Jun 16, 2026 Committee of the Whole

GOOD

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GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE.

IT IS 11:04 AM ON TUESDAY, JUNE 16TH, 2026, AND THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE, FOR DALLAS AREA RAPID TRANSIT IS NOW CALLED ORDER.

OUR FIRST ITEM ARE

[2. Approval of Minutes: June 9, 2026 ]

THERE ARE MOTION TO APPROVE MOVE APPROVAL.

IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND.

IT'S BEEN MOVED.

AND SECOND.

ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, PLEASE INDICATE YOUR VOTE ON THE MACHINE.

OH, WE HAVE, OH, SORRY.

WE HAVE VIRTUAL.

SO, UH, ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE INDICATE BY SAYING AYE.

AYE.

AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? UM, OUR NEXT ITEM

[3. Items of Interest ]

UM, I THINK WE DID HAVE SOMETHING FROM THE CEO.

LET'S LET, LET'S DO THE BOARD MEMBERS AND, UM, MOVE TO THE CEO, UH, MR. MCGREGOR.

THANK YOU, CHAIR.

I JUST WANNA SHARE THAT I HAD A CHANCE TO GO TO ARLINGTON ON SUNDAY FOR, UH, FOR THE FIFA GAME, AND, UH, TOOK DART OF COURSE, TO GET THERE.

I WANNA REPORT THAT, UH, IT WAS A EXTREMELY GOOD EXPERIENCE.

UM, UH, AS FAR AS SAFETY, OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT WAS THERE INVISIBLE.

UH, EVERYTHING WENT VERY SMOOTHLY.

THE VOLUNTEERS AT THE, AT THE UM, STATIONS WERE ALL REALLY FRIENDLY AND ENTHUSED AND SMILING.

IT WAS, IT WAS JUST, IF I WERE A TOURIST, I, I WOULD, I WOULD REALLY FALL IN LOVE WITH THE CITY JUST FROM THAT EXPERIENCE.

SO, JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT.

THANK YOU.

ANYONE ELSE? MS. ONE CROSS? I JUST WANNA THANK OUR DART EMPLOYEES WHO HAVE STEPPED UP TO VOLUNTEER FOR THIS FIFA EXPERIENCE.

UH, WE THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND IT'S GREATLY APPRECIATED.

THANK YOU.

OKAY.

ANYONE ELSE? I JUST WANT TO ECHO, UM, THE, THE, UH, SENTIMENTS ABOUT FIFA.

IT'S BEEN, GO SAY, UM, THE STAFF .

MIC CHAIR, YOUR MIC.

IS IT ON? OH, YEP, IT'S ON.

OH, WHAT ? UM, AND YEAH, AGAIN, THANK YOU TO ALL THE STAFF, THE CHAIRMAN.

ANY ITEMS OF INTEREST? NO.

OKAY.

ALRIGHT.

UM, WE DO NOT HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS, SO WE WILL NOT READ THE, UM, RULES INTO THE RECORD.

WE'LL MOVE ON NOW TO

[23. +Appointment of a Panel of Administrative Law Judges (Michele Wong Krause/Jesse Salazar) ]

THANK YOU.

CHAIR.

YES.

WE HAD SEVEN NOMINEES THAT CAME THROUGH AND WERE VOTED UNANIMOUS UNANIMOUSLY OUT OF THE AD HOC COMMITTEE TO THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE.

AND, UM, I RECOMMEND, UH, APPOINTMENT OF THOSE SEVEN NOMINEES.

IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND.

IT'S BEEN MOVED.

AND SECOND.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? SEE NONE.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND IN YOUR POST.

AND THAT MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.

OUR NEXT ITEM

[24. Appointment of Interim Chief Audit Officer (Roy C. Lopez/Randall B. Bryant/Rosa Medina-Cristobal)]

MR. LOPEZ OR MS. MILLIGAN, ONE OF YOU TWO.

UM, POINT OF INQUIRY, UH, CAN I HAVE A QUICK DISCUSSION WITH, UH, OUR COUNSEL? UM, THERE IS NOT ANY OTHER ITEM, SO THAT'S FINE.

UM, SO WE, YOU WANT TO DEFER 24, 25 AND 26.

32ND.

MAYBE A 32ND QUESTION.

MY APOLOGIES.

MR. CHAIR.

OKAY.

DO YOU HAVE A MOTION ON 24? YES.

I MOVE THAT WE APPOINT, UH, MANDY CHURCH AS OUR, UH, INTERIM, UM, AUDIT OFFICER.

IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND.

IT'S BEEN MOVED.

AND SECOND.

ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE INDICATE BY RAISING YOUR HAND.

AND OPPOSED SAME SIGN THAT MOTION CARRIES.

ITEM 25 IS RECOMMENDATION

[25. +Recommendation of Candidate for Position of Chief Audit Officer (Roy C. Lopez/Randall B. Bryant/Rosa Medina-Cristobal) ]

I'M DEFERRING TO, UH, MY COLLEAGUE, UM, MAU MILIAN.

MS. MILLIGAN, UH, I RECOMMEND CANDIDATE A CANDIDATE A FOR THE POSITION OF CHIEF AUDIT OFFICER.

IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND.

IT'S BEEN MOVED IN SECOND.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE

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AND OPPOSED, SAME SIGN.

THAT MOTION CARRIES ITEM NEXT ITEM IS AUTHORIZATION

[26. +Authorization to Negotiate Employment Agreement with Chief Audit Officer Candidate (Roy C. Lopez/Randall B. Bryant/Rosa Medina-Cristobal) ]

YES, SIR.

I MOVE TO AUTHORIZE THE NEGOTIATION OF AN EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT WITH THE CHIEF AUDIT OFFICER.

SECOND.

SHOULD BE MOVING SECOND.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE INDICATE BY RAISING YOUR HAND AND OPPOSED SAME SIGN.

THAT MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.

UH, THE NEXT ITEM WILL BE DEFERRED UNTIL THE JULY 14TH MEETING.

WHICH BRINGS US TO OUR NEXT ITEM,

[Items 28 & 29]

UNDER SECTION UNDER IS GOING INTO CLOSED SESSION UNDER SECTION 5 5 1 0.074 OF THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT WHICH ALLOWS FOR THE DELIBERATION OF A PERSONNEL MATTER TO DISCUSS.

AGENDA ITEMS 28 AND 29.

IT IS NOW 6:02 PM ON TUESDAY, JUNE 16TH, 2026 AND THE DALLAS AREA RAPID TRANSIT COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE MEETING IS BACK INTO OPEN SESSION.

UH, WE DID NOT TAKE ANY FINAL ACTION ON ITEMS 28 AND 29.

UH, THEREFORE THERE BEING NO ADDITIONAL BUSINESS FOR THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE.

THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.

WE WILL, UH, RECONVENE INTO, OR WE WILL CONVENE INTO OUR UH, BOARD MEETING IN JUST ONE MOMENT.