The Taylor City Council met on September 5, 2023, to address a wide-ranging agenda including budget adjustments, police equipment, property sales, marijuana business regulations, and the process to fill a vacant council seat. The meeting opened with a prayer, pledge of allegiance, and roll call establishing a quorum. A moment of silence for deceased Councilman Ira Sherman Slavin was deferred to the next meeting at the family's request. The meeting recessed from approximately 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. and adjourned at 9:19 p.m.
Thank you. Let us pray. Thank you, Father, for your mercy, grace, and your abundant goodness. We thank you for life. For you alone created the heavens, earth, and everything living. We invite you on this day to bless and guide our meeting this evening. We desire wisdom to promote us, equity to be our standard, etiquette and respect to shape us, and may we practice patience as we conduct tonight's business. Father, continue to comfort the family and friends of Councilman Slavin. We are thankful for our city council body, our mayor, including Taylor Finas, Fire, and Medical Crew. To Taylor residents, peace, safety, and may we continue to walk in kindness. Now, Father, cover and protect us this evening in Jesus' name. Amen. Amen. Amen. Thank you. And um the agenda is 2.1. Uh we put a moment of silence silence for Councilman uh Ira Sherman Slaven. At the request of the family, uh we will hold off on uh having additional comments until the entire family can be here. Uh so they've asked uh that that be done at the next council meeting. Certainly um as the uh uh our fellow colleagues desk being uh covered in shroud uh indicates uh for the first time that I'm aware we have lost a uh a city member of the Taylor City Council uh but with respect to the family, they want to be able to be here and hear our comments and uh grieve with us, so that is the reason why we will not be taking the moment of silence at this meeting. We will hold that to next meeting. With that uh brings us to the Pledge of Allegiance, and I'd like to ask uh Council Chairwoman Pro Tem Brandana to lead us in the pledge. Hi Plata to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands on a nation under God, individual with liberty and justice for all. Next on the agenda is roll call. Mr. Ramick here, Miss Rose, here Mr. Johnson, here Mrs. Brandana here, Mrs. Winton, here Mr. Geis, here Mayor Woolley, here Mrs. Bauer, and Miss Telco? We have a majority, a quorum. That brings us to item 5.1, motion to approve the agenda. Chairman, councilwoman, make a motion to approve the agenda. Support. Motion by Councilwoman Brandana supported by Councilwoman Witten. Is there any discussion? Hearing none, all is in favor say yes. Yes, all is opposed, say no. Yes, is have it, motion carried. Item 5.2 is a motion to approve the acceptance of the minutes of the meeting held August 15th, 2023 and dispense with oral reading. Motion. Support. Motion by Councilman Ramack, supported by Councilwoman Whitten. Is there any discussion? Hearing none, all those in favor say yes. Yes. All supposed say no. Yes, is have it. Motion carried.