Are we ready? Yes, you're ready. >> Thank you, ma'am. You're >> welcome. >> Hey, good evening everybody. I'm going through the normal procedure even though we only have one minor thing on the agenda because um there could be people that want to come and and uh express themselves at
the podium. And so, Mr. chapel. If you don't mind, would you please uh do the blessing for us to come to attention? >> Heavenly Father, blessed us this council tonight that we uh make all the right decisions on
we don't have much to talk about >> on the minutes but just the minutes I ask you in this name. Amen. >> Amen. >> Amen. >> Where my brother? I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America
and to the republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty, justice for all. >> Please be seated. >> Madam cler, you will call a role for me, please. >> Miss Barrow here. >> Miss Bford here. >> Mr. Chapel here. >> Mr. Haney
>> here. >> Mayor Kelly >> is here. At this time, is there anybody in the audience that would like to come up and say something to the the council that's not on the agenda that work that doesn't work for the city? Okay. Anybody that does work for the
city wants to come up moan about something. Okay. Now we got the moaning out of the way. U item one is in your package. You should have the minutes from it's actually November the 5th. Um, if you had a chance to read them, it says in the minutes November the 5th.
It's just a typographical area on the front. So, council, >> I'll make a motion to approve the correction. >> Thank you, Mr. Haney. We have a motion to correct with to approve it with a correction. Do we have a second? >> Second. >> We have a second. Would you call a role, please?
>> Mr. Burrow? >> Yes. Miss Bifford? >> Yes. Mr. Chapel? >> Yes. >> Mr. Haney? >> Yes. M? >> Yes. Thank you. Do we have anybody in the audience that would like to come to the podium at this time with any kind of comments that's not on the agenda?
Okay, great. Very good. Mr. um um Chapel, you have anything you'd like to talk to us about tonight? >> Other than the fact that it's in the minutes, but uh >> then we don't need to talk about it. >> December uh community yard sale, but if you want
to go and have a yard sale, you're welcome to do it. There just won't be a community yard sale. >> Okay. What will it be? What kind? >> Non community. >> A non community yard sale. >> Individual >> individual yard sale. >> Bring your own.
>> Now, do they have to have a a knowledge of we're selling their yard? >> B Y bring your own yard. >> If we sell somebody else's yard, do they >> do they have to be do they have to notify us of that? >> Yeah. >> No. Okay, that's enough.
Uh, Mr. Haney, you're up, sir. Do you have anything for the council, sir? >> Okay, Miss Barrow, >> just to remind everybody about the tree lighting on December 6 from 5 to 7. >> Yep. It's going to be a big deal. Um, are we going to get it advertised? Are we getting that advertised? >> Parker res page, but they need to take
it off there, put it on their website. >> Mr. Summerland, um, uh, they're buying, uh, stuff to light the outside of the building and everything. I told him to go ahead and get some new stuff, get rid of the junk. Ladies in the office are getting stuff to fix the office. We're
going to do it real nice this year. And uh um I'm not sure exactly what they're going to have on the outside. Whatever it is, it'll be better than what we had because what we had was was rats have eaten it, you know, so it's over with. And then um Mayor, do you have a a Santa Claus?
>> Do we need a >> costume? You have a Santa Claus line up for this? Um, yes, unless you got somebody else. I don't normally like to disclose who it is because um it might leak out,
but um unfortunately the ones we've always used in the past due to medical problems >> aren't able to make it from the North Pole all the way to Parker in a timely manner. >> Gotcha. Um, I have found a training
Santa. He's in training. He's still a young one. Uh, but we don't have to stuff his stomach, so that's a good thing. >> I know a guy. >> Do you know a guy? >> I know a guy. >> Well, if you'd like to have him call me,
I um I've reached out to the Grinch. Well, I reached out to his dad who reached out to the Grinch. And um >> I never heard nothing about this. >> The Grinch. Uh you never seen the Grinch? I am the Grinch. >> No, your dad's the Grinch.
>> I bet you I got you. >> Grinch in training. Okay. >> Grinch in training. So, we got a trainy Grinch and we got a trainy Santa. Um, for what it's worth, I will tell you um and the the police chief has volunteered
to help us this year on the 20th. That's when we throw candy. I haven't spoke to Miss Barrow yet to make sure it was okay if he was to help Santa with the treeining ceremony. >> This is like brand new information to
them. >> I didn't tell you that yet because I wasn't sure where we stood until today. And um he's going to throw he's going to ride on the uh fire engine on the 20th and throw candy with the elves.
>> The new one. >> The new one is Yeah. >> Fancy. >> No sleep in day. >> Do you have somebody else that would like to give it a shot? >> I'll check with him. He's a fresh from the North Pole. >> That's the one. >> Does he drink?
>> Uh no. No, he doesn't. She's a bunch of cookies, man. >> Reindeer fist. That's what >> No kidding. >> That's how Santa Claus he is. >> He could be a lifetime.
>> But anyway, for sure um between now and the uh 6th, we will have a confirmation for that day. And then on the 20th, it is confirmed that um that the chief's going to fill in for Santa that day and
help us on the truck. That that is a big day. It's 8 till 2 with a minor lunch break. And um uh he's going to be the costume's going to be loose on him, but we'll stuff a pillow on him or something like square. >> Was it a paying gig or just a volunteer?
>> Yeah, he's Yeah, we ain't paying you nothing. Okay. >> Be interesting to see if that fire truck can make the circle down there on Howard Cork. >> Uh it the the engine will the ladder
have to go back and forth. >> Did you want him to come down there all the way? >> We don't have no two stories, so we don't need him anyway. >> Okay. >> Can you park at the uh motel room at motel? >> He does do that. >> Ladder to go across. Actually, we
couldn't have thrown it over the roof to Ron's backyard. >> I'm sorry, Paul, but he is going to do it for the rest of the 20th. Would that be something you'd consider doing on the 6th? >> Absolutely. >> Okay, Miss Bear, is that okay? >> That's fine with me.
And then the other thing is the city Christmas party on the 13th and that's >> the 13th. Yes. >> To bring a dish or something. Whatever. >> City hall.
>> Now, Mr. Chapel, could you tell us about the ETH? >> The ETH, the dinner at whatever you got line. >> Well, the ETH is the League of Cities. Um, I gave you a flyer last time and I saw it at uh out at the beach, of
course. I don't know exactly where the I believe it's a hotel >> probably. looked like a nice meal to me. >> But >> the one with the two choices. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. It had two options, I'm assuming. Do we need to call them, Ron, and tell
them what we want? >> Well, I was going to find out how many people plan on going. >> Well, I figured the clerk and her husband would go. >> Yeah. >> Catherine and I are going to go. >> Yeah. >> No, I'm not going. >> You're not going? Really? Okay. Kate? >> Yeah.
>> Okay. You're going John, what about you? I can't bring my dog. I ain't going. >> The hell do you say bring him? >> Slap a emot. >> Yeah, send him his emotional support animal. >> Get on the floor.
>> I'll tell the mayor is going to be about 10. >> Yeah, tell them be about 10. >> Go about 10. >> It is not. There's going to be a They're offering two different food. One's a fish and one's a steak for something.
>> Yeah, I saw there were two options on it. Kate's coming from. Now, let me ask you a question. Um the night of um um the tree lighting ceremony, um obviously we got cookies and the ladies are doing all that kind of stuff and whatever we need, Miss Barry, we'll buy it. But did
you need any more bicycles? I got one for you. >> I got two. >> So, we need four bicycles. >> What size? >> Think one's a 20 and one to 16. Is that such a thing? Okay.
>> So, and and what what are they like? I haven't bought a bike in a long time. Are they boy and girl bikes the same or are they >> No. Mr. Someone told me that they would go get some if they had to. They go get
them if we needed any. >> Well, he was going to buy some. >> Well, for the city to buy. >> Oh, >> but they would go get them if they had to. >> Okay. And he's doing that through payroll deduction. Is that what that is? >> Okay.
>> Coming out probably the same place if we had to. I mean, I don't have problem. I can buy bicycle. I did last year. go down when they leave the park and just pick them up. >> Ex I was thinking the same thing. The chief's got a room full of them. >> The town houses all they got a few sitting outside
>> train wheels on. >> He offered if we didn't have enough, you know, >> he said you need some smaller ones, too. >> We usually get couple big ones and then couple small boy and girl small >> this year. Can we limit it to how many
one person can win? Like last there's that lady last year that's got like 14 kids. I mean I don't know how it worked out that way but she won ate all the cookies, ate all the hot we having hot dogs, Ron >> and then got all the bicycles and went home
>> and then refunded them all the following day at Walmart. >> Really? >> Yeah, it happens a lot. Happens a lot. >> But >> this is at the tree lighting. >> I hate y'all have it during the Christmas parade because we're always in
the Christmas parade, you know. Yeah. >> You are. >> Okay. So, you don't need any of that. >> And have them all wrapped to hand out. >> Can next year Can we like move Christmas tree lighting like the day before?
>> Well, that's a good thing for us. >> That's why they have a day. We're I'm involved in the Christmas parade. >> Are you choice but to be there? >> Well, the reason my daughter made remarks about that, but the reason why we do it is because everybody can't go to the Christmas
>> and Christmas at the end. >> Here you get hands on Santa. >> Yeah. No, I like you got him coming up in the fire truck and everything. So, you know, everybody can't get it. Ain't like it used to be and you had a lot of parking down there. You don't anymore. I
will I will tell you those kids, man, they go absolutely crazy. Almost like they wet themselves when that guy's comes around the corner of that truck and he gets off the truck. Them the little ones especially they just going they're ballistic, man. >> And I think it's really really good at Panama. You couldn't touch that. I could
you >> No, he's on the >> and he just goes on back to number one. He's done. >> We'll see. >> But you got to do what you got to do and that's okay. I miss you, but >> Yeah. Yeah. >> What time are you done down there,
Chuck? >> Kate, >> late if you're involved in it. >> Yeah, it's pretty late. >> Yeah. >> It's okay. >> But um >> I might skip it. I might come see y'all.
>> You got to be there, man. >> Yeah. >> So, Miss Barry, you got the floor. >> I think that's it. >> Kate got nothing. What are you going to be doing in the parade? >> My daughter's here. >> Exactly. Exactly. All right, that's all
I have, ladies and gentlemen. >> What about the meeting on on Thursday? >> On Thursday >> at 9:30 instead. >> 9:30. That's when Mr. Sloan wants us here. >> Okay. Good night everybody and thank you for