. Councilmember Brown. Move to approve the agenda. Second. Second by Councilmember Kimball. Is there any discussion? All in favor signify by raising of your hand. Okay, so the motion passes six to I'm sorry, five. To with uh council uh member Nash King did not vote. Oh okay. Okay, six to zero. Excuse me, it was uh yes, six to zero. All right, okay. Let's move on, and it's time for citizens' comments. Um citizens have three minutes to speak, one minute allotted for city council to respond with a statement of explanation or without engaging and without engaging in dialogue. Madam Deputy Secretary, City Secretary. We have no resign up to speak. Okay. All right. Uh that said, we will go in to executive session. We will is pursuance of the Texas open meeting law. Government code 55101. The mayor now calls a closed meeting of the city council on the 23rd day of September, and I have the time at 803, and we will be in discussion with item DS-26084. Conduct city manager finalist interview and discuss the appointment of a city manager. Then section five one zero seven four personal matters. The city council will conduct city manager finalist interview. We will now go into executive session. Okay. Council has completed its closed meeting on September 23rd, 2026 at 154 p.m. There were no action taken. And uh council, I need a motion to adjourn. Councilmember Kent. I'm gonna make a motion that we adjourn. Second. All in favor? Aye.