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OUR CITY COUNCIL MEETING SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING FRIDAY. I COVERED THE 20TH TIME STEP IS 204. AND THEN WE WILL RECESS FOR THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING. 205. AND QUEUE UP TO GO INTO
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EXECUTIVE SESSION. ALL RIGHT. GOOD AFTERNOON, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. ACCORDING TO WHOSE WATCH YOU'RE LOOKING AT. WE'RE GOING AT THREE O'CLOCK. APPLE TIME IS SAYING THREE O'CLOCK. VERY GOOD, SO WE'RE GOING TO BE REOPENING OUR CITY COUNCIL. THE TIME STAMP ON THAT IS THREE O'CLOCK JUST TO UNDERSTAND WHERE WE'VE BEEN WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING. WE DID ACTUALLY OPEN OUR SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING THIS AFTERNOON AT TWO O'CLOCK. WE RECESS THAT AT 205. AND WE ACTUALLY OPENED THAT AT TWO OR FOUR. WE RECESS. THE TWO OF FIVE HE WENT INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION AT 207. AND THEN WE CAME OUT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION. WE WENT AND RECESSED EXECUTIVE SESSION AND WE ARE NOW REOPENING THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING. I KNOW THAT'S A LITTLE CONFUSING, BUT WE UNDERSTAND IT, BUT HIT IT ALL KIND OF WORKS THAT WAY. SO I KNOW THAT YOU'RE[3A. Public presentation by City Manager Candidate Doug Finch]
ALL HERE FOR THE PRESENTATION OF ANOTHER ONE OF OUR CITY CANDIDATES FOR CITY MANAGER POSITION. SO WELCOME. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. AND IT IS OUR PLEASURE IN OUR HONOR TO WELCOME MR DOUGLAS FINCH FROM CANADA. NIAGARA, NEW YORK IF I GET THE EXACT CLOTHES CLOSELY ENOUGH, WAS IT YEAH. SO WE'RE VERY HAPPY TO HAVE MR FINCH WITH US SO THAT YOU UNDERSTAND THAT THE MR FINCH IS ONE OF THE FINALISTS CANDIDATES THAT WE HAVE. WITH THESE EXECUTIVE SEARCH THAT'S BEEN UNDERTAKEN BY THE COMPANY. WE HIRED T TWO AND MR MIKE WILSON IS HERE AS A REPRESENTATIVE OF T TWO TO TAKE US INTO THIS PARTICULAR PROCESS. SO WITH THAT I WILL TURN IT OVER TO MR WILSON. JUST TO LET YOU KNOW IN TERMS OF SOME HOUSEKEEPING AFTER THE PRESENTATION OF MR FINCH, THEN WE'RE GOING TO TAKE ANY CITIZEN COMMENTS. ANY CITIZEN COMMENTS BEEN SUBMITTED IN WRITING, SO BASICALLY DISPENSE WITH THAT? SO WE WILL GO INTO THE PRESENTATION . WE WILL THEN RECESS. THE CITY COUNCIL COUNCIL WILL THEN GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION AND WE WILL HAVE DISCUSSIONS WITH THE CANDIDATE AND THEN WE WILL ACTUALLY ADJOURNED FROM OUR BRIEFING SESSION IN THIS IN THE IN THE BRIEFING ROOM. IT'S SOMETIME. WHO KNOWS WHEN WE HAVE NO TIME STAMP. TO CLOSE THE EXECUTIVE SESSION IN THE PERSONAL INTERVIEW. SO WHAT? TO THAT MIKE WILSON FROM T TO THANK YOU, SIR. FOR AS YOURS, SIR. WELCOME GOOD AFTERNOON. THANK YOU FOR COMING TO OBSERVE THE PRESENTATION. UH IT'S BEEN OUR PLEASURE AND OUR HONOR TO WORK WITH YOUR CITY AND HELPING TO MAKE THIS VERY CRITICAL DECISION. EACH CANDIDATE HAS RECEIVED THE SAME RESPONSE AND TO BE VERY SUCCINCT AROUND. WHAT WOULD THEY DO IN THE 1ST 60 DAYS TO START BUILDING TRUST AND COLLABORATION WITHIN TEAM MEMBERS HERE IN DUNCANVILLE? YEAH, AS MR FINCH GOES THROUGH HIS PRESENTATION, HE WILL NOT FEEL QUESTIONS EITHER DURING OR AFTER. IF YOU NOTICE ON THE WALLS ON THE TABLE WHEN YOU WALKED IN AND ON THE SCREEN, THERE IS SOME LINKS AND A QR CODE. YOU CAN SCAN THAT QR CODE OR ENTER THAT LINK AND PROVIDE YOUR FEEDBACK. UH OF MR FINCHES PRESENTATION. ALL OF THAT FEEDBACK WILL BE PROVIDED TO YOUR CITY COUNCIL FOR CONSIDERATION AS THEY GO THROUGH MAKING, UH, THIS VERY DIFFICULT CHOICE. UH SO WITH THAT IT'S MY HONOR TO INTRODUCE STUCK FINCH. I ASK YOU TO STEP ON UP. UM I WOULD NOT DARE TO PRONOUNCE THE CITY NAME FOR SOME REASON. I JUST CAN'T PRONOUNCE IT. I JUST SAY UPSTATE NEW YORK. UH AND WELCOME TO TEXAS AND THE FLOOR IS YOURS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.THANK YOU, EVERYBODY. WELL, I'M IMPRESSED WITH THE HMM. HOW WELL EVERYBODY DID WITH THE PRONUNCIATION AND ACTUALLY LET ME JUST START BY SAYING JUST I KNOW THERE IS CONFUSION. I AM NOT HERE TO ANNOUNCE THAT I'M RUNNING FOR SPEAKER OF THE U. S HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. ALL RIGHT, LET'S JUST GET THAT OUT OF THE WAY RIGHT UP FRONT RIGHT OFF THE BAT GIVEN EVERYTHING GOING ON THERE, BUT, UH, NO. I'M FROM CANADA WITH NEW YORK, CANADA, AGUA. AND AS YOU AS YOU HEARD THERE, IT'S KNOWN FOR BEING WINE COUNTRY AND CANADA. GWA ACTUALLY, THERE WAS A SMALL WINERY THAT STARTED CALLED CANADA WILL WIND IT ACTUALLY HAS GROWN INTO THE LARGEST DISTILLERY AND WINE PRODUCING ENTITY IN THE WORLD CONSTELLATION BRANDS, AND SO
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THEY OWN PRODUCTS THAT YOU MAY HAVE HEARD OF, LIKE, UM CORONA AND A VARIETY OF OTHER THINGS.THAT IS ALL THERE SO THANK YOU AND I'M GOOD TO GO TO START THE PRESENTATION. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I DIDN'T MESS SOMETHING UP THERE. MAYOR THANK YOU FOR THE INTRODUCTION. THANK YOU. FOR THE WELCOME EVERYBODY. EVERYBODY HAS BEEN SO GREAT. EVEN I CAME IN YESTERDAY AND HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO AROUND THE CITY A LITTLE BIT AND MEET WITH SOME FOLKS AND EVEN JUST TALKED TO SOME BUSINESSES AND EVERYTHING, AND EVERYBODY'S JUST BEEN SO WARM AND WELCOMING AND JUST DECLARE THINGS UP. I WAS NOT BORN IN NEW YORK. I WAS BORN SOUTH OF THE MASON DIXON LINE JUST TO PUT THAT OUT THERE. UM JUST SO EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT AS WELL. AND UH, FOR THE LAST 30 YEARS I'VE BEEN IN UPSTATE NEW YORK. MY WIFE IS ACTUALLY FROM WAR HAS MEXICO AND KIND OF KEEPS HITTING ME ON THE SHOULDERS LIKE I THINK WE'VE BEEN IN NEW YORK LONG ENOUGH. LET'S UH LET'S REVISIT OTHER AREAS. SO WITH THAT, I'LL KIND OF COME INTO MY INTRODUCTION AND TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT ME. YOU SEE THE Q R CODE THERE ALSO ON THE SCREEN. UM AND MAYOR. I ALSO REALLY APPRECIATED HOW TRANSPARENT THIS WHOLE PROCESS HAS BEEN. AND EVEN YOUR EXPLANATION HERE THE THIS AFTERNOON IN TERMS OF THE COUNCIL AND THE TIME INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION AND OUT, AND THAT'S THAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT. THAT IS A HALLMARK OF GOOD GOVERNANCE, GOOD LOCAL SERVICE AND EVERYTHING BEING TRANSPARENT AND BEING VERY UPFRONT AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT ALL THROUGH THE PROCESS. AND I'VE BEEN ABLE TO SEE STUFF ON THE WEBSITE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO SEE MINUTES I'VE BEEN ABLE TO SEE NOTES ABOUT EVERYTHING THAT WAS PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE AND SO VERY, VERY MUCH APPRECIATED. SO I KIND OF GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT, UH, INTRODUCTION ABOUT MYSELF AND THEN WE'LL KIND OF GO INTO THE 1ST 60 DAYS AND WHAT THAT MIGHT LOOK LIKE THOSE TYPES OF THOSE TYPES OF, UM DIFFERENT. UM. SOLUTIONS THAT WE MIGHT BE TALKING ABOUT. SO AH, LET ME START BY MY INTRODUCTION OF MYSELF, SO I GOT INVOLVED IN GOVERNMENT JUST ABOUT 20 YEARS AGO, AND I KIND OF CAME THROUGH IT THROUGH A NONTRADITIONAL SOURCES ARE EXPERIENCE. I STARTED IN RADIO ACTUALLY, AND GOT INVOLVED IN RADIO DOING PUBLIC RELATIONS, DOING OUTREACH , DOING DIFFERENT THINGS AND REALLY ENJOYED THAT AND STARTED MAKING SOME CONNECTIONS AND REALLY FOUND THAT I HAD A PASSION AS A AS A YOUNG MAN FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT. AND AN OPPORTUNITY CAME ALONG THAT WAS CONNECTED THROUGH THAT RADIO.
POSITION THAT I HAD TO CONNECT ME WITH SOME ELECTED OFFICIALS AND I STARTED WORKING WITH A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT ELECTED OFFICIALS AND WORKING MY WAY UP AND EVENTUALLY WENT ON TO BECOME THE CHIEF OF STAFF FOR THE NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY MINORITY LEADER IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK IN THE STATE LEGISLATURE. BUT WHILE I WAS THERE, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT BECAME MORE AND MORE PARAMOUNT IN AND REALLY NOTICEABLE IS THE NEED FOR SUPPORT TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS.
THERE'S SO MANY MANDATES THAT ARE PASSED ON TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS. WHETHER IT'S THE FEDS, THE STATE YOU NAME IT AND REALLY UNDERSTANDING AND SUPPORTING LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, THEIR STRATEGIC PLANNING THEIR BUDGETING AND REALLY PROBABLY PROVIDING THEM SUPPORT AND SO THAT THAT ASSEMBLY MINORITY LEADER ACTUALLY HAD ENCOURAGED ME TO REALLY SUPPORT THE LOCAL MUNICIPALITIES IN HIS DISTRICT. AND THAT REALLY FEEL THE PASSION FOR ME TO GO BACK TO SCHOOLS AND ADULT LEARNER, GET MY MASTER'S DEGREE IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AND REALLY FOCUSED SPECIFICALLY ON BECOMING A MUNICIPAL MANAGER. SO THAT MEANT TAKING COURSES, FOR INSTANCE, JUST TO TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT ME LIKE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING, WHICH IS BIG IN IN NEW YORK. UM THINGS LIKE BUDGETING, MULTIYEAR, STRATEGIC PLANNING, FINANCE. YOU NAME IT ALL OF THOSE TYPES OF THINGS. LAND USE PLANNING, WHICH I THOUGHT I WOULD NEVER, EVER USED OR NEEDED AND TURNS OUT I'M A LAND USE PLAYING A GEEK. I LOVE IT. UM BUT NONETHELESS THAT THAT KIND OF PRECIPITATED AND WENT ON AND ENDED UP WITH MY CURRENT POSITION AND LEADING MUNICIPALITY NOW FOR THE LAST 10 YEARS. THAT HAS, UH, THAT'S BEEN A WONDERFUL, YOU KNOW, I ALWAYS BELIEVE YOU LEARNED SOMETHING NEW CONSTANTLY AND WHEN I STOP LEARNING, THAT'S THAT'S A PROBLEM BECAUSE I'M THE TYPE OF PERSON THAT I WANT TO CONTINUOUSLY LEARN AND GROW AND BUILD THE TEAM AND CONTINUE TO MOVE THINGS FORWARD. SO GETTING INTO WHAT THE 1ST 60 DAYS WAS. I THINK THE PROMPT WAS TELL US ABOUT YOUR 1ST 60 DAYS, AS HAS DUNCANVILLE CITY MANAGER, SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE I KIND OF TALKED ABOUT THAT. SO I BELIEVE THERE'S REALLY FOUR STEPS TO THAT THAT I WOULD ENVISION NUMBER ONE IS LISTENING. NUMBER TWO IS ACTIONABLE ITEMS. NUMBER THREE IS A PLAN AND NUMBER FOUR IS REVIEW AND I WANT TO JUST TALK ABOUT THOSE IN A LITTLE BIT OF DETAIL, OR WE CAN JUST STOP HERE. IS THAT GOOD? EVERYBODY GOOD. SO BUT, UM, LISTENING IS CRITICAL, I BELIEVE, AND I'VE ALWAYS TAKEN THAT WITH ANY POSITION THAT I'VE EVER TAKEN ON. I WANT TO HEAR FROM ALL THE STAKEHOLDERS. I WANT TO HEAR FROM EMPLOYEES I WANT TO HEAR FROM DEPARTMENT HEADS OBVIOUSLY
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WANT TO HEAR FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS. I WANT TO TALK TO THE FOLKS IN THE COMMUNITY. YOU KNOW, WE LOVE IT. IF COUNCIL MEMBERS WOULD TAKE ME TO THEIR WARDS IN THEIR DISTRICTS AND ACTUALLY INTRODUCED ME TO FOLKS SO THAT I COULD MEET WITH PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY, OBVIOUSLY TAKING MY DIRECTION FROM THE COUNCIL AS WELL AS REALLY COLLABORATING WITH THE DEPARTMENT HEADS AND REALLY WHAT I WOULD SAY. IS THAT 1ST 60 OR THAT 1ST 30 DAYS? I'M SORRY.WOULD BE A LOT OF THINGS LIKE MEET AND GREETS, MAKING NOTES. YOU'LL SEE ME WITH A NOTE POD GOING AROUND AND MAKING NOTES NOT TO REPORT ANYTHING SO I CAN REMEMBER AND REALLY TAKING ALL OF THAT ON THOSE ONE ON ONE MEETINGS, AS I NOTED HERE WITH COUNCIL MEMBERS, UM DEPARTMENT HAS STAFF CREATING REALLY WHAT I WOULD SAY IS A COMPREHENSIVE LISTENING TOUR AND REALLY KIND OF GATHERING THOSE ESSENTIAL BUDGETS AND REPORTS AND ALL OF THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE OVER THE YEARS AND REALLY REVIEWING THOSE YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER. I'M STARTING OUT HERE AND I GOT TO CATCH UP TO YOU GUYS. I'M BEHIND THE EIGHT BALL ALREADY. AND SO I'VE GOT TO UNDERSTAND ALL THE GREAT THINGS THAT YOU'VE BEEN DOING AND WORKING ON. AND REALLY ATTENDING LOCAL EVENTS AND MAKING THOSE THOSE INITIAL CONNECTIONS. I YOU KNOW, I'M THE TYPE OF PERSON I LOVE TO HAVE MY DOOR OPEN. SOMETIMES THAT BECOMES A LITTLE OVERWHELMING, AND ESPECIALLY WITH ZOOM THESE DAYS, AND I'M IN SO MANY ZOOM MEETINGS. SOMETIMES I HAVE TO CLOSE THAT. BUT GENERALLY SPEAKING, I ALWAYS WANT TO HAVE DEFINED OFFICE HOURS OPEN DOOR HOURS WHEN FOLKS CAN MEET WITH ME. OR WITH WITH STAFF, SO THAT'S KIND OF WHAT I WOULD SAY. AND THAT WILL TAKE SOME TIME REALLY, TO GO THROUGH AND REALLY , YOU KNOW, DO THAT LISTENING TOWARD DO THAT UNDERSTANDING AND REALLY KIND OF WALK THROUGH THAT , SO THEN WE GET INTO THE WEEK 3 TO 4 SEGMENT. I KIND OF BROKE IT DOWN INTO WEEK 34 SEGMENT HERE, BUT I'M HOPING THAT YOU KNOW, AS WE GET TO APPROACH THE END OF THE 1ST 30 DAYS. WE CAN START TO TALK ABOUT, UH, SOME OF THE PARTICULARS SOME OF CREATING THOSE ACTION ITEMS. WHAT ARE THE THINGS THAT I'VE HEARD AS WE'RE DOING THOSE LISTENING TOURS? WHAT ARE THE NOTES? WHAT ARE THE COMMON POINTS? WHAT ARE THE THINGS THAT ARE QUANTIFIABLE IN THE CREATION OF DIFFERENT ACTION STEPS, UM, CREATING THOSE DETAILED BRIEFINGS AND THE FINANCIAL REVIEW AND THE FEEDBACK SESSIONS, YOU KNOW, ORGANIZING FEEDBACK SESSIONS WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS, THE COUNCIL, THE STAKEHOLDERS AND REALLY UNDERSTANDING WHAT THE NEEDS ARE. IN MY EXPERIENCE. WHAT HAPPENS IS ONCE YOU START TO HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS AND YOU'RE LISTENING, AND THEN YOU START CREATING THOSE ITEMS. THERE'S COMMON THEMES THAT BUBBLE TO THE SURFACE AND THOSE BECOME THE PRIORITY TYPE OF INITIATIVES. OBVIOUSLY REVIEWING LEGAL AND COMPLIANCE ISSUES AND TRYING TO GET UP TO SPEED ON THOSE SO THERE'S A LOT OF WORK TO DO FOR A NEW CITY MANAGER IN THE 1ST 30 45 DAYS. THERE'S A WHOLE LOT OF WORK. YOU KNOW THE CATCH UP TO EVERYTHING THAT EVERYBODY'S BEEN WORKING ON FOR QUITE SOME TIME. THE ONE THING I WOULD SAY IS, UM, I MUST SAY THAT I'M GONNA COME BACK TO THAT. AND I'M GONNA SHARE THAT WITH YOU. UM THE NEXT SESSION HERE IS GOAL SETTING. SO THIS ONE AS WE APPROACH THE 60 DAY, MARK REALLY KIND OF GOING THROUGH THOSE ACTION ITEMS, THOSE PLANS THAT HAVE BUBBLED TO THE SURFACE, REALLY STARTING TO TALK ABOUT THE GOALS. AND WHAT ARE THE THINGS THAT THE COUNCIL WOULD LIKE ME? TO DO ESSENTIALLY , UM, YOU KNOW, I'M A FIRM BELIEVER IN THE COUNCIL MANAGER FORM OF GOVERNMENT AND FUNDAMENTALLY THE WAY THAT I BELIEVE THAT WORKS IS I CAN BRING AND WE CAN ALL BRING SOLUTIONS TO THE COUNCIL. WE CAN BRING IDEAS, CONCEPTS, BUT THEY'RE THE ONES THAT CREATE THE POLICY. THEY'RE THE ONES THAT SET THE DIRECTION. THEY'RE THE ONES THAT SENT IT. THE WHATEVER IT IS THE PRIORITIES THAT WE'RE GOING TO WORK ON. AND THEN AS THE CITY MANAGER. MY JOB IS TO GO OUT AND IMPLEMENT THOSE WHATEVER THAT IS, AND SO REALLY, WHEN I START TO TALK ABOUT, IT'S ALSO AN OPPORTUNITY I FEEL LIKE WITH BRINGING ON A NEW CITY MANAGER FOR THE COUNCIL ALSO, YOU KNOW, NOT SUGGESTING AT ALL THAT THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT THE RESIDENTS ARE SAYING, BUT MAYBE SOME OTHER PERSPECTIVES THAT THEY'RE HELPING TO BRING. BACK TO THE TABLE SO THAT THE COUNCIL CAN SET THOSE PRIORITIES. SO YOU KNOW THERE'S ANY NUMBER OF DIFFERENT TOOLS THAT CAN BE DONE . SWAT ANALYSIS. WE CAN HAVE STRATEGIC PLANNING SESSIONS. WE CAN HAVE SHORT TERM GOALS. LONG TERM GOALS. COMMUNICATION IS A PRIORITY. ALWAYS WITH ME. UM AND MAYOR. THAT'S WHAT I REALLY APPRECIATED ABOUT THE TRANSPARENCY THAT YOU OFFERED.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'VE DONE IN THE PAST IS CREATED A MONTHLY ELECTRONIC NEWSLETTER. I LOVE THE WEEKLY COLUMN THAT YOU'VE CONTINUED TO DO HAVE BEEN READING IT EVERY SINGLE FRIDAY.
I THINK IS WHEN IT COMES OUT FRIDAY AND MONDAY, SO EVERY WEEK, THOUGH, I TRIED TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT. UM THOSE ARE SO IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT SHARES INFORMATION AND IT SHOWS THAT YOU'RE PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE. YOU'RE LISTENING TO THE COMMUNITY. AND YOU'RE NOT AFRAID TO SHARE THE THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON. GOOD, BAD, INDIFFERENT THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THOSE THINGS. SO AS WE KIND OF GET TO THIS GOT WEEK 56 INTO THE YOU KNOW THAT 60 DAY WINDOW OR SO THE GOAL SETTING STRATEGY TYPE THING? UM, THE LAST TWO WEEKS THERE AS WE APPROACH THE 60 DAY
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WINDOW, THE EXECUTION AND ENGAGEMENT. I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT THAT'S WHERE WE REALLY IDENTIFY WITH IDENTIFIED THOSE SHORT TERM PROJECTS AND WHAT ARE THE THINGS THAT WE CAN IMMEDIATELY GET DONE? UM THE TEAM BUILDING THAT BECOMES CRITICALLY IMPORTANT. I'VE DONE THINGS IN THE PAST. LIKE EMPLOYEE APPRECIATION PICNICS GO OUT AND, YOU KNOW, GRAB A GRILL AND, UM, MAYBE SOME BARBECUE ANYBODY LIKE BARBECUE, UM, AND DO WHATEVER WE CAN JUST TO MAKE THOSE CONNECTIONS HAVING CUPS OF COFFEE. I DO DRINK COFFEE, SO GO HAVE A CUP OF COFFEE WITH ANYBODY AND START TO MAKE THOSE CONNECTIONS AND REALLY ENGAGING WITH THE COMMUNITY, I THINK BECOMES THE NUMBER ONE PRIORITY. IN THAT OVERALL, UM, THAT 1ST 30 60 DAYS I SAID I WAS GOING TO SHARE SOMETHING. AND THEN I STOPPED AND I'M GONNA SHARE IT WITH YOU. NOW TWO WEEKS AGO, I WAS IN AUSTIN FOR THE INTERNATIONAL CITY MANAGERS CONFERENCE. I AM A MEMBER OF I CMA AND ALSO A MEMBER OF THE NEW YORK MANAGER ASSOCIATION. I'M ALSO A MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE PLANNING FEDERATION. TOLD YOU I WAS A LAND USE PLAN A GEEK. UM AND I, C M A IN AUSTIN. TWO WEEKS AGO, THERE WAS A THERE WAS A GUEST SPEAKER. AND THE GENTLEMAN.STARTED OUT AS A QUARTERBACK. AND HE AND I'M NOT JUST DOING THIS ANALOGY BECAUSE OF WHERE WE'RE AT, BUT IT IS SO TELLING. AND WAS ANYBODY AT THE CONFERENCE. I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY MADE THE CONFERENCE NOW THAT THE GENTLEMAN STARTED OUT AS A QUARTERBACK, AND HE TALKED ABOUT HOW HE HAD ALWAYS WANTED FROM A YOUNG AGE TO PLAY THE POSITION OF QUARTERBACK. AND HE TALKED ABOUT HOW HE COULD THROW THE BALL. YES UM, BUT HE WOULD REALLY GET THE BALL AND THEN HE WOULD TAKE OFF WITH IT, AND THAT'S WHAT HE WAS GOOD AT. AND TILL ONE DAY, COACH SAID TO HIM, YOU KNOW. YOU'RE NOT TERRIBLE AT QUARTERBACK, BUT I'D REALLY LIKE YOU TO TRY PLAYING ANOTHER POSITION. IT'S CALLED RUNNING BACK. AND HE'S LIKE ALL RIGHT, COACH, I'LL DO IT. SO HE TOLD THIS WHOLE STORY, AND HE DID A MUCH BETTER JOB OF TELLING THIS STORY THAT I'M DOING. BUT HE TALKED ABOUT HOW HE BECAME RUNNING BACK, AND HE WAS ABLE TO ACTUALLY FOCUS ON THAT POSITION, PLAYING RUNNING BACK AND BE THE BEST THAT HE COULD AT RUNNING BACK. AND THE COACH KEPT TELLING HIM DON'T LOSE SIGHT OF WHAT'S IMPORTANT IT INGRAINED IT INTO HIS HEAD. AND WHAT WAS THE THING THAT WAS THE MOST IMPORTANT ON THAT FOOTBALL FIELD WAS THE FOOTBALL. AND HE KEPT SAYING IT OVER AND OVER. DON'T LOSE SIGHT OF WHAT'S MOST IMPORTANT AND SO THIS THIS WOULD BE QUARTERBACK THAT TURNED RUNNING BACK STOOD IN FRONT OF THERE WERE 5500 OF US MANAGERS AT THIS CONFERENCE TWO WEEKS AGO IN AUSTIN FROM 37 COUNTRIES AND HE STOOD IN FRONT OF US AND HE SAID MANAGERS DON'T LOSE SIGHT OF WHAT'S IMPORTANT. DON'T LOSE SIGHT OF THE FOOTBALL . DON'T FUMBLE THE BALL. WHAT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT IS THE RESIDENCE OF YOUR COMMUNITY AND MAKE SURE THEY IN AND DAY OUT.
YOU'RE SERVING THE RESIDENTS OF YOUR COMMUNITY, AND THAT'S MY UTMOST BELIEF, AND THAT'S WHERE I STAND. OH, BY THE WAY, THE GUY'S NAME EMMITT SMITH. SO UH, TO KIND OF WRAP UP HERE AS WE KIND OF GET TO THE END OF THAT 60 DAYS, REVIEW AND ADJUSTMENT, THE REFLECTION. I BELIEVE THAT GOOD PLANS ARE ONLY AS GOOD AS LONG AS THEY'RE NOT SITTING ON A SHELF COLLECTING DUST AND THAT WE'RE CONSTANTLY REVIEWING THEM, AND WE'RE CONSTANTLY GOING BACK OVER. AND WHAT IS IT THAT WE'VE LEARNED? WHAT ARE OUR SHORT TERM GOALS? WHETHER OUR LONG TERM GOALS WHAT ARE THE INITIATIVES THAT WE CONTINUE TO? TO WORK TOWARDS TO ADVANCE DUNCANVILLE. SO, UM, WITH THAT, I THINK WE'RE ABOUT 15 MINUTES, SO I DON'T WANT TO BE TOO LONG WINDED OR BE ACCUSED OF BEING LONG WINDED, BUT KIND OF TURN IT BACK OVER TO YOU. OH, Q R CODE. GOING THE WRONG WAY. OKAY? JUST A REMINDER YOU CAN SCAN THIS QR CODE OR ENTER THIS LINK. THIS QR CODE IS ALSO AVAILABLE ON THE SCREEN OUT IN THE LOBBY, AND THERE WAS SOME SHEETS WITH IT. COUNCIL REALLY DOES WANT YOUR FEEDBACK, SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO, UM UM DOWNLOAD THE FARM. IT SHOULD TAKE YOU LESS THAN A MINUTE TO PROVIDE THE FEEDBACK FOR ANY PERSON THAT IS VIEWING ON LIVESTREAM. YOU SHOULD HAVE ACCESSIBILITY TO, UH, SCAN THIS QR CODE TO DO THE SAME. MAYOR. THANK YOU, MR FINCH. AND WELCOME TO OUR CITY. FOR THE SHORT TIME THAT YOU'RE HERE. AND THANK YOU, MR WILSON FOR CONTINUING THE PROCESS OF FOR THE MOST IMPORTANT SELECTION OF OUR CITY MANAGER. SO AT THIS TIME IN
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TERMS OF THE FORMALITY OF THE PROCESS THAT WE NEED TO GO THROUGH. WE'RE GOING TO RECESS.OUR CITY COUNCIL MEETING. AND THE TIME STAMP ON LET ME LET ME DO A LITTLE MORE HOUSEKEEPING.
WE'RE GOING TO RECESS, THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING. WE WILL THEN GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION WITH THE
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CANDIDATE AND THERE IS NO TIME LIMIT TO THE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT THE CITY COUNCIL WILL SPEND WITH A PERSONAL INTERVIEW WITH THE CANDIDATE. SO I CAN'T TELL YOU. HOW LONG IF YOU'RE GONNA SIT AROUND YOU CAN, BUT I'LL TELL YOU THIS. THE AGENDA DOES SAY TAKE ANY ACTION AS A RESULT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION. I'LL TELL YOU RIGHT NOW THERE WILL NOT BE ANY ACTION TAKEN AS A RESULT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION. SO AS YOU DEPART HERE TODAY, IT'S PROBABLY BEST THAT YOU DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT COMING BACK. BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO BE SOME TIME TALKING WITH WITH OUR CANDIDATE IN A PERSONAL INTERVIEW. SO JUST TO UNDERSTAND, SO WE'RE GOING TO GO INTO RECESS. OUR CITY COUNCIL NOW THE TIME STAMP ON THAT CITY SECRETARY IS GOING TO BE 3 18.* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.