The Taylor City Council met at 6:30 p.m. on August 6, 2025, at the Taylor Municipal Building. Mayor Timothy Woolley and Councilmembers Tina Daniels, Lindsey Rose, Charley Johnson, Jill Brandana, and Angie Winton were present; Douglas Geiss and Michelle Tocco were excused, and Cynthia Bower was replaced by Sarah Alvariki. The council approved an amended agenda, approved the July 15, 2025 minutes, held a closed session, and then took action on police contracts, reappointments, grants, purchases, and several contested items.
Open business and then something I have to read. Welcome to the city council meeting. Um, I'd like everyone to turn off your phones or silence them so it doesn't interrupt the proceedings if you would. Um, also I wanted to make an announcement before the meeting. There is a few agenda items on here for tonight. Items 16, 17, and 18 will not be discussed tonight. So I see some interested parties in the audience. You are you're welcome to stay, but those things are not going to be presented tonight. Um if the motion goes forward. So okay. So I call the meeting to order at 6 30 p.m. Roll call. Oh, I'm sorry, is there someone here for the invocation? Yes, if I could have. Can you introduce yourself, please? Sure. I'm Pastor Ryan Bettinger from North Line Church. And uh, on behalf of the Taylor Ministers Fellowship, we just thank you for the opportunity to pray uh before the meeting tonight. And uh if there's anything we can do as churches, let us know. We're here to help any way that we can. Thank you very much that's praying. Heavenly Father, thank you so much for all that you do for us. We thank you for uh all of the blessings that you have given to us life and uh just the ability to uh build relationships with one another and Father and build the sense of community. God, we just thank you for your son Jesus who died on the cross to pay the price for our sins and allow us to have a relationship with you. God, I ask now that you just bless the meeting tonight, Father, that you would uh allow just your uh will to happen in your uh just the the business of the city to be done well, and Father, we just ask that you will allow just wisdom to prevail, and Father, as these public servants do what they've been called to do, father, than serve the city. I pray that you'll just give them the wisdom to know how to best do that. Father, we just thank you also for their willingness to serve in this role, and God the uh the toll that that can take on their families, the toll that that can take in relationships, Father. We just thank you for all that they do give up to serve in this role. And if we Father, we just ask that you would allow them to do so with integrity, Father, that you would allow them to to do what's honest and right and best for this city, and we thank you and praise you for all that you do. It's in Jesus' name I pray. Amen. Amen. Thank you, Pastor. Next on the agenda is a pledge of allegiance. We'll have Miss Daniels start. Thank you, Ms. Daniels. Next is roll call. Miss Daniels here, Miss Rose, here Mr. Johnson. Mrs. Brandana here, Miss Winton. Here Mr. Geis is excused, Mayor Woolley. Here uh Mrs. Bauer is being replaced by Sarah Alvariki. And Mrs. Toko is excused. Thank you. We have a quorum.