Lynn Beard
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Voice
- Meetings spoken in
- 13
- Total speaking time
- 28:19
- Avg per meeting
- 2:11
- Segments
- 535
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Top issues during term (10)(Public Safety)
Firefighter Compensation and Contract Negotiations
The cost of the study will be determined by the contract award.
Police Body and In-Car Camera System Replacement
Funding details will be reviewed during the contract award discussion.
Property Maintenance and Public Safety
Property owners face potential civil penalties, permit fees, and city demolition liens if orders are ignored.
Storm Drainage Maintenance
Unknown.
Fire Station 6 Modernization
The project represents a private investment in local emergency response infrastructure.
Child Advocacy Center Fundraising
Loss of significant federal grant support threatens ongoing center programs and staffing levels.
Open Meetings Act Compliance
workplace safety
Taxpayers might see higher costs as the city invests in new safety equipment and potential legal settlements.
Cemetery Maintenance
Rise Discipleship Oversight
Potential legal liability for the city if regulatory enforcement is not addressed.
Moved or seconded (40)
Motions Beard personally put forward or seconded. Attribution comes from the minutes; where the minutes name somebody we cannot match to the roster we leave it out rather than guess, so this is a floor, not a total.
- secondedpassed 7-02026-06-11
Resolution: Receive a Report, Hold a Discussion and Public Hearing, and Take Action on Condemnation for a Permanent Widening and Drainage Easement, and Authorization for Eminent Domain Proceedings, for property described as Containing 0.012 Acres Out Of Lots 19
Title matched to the agenda, not quoted from the motion
- movedpassed 7-02026-06-11
Deputy Mayor Pro-tem Beard moved that the City Council of the City of Abilene authorize the use of the power of eminent domain to acquire property described as Containing 0.003 Acr…
- secondedpassed 7-02026-06-11
Councilmember Patterson moved that the City Council of the City of Abilene authorize the use of the power of eminent domain to acquire property described as 15 Feet Wide and Contai…
- movedpassed 5-12026-06-11
Deputy Mayor Pro-tem Beard moved to approve the item as presented.
- movedpassed 6-02026-06-11
Deputy Mayor Pro-tem Beard moved to approve the item as presented.
- movedpassed 7-02026-05-28
Deputy Mayor Pro-tem Beard moved to approve the item as presented.
- movedpassed 7-02026-05-28
Deputy Mayor Pro-tem Beard moved to approve the item as presented.
- movedpassed 6-02026-05-14
Deputy Mayor Pro-tem Beard moved to approve the item as presented. Mayor Pro-tem Price seconded the motion; motion carried.
- secondedpassed 6-02026-05-14
Mayor Pro-tem Price moved to approve the item as presented.
- secondedpassed 6-02026-05-14
approve the item as presented.
- secondedpassed 6-02026-05-14
Councilmember Yates moved to approve the item as presented.
- movedpassed 6-02026-04-23
Councilmember Beard moved to approve the consent agenda, now consisting of items 4-7, 9, and 11-24.
- movedpassed 6-02026-04-09
Councilmember Beard moved to approve the item as presented.
- secondedpassed 7-02026-04-09
move to approve the item as presented.
- movedpassed 7-02026-04-09
Councilmember Beard moved to approve the item as presented.
- movedpassed 7-02026-04-09
move to approve the item as presented.
- secondedpassed 7-02026-03-26
Councilmember Price moved to approve the item as presented. Councilmember Beard seconded the motion; motion carried.
- movedpassed 7-02026-03-26
Councilmember Beard moved to approve the item as presented. Councilmember Price seconded the motion; motion carried.
- secondedpassed 7-02026-02-26
move to approve the item as presented.
- movedpassed 7-02026-02-12
Councilmember Beard moved to approve the item as presented.
Decisions during term (0)
Recorded while Beard was in office — not necessarily decisions they moved, spoke to, or voted on.
No decisions found matching Public Safety.
Voting record (0)(Public Safety)
No votes found matching Public Safety.