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This regular meeting of the Texarkana City Board began with a return from executive session. The board discussed community event strategies, voted to reappoint Dr. Ellen Holmes as an AMP commissioner, and set dates for upcoming meetings.
Try to throw throws a bad word, but try to do some things that are gonna really move the needle. And whatever that is, it could be a barbecue cook-off. It could be there could be a some hot preacher out there that he has a huge following that we could bring into town and we get you know four or five thousand people. I mean it could be anything, but I think we need to think outside the box and try to do some things that will get people to our community out of the I mean that there's claw I mean there's they actually have a big rig where all these big I mean and I think it's Lovkin or somewhere they have 10,000 people show up for the weekend to look at big rigs, but there there has to be, and I don't know how to get that word out, but I think that we need to look at bigger ticket items and try to start seeing what works. But Mr. Gold's I think this right sounds good. I mean you look at the pickle fest, she did it with no money. There's no reason being formed. Yes, all right. We have everyone back in and uh everybody ready to start. R3 okay, we got it. Uh vote to come out of executive session and announce any uh reappointment, reappointment. Well, you have to uh announce any action if you if you're gonna move to reappoint, then make your motion to reappoint. Uh make a motion that we open um the session back up for a second motion. Uh I'm asking someone to make that motion. Make the motion reappoint Dr. Holmes to no no no no no vote to come no no I need I need someone to make a motion that we come uh we come out of executive session going back into our general session. I'll make a motion to come out of executive session and come back into our regular meeting. Well I'll make that motion. No, I need a second now. Second, all right. It's been motioned, it's been second. Um all in favor say aye. Aye all opposed. All right. Um at this time we're back into our general session, and we we have uh an appointment on the table for uh reappointment for uh Dr. Ellen Holmes as the AMP commissioner. Is there a motion on the floor? A motion. I second, I second that motion. All right, it's been motion and second, or then discussion. Uh