Meeting Transcript

You already okay. Good evening. We're gonna call this executive session of the City Council of New Bromles to order on Monday, October 27, 2025 at 5 p.m. Mrs. Baker, will you please call roll? Yes, sir. Uh councilmember Carter is not present. Councilmember Capezi? Here. Councilmember Edwards? Mayor Pro Tem S Bradley. Here. Councilmember Lebowski? Here. Councilmember Ryan? Here. And Mayor Litherns. Here we have a quorum. In accordance with the Open Meetings Act, Texas Government Code, Chapter 551.071. The City Council may convene in a closed session to discuss any of the items listed below. Any final action or vote on any executive session item will be taken in open session. Tonight we plan to deliberate the appointment, evaluation, duties, discipline, or removal of the municipal court judge and the city attorney in accordance with section 551.074 of Texas Government Code. And it is 501. We're leaving open session going into closed session. Our closed session and uh I'd entertain a motion. Motion to approve I would like to make a motion to both increase the pay and extend the term. Mayor, I would like to make the motion in a vote of confidence in favor of our municipal court judge, Rose Zamora, by approving a 3% salary increase, bringing her annual salary to 162,207, and reappointing her for a two-year term beginning October first, 2025. Councilmember Carter moves for approval. Councilmember Capizi seconds. Ms. Baker, do we need a roll call or a show of hands sufficient? Just a show of hands would be fine. Okay. So all in favor, raise your right hand. Motion carries unanimously. And with that, we're adjourned from our executive session. And thank you, Judge. Well done. In perfect timing, it's time to start our regularly scheduled meeting. Mayor, if we can have just a few minutes for the system to switch over to the meeting, please. Thank you. Just let me know when you're ready. Yes, sir.