[A. CALL TO ORDER AND ANNOUNCE A QUORUM PRESENT] [00:00:15] TONIGHT IS TUESDAY, JANUARY THETHE TH, 2026, AT 6:30 P.M. WE'RE GOING TO TO OUR COUNCIL MEETING TO ORDER. WANT TO DO A ROLL CALL MR. ODOM? >> HERE. >> MS. CAMPBELL. MR. ELMORE. MS. RODRIGUEZ. >> HERE. >> RECORDS SHOW THAT THAT IS PRESENT. WOULD YOU DO THE HONOR OF THE INVOCATION. YOU KNOW I'LL ALWAYS PUT YOU TO WORK WHEN YOU COME. HERE TONIGHT. IN JESUS NAME, AMEN. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC ALL. >> THANK YOU. [C. CITIZEN COMMENTS] >> OKAY. OUR FIRST ITEM TORE THIS EVENING ON THE AGENDA WE HAVE CITIZEN COMMENT. THIS PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR CITIZENS TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL ON ANY MATTER THAT IS NOT THAT ON THE AGENDA. THERE IS A THREE-MINUTE TIME LIMIT FOR EACH CITIZEN TO SPEAK. HOWEVER, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT, THE CITY COUNCIL CANNOT DISCUSS ISSUES RAISED OR MAKE ANY DECISION AT THIS TIME. WE DO HAVE MR. JAMES SPENCE WHO IS REGISTERED TO SPEAK. >> MR. SPENCE, WOULD YOU COME TO THE PODIUM, PLEASE? >> TO THE MAYOR AND COUNCILMEMBERS, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU ALL, GRACIOUS FOR WHAT YOU'VE DONE FOR ME OVER THE FOR HOLIDAY. THANK YOU FOR BEING GRACIOUS. ENJOYED THAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> WE APPRECIATE YOU, MR. SPENCE. >> MR. PAUL JAMES, IF YOU'LL COME TO THE MICROPHONE, STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS, PLEASE. >> HI, EVERYBODY, MAYOR, COUNCIL. MY NAME IS PAUL JAMES, AND I'M AT 614 WEST PALACE MAIN STREET, RIGHT UP THE WAY. I'D LIKE TO SPEAK OUT ON THE RECENT STORIES THAT HAVE RESURFACED AGAIN REGARDING AN I.C.E. FACILITY IN HUTCHINS. LAST NIGHT HUTCHINS WAS MENTIONED ON MSNBC ON CABLE, "THE RACHEL MADDOW SHOW." I BELIEVE THE SUBJECT AND THE PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO COME FROM THE ADMINISTRATIONADMINISTR ATION THEY'RE ON A PLAN TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF SPACES FOR DETAINEES TO 80,000 PEOPLE. THE OTHER ASPECT OF THIS, I BELIEVE, IS THE ADMINISTRATION HAS A TENDENCY TO ASK FOR PERMISSION AFTER THE FACT. TAKE AN ACTION AND SEEK SOME SORT OF AGREEMENT AGREEMENT THE PUBLIC. THE MOST RECENT ARTICLE I CAUGHT, WHICH I'M SURE YOU ALL HAVE HAD -- AS CYNTHIA HAD MENTIONED MANY OF YOU HAD SEEN "THE DALLAS OBSERVER" FOR DALLAS COUNTY TO BE THE SECOND LARGEST I.C.E. DETENTION FACILITY AND IT SPECIFICALLY MENTIONS, AND THEY DID LAST NIGHT MENTION HUTCHINS AND MENTIONED THAT THE MAYOR HAD SPOKEN÷÷ OUT AGAINST THE PLAN TO DO THIS. BUT I WANTED AS A CITIZEN TO REAFFIRM THAT. >> BUT, AS WE ALL KNOW BECAUSE WE'VE USED TERMINOLOGY SO OFTEN, WHY HUTCHINS AND WHY DALLAS- FORTFORT WORTH? IT'S A LOGISTICS HUB, SO IT'S A LITTLE SURPRISED THAT HUTCHINS IN DALLAS COUNTY IS ONE OF THE SEVEN PROPOSED SPOTS. THE PROPOSED DRAFT IS [00:05:03] LOCATING CITIES, COUNTIES AND STATES LED BY REPUBLICAN OFFICIALS WHO HAVE DEMONSTRATED A PRO- TRUMP STANCE. WHAT I WOULD SIMPLY LIKE TO SAY IS WHAT WE'RE OPPOSING -- WHAT THE ADMINISTRATION IS PROPOSING IS 9,500 PEOPLE THAT WOULD BE MISTREATED IN THIS COMMUNITY. >> LOWERING OF OUR PROPERTY VALUES AS WE BECOME PRISONPRISON CITY, PROTESTING IN THE STREETS AS PEOPLE WOULD COME HERE TO EXPRESS THEIR DISPLEASURE WITH A CAMP LOCATED IN THE METROPLEX, INCREASED CRIME ANDAND TRAFFIC AS ARE BROUGHT HERE FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY TO BE IMPRISONED. A BUDGET BREAKING SITUATION THAT OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT WOULD HAVE TO DEAL WITH IN TERMS OF TRAFFIC AND PROTESTERS THAT WE'VE ALL SEEN ON TELEVISION. >> SO WHAT'S TO BE DONE? PASS AN ORDINANCE NOT ALLOWING THIS, WHICH MAY BE OVERTURNED BY OUR STATE GOVERNMENT? CONTACT BUSINESS PARTNERS, POSSIBLY BUILDERS AND SHIPPING COMPANIES AND MAJOR PLAYERS THAT HAVE COMMERCIAL INTEREST IN HUTCHINS TO HELP US HAVE MORE FLEXIBILITY AND MORE CLOUT WITH OUR STATE GOVERNMENT? IN CLOSING, I THINK THE MOST IMPORTANT THING REGARDING THE SITUATION IS THAT THIS IS, FOR A TOWN LIKE OURS, A SITUATION THAT IS MORALLY AND SPIRITUALLY A BANKRUPT IDEA. >> AND CLOSING IN THIS THIS FROM "THE OBSERVER." TINA WOLFE CALLED THE VERY IDEA OF THE PLAN DEHUMANIZING AND YOU'RE TREATING PEOPLE, FOR LACK OF A BETTER TERM, LIKE CATTLE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. I APPRECIATE IT. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> WE HAVE MR. FELIX MEDROGAL. >> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL. MY NAME IS FELIX, 1527 TRI ROAD. I'M A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF HUTCHINS. I BEG YOUR INDULGENCE IF I SLIGHTLY EXCEED MY THREE- MINUTE LIMIT. CITY COUNCILMEMBERS, HAVE YOU HEARD OR READ ABOUT THETHE HORRIFIC ICE STORM HEADED TO HUTCHINS? RECENTLY MY WIFE, AURORA AND I, READ ABOUT THIS HORRIFIC I.C.E. PLAN CONCERNING HUTCHINS FROM "THE WASHINGTON POST" AND HEARD ABOUT IT ON PBS RADIO. I.C.E. WANTS TO LEASE A HUTCHINS WAREHOUSE TO SHIP IN AND DETAIN APPROXIMATELY 10,000 MIGRANTS, HAULING IN MIGRANTS LIKE CATTLE INTO HUTCHINS INTO A WAREHOUSE WITH NO WINDOWS? WHO KNOWS WHAT THE INTERNAL HEALTH FACILITIES WILL LOOK LIKE WHILE WE LOOK THE OTHER WAY. LOOK AT THE CHAOS CURRENTLY GOING ON IN OTHER CITIES WHERE VARIOUS FEDERAL ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES ARE SENT IN. FREEDOM TO LEGALLY MARCH AND PROTEST IS STOPPED. INNOCENT, LAW- ABIDING CITIZENS ARE ARRESTED WITHOUT CAUSE. MIGRANTS ARE ARRESTED AND DETAINED WITHOUT DUE PROCESS OF THE LAW. PROPERTY, GOVERNMENT AND PRIVATE, BEING DESTROYED. PEOPLE BEING KILLED KILLED ALL INVESTIGATIONS BEING DENIED. REQUIRED UTILITIES AND SERVICES CANNOT BE MET. MASSIVE OVERCROWDING AND INHUMANE CONDITIONS ARE HIDDEN. A STRAIN ON LIMITED AND SANITATION CAPABILITIES ARE NOT REPORTED. THE SPREAD OF COMMUNICABLE DISEASES CANNOT BE MEASURED. [00:10:17] IF WE LET THIS HAPPEN IN HUTCHINS, OUR BELOVED CITY WILL BE ONE OF THE LARGEST SINGLE SITE JAIL SYSTEMS IN AMERICA, BIGGER THAN RIKERS ISLAND IN NEW YORK CITY, HARRIS COUNTY JAIL AND THE NOTORIOUS COOKE COUNTY JAIL IN ILLINOIS. WE MUST STAY INFORMED OF ANY FUTURE I.C.E. DEVELOPMENT AND USE EVERY LEGAL METHOD, HUTCHINS BUSINESS STANDARDS, ZONE, TO PREVENT THIS I.C.E. STORM FROM MOVING IN AND WAREHOUSING HUMAN BEINGS IN A WAREHOUSE IN HUTCHINS. THANK YOU. [D. PUBLIC HEARINGS ] >> IS THAT ALL, CYNTHIA? IS THAT ALL THE SPEAKERS? >> SO AT THIS TIME WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM D, WE HAVE PUBLIC HEARING 1A TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER A REQUEST BY NICK VINSON WITH FOUNDRY COMMERCIAL REPRESENTING PROPERTY OWNER CHRIS STORM 725 EAST WINTERGREEN LLC IN THE LIGHT INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT LOT 2 BLOCK A, 11. 44 TRACT OF LAND LOCATED EAST OF I.- 45 NORTH OF FINN ROAD COMMONLY ADDRESSED AS 735 EAST WINTERGREEN ROAD. >> THIS ITEM IS ADJACENT TO THE CHRIS STORM SECURE PARKING LOT AND IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF HUTCHINS. THESE USES ARE LIGHT INDUSTRIAL, HOWEVER, THEY DO REQUIRE APPROVAL OF SPECIAL USE PERMIT ITEM C. OF THE PUBLIC HEARING AND DISCUSS ORDINANCE 2025-01- 1219 GRANTING AN SUP TO ALLOW PARKING LOT, TRUCKS AND TRAILERS, HEAVY LOAD VEHICLE STORAGE, TRUCK SALES AND STORAGE IN THE LIGHT INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT, LOT 2 BLOCK A. , 11. 44 TRACT OF LAND LOCATED EAST OF I.- 45 AND NORTH OF FINN ROAD COMMONLY ADDRESSED AS 735 EAST WINTERGREEN ROAD. YOU'LL TAKE ACTION ON WHAT WAS PRESENTED. >> I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ORDINANCE 2025-01-1219. >> I SECOND. >> SECOND. >> THERE'S A MOTION BY MR. NICHOLS, A SECOND BY MS. RODRIGUEZ TO APPROVE ORDINANCE NUMBER 2025-01- 1219 AS READ BY OUR COUNCILMAN STEVE NICHOLS. ALL IN FAVOR. [00:16:15] >> WE DID IT THE OLD-FASHIONED WAY. THE MACHINE NEEDS TO GET LOOKED AT. MR. ODOM? >> FOR. >> MS. CAMPBELL? >> FOR. >> MR. NICHOLS? >> FOR. >> MR. ELMORE? >> FOR. >> MS. RODRIGUEZ? >> FOR. >> THE MOTION CARRIES. [E. REGULAR AGENDA] >> ON OUR REGULAR AGENDA WE HAVE ITEM E.- 2 DISCUSSION AND CONSIDER A RESOLUTION APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY AS BEING -- AS THIS ITEM -- I'M SORRY. OKAY. YEAH, WE HAD A CORRECTION TO THIS. YOU HAVE THE CORRECTED RESOLUTION. >> SOMEBODY GOT AHEAD OF THEMSELVES. >> SO -- >> CAN I EXPLAIN IT? ALL RIGHT. WE ARE TRYING TO IMPROVE THE WORKING CONDITIONS OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT. IF YOU GO WITH THE CURRENT BUILDING, IT'S -- IT'S REALLY TOUGH CIRCUMSTANCES OVER THERE, SO IT WAS DETERMINED THAT WE WOULD, YOU KNOW, COME IN WITH SOME TRAILERS, TWO 60X12 TRAILERS, TWO OFFICES, TWO KITCHENETTES, TWO BATHROOMS, A PLACE WHERE THEY CAN COME TO WORK AND FEEL GOOD ABOUTABOUT IT. EVENTUALLY THERE WILL BE AN ATTEMPT TO CONSIDER BUILDING A NEW BUILDING, BUT THAT IS NOT WITHIN THE TWO YEARS THAT WAS DESCRIBED. >> WE HAVE SEVERAL THINGS WE NEED TO DO BEFORE THEN. THE ROAD AND STREET BOND ISSUE PROPOSITION 27 AND AFTER THAT WE'LL CONSIDER THAT BUILDING. RIGHT NOW WE TOOK THREE BIDS, AS WE'RE SUPPOSED TO. THE MOST RESPONSIVE BID, THE MOST AFFORDABLE BID WAS PROVIDED BY WILLIAMS SCOTSMAN OR WILLSCOT FOR $146,000 LEASE OVER TWO YEARS. WE'RE DOING IT PERPER MONTH. AND AT THE END OF TWO YEARS WE CAN EITHER CONTINUE THE LEASE OR NOT USE THE LEASE. RIGHT NOW THAT'S THE MOST RESPONSIVE.MOST THEY'RE REALLY NICE BUILDINGS. IT WILL HAVE WATER ANDAND SEWER POWER. THEY'LL HAVE COMPUTERS. THEY'LL HAVE INTERNET. AND IT'S AN IMPROVEMENT FOR THE GUYS, AND I APPRECIATE KEN'S MANAGEMENT OF THE DEPARTMENT. THEY SEEM TO BE COMING TOGETHER AS A UNIT, AND I REALLY LIKE THE WAY HE HANDLED THE DEPARTMENT. >> I MAKE A MOTION [00:20:34] >> -- PRESENTED BY OUR CITY ADMINISTRATOR, MR. QUIN. WE DO HAVE A CORRECTION TO THAT IN THE REPORT THAT YOU ARE PROVIDED, THE WORK SHEET ON ITEM TWO -- I'M SORRY, ITEM THREE, IT SHOULD BE 2025 NOT 2024. >> MAYOR AND CITY COUNCILMEMBERS, AS YOU ARE AWARE, THE DEVELOPMENT OF A GRANT OF $10 MILLION AND ANOTHER $4.5 MILLION ISSUE, THE APPLICATION WAS CONSIDERED COMPLETE. HOWEVER, THEY HAVE ASKED QUESTIONS. YOU ARE DEALING WITH A LARGE BUREAUCRACY. THE CURRENT WATER CONSERVATION PLAN IS FIVE YEARS, FOUR MONTHS, AND THEY SAY IT HAS TO BE REDONE BECAUSE OF THE LIMITS FOR FIVE YEARS. WE WENT THROUGH AND COMPLETED THE APPLICATION TO THETHE BEST OUR ABILITY. AFTER THIS MEETING, WE'RE GOING TO SEND IT DOWN TO THE BOARD AND WE HAVE A CONSULTANT, MR. BAKER, MORIARTY WILL ALSO LOOK AT IT. I THINK WE'RE GETTING REALLY CLOSE. THEY ASKED FOR A '24 AUDIT THIS PAST WEEK. I THINK WE'RE GENERALLY GOING TO PLACE VERY HIGH IN THIS BUT THERE'S JUST A COUPLE IS NEED TO÷÷BE DOTTED AND THIS IS ONE OF THEM. >> I MAKE A MOTION WE APPROVE ORDINANCE 2026-01- 1220 PRESENTED BY JAMES QUIN. >> SECOND. >> THERE'S A MOTION BY MR. ELMORE, A SECOND BY MR. NICHOLS TO APPROVE ORDINANCE NUMBER 2026-01- 1220 AS READ BY OUR CITY ADMINISTRATOR, JIM QUIN. ALL IN FAVOR, CAST YOUR VOTES. >> OKAY, THE MOTION CARRIES, 5-0. WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM 4, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER -- OH, THIS [F. EXECUTIVE SESSION ] ITEM -- >> THIS ITEM IS BEING PULLED FROM THE AGENDA. >> OKAY. SO AT THIS TIME WE'LL MOVE ON TO EXECUTIVE SESSION. PURSUANT TO SECTION 551. 072 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE THE CITY COUNCIL WILL CONVENE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION TO DELIBERATE THE PURCHASE, EXCHANGE, LEASE OR VALUE OF REAL PROPERTY LOCATED WITHIN THE CITY OF HUTCHINS, TEXAS. >> AT 6:53 WE'RE GOING INTO [H. ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST ] >>> WE MOVE ON TO THE ITEMSITEMS COMMUNITY INTEREST. THIS IS A PERIOD FOR FILING FORFOR A PLACE ON THE GENERAL ELECTION BALLOT, RUNS FROM JANUARY 14 THROUGH FRIDAY FEBRUARY 13. OUR NEXT CITY COUNCIL MEETING IS TODAY. PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING, MONDAY, JANUARY 26, AT 6:00. CITY COUNCIL MEETING ON FEBRUARY 2ND AT 6:30. WE HAVE THE PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD MEETING ON TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 3. AND THEN THE LAST DAY TO REGISTER TO VOTE IN THE THE 2026 ELECTION IS THURSDAY, APRIL 2ND. >> MAKE A MOTION WE WILL ADJOURN. >> SECOND. >> THERE'S A MOTION BY MR. ELMORE SECONDED BY MR. NICHOLS TO ADJOURN. ALL IN FAVOR CAST YOUR VOTE, PLEASE. >> FOR. >> * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.