Good evening.

On behalf of the governing body of the city of Passake, we welcome you to the September 16, 2025 City Council meeting.

In accordance with chapter 231, public laws of 1975, Adult Notice of this meeting was provided by resolution in the municipal council, adopted on June 17th, 2025, setting forth the schedule of meetings for the year 2025-2026.

That notice was published and posted on the City Hall Bulletin Board by the Office of the City Clerk.

Please be further advised.

This meeting will be conducted in person.

The Zoom stream provided is for viewing only and is offered to the public as a convenience.

On September 6th, 2025, public notice and zoom instructions were for this meeting, were published in the Herald News and posted on the City of Passate website at WW.city of Passate.com Council agenda.

Instructions are also available on the last page of this agenda.

Please be guided accordingly.

Welcome, please.

Councilman Mayor.

Yes.

Councilman Garcia.

Councilman Colonel Montanez.

President and Council President Shared.

President Councilman Monk, for the record, I do not believe we'll be able to join us tonight.

And I'm waiting to hear word on Councilman Love.

At this time, I'm asking, please rise.

Thank you, guys, for bringing us here today.

Bless those that are on their way.

Please continue to bless our city and guide us in the decisions we are about to make today.

Thank you.

I plagiarism to the side.

Good evening, Mayor.

Good evening, ladies and gentlemen.

Thank you for joining us at tonight's city council meeting.

Um, just a few notes.

Number one, schedules are located immediately outside both council, both exits and entrances to council chambers.

You may also access everything that is being done tonight on the internet.

It's available through the city's internet.

You can get copies of our resolutions, uh correspondence, etc.

ordinances that are being proposed as well as to be passed uh for this evening.

Um we also ask if you have a cell phone, please put it to vibrate or turn it off.

If you must have a conversation with your neighbor, we hope that you'll be so kind just to join with them outside, have your conversation, and then come and join us.

This is a very strangely constructed room.

It's difficult for us to hear what you are saying because of the acoustical standards.

Um at this time, we are on number four of our agenda, the mayor's update.

Uh, we are pleased and honored to have Mayor Lord with us this evening.

Good evening, sir.

Council City Hall, not working.

Is that on now?

I believe it's to start from the good evening, Council President, members of the city council, city hall staff, and uh our wonderful residents of city of Passake.

Uh Council President just made it to all those who were also at back to school night.

Congratulations on juggling so much.

We literally just finished minutes ago, so I was uh just able to make it as always.

Want to share a few updates uh regarding what's going on around the city and our community on September 9th, we did the rededication of Latona Griffin Park in memory of battalion chief Joseph Griffin and firefighter Sam Latona who lost their lives in a fire.

That is what we often refer to as the hundred steps, the very top where we were able to create the very first ever fitness park, uh conducive for children and those who are part of our senior citizen community with uh equipment that obviously provides all people of all ages opportunities or uh exercise and enjoy recreation in an area that is not in proximity to any existing parks.

So not only were we able to restore the hundred steps, create recreation for uh various individuals in the community that did not exist, but also restore this monument in honor of our brave firefighters who gave their lives, saving others at the ceremony.

We had Chief Trennicals and members of the Latona and Griffith family with us.

In continuing our efforts to strengthen partnerships earlier this month, we joined with our congresswoman in our district, Congresswoman Poe, where she opened her satellite office inside of City Hall for constituent services, directly those serving the city of Passake, but open to all members of the ninth district.

The hours are Mondays and Wednesdays from 9 a.m.

to 1 p.m.

We also, along with the business administrator who's next to me, Rick Fernandez, were able to join a mayor's breakfast hosted by her office along with mayors from her district to share some of our concerns, ask questions and receive updates as to her approach regarding funding and working with the administration to ensure that our district and again, very specifically the city of Passate continues to receive essential services, but of course, resources, and by that I mean funding for infrastructure, for supporting our police and obviously uh parks and infrastructure projects, basically anything that will ensure that we put less of the burden on the taxpayers.

So we were excited to hear some of the news here, cautiously optimistic as to some of the projects that we may have successfully uh got into her office and possibly will be approved.

So we will update that in the months to come in our efforts to honor our heroes and remember the most tragic day in our nation, September 11th, through Cowley terroristic actors.

Over 2,799 individuals lost their lives on September 11th and hundreds in the days to follow, and many more in the years to follow.

We had our September 11th memorial ceremony where we had council members at that uh ceremony.

We had assemblemen uh of the 36th legislative district, Gary Scheer, who shares an uncanny resemblance to our council president.

I say that all the time, but uh he gave a very profound and deep speech, remembering the lives of those that were lost and acknowledging the hurt of the families impacted and obviously uh the efforts of our nation to come together in unity and to continue forward.