* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:01] GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. IT IS NOW 6:05 PM ON TUESDAY, AUGUST 25TH, 2026, AND THE DALLAS AREA RAPID TRANSIT BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING IS NOW CALLED TO ORDER. OUR FIRST ITEM IS THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, UH, CHAIR LEGAL. WOULD YOU READ US PLEASE, PLEASE, ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG FROM THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. AND PLEASE STATE FACE FLAG, HONOR TEXAS FLAG TO THE TEXAS ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INVISIBLE. [2. Approval of Minutes: August 11, 2026] OUR NEXT ITEM WILL BE THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM THE AUGUST 11TH, 2026 MEETING. IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE? SO MOVE. IT'S BEEN MOVED BY MR. MCGREGOR. SECOND BY MR. UH, ELLI. SECOND? YEP. UM, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? SEE NONE. PLEASE INDICATE YOUR VOTE WITH 11 IN FAVOR. ZERO IN OPPOSITION. THAT MOTION PASSES. NEXT ITEM WILL BE [4. Public Comments – Agenda Item Specific] OUR PUBLIC COMMENTS ON AGENDA ITEM SPECIFIC. MR. GENERAL COUNSEL, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ OUR RULES AT THE BEGINNING OF EACH, UH, BOARD MEETING TIME IS ALLOCATED FOR THE PUBLIC TO ADDRESS THE BOARD ON SPECIFIC AGENDA ITEMS. ADDITIONAL TIME FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENTS WILL BE PROVIDED AT THE END OF THE MEETING. ALL SPEAKERS MUST COMPLETE A PUBLIC, UH, COMMENT REQUEST FORM IN PERSON OR ONLINE PRIOR TO SPEAKING. SPEAKERS WILL BE CALLING THE ORDER IN WHICH THE FORMS ARE RECEIVED. FORMS THAT DID NOT SPECIFY AN AGENDA ITEM WILL TREAT A GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT OR NAME IS CALLED. PLEASE STEP UP THE PODIUM AND STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. EACH SPEAKER WILL HAVE, UH, THREE MINUTES TO ADDRESS THE BOARD. SPEAKERS WHO NEED INTERPRETER MAY HAVE AT LEAST SIX MINUTES TO ENSURE THAT ALL SPEAKERS RECEIVE THE SAME OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THE BOARD. LEADING ON, ON THE PODIUM INDICATES WHEN YOU CAN BEGIN. THE YELLOW LIGHT INDICATES THAT YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE REMAINING. AND THE RED LIGHT INDICATES THAT YOUR TIME IS CONCLUDED. SPEAKERS MUST REMAIN AT THE PODIUM DURING THEIR COMMENTS. BOARD MEMBERS WILL NOT ASK QUESTIONS, OFFER THEIR OWN COMMENTS OR OTHERWISE INTERACT WITH SPEAKERS DURING THE COMMENT PERIOD. BOARD MEMBERS CANNOT RESPOND TO PERSONNEL MATTERS DURING THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD. THEREFORE, EMPLOYEES SHOULD DIRECT THEIR COMMENTS TO THEIR SUPERVISOR, CHAIN OF COMMAND OR CONTACT, UH, HUMAN RESOURCES. THE AUDIENCE IS ASKED TO REFRAIN FROM APPLAUDING OR OTHER EXPRESSIONS, SUPPORT OR OPPOSITION. A COPY OF THE FULL PUBLIC COMMON GUIDELINES IS POSTED IN THE LOBBY AND MAY BE FOUND ON THE DAR WEBSITE. THANK YOU FOR THE TIME YOU TOOK TO ADDRESS THE BOARD TODAY. OUR FIRST SPEAKER WILL BE ALBERT WIGGINS, FOLLOWED BY TAMMY GREENBERG. SORRY, I'M NOT FINISHED LIKE Y'ALL TODAY. EVERYBODY GOT SUITS ON AND I'M SHORTS ON. HOW Y'ALL DOING? UH, YOU STEP TO THE NEXT MICROPHONE. YES. THERE YOU GO. HOW YOU DOING TODAY? UH, I'M JUST, I WAS, UH, WAS AT, UH, CARROLLTON FRANKLIN STATION AND I GOT, UH, I WAS SMOKING A CIGARETTE AND ONE OF Y'ALL FIRST ENFORCEMENT GUYS SLAPPED ME. AND I WANNA KNOW WHAT'S, WHAT'S GONNA BE DONE ABOUT IT, SIR. I DID MY AFFIDAVIT AND MY POLICE REPORT HEARD THE GUY GOT FIRED AND WENT TO JAIL, BUT NOBODY HAD SENT NO MAIL OR CALL ME AND TOLD ME, ARE YOU ALL RIGHT OR DOING ANYTHING? WHAT, WHAT, WHAT CAN WE DO FOR YOU? AND I HAVE HEARD NOTHING. AND THEN I, I GOT A BUS PASS IN MY POCKET RIGHT NOW THAT I PAY EVERY DAY THAT WHEN I GO TO WORK, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? I PAY TO USE DART AND I FEEL LIKE I AIN'T HAD NO NOTHING. SO I'M JUST WONDERING WHAT I, WHAT SHOULD I DO? SHOULD I TAKE THIS FURTHER? SHOULD I GO TO CHANNEL FOUR NEWS AND SAY THERE'S NO LOVE FROM DAUGHTER OR WHAT? YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? I'M JUST SAYING, I JUST DON'T FEEL NOTHING. AND I MEAN, I RIDE Y'ALL EVERY DAY. THE GUY GOT, IF I, IF I'D ASSAULTED HIM, IT WOULD'VE BEEN ANOTHER FELONY ON ME. I HEARD HE GOT FIRED, I GOT A MISDEMEANOR AND HE'S PROBABLY BEEN ON HIS WAY, BUT IT WOULD'VE BEEN SERIOUS FOR ME. THE GUY SLAPPED UP OUT OF ME AND THANK GOD I DIDN'T RETALIATE. SOME THAT DON'T DO THAT WHEN THE FIRST WAS. AND I LIKE KNOW WHAT'S GOING, WHAT'S, WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THAT? SHOULD I GO IN THE FOREST OR YO, CAN I HAVE ONE OF Y'ALL CARDS AND Y'ALL GONNA LET ME KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON OR WHAT WITH ME? 'CAUSE I HAVE, YOU KNOW, MY WIFE RECENTLY JUST DIED AND I'M, I'M GOING THROUGH A LITTLE MENTAL THING AND THAT JUST KIND OF BROUGHT THAT BACK UP. YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? AT UM, I WAS AT PEACE. I WAS AT PEACE WITH MYSELF. BUT WHEN HE SLAPPED ME, LIKE HE DIDN'T GIVE UP ABOUT ME. AND THAT'S WHAT KIND OF EMPLOYEES DID Y'ALL HAVE WHEN Y'ALL, WHEN Y'ALL I SAID, WELL, Y'ALL HIRED, DO Y'ALL HIRE PEOPLE LIKE THAT? JUST, I KNOW I SHOULDN'T BE SMOKING CIGARETTES, BUT YOU KNOW, YOU SAY, SIR, MOVE DOWN THERE AND SMOKE A CIGARETTE. EAT POW SLAPS OUTTA ME. YOU UNDERSTAND [00:05:01] WHAT THE WORD I'M TRYING TO SAY? SO I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHAT'S, WHAT CAN, WHAT'S GONNA BE DONE ABOUT THIS, SIR? SO SIR, WE CAN'T ENGAGE IN A CONVERSATION WITH YOU, BUT IF YOU, IF YOU'RE CONCLUDED, WHO, WHO CAN I TALK IF I CAN'T ENGAGE WITH YOU IN A CONVERSATION, BUT IF YOU'RE CONCLUDED, I'LL GET OUR CHIEF OF POLICE TO, TO MEET WITH YOU IF YOU'RE, IF YOU'VE CONCLUDED YOUR COMMENTS. WHO? OUR CHIEF OF POLICE. OKAY. THE CHIEF POLICE POLICE. YEAH. RIGHT OVER THERE. HE'S RIGHT OVER HERE. YEP. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS TAMMY GREENBERG, FOLLOWED BY AUGUSTA BAILEY. I WANNA SAY THANK YOU FULLY ME SPEAK AGAIN. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HELPING ME. UM, ADRIAN AND MR. KELLY AND EVERYBODY ELSE ABOUT AMAC. ARE WE FINALLY FOR OUT WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS? UM, STEVE IN DALLAS AND DART NEEDS TO WORK TOGETHER ABOUT MAINTENANCE AND SAFETY BECAUSE WE AREN'T SEE OF DALLAS AND DART IS NOT WORKING TOGETHER. UM, I NOTICED TODAY I'VE BEEN ALL OVER THE PLACE. I EVEN WENT TO IRVING AND I TOOK THE TRE TO THE ANTIQUE STORE AND I NOTICED, YOU KNOW, CONNECTIONS ARE VERY IMPORTANT. WE, WE'VE BEEN SEEING THIS OVER AND OVER AGAIN. I NOTICED THIS TWO 30 BUS LEFT RIGHT WHEN THE TRE IS ARRIVING. AND MY, I I'M UNDERSTANDING FROM MY HUSBAND NOW, BECAUSE HE'S NOW HAVE TO COMMUTE TO SAN PORT, THE BUS IN THE TRE IS NOT CONNECTING. WE REALLY NEED TO LOOK AT THE CONNECTIONS AND LOOK AND THE MICROCON TRANSIT. HOW LONG WE HAVE TO WAIT 24 MINUTES OR 30 MINUTES BECAUSE IT'S REALLY, I MEAN, WE'VE BEEN IN THE HEAT FOR 108 DEGREES. IT'S NOT FOR US TO HAVE TO WAIT 30 MINUTES. CONNECTIONS ARE SO IMPORTANT, ESPECIALLY WITH NO PARK. WE, WHEN YOU GUYS TALK ABOUT 4 0 2 BUZZ GAME, DISCONTINUE, I SUGGEST HAVE A DESTINATION AREA FOR GOAL LINK. AND OF COURSE I'M GOING BACK TO NORTH PORT MALL AND HAVEN'T BEEN FOR YEARS. SO I WAS PLAYING, I'VE BEEN WALKING ACROSS THE STREET TO PANERA, GOING BACK TO PARK LANE OR GOING WALNUT HILL AND PRESTON AND SEE IF DALLAS, I CALLED THEM THE 3 1 1 BECAUSE THE LOT WAS NOT EVEN WORKING. THE CROSS LOT WAS NOT SAFE. SO THAT, THAT WAS SATURDAY. SO SUNDAY I WENT AND GOT A GO LINK TO NORTH POINT MALL, BUT THEY MISSED MY DESTINATION. THEY WENT, BECAUSE I SAY MACY'S GARAGE, THEY WENT TO THE NORTH PARK ENTRANCE. LUCKILY YOU GUYS ARE SHOWING THE LESSON PLAN AND EVERYTHING, BUT SOMETIMES WE DON'T GET CALLS WHERE THEY ARE OR NOT. I'M TRYING TO TEXT THEM. SO IT'D BE REALLY, AND ESPECIALLY CHRISTMAS TIME AND TRY AND CROSS THAT STREET ON PARK IN GREENVILLE IS HORRIBLE. I MEAN, SOMETIMES I CROSSWALKS DON'T EVEN WORK. AND I'VE CALLED, TRUST ME, I'VE CALLED 3 1 1. SO, AND ALSO MOCKINGBIRD STATION. CAN WE REVERSE THOSE ESCALATORS 'CAUSE OF THE CONSTRUCTION SO PEOPLE CAN GO UP INSTEAD OF USING THOSE STAIRS AND THE ESCALATOR AND THE ELEVATOR BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING DOWN BECAUSE ONE OF THE ESCALATORS IS BROKEN. NOW, IF WE CAN REVERSE WHAT WE GUYS DID AT CITY PLACE, THAT WOULD BE APPRECIATED. THANK YOU SO MUCH. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS AUGUSTA BAILEY, FOLLOWED BY JAY HURST. GOOD AFTERNOON. HOW Y'ALL DOING TODAY? MY NAME IS AUGUSTA BAILEY. AS ALL, MOST OF YOU ALL KNOW BOARD MEMBERS AND CHAIR MEMBERS. I HAVE EMAILED MULTIPLE OF YOU ALL CONCERNING THE MATTER THAT HAPPENED ON JUNE THE 20TH. TO ME, I HAVE BEEN ACCUSED OF STEALING MY SERVICE DOG WITH UNACCEPTABLE. IT'S, IT IS NOT ACCEPTABLE. Y'ALL SEPARATED ME FROM MY SERVICE DOG. I ALSO GOT A CALL TODAY FROM GENE GOMEZ BECAUSE I USED DART LOGO ON A PROTEST PAPER, ON A PROTEST PAPER TO ENSURE THE WORD WOULD OCCURRED TO ME THAT HE WAS GONNA FOUL A SUIT AGAINST ME FOR USING DART LOGO, A PUBLIC INTERESTY LOGO. GENE GOMEZ, PLEASE EXPLAIN. I HAVE COMMUNICATED WITH YOU MULTIPLE TIMES CONCERNING THIS MATTER. I HAVE TO, I HAVE EXPRESSED MYSELF MULTIPLE TIMES THAT I DON'T WISH TO TAKE THIS TO LEGAL. BUT IF LEGAL NEED TO BE TOOK IT, IF IT NEEDS TO TAKE IT THAT ROUTE, I WOULD NOT SETTLE WITH DART. I WILL NOT. I WILL FIGHT IT ALL THE WAY OUT. DART. Y'ALL ARE WRONG. Y'ALL COMMITTED 80 DA VIOLATION. Y'ALL HAVE COMMITTED 80 DA VIOLATION ON ME [00:10:01] MULTIPLE TIMES. I HAVE THE PROOF IN MY PHONE. I HAVE MULTIPLE VIDEOS OF DART COMMITTED 80 DA VIOLATIONS. DART Y'ALL FEDERALLY FUNDED. Y'ALL HAVE FEDERALLY FUNDED. Y'ALL RECEIVED 31,000, $31 MILLION FOR SAFETY AND MENTAL HEALTH TRAINING. BUT INSTEAD I GET, I GET ARRESTED. FALSIFIED CHARGES GET THROWN OUT A DAY LATER. DART. HOW DO Y'ALL WANNA DO IT? DO Y'ALL WANT TO TAKE IT TO COURT OR DO Y'ALL WANNA SETTLE? ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. I'M TIRED OF GOING BACK AND FORTH WITH EUGENE GOMEZ. YOU COMMUNICATE WITH ME AND SAY THIS AND SAY THIS, BUT YOUR RISK MANAGEMENT HAS NO KNOWLEDGE OF IT. I HAVE EVERY COMMUNICATING RECORDED. I HAVE SENT MULTIPLE EMAILS. I HAVE TAGGED MULTIPLE BOARD MEMBERS IN, IN EMAILS. DART, HOW DO Y'ALL WANNA DO IT? I'M NOT GONNA CONTINUE. I'M NOT GONNA SIT BACK AND LET IT GO ON ANY LONGER. DART I NEED ANSWERS. YOU ALL COMMITTED 88 VIOLATIONS. Y'ALL VIOLATED MY FOURTH 14TH AMENDMENT. Y'ALL VIOLATED MY FOURTH AMENDMENT. I ASKED THE CHIEF AND THE CHIEF DON'T ANSWER ME. INSTEAD, HE WALKS AWAY FROM ME. INSTEAD, HE ANNOYS ME. I WOULD CONTINUE TO CONTINUE TO VIDEO DART AND I WOULD CONTINUE TO USE MY SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM TO EXPOSE THE WRONG DAWN OF DART. DART HAS SINGLED OUT HOMELESS PEOPLE. DART HAD SINGLED OUT THE MENTAL HEALTH PEOPLE. DOT IS TARGETING PEOPLE DOT POLICE IS TARGETING THE MENTAL HEALTH AND DOT TOLD POLICE HAVE TARGETED. YOU KNOW, THIS IS NOT OKAY. IT'S NOT. THANK YOU. I'M ASKING FOR DOOR TO CHANGE IT. THANK YOU MR. BAILEY. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS JAY LANG HURST. HELLO, JAY LANG HURST 6 7 0 8 LOVINGTON DRIVE, DALLAS, TEXAS. UH, I JUST WANTED TO COMMENT. I WAS LOOKING OVER THE FISCAL YEAR 27 BUDGET. THANK YOU FOR POSTING THAT. UH, AND ON THE ORANGE AND GREEN LINE ELEVATOR MODERNIZATION, LRT PS 45, IT NOTED THAT, UH, ELEVATOR MAINTENANCE FOR THE NEXT 20 YEARS, UH, YOU KNOW, OF, OF MAINTENANCE IN LAS COLINAS WAS BEING DONE. I JUST WANTED TO, I I THINK THAT MIGHT ALREADY BE COMPLETE, BUT THAT ELEVATOR GOES TO THE A PT SYSTEM AS FAR AS I CAN TELL, WHICH HASN'T BEEN IN USE FOR MANY YEARS. SO IF IT IS POSSIBLE TO PULL SOME OF THAT BACK OR NOT DO THAT, I'M NOT SURE IT'S, IT'S MONEY WELL SPENT. UH, I THINK THERE IS, YOU KNOW, NEED STILL AT THAT SAME STATION. THE SOUTHBOUND UH, PASSENGER DISPLAY TIME DOES NOT WORK. I THINK YOU'RE AWARE OF IT 'CAUSE THERE'S A BIG TARP OVER IT. IT SAYS CALL DART FOR INFORMATION, BUT THERE ARE STILL NEEDS AT THAT STATION, WHICH I THINK COULD BE, UH, BETTER SPENT THAN THE, THAN THE ELEVATOR MAINTENANCE. UM, AND THEN ALSO ON THE GMP, UH, I WAS GLAD TO SEE SOME GOOD, UH, EFFORTS FROM THE CITIES TO INCLUDE ACTIVE TRANSIT IN THE GMP. UM, ATTENDED THE DISTRICT 12, UH, MEETING AND TALKED TO SOME OF THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FOR THE CITY OF DALLAS, UH, ABOUT MAKING THAT A MORE TRANSPARENT PROCESS. NOW THERE'S MORE TIME FOR THAT GOING FORWARD, UH, AND ALSO POTENTIALLY ADDING SOME BIKE LANES FROM KOTT, UH, ALONG FRANKFURT TO WATERVIEW TO CONNECT INTO THE REALLY GOOD INFRASTRUCTURE THAT RICHARDSON HAS AND TO CONNECT INTO, UH, THE UTD STATION. UH, SO ANYWAY, TWO OPPORTUNITIES, UH, THAT I THINK FOR GOOD SPENDING FROM THE CITY OF DALLAS, UH, AND FROM DART. AND HOPEFULLY THOSE THINGS CAN BE IMPROVED. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THAT CONCLUDES OUR, UH, PUBLIC SPEAKERS ON AGENDA ITEMS SPECIFICALLY. UM, WE [5. Honorary Proclamation Celebrating the Partnership Between Dallas Area Rapid Transit and Dallas Independent School District for the Launch of the High School Student Bus Maintenance Externship Program (Randall B. Bryant)] WILL NOW HAVE A SPECIAL RECOGNITION AND, UH, MR. CEO, IF YOU COULD FOLLOW ME OUT TO THE PODIUM. IS THIS FOR ME? UH, YES. UM, FOR THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING ALONG, LIKE TAMMY GREENBERG FOR QUITE SOME TIME AT DART, YOU'VE SEEN, UM, SOME CHANGES TO OUR BOARD MAKE UP. UM, OVER THE PAST MONTH OR SO, UM, OBVIOUSLY WITH THE ADDITION OF NEW FORMER, OF NEW BOARD MEMBER JEFF BASS, WE, UM, ARE GIVING RECOGNITION OF ONE OF OUR FORMER BOARD MEMBERS. UH, MR. MARK ABRAHAM, WHO SERVED THE DART BOARD FROM APRIL 4TH, 2023 UNTIL JUNE 30TH, 2026, THE SEAT OF GARLAND APPOINTED MARK ABRAHAM TO THE DART BOARD OF DIRECTORS IN APRIL, 2023. WHILE ON THE BOARD, [00:15:01] MARK SERVED AS THE VICE CHAIR OF AUDIT, AS A MEMBER OF THE DART EMPLOYEES DEFINED BENEFIT RETIREMENT, RETIREMENT PLAN AND TRUST RETIREMENT COMMITTEE CHAIRED THE BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE, UH, SERVED ON THE DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE AS WELL AS FORMER FINANCIAL STANDARDS AND BUDGET PROCESS SUBCOMMITTEE. THANK GOD WE DON'T HAVE ALL THOSE COMMITTEES ANYMORE. ON OCTOBER 28TH, 2025, MARK WAS ELECTED BY HIS PEERS TO SERVE AS THE BOARD VICE-CHAIR AND THOSE DUTIES UNTIL THE END OF HIS TENURE ON, UM, JUNE 30TH, 2026. MARK'S BACKGROUND AS A TEXAS CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT, COMBINED WITH HIS EXPERIENCE IN FINANCE AND REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT, HAS SERVED AS A VITAL ASSET TO DART. WHEN ASKED WHY HE SERVED ON THE DARTBOARD, HE RESPONDED, I WANTED TO SERVE THE CITY WHERE I LIVE. I RODE DART A LOT IN MY TWENTIES. THAT WAS A LONG TIME AGO, HUH? TAKING THE TRAIN TO AND FROM WORK. AND IT HELPED ME SAVE A LOT OF MONEY AND AVOID TRAFFIC. OUR RESIDENTS ARE ACTIVE USERS OF THE DART SYSTEM, WHETHER THEY ARE GOING TO, GOING TO JOBS, SERVICES, ERRANDS, MEDICAL CARE, OR ENTERTAINMENT. SO DART IS A HUGE DEAL TO ME. MARK, THANK YOU FOR YOUR CON UH, FOR CONTRIBUTING YOUR INSIGHTS AS A LOCAL GARLAND RESIDENT AND DART RIDER. YOUR PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND AND TRANSIT EXPERTISE MAKE YOU AN EXCEPTIONAL ASSET TO OUR AGENCY'S GROWTH. IS THERE ANYTHING THAT YOU'D LIKE TO SAY BEFORE WE BESTOW SOME GIFTS UPON YOU, SIR? YEAH, I COULD. I GOT ONE OR TWO WORDS. . UM, I JUST, I JUST WANTED TO SAY, UH, I APPRECIATE MY SON COMING WITH ME, UH, NOLAN, SO HE MISSED A BAND TODAY, UH, PERCUSSION PLAYER AT LAKEVIEW CENTENNIAL. SO MAYBE YOU COULD TAG ME IN YOUR LITTLE, UM, BUT NO, I, I I JUST TRULY ENJOYED MY TIME. UM, IT WAS SO FULFILLING TO SERVE AND I JUST APPRECIATE WHAT EVERYBODY DOES, STAFF AND FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS. AND, UH, I ALWAYS HAVE A ZINGER. SO I WENT FROM VICE CHAIR TO NO CHAIR. . SO I, I, AND I WAS THINKING ABOUT IT WHILE I WAS SITTING HERE, WHEN, WHEN I REPLACED, UM, MY FORMER BOARD MEMBER, EVERY A FEW EVENTS HERE AND THERE, I WOULD ALWAYS SEE HIM. YOU GUYS WON'T SEE ME. , . SO GOOD LUCK TO EVERYBODY AND YOU'LL, YOU'LL SEE ME ON THE RAILS. GOOD MAN. I KNOW WHAT IT'S, BUT YOU CAN OPEN AN HOUR LATER. I WAS TOLD TO OPEN IT LATER. OKAY. AND THEN WE ALSO INCLUDED YOUR, UM, YOUR TAG. OKAY. SO LET'S JUST AT LEAST MAYBE DO IT THIS WAY. . OH YEAH. COME ON IN RIGHT HERE. DON'T STAND. 3, 2, 1, 1, 2, 3. THANK YOU. THERE YOU GO, SIR. ALRIGHT. UM, AS [6. Recognition of Former Board Member (Randall B. Bryant)] ALSO JUST A MATTER OF SHOUT OUTS AND, AND, AND, AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT, WE, WE, I GUESS SHOULD HAVE PUT A S ON, UH, RECOGNITION OF FORMER BOARD MEMBERS, UH, BECAUSE JUST WANT TO RECOGNIZE AND THANK AND ACKNOWLEDGE, UH, NATHAN BARBERA, WHO I BELIEVE THIS WILL BE HIS LAST MEETING SERVING, UM, ON THE DART BOARD. UH, WE'LL BRING YOU BACK AND DO THE WHOLE, UH, CAKE AND ICE CREAM AT A LATER DATE. UH, BUT IF YOU ALL COULD JUST GIVE, UH, NATHAN A ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR OUR SERVICES. ALL RIGHT, WE [Consent Items] WILL MOVE ON NOW TO OUR CONSENT AGENDA, WHICH CONSISTS OF ITEMS SEVEN THROUGH 12. IS THERE A BOARD MEMBER THAT WISHES TO PULL ANY ITEMS? OKAY, SIR, IS THERE A SECOND? . OKAY, IT'S BEEN MOVED IN SECOND. LOTS. . IF THERE'S NO DISCUSSION, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES ON ITEM SEVEN THROUGH 12. , I'LL BE QUICKER NEXT TIME. 12 IN FAVORS. ZERO IN OPPOSITION. THAT MOTION PASSES. [00:20:01] UH, WE'LL MOVE [16. Approval of Contract for Enterprise Firewall Hardware and Licensing (Presenters: Gary Slagel/Jamie Adelman)] NOW TO 16. RIGHT. OKAY. AND I BELIEVE, UH, MR. LOPEZ AND MR. RELLI NEED TO EXCUSE HIMSELF FOR CONFLICT. AND, UH, 16 IS THE APPROVAL OF A CONTRACT FOR ENTERPRISE FIREWALL HARDWARE AND LICENSING. IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE? THERE IS, SIR. HAS BEEN MOVED BY MR. ENOCH, SECOND BY MR. SLAGEL. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? SEE AND NONE PLEASE INDICATE YOUR VOTE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 10 IN FAVOR? UH, ZERO IN OPPOSITION. THAT MOTION PASSES. FREEZE. UH, BRING MR. RICKARD AND, AND MR. LOPEZ BACK IN. OUR NEXT ITEM [17. +Election of a Trial Board Hearing Official to Fill a Vacancy for an Unexpired Term ending September 30, 2028 (Presenters: Gary Slagel/Jesse Salazar)] IS ELECTION OF A TRIAL BOARD HEARING OFF OFFICIAL TO FILL A VACANCY FOR AN UNEXPIRED TERM ENDING SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2028. IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE RECOMMENDATION? IT'S BEEN MOVED BY MS. JUAN KRAUS. SECOND BY MR. MR. WEST. PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. WE'RE MISSING ONE. I WOULD BE WANDERING AROUND. MISSING. ONE 12 IN FAVOR? ZERO IN OPPOSITION. THAT MOTION PASSES. UH, THE NEXT ITEM IS THE APPROVAL [18. Approval of Fiscal Year 2027 Goals and Performance Measures for Board Administrator (Presenters: Gary Slagel/Jesse Salazar)] OF FISCAL YEAR 2027. GOALS AND PERFORMANCE MEASURES FOR THE BOARD ADMINISTRATOR. UM, THERE WAS, UM, WERE THERE ANY CHANGES FROM THE LAST MEETING? THERE WERE. OKAY. UM, LEMME GET A MOTION TO APPROVE FIRST AND THEN THERE ARE QUESTIONS. IT'S BEING MOVED BY CHAIR SLAGEL AND SECOND BY MR. MCGREGOR. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THE ITEM? SEEING NONE, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES WITH 12 IN FAVOR. ZERO IN OPPOSITION. THAT MOTION PASSES. ITEM [19. Approval of Fiscal Year 2027 Goals and Performance Measures for General Counsel (Presenters: Gary Slagel/Gene Gamez)] 19 IS APPROVAL OF FISCAL YEAR 2027. GOALS AND PERFORMANCE MEASURES FOR GENERAL COUNSEL. IS THERE MOTION TO APPROVE? MOTION APPROVE. IT'S BEEN MOVED BY MR. BARBERA AND SECOND BY MR. SLAGEL. ANY DISCUSSION? THE ITEM WAS UPDATED. PLEASE CASH. YOUR VOTES MISSING ONE. MISSING ONE. 12 IN FAVOR, ZERO IN OPPOSITION. AND MOTION PASSES. OUR NEXT ITEM [21. Election of Assistant Secretary] IS THE ELECTION OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY, THE BOARD BYLAWS. ARTICLE FOUR, SECTION 10 VACANCIES STATES IN PART, IF ANY OFFICER POSITION BECOMES VACANT MORE THAN 90 DAYS PRIOR TO THE ANNUAL MEETING, THE BOARD SHALL HOLD A SPECIAL ELECTION NO LATER THAN 90 DAYS FOLLOWING THE CREATION OF THE VACANCY TO FEEL THE VACANT POSITION FOR THE REMAINDER OF ANY UNEXPIRED TERM. IF THE OFFICER WHOSE ABSENCE CREATED THE VACANCY WAS APPOINTED BY A NON DALLAS CITY, THE UNEXPIRED TERM MUST BE FILLED BY A MEMBER APPOINTED BY NOT BY THE CITY OF DALLAS. TODAY WE WILL ELECT A. TODAY WE'LL ELECT A NEW BOARD ASSISTANT SECRETARY DUE TO THE VICE CHAIR APPOINTMENT OF FORMER ASSISTANT SECRETARY MARK ENOCH. IN A MOMENT I WILL OPEN NOMINATIONS FOR THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY POSITION. EACH CANDIDATE SHOULD BE NOMINATED BY A BOARD MEMBER AND THE NOMINATION DOES NOT REQUIRE A SECOND. UNDER RULE 1.3 VOTING WILL BE CONDUCTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE EIGHT. EACH CANDIDATE WILL BE VOTED ON IN THE ORDER OF THE NOMINATION AND THE BOARD MEMBERS SHALL VOTE YES TO INDICATE THEY WISH TO. THEY WISH THAT CANDIDATE TO BE ELECTED TO THE OFFICE OR VOTE NO TO INDICATE THAT THEY INTEND TO VOTE FOR SOME OTHER CANDIDATE FOR THE OFFICE. A BOARD MEMBER MAY VOTE YES ONLY FOR THE CANDIDATE HE OR SHE INTENDS BE ELECTED TO THE OFFICE. FOR EXAMPLE, IF SMITH JONES AND THOMAS HAVE BEEN NOMINATED FOR BOARD CHAIR AND THE BOARD MEMBER WISHES JONES TO BE ELECTED, THE BOARD MEMBER VOTES NO. WHEN THE NAME OF SMITH IS CALLED, YES. WHEN THE NAME JONES IS CALLED AND NO. WHEN THOMAS IS CALLED, THE RESULTS OF THE VOTE FOR [00:25:01] EACH CANDIDATE WILL NOT BE SHOWN ON THE MONITORS UNTIL ALL OF THE CANDIDATES FOR A GIVEN OFFICE HAVE BEEN VOTED UPON. MAJORITY VOTE OF THOSE MEMBERS PRESENT IS REQUIRED TO ELECT. FOR EXAMPLE, IF THERE ARE 15 MEMBERS PRESENT, A CANDIDATE MUST RECEIVE EIGHT YES VOTES TO BE ELECTED. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE VOTING PROCEDURE? THE FLOOR IS NOW OPEN FOR NOMINATIONS FOR THE POSITION OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY MR. ELLI. I NOMINATE RICK STOFFER. OKAY. THERE ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS? SEEING NONE. THE NOMINATIONS, UH, HEARING NO OTHER NOMINATIONS, THERE IS ONLY ONE NOMINEE FOR THE, UH, BOARD ASSISTANT SECRETARY POSITION. THE VOTE WILL PROCEED. WE WILL PROCEED TO THE VOTE NOMINEE RICK SOFFER. UM, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE INDICATE BY, WELL THERE'S ONLY ONE. SO INDICATE YOUR VOTE ON THE MACHINE WITH 12 IN FAVOR. ZERO IN OPPOSITION. RICK SOFFER IS, HAS BEEN ELECTED AS THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY. OUR NEXT ITEM WILL BE PUBLIC. COMMENTS ON GENERAL ITEMS. THERE ARE NO CARDS SUBMITTED FOR THAT. IT IS NOW 6 31 AND WE ARE ADJOURNED. THANK YOU ALL. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.