So good evening, everyone.

I'll call this Tiger City Council to order.

City Recorder Craig, would you please come back with roll call?

I will pass the microphone.

Youth Councillor Helleck.

Here.

Mayor who?

Here.

Counselor Robbins.

Counselor Schlack.

Here.

Counselor Shaw.

Here.

Council President Wolf.

Here.

Councillor Anderson.

Here.

Counselor Gaducey.

All right.

Thank you.

And do we have a question?

Yeah, would you please stand and do the pledge of allegiance?

And to the Republic for which it stands.

One nation under our liberty and justice for all.

All right.

So there's only one item on our agenda, which is respectful workplace training.

And HR Director Gomez will make the introduction.

Thank you, Mayor.

Good evening, and welcome tonight's session for respectful workplace training.

As directed to staff back in October of 2025, staff was asked to provide training on respectful workplace, and I'm very happy to introduce Deborah Jeffries from HR Answers.

So thank you to all of you.

Good evening.

Now I'm hoping that I don't have to actually hold the microphone and that this will pick me up.

And so let me know whether or not that's true or not true.

I I do better with not holding too many things in my hands at once.

This is when I really do want to be the proverbial octopus and have an extra hand set of hands.

Anyone?

Yes, you'd like to.

Okay, maybe it's just me.

Um so thank you, Laura.

I appreciate the introduction and thanks for the opportunity to be here.

Uh my name is Deborah Jeffries, and I do hail from a company called HR Answers, which is housed right here in Tiger.

And we've been here for 10 years now, and uh we're a 41-year-old firm, and I've been with the firm for over 30 of those years.

And we have bopped around from Portland to Twalleton and now most recently here in Tiger.

And I actually live down in Salem, so I get an opportunity to spend time in a variety of cities and actually work with, and this is one of the number one topics that uh between that and supervision that I spend a great deal of time delivering and sharing and answering questions on.

So I want to make sure that just to kind of set the stage a little bit, that I've obviously put together some materials for you.

And um Laura does have those, uh, HR has those if you want a formal copy or uh an electronic copy to take with you and to have and to hold from this day forward, then by all means.

Um but also I want to encourage you to ask any questions for clarification, or you do have some things that you want to um apply directly to, or if we want to verify from a stance of the city, please feel free.

I have no qualms about answering questions or providing clarification in the information that I have.

This really is for all of us here from a leadership standpoint.

Now, with that said, um I thought I would also set the stage because this is what I shared with all staff when I was providing.

And um, Mayor, you may remember making this statement, because I actually have that here in my notes, that it's an honor of a lifetime to serve as mayor of the Tiger.

Um, and that um you proudly call the beautiful city your home for more than 20 years, and deeply grateful for the trust that the community has placed in you, and that Tiger isn't defined by one person, it's all of us working together.

And that's something that I think about from a leadership standpoint that this is not only a topic of a focus for an organization, but it takes everybody, and as a leadership team and those that are here tonight to support all of this, it is a top-down kind of topic and interaction from a day-to-day standpoint and how we all show up each and every day.

So I really I appreciated that statement.

Um, and not being just one person, that it's all of us.

To build a city where everybody feels welcomed, and I think that that's important.

And depending on where you're going or who you're encountering within the city, that that's happening at every single level.

And that you're committed to restoring stability, strengthening trust, and making sure local government reflects the teamwork and respects that the residents deserve.

And that's each and every employee, too.