1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:07,359 meeting of monday june the 14th 2021 to order 2 00:00:05,279 --> 00:00:11,440 i would like to welcome all of you that are here tonight 3 00:00:08,880 --> 00:00:15,360 and those that are following us via social media 4 00:00:12,719 --> 00:00:21,520 we welcome you also and we will give you a chance during citizens to be heard 5 00:00:18,080 --> 00:00:26,800 by calling in uh this number uh so write it down you gotta print some 6 00:00:24,240 --> 00:00:26,800 paper it's 7 00:00:29,359 --> 00:00:38,399 4 980-522-747 5 and cynthia uh manning the telephone and she will 8 00:00:36,880 --> 00:00:44,640 keep you on hold until citizens to be heard at that time 9 00:00:41,760 --> 00:00:47,520 and we will allow you to speak again that number 10 00:00:45,360 --> 00:00:47,520 is 11 00:00:57,039 --> 00:01:06,400 lowe of 980-522-7475 presbyterian church followed by our pledge of allegiance 12 00:01:03,199 --> 00:01:10,159 you see i'm delighted to be here and uh it's great to be in a city where we 13 00:01:08,240 --> 00:01:16,240 still ask god's blessing on what we're doing 14 00:01:13,680 --> 00:01:22,400 uh i want to read just a passage from luke chapter 17 15 00:01:18,240 --> 00:01:29,280 verse 10. in the same way when you obey me you should say we are unworthy 16 00:01:26,080 --> 00:01:35,200 servants who have simply done our duty i think about gail 17 00:01:32,799 --> 00:01:38,000 sayers you know when i read that gail sayers was a 18 00:01:36,240 --> 00:01:40,799 tremendous football player played for the chicago bears and before that he 19 00:01:40,079 --> 00:01:48,399 played for kansas and um one of the things that 20 00:01:45,280 --> 00:01:54,880 highlights his life and who he is for us here in north carolina is that 21 00:01:51,439 --> 00:01:58,880 he roomed with a with a pro player who was from played well he 22 00:01:58,159 --> 00:02:05,040 played football at wake forest brian piccolo and uh 23 00:02:02,399 --> 00:02:08,479 we've seen that move years ago kind of kind of dates me when i say 24 00:02:06,640 --> 00:02:14,160 i saw it when it come on tv the first time but 25 00:02:09,840 --> 00:02:19,840 uh gail sayers was a tremendous christian individual and he lived this 26 00:02:17,280 --> 00:02:23,760 all of his life in fact a long time after 27 00:02:20,720 --> 00:02:27,520 his friendship with brian piccolo uh was you know in the in the distance because 28 00:02:25,680 --> 00:02:32,319 brian had passed away he wrote a book about that experience 29 00:02:29,440 --> 00:02:39,040 and he entitled it my god is first my friends are second and i am third 30 00:02:35,519 --> 00:02:45,599 and that started the i am third movement uh just on a unofficial kind of 31 00:02:42,800 --> 00:02:48,879 a way made its way into colleges and also 32 00:02:46,560 --> 00:02:53,280 uh in the high schools and we saw high school and college athletes with a 33 00:02:51,200 --> 00:02:57,920 with a shirt oftentimes it said on there i am third 34 00:02:54,480 --> 00:03:03,760 you know emphasizing that you know the goal of any 35 00:02:59,920 --> 00:03:11,280 college or professional baseball player is to help their team help their team 36 00:03:08,560 --> 00:03:14,239 win the championship game at the end of the season we know what we're talking 37 00:03:12,720 --> 00:03:20,239 about here uh cheryl is well on its way 38 00:03:18,000 --> 00:03:26,560 we know it takes dedication it takes strength and it takes a good 39 00:03:22,080 --> 00:03:30,560 measure of teamwork to get to that point in recent years however there's become 40 00:03:29,200 --> 00:03:38,000 sort of a fad across our society to move away 41 00:03:34,000 --> 00:03:42,560 from that teamwork to the outstanding individual performance that a single 42 00:03:41,519 --> 00:03:49,920 player brings of course we all know uh you can 43 00:03:46,080 --> 00:03:55,040 you can be uh a pitcher that has a no hitter but if that right outfielder 44 00:03:52,799 --> 00:03:59,120 out there is sleeping or got his mind in arkansas and his uh whistling 45 00:03:57,920 --> 00:04:02,319 dixie out there when it comes time a fly ball is hit out 46 00:04:01,760 --> 00:04:06,159 there but no hitter's gone he's not paying 47 00:04:04,319 --> 00:04:10,080 attention but if he catches it he keeps that 48 00:04:06,720 --> 00:04:14,799 he keeps that picture on a no-hitter so but in our day and time there seems to 49 00:04:13,120 --> 00:04:18,400 be uh this this trend to move toward the 50 00:04:17,600 --> 00:04:21,600 individual getting all the praise and getting all 51 00:04:20,239 --> 00:04:25,840 the credit sports figures rarely avoid the 52 00:04:24,080 --> 00:04:30,400 spotlight these days so when they hit the microphone they 53 00:04:28,880 --> 00:04:38,000 have they have an opportunity to exhibit 54 00:04:34,080 --> 00:04:42,560 a key leadership trait they can brag about and boast about 55 00:04:39,759 --> 00:04:46,080 their own personal accomplishments they can criticize other teams talk 56 00:04:45,280 --> 00:04:53,120 about their players or they can make sure that 57 00:04:49,520 --> 00:04:58,960 everyone on that team the team that they represent 58 00:04:54,720 --> 00:05:04,160 gets the credit that he or she deserves the ability to deflect praise toward 59 00:05:02,160 --> 00:05:09,520 those who deserve it is important for a number of reasons 60 00:05:07,440 --> 00:05:14,080 it's a good principle not only for sports but for 61 00:05:10,560 --> 00:05:17,840 every part of life giving credit to others 62 00:05:14,560 --> 00:05:23,840 keeps us you see from being conceited and self-absorbed 63 00:05:20,960 --> 00:05:29,520 in addition it allows those who have a contributing role 64 00:05:25,199 --> 00:05:33,039 to experience the success as well praising others also shows our personal 65 00:05:32,160 --> 00:05:39,680 desire to be a servant to be a true mark 66 00:05:36,240 --> 00:05:45,199 of leadership uh that this attitude is not one that comes naturally to people 67 00:05:41,680 --> 00:05:49,520 we all like to be what number one we stick that finger up there so often 68 00:05:47,520 --> 00:05:54,479 it's not the team is number one anymore it's i'm number one 69 00:05:51,120 --> 00:05:58,080 you know i'm number one and uh to this end we must commit ourselves to god 70 00:05:56,639 --> 00:06:05,199 daily asking not asking him to help us 71 00:06:01,840 --> 00:06:10,720 not live a life that reflects that selfish conceited kind of character 72 00:06:08,639 --> 00:06:13,840 if we're constantly looking for glory and praise 73 00:06:11,919 --> 00:06:17,440 from significant christians then our priorities are wrong and the same is 74 00:06:15,680 --> 00:06:21,120 true if we choose to give god and others praise but in a show look at 75 00:06:20,720 --> 00:06:26,400 me kind of matter you know too often 76 00:06:24,400 --> 00:06:30,400 god says you know we know it's a spiritual gift when you do something and 77 00:06:28,319 --> 00:06:35,759 you don't have to talk about it but uh jesus made it clear that we are 78 00:06:33,680 --> 00:06:39,840 to simply do the things that he asks us to do and reflect any 79 00:06:38,479 --> 00:06:44,880 praise we might receive away from others 80 00:06:42,880 --> 00:06:49,199 after all we're only doing what he's called us to do 81 00:06:45,919 --> 00:06:55,440 right weren't you called to represent the city of charitable was it a calling 82 00:06:52,160 --> 00:06:59,759 sure we're only doing what he asked but in the end that's more 83 00:06:58,720 --> 00:07:07,280 important than any honor or any award individually 84 00:07:03,759 --> 00:07:13,520 that we'll ever receive gail sayers died you know 85 00:07:10,560 --> 00:07:17,039 just not long ago but his lasting tribute was not on 86 00:07:15,039 --> 00:07:23,840 how many touchdowns he ran and how many yards he made for the chicago bears or 87 00:07:20,240 --> 00:07:28,160 for kansas university jayhawks it was this was a christian man who lived his 88 00:07:27,440 --> 00:07:34,880 faith for the glory of god let us pray 89 00:07:31,680 --> 00:07:38,560 lord we come to you this day and we pray that our calling might be ever evident 90 00:07:37,680 --> 00:07:42,639 now in the way that we conduct this meeting 91 00:07:40,960 --> 00:07:48,879 and the way that we go about the business of the day representing 92 00:07:46,000 --> 00:07:53,039 the citizens here the lord above all else 93 00:07:49,759 --> 00:07:58,479 representing you in this citizenship may we uh continue to give all the 94 00:07:56,240 --> 00:08:04,639 credit honor and glory to you who gives us so many good things 95 00:08:01,759 --> 00:08:09,120 that if we were to sit and count them it would take us 96 00:08:06,080 --> 00:08:14,879 a long long time in jesus name bless us now as we go forward amen 97 00:08:12,560 --> 00:08:14,879 amen 98 00:08:16,080 --> 00:08:24,400 i pledge allegiance to the divide of the united states of america 99 00:08:21,360 --> 00:08:31,280 and to the republic for which it stands one nation under god indivisible 100 00:08:28,000 --> 00:08:35,629 with liberty and justice for all you may be 101 00:08:32,559 --> 00:08:35,629 [Music] 102 00:08:39,279 --> 00:08:49,440 the seated item on our agenda tonight is to approve the agenda as 103 00:08:45,680 --> 00:08:55,839 president right uh do i have direction from council 104 00:08:50,480 --> 00:08:55,839 on the agenda approval 105 00:08:55,980 --> 00:08:59,119 [Music] 106 00:09:00,560 --> 00:09:10,399 and approve the agenda as presented all in favor please say aye 107 00:09:06,320 --> 00:09:13,760 all opposed there is none okay item 5 is approval 108 00:09:11,040 --> 00:09:20,880 of the minutes of a our city council meeting of may the 10th 2021 109 00:09:17,600 --> 00:09:27,279 b our city council work session meeting of may the 25th 2021 110 00:09:24,240 --> 00:09:32,880 and see our city council closed session meeting of may the 25th 2021 111 00:09:33,200 --> 00:09:39,680 and you did get a handout of our city council closed session meeting of 112 00:09:38,240 --> 00:09:43,360 may the 25th uh what is the council's pleasure on 113 00:09:41,600 --> 00:09:46,399 approval of the minutes of uh all three 114 00:09:46,560 --> 00:09:50,959 make a motion to approve amendments as 115 00:09:51,279 --> 00:09:59,360 okay you have a motion to approve all the minutes as 116 00:09:55,040 --> 00:10:03,839 presented of a b and c uh any discussion if not all in favor of the motion please 117 00:10:01,760 --> 00:10:10,480 say i'll oppose and there is none 118 00:10:07,200 --> 00:10:16,880 we'll now go to the mayor's comments and um first of all i would like to say 119 00:10:14,160 --> 00:10:20,720 that it's good to look over to my left and see our city manager is with us 120 00:10:19,040 --> 00:10:25,760 tonight he has been through some health issues and i 121 00:10:23,519 --> 00:10:29,440 know it was a scary event for you and your family as well but we're glad 122 00:10:28,399 --> 00:10:33,760 to see you here and we're glad that you're feeling 123 00:10:31,040 --> 00:10:37,760 better and we had a lot of prayers to fill up for 124 00:10:35,600 --> 00:10:37,760 you 125 00:10:38,160 --> 00:10:49,040 and um i'll begin my comments by sharing several recent correspondences 126 00:10:46,640 --> 00:10:54,240 the first is a card i received in response to the may the 20th 127 00:10:51,040 --> 00:11:00,480 plaque dedication and the city's abc building naming and it reads as follows 128 00:10:58,240 --> 00:11:03,920 dear mayor and members of the city council 129 00:11:01,360 --> 00:11:08,720 on behalf of my family we would again express our appreciation 130 00:11:05,839 --> 00:11:12,720 for your dedication of the abc store building 131 00:11:09,600 --> 00:11:16,800 in memory of terry terry loved cherryvale 132 00:11:13,519 --> 00:11:21,680 and wanted to see her grow and prosper the a b store has been able to do that 133 00:11:20,000 --> 00:11:28,079 by its contributions each year thank you for your kind words 134 00:11:24,800 --> 00:11:32,560 and caring for someone very special in appreciation 135 00:11:29,040 --> 00:11:37,440 and thanks janet fisher and the family of terry 136 00:11:33,920 --> 00:11:42,880 fish fisher and i'll pass that around to our council members 137 00:11:38,959 --> 00:11:47,360 the second one uh i also received a thank you card from 138 00:11:44,320 --> 00:11:52,560 the uh family of gene outer whole bean thank you 139 00:11:50,079 --> 00:11:56,240 sincerely for sharing our sorrow her kindness is deeply appreciated and 140 00:11:54,959 --> 00:12:02,000 will always be remembered and finally i received an 141 00:12:00,079 --> 00:12:06,399 email i want to share from the north carolina 142 00:12:02,880 --> 00:12:13,200 department of transportation memorial day starts the 100th deadliest 143 00:12:10,000 --> 00:12:17,519 days of the year for teenage drivers in other words 144 00:12:14,000 --> 00:12:21,839 more teenagers are killed in automobile crashes between memorial day and labor 145 00:12:20,639 --> 00:12:26,480 day than any other 100 day period during the 146 00:12:25,040 --> 00:12:30,160 year the dot of north carolina urges all 147 00:12:29,360 --> 00:12:36,480 government leaders to emphasize the three leading 148 00:12:33,519 --> 00:12:44,560 causes of traffic fatalities and they are not wearing a seat belt 149 00:12:40,959 --> 00:12:49,120 impaired driving and speeding your city officials ask all drivers to 150 00:12:47,680 --> 00:12:52,240 slow down avoid distractions when driving and 151 00:12:51,760 --> 00:12:57,760 buckle up at all times this past 152 00:12:55,440 --> 00:13:01,680 thursday public works director brandon abernathy 153 00:12:58,959 --> 00:13:07,440 finance director dixie wall assistant fire chief jason walford 154 00:13:04,240 --> 00:13:12,560 engineer riesel ryden's son and i met with patrick brindle 155 00:13:09,200 --> 00:13:16,160 an associate of piedmont lithium for an update on the status of locating their 156 00:13:15,040 --> 00:13:22,720 facility within our city's etj which is the 157 00:13:19,680 --> 00:13:27,839 extra territorial jurisdiction this meeting was to discuss the impact 158 00:13:25,680 --> 00:13:32,480 of the future development of piedmont lithium 159 00:13:28,959 --> 00:13:37,760 and what if any role our city would play in their future needs 160 00:13:34,560 --> 00:13:44,399 and later on that day i was asked to attend the cherryville little league 161 00:13:40,880 --> 00:13:49,040 championship game and i was so honored to attend that event and speak on behalf 162 00:13:47,680 --> 00:13:52,800 of our city in support of our little league and i 163 00:13:51,199 --> 00:13:56,480 see chad cash is with us tonight y'all do a 164 00:13:55,040 --> 00:14:00,720 wonderful job on that we appreciate it we understand 165 00:13:58,880 --> 00:14:04,959 that the district will be held later this month in 166 00:14:03,120 --> 00:14:09,199 cherryville we will be hosting the district 167 00:14:06,079 --> 00:14:15,279 we will also be hosting the girls softball state tournament sometime 168 00:14:12,240 --> 00:14:20,160 in july and also in july we will be hosting the american 169 00:14:18,160 --> 00:14:24,560 legion state playoffs so you see cherryville is living up to 170 00:14:23,120 --> 00:14:29,760 its name of being the big baseball city 171 00:14:27,839 --> 00:14:34,480 now the city's independence day celebration 172 00:14:31,040 --> 00:14:41,600 will be held on july the 2nd 2021 in the mini park beginning at 6 00 pm 173 00:14:38,800 --> 00:14:46,000 the band too much sylvia will be headlining 174 00:14:42,639 --> 00:14:50,399 this event with primarily beach music the primary lead vocalist steve long won 175 00:14:49,199 --> 00:14:56,839 the prestigious male vocalist of the year in 2020 176 00:14:54,079 --> 00:15:00,399 with the carolina beach music association 177 00:14:58,079 --> 00:15:03,920 the city and association with the cherryville 178 00:15:01,279 --> 00:15:08,160 chamber of commerce invites all of our citizens 179 00:15:04,959 --> 00:15:13,920 and visitors as well to join in in this celebration and enjoy one of the 180 00:15:11,920 --> 00:15:19,360 biggest fireworks displays in the surrounding area lots of food 181 00:15:17,120 --> 00:15:22,000 vendors and entertainment for children of 182 00:15:19,600 --> 00:15:26,880 all ages will be available throughout the event 183 00:15:23,440 --> 00:15:33,600 so bring your lawn chairs and come early fireworks will begin around 10 p.m 184 00:15:30,160 --> 00:15:38,160 weather permitting and this concludes our mayor's comments our next item on 185 00:15:37,120 --> 00:15:45,519 the agenda is our citizens to be heard and 186 00:15:42,560 --> 00:15:49,680 any citizen that wishes to speak may do so by coming to the podium and stating 187 00:15:47,759 --> 00:15:53,759 your name and address and before you speak comments will be 188 00:15:52,320 --> 00:16:00,639 strictly held to five minutes per person we also have uh 189 00:15:58,000 --> 00:16:05,279 cynthia cash manning the telephone have you had any calls 190 00:16:02,480 --> 00:16:08,000 for citizens to be heard so at this time if there is any citizen that would like 191 00:16:07,600 --> 00:16:23,839 to be heard that's present you may do so at 192 00:16:10,959 --> 00:16:23,839 this time 193 00:16:30,800 --> 00:16:37,920 um we currently have seven kids living in the house 194 00:16:35,120 --> 00:16:40,399 and uh since birthday went up um his people have been speeding them down the 195 00:16:39,199 --> 00:16:44,959 street and uh i've even caught two police cars 196 00:16:42,880 --> 00:16:48,399 doing like six to seven miles an hour on a little strip 197 00:16:45,920 --> 00:16:51,839 of the street one side of the street said slow down kids 198 00:16:50,480 --> 00:16:54,720 and the other side that comes up the main road there's nothing so when people 199 00:16:54,000 --> 00:16:58,639 come to the street because they don't want to 200 00:16:57,360 --> 00:17:03,440 catch that red light whatever kids that's out on the bikes in 201 00:17:00,480 --> 00:17:03,440 the street constantly 202 00:17:03,519 --> 00:17:09,839 like i catch them i'll yell something i'll catch them slow down 203 00:17:08,079 --> 00:17:13,520 i don't i don't feel like fighting at my house this is where i live 204 00:17:14,959 --> 00:17:19,039 i was wondering if you guys would 205 00:17:19,660 --> 00:17:22,880 [Music] 206 00:17:26,480 --> 00:17:33,120 certainly that wouldn't be a problem at all our police chiefs here 207 00:17:30,640 --> 00:17:37,280 if he wants to address that we can maybe put our 208 00:17:34,080 --> 00:17:42,880 speeding speed limit signs up there or we could uh do a patrol in that area 209 00:17:40,400 --> 00:17:46,160 yes all right comment that you would like to make and that's what's going to 210 00:17:44,320 --> 00:17:48,559 mention if you want to step in here if you get done and i'll talk to you about 211 00:17:47,760 --> 00:17:51,760 that we'll put up we have a radar sign that displays the 212 00:17:51,039 --> 00:17:55,280 speed it'll give us a print off at least 213 00:17:53,440 --> 00:17:57,840 something about that come off the main road all right 214 00:17:56,080 --> 00:18:00,880 that's like the last thing i want to come home from work and 215 00:18:02,000 --> 00:18:08,000 well those signs tend to work wherever we put them 216 00:18:05,360 --> 00:18:13,760 it slows the people down and then they don't realize whether they're still 217 00:18:09,919 --> 00:18:17,840 there so uh that that reduces their speed 218 00:18:14,640 --> 00:18:20,320 also so uh if you'll talk to the chief there 219 00:18:18,320 --> 00:18:29,840 uh maybe in the kitchen area and he'll be able to help 220 00:18:41,039 --> 00:18:47,600 up a whole bunch of uh trees out and they didn't pick up the trees they left 221 00:18:46,160 --> 00:18:51,440 there in the parking lot i used to run a tractor i got a like 222 00:18:49,280 --> 00:18:53,600 little tread to blow my attractors and i run and bite that even though it's not a 223 00:18:53,039 --> 00:18:57,919 land i just don't want you breathing in the 224 00:18:56,320 --> 00:19:02,799 yard something comes up from underneath the 225 00:18:59,440 --> 00:19:06,240 fence because the grass is like this but i i i don't want to go down there i 226 00:19:05,200 --> 00:19:10,320 don't know what's in there okay we'll report that to our public 227 00:19:08,640 --> 00:19:14,240 works director and let him uh when i go to pay the electric bill i 228 00:19:12,480 --> 00:19:18,799 usually tell the lady but i don't know who i should talk to and 229 00:19:16,320 --> 00:19:22,480 i've been talking to people well actually if you talk to one of 230 00:19:20,559 --> 00:19:25,360 those girls they can write up a work order 231 00:19:23,280 --> 00:19:28,320 to take care of that they came right you did the right thing 232 00:19:26,559 --> 00:19:32,880 yeah that's i didn't know that's why my first time 233 00:19:30,640 --> 00:19:37,360 all right thanks for coming thank you for coming i can address that issue that 234 00:19:35,440 --> 00:19:41,600 the gentleman is talking about that was not city services that 235 00:19:39,200 --> 00:19:46,320 uh relocated that debris it was a private citizen 236 00:19:43,039 --> 00:19:50,720 who had a uh septic or whale or yeah something happened they were 237 00:19:47,520 --> 00:19:50,720 digging over there and they took the 238 00:19:50,840 --> 00:19:53,840 trees 239 00:20:04,960 --> 00:20:11,120 it is his responsibility with the city i'm not going to pick that up i used to 240 00:20:09,600 --> 00:20:13,520 run the tractor up and down over there just to keep it short 241 00:20:12,159 --> 00:20:19,360 because the kids are out there all the time and just 242 00:20:15,520 --> 00:20:19,360 filed up i'm not going up there 243 00:20:28,799 --> 00:20:35,840 this side of the railroad track i mean 244 00:20:37,280 --> 00:20:49,760 right okay any other citizen that would like to be heard 245 00:20:42,320 --> 00:20:52,720 at this time floor no phone calls 246 00:20:53,360 --> 00:21:01,440 okay if not we will move on to our next item and that's out of 8 which 247 00:20:59,760 --> 00:21:08,000 is recognition of city clerk paige greene and paige 248 00:21:06,240 --> 00:21:10,799 i'll just embarrass you a little bit and just ask you to stand i won't ask you to 249 00:21:09,919 --> 00:21:16,320 come forward but i received this 250 00:21:14,000 --> 00:21:22,559 from the state of north carolina association of municipal clerks 251 00:21:18,880 --> 00:21:26,000 and it said uh paige h green city clerk of the city of cherryvale 252 00:21:24,559 --> 00:21:30,720 north carolina has been awarded for the second time the 253 00:21:28,559 --> 00:21:34,960 prestigious designation of north carolina 254 00:21:31,760 --> 00:21:39,600 certified municipal clerk from the north carolina association of municipal clerks 255 00:21:37,520 --> 00:21:46,320 along with the school of government of the university of north carolina 256 00:21:43,039 --> 00:21:50,480 at chapel hill for achieving its high educational experience and service 257 00:21:49,200 --> 00:21:55,200 requirements as an established member of the north 258 00:21:52,320 --> 00:21:59,280 carolina association of municipal clerk mrs green was among the class of 259 00:21:57,760 --> 00:22:04,159 municipal clerks from north carolina who received their 260 00:22:02,000 --> 00:22:10,159 initial state designation in 2016 and after meeting 261 00:22:07,679 --> 00:22:13,520 extensive continuing education requirements 262 00:22:11,360 --> 00:22:18,960 has been awarded the north carolina certified municipal clerk 263 00:22:15,600 --> 00:22:26,240 designation which will continue through july 2026. 264 00:22:22,080 --> 00:22:30,799 the ncamc is a professional organization of city town and village clerks from 265 00:22:29,280 --> 00:22:34,960 across the state dedicated to the continued growth and 266 00:22:33,360 --> 00:22:39,640 development of clerks and their municipalities was established 267 00:22:38,159 --> 00:22:45,520 on november 5th 1975 the association 268 00:22:42,400 --> 00:22:49,919 among other things promotes educational and professional development 269 00:22:47,120 --> 00:22:55,280 opportunities for municipal clerks to enhance their knowledge 270 00:22:51,280 --> 00:23:00,159 and effectiveness this is no small task considering the wide array of duties 271 00:22:57,600 --> 00:23:06,799 performed by municipal clerks which often vary from municipality to 272 00:23:03,640 --> 00:23:11,039 municipality the association partners with the north carolina 273 00:23:08,000 --> 00:23:14,559 league of municipalities the school of government of the university of north 274 00:23:12,880 --> 00:23:18,320 carolina at chapel hill and the international institute of 275 00:23:16,720 --> 00:23:22,799 municipal clerks to meet the needs of each individual 276 00:23:21,200 --> 00:23:26,320 municipal clerk the north carolina certified municipal 277 00:23:25,120 --> 00:23:31,520 clerk program is a five-year designation with 278 00:23:28,480 --> 00:23:36,000 requirements for continuing education to sustain and develop the ever-changing 279 00:23:35,120 --> 00:23:40,480 knowledge of the profession of municipal clerks 280 00:23:38,799 --> 00:23:44,799 the na mc together with the international 281 00:23:42,720 --> 00:23:49,679 institute of municipal clerks strives to promote educational and 282 00:23:47,520 --> 00:23:53,039 professional development to enhance the clerk 283 00:23:50,720 --> 00:23:57,039 this certification program was developed with the assistance 284 00:23:54,480 --> 00:24:00,960 of the un school of government at chapel hill 285 00:23:58,000 --> 00:24:06,400 and will be administered in cooperation with the school of government 286 00:24:02,720 --> 00:24:13,760 qualifications of applicants excuse me are reviewed and approved by the ncamc 287 00:24:10,000 --> 00:24:13,760 state certification committee 288 00:24:16,840 --> 00:24:19,840 congratulations 289 00:24:21,840 --> 00:24:30,480 next item on the agenda item nine is consideration of our 160d 290 00:24:27,760 --> 00:24:34,400 updates to the zoning ordinance and subdivision ordinance 291 00:24:32,480 --> 00:24:39,919 and we have our planning and zoning director derek mackey here 292 00:24:36,559 --> 00:24:44,799 and if you'll go to pages 26 through 60 in your agenda packets 293 00:24:44,960 --> 00:24:52,480 we will uh address that at this time so you have it forward there basically 294 00:24:50,559 --> 00:24:57,360 in october of last year the city took the contract with central line 295 00:24:54,400 --> 00:25:00,799 council to update our voters this has been mandated by the state of quran and 296 00:24:59,039 --> 00:25:04,080 basically what it says the new chapter 160d of north carolina jones statue 297 00:25:03,120 --> 00:25:07,200 consolidates current city of county labor statutes 298 00:25:06,080 --> 00:25:10,320 for development regulations into a single unified 299 00:25:09,679 --> 00:25:13,360 chapter chapter 163 places these statutes into 300 00:25:12,480 --> 00:25:16,640 more logical coherent organizations while the new law 301 00:25:15,440 --> 00:25:20,480 does not make major positive changes to shift the scope of 302 00:25:18,960 --> 00:25:23,600 authority grants globally in other words basically most of the 303 00:25:21,679 --> 00:25:26,240 terminology which could be seen with the county 304 00:25:24,480 --> 00:25:30,400 and the municipalities they're not going to change any of the core 305 00:25:27,679 --> 00:25:34,320 of our ordinance now but just make it more uniform 306 00:25:31,200 --> 00:25:39,600 it's going to be adopted by july of this year okay and uh we 307 00:25:37,520 --> 00:25:44,400 went through this in work session it's more just bookkeeping 308 00:25:41,200 --> 00:25:50,080 and terminology changing wording of what is m160 does any of the council 309 00:25:48,159 --> 00:25:56,799 members have any questions about the updates to the zoning ordinance 310 00:25:53,440 --> 00:26:01,760 if not i need direction from council to accept these updates 311 00:25:58,880 --> 00:26:04,799 we need to vote on that emotionally accept the update 312 00:26:06,000 --> 00:26:14,640 okay i have a motion in a second to accept the updates to the zoning 313 00:26:11,919 --> 00:26:18,159 ordinance and subdivision ordinance any other discussion by any council 314 00:26:16,640 --> 00:26:22,559 members if not all in favor of the motion please 315 00:26:20,640 --> 00:26:27,760 say aye all opposed there is none okay we'll 316 00:26:25,679 --> 00:26:34,159 move on to item 10 and i think uh this you can just stay up there derek 317 00:26:31,520 --> 00:26:37,039 this is consideration of the ordinance to demolish 318 00:26:37,440 --> 00:26:48,799 gis number 130249 which is located at 506 west 2nd street 319 00:26:45,679 --> 00:26:56,880 and uh for those that do not recognize that address that was 320 00:26:52,720 --> 00:27:02,960 known as the john l mcginnis parcel which now due to his death goes 321 00:27:00,799 --> 00:27:10,080 to his heirs at 100 terrace uh 322 00:27:07,039 --> 00:27:12,480 we would need uh direction on that also there you go 323 00:27:13,200 --> 00:27:21,840 that doesn't give you one 100k that's my address 324 00:27:33,120 --> 00:27:41,760 okay so were you handling some of this for them i was 325 00:27:37,760 --> 00:27:45,840 handling some of it until he passed okay yeah and i did i was just like what you 326 00:27:44,240 --> 00:27:49,760 just said that he didn't was another something he did some 327 00:27:48,000 --> 00:27:52,880 research and you thought that you know i tried to correct enough but basically 328 00:27:52,240 --> 00:27:56,159 is this house caught on fire january last 329 00:27:55,440 --> 00:27:59,760 year and if you've got the pictures you can 330 00:27:57,679 --> 00:28:02,720 see what kind of shape it is it's totally demolished 331 00:28:15,279 --> 00:28:19,440 we've done everything we can to notify the current owners i think they even 332 00:28:18,240 --> 00:28:22,640 missed the house that we're just going to search on before 333 00:28:21,200 --> 00:28:25,840 we can't find anyone like i said they didn't find someone in australia 334 00:28:25,919 --> 00:28:32,720 okay all right to sum this up uh you have that 335 00:28:33,360 --> 00:28:40,159 in front of you the ordinance to demolish 336 00:28:37,120 --> 00:28:43,760 uh and it would be now therefore be it today 337 00:28:40,720 --> 00:28:48,640 ordained by the council that section one the code enforcement officers should 338 00:28:45,679 --> 00:28:52,399 cause the dwelling or house to be demolished 339 00:28:49,679 --> 00:28:57,520 and all resulting debris and overgrown vegetation be disposed of 340 00:28:55,039 --> 00:29:01,679 and section two is the cost of said demolition 341 00:28:58,720 --> 00:29:05,520 clearance disposal and all enforcement shall be a 342 00:29:02,559 --> 00:29:08,799 lien on the premises to be collected pursuant to chapter 343 00:29:09,480 --> 00:29:14,880 168-443 parentheses six of the north carolina 344 00:29:13,360 --> 00:29:20,080 general statutes section three a copy of this ordinance 345 00:29:17,760 --> 00:29:23,120 certified as a true copy by the town clerk 346 00:29:20,799 --> 00:29:30,559 shall be recorded in the gaston county registry pursuant to the north carolina 347 00:29:25,919 --> 00:29:36,320 general statute 168-443 for ephesus 5 and section 4 348 00:29:34,080 --> 00:29:40,080 this ordinance shall become affected upon its adoption 349 00:29:38,159 --> 00:29:46,320 and the adoption would be through council this 350 00:29:41,919 --> 00:29:46,320 um what day of may 351 00:29:46,559 --> 00:29:54,640 do you have the day of may 2021 it's just 2015 of march 221. 352 00:29:55,039 --> 00:30:05,120 okay so i would need direction from council to accept this 353 00:30:02,080 --> 00:30:09,279 uh resolution uh this consideration of ordinance to 354 00:30:07,679 --> 00:30:12,240 demolish this structure 355 00:30:17,120 --> 00:30:20,640 accept the resolution 356 00:30:25,440 --> 00:30:32,399 okay i have a motion in a second to accept the 357 00:30:29,039 --> 00:30:35,520 ordinance to demolish said property any other discussion by any council 358 00:30:34,399 --> 00:30:40,240 member if not all in favor of this motion 359 00:30:37,760 --> 00:30:44,559 please say aye all opposed seriousness thank you 360 00:30:45,520 --> 00:30:53,120 we'll move on to item 11 and this is consideration of a resolution to 361 00:30:51,360 --> 00:30:59,600 adopt a policy for mutual aid assistance with 362 00:30:56,320 --> 00:31:07,519 other law enforcement agencies this is on pages 67 and 68. 363 00:31:04,080 --> 00:31:15,600 and i think that is part two of your uh agenda packets tonight 364 00:31:11,760 --> 00:31:22,080 and we have our police chief here to summarize this resolution 365 00:31:18,640 --> 00:31:25,919 mr mayor this is a central iowa council of governments has a mutual aid 366 00:31:23,440 --> 00:31:29,919 agreement that we've been a part of as long as i can remember but it's due 367 00:31:28,000 --> 00:31:32,640 every so many years you have to remove that 368 00:31:30,559 --> 00:31:35,200 and what this allows is this year they're asking for a resolution by city 369 00:31:34,320 --> 00:31:39,360 council and also i will have to submit a 370 00:31:37,039 --> 00:31:42,399 signature page to central iowa council governments 371 00:31:40,399 --> 00:31:47,120 and basically what it does is it allows us to work in conjunction with 372 00:31:44,720 --> 00:31:51,039 assistance from any law enforcement agency if the need rises 373 00:31:49,279 --> 00:31:53,600 some things we use it for just like the fourth of july festival's coming up 374 00:31:52,559 --> 00:31:56,720 we're going to have the mobile command unit here to help 375 00:31:55,120 --> 00:32:02,480 block streets and sheriff's office we use it for that 376 00:31:59,200 --> 00:32:06,399 if if another hc needs assistance uh with any type of mass incident we're 377 00:32:04,320 --> 00:32:10,320 able to send officers there to help so that's what this resolution is pretty 378 00:32:07,760 --> 00:32:13,919 much saying we're accepting that we'll take the assistance if someone 379 00:32:11,919 --> 00:32:19,519 will give it and we can offer assistance as well 380 00:32:16,240 --> 00:32:23,679 okay and again that was in your agenda package 381 00:32:20,320 --> 00:32:30,799 i have a hard copy here but we will need action from council on that also to 382 00:32:28,000 --> 00:32:35,120 adopt this policy or this this accept this resolution 383 00:32:32,399 --> 00:32:39,120 on adopting the policy for the mutual and assisted aid with other law 384 00:32:36,960 --> 00:32:45,120 enforcement agencies nationally accepted 385 00:32:42,559 --> 00:32:49,679 okay i have a motion and a second to accept the resolution adopting the 386 00:32:47,039 --> 00:32:55,360 policy for mutual and assistance aid with other law enforcement agencies 387 00:32:52,880 --> 00:32:58,640 uh any other discussion about council members 388 00:32:56,320 --> 00:33:02,159 if not all in favor of the motion please say aye 389 00:33:00,159 --> 00:33:05,919 i'll oppose there is none thank you chief thank you mayor 390 00:33:03,519 --> 00:33:11,840 kelly's uh i'm not going to mention this but we sent two police officers 391 00:33:23,039 --> 00:33:30,720 carried her quite a distance and it was told that she was non-verbal and then 392 00:33:28,480 --> 00:33:35,039 all of a sudden she said put me down yes yes after they carried her all that 393 00:33:33,440 --> 00:33:39,039 way but yes it was uh officer schuyler and lieutenant brandon 394 00:33:37,360 --> 00:33:44,880 parker and they actually just did a story on it on news 14 395 00:33:41,360 --> 00:33:52,559 last week i believe all right good job good job okay 396 00:33:48,000 --> 00:33:55,679 we'll move on to uh item 12 and this is our public period in 397 00:33:54,799 --> 00:34:01,760 reference to consideration to adopt the fiscal year 398 00:33:58,720 --> 00:34:07,360 2021 2022 proposed budget and i would need a motion from 399 00:34:05,279 --> 00:34:10,320 the council that we go into public hearing at this time 400 00:34:11,760 --> 00:34:19,919 okay city council is now in public hearing 401 00:34:16,960 --> 00:34:19,919 uh i think 402 00:34:32,960 --> 00:34:43,760 uh i'm sorry that's my fault uh do us all in favor of going into public 403 00:34:39,839 --> 00:34:52,000 hearing uh say i please oppose there is none thank you council 404 00:34:48,560 --> 00:34:57,680 okay and now we will discuss uh the budget uh city uh 405 00:34:55,119 --> 00:35:02,480 manager do you have any synopsis you want to give us on it or 406 00:34:59,359 --> 00:35:06,480 uh i'll read my multi-page letter or hit the highlights which do you prefer 407 00:35:04,480 --> 00:35:09,760 hopefully you've already read the two and a half page letter 408 00:35:08,079 --> 00:35:14,560 so if you'll let me hit the highlights there and get the citizens and those 409 00:35:11,760 --> 00:35:18,560 watching an idea what this year's budget composes off and uh if you have any 410 00:35:16,880 --> 00:35:21,680 questions that i can't answer i will just make it up and go as it goes 411 00:35:21,280 --> 00:35:26,560 or i will call big signal she's on standby 412 00:35:24,880 --> 00:35:30,640 because she's in theater school but she's 413 00:35:27,680 --> 00:35:36,480 on the youtube and on telephone standby well the only thing i'm aware 414 00:35:32,400 --> 00:35:41,839 of there was a change on our expenditure and that was under the downtown electric 415 00:35:39,599 --> 00:35:46,320 improvement including pink street and depot 416 00:35:42,839 --> 00:35:51,280 underground and we had it down on here as 220 000 and it was changed to 300 417 00:35:49,599 --> 00:35:56,720 000. another little chance if you allowed me no 418 00:35:52,800 --> 00:36:00,800 recommended tax increase the first thing a revenue change for us we are 419 00:35:58,480 --> 00:36:05,200 increasing some planning and zoning fees and the community building rental fee 420 00:36:03,359 --> 00:36:10,240 and that's the only increases we're recommending expenditures uh 421 00:36:08,800 --> 00:36:14,320 we are not going to be able to fund a lot of things because we've made 422 00:36:11,920 --> 00:36:17,680 priority this year the bond project and all the renovations going on 423 00:36:16,560 --> 00:36:23,200 downtown with the sewer rehab the water and sewer line 424 00:36:20,800 --> 00:36:27,920 and the downtown revitalization this is the second year of our 425 00:36:24,880 --> 00:36:31,040 salary implementation and we needed some equipment so 426 00:36:28,720 --> 00:36:33,280 i'll get some of these and keep in mind a couple of things that's affected the 427 00:36:32,800 --> 00:36:39,680 general fund due to the auditor's recommendation 428 00:36:36,480 --> 00:36:44,720 we'll be moving the main street program salaries director back to the general 429 00:36:42,560 --> 00:36:49,440 fund away from elected fund which we mentioned to you earlier uh 430 00:36:47,520 --> 00:36:52,560 police department we were not able to fund 431 00:36:50,160 --> 00:36:57,200 the things that cam needed with the exception of the lease car payment 432 00:36:54,720 --> 00:37:01,680 uh he's got some serious roof problems evident storage 433 00:36:58,240 --> 00:37:08,400 need and body cam platform computerized information 434 00:37:04,800 --> 00:37:14,480 however back in march of last year i sent senator burr's office a letter 435 00:37:11,440 --> 00:37:19,280 asking for any type of funding and i got that call about four hours ago 436 00:37:17,440 --> 00:37:23,440 that they want more information and they're interested in 437 00:37:21,839 --> 00:37:27,520 give them a couple of choices and the police department is one of those to 438 00:37:25,520 --> 00:37:32,079 have a special appropriation from the u.s congress that would not be 439 00:37:30,160 --> 00:37:35,440 you would not have to pay nothing back so i hope to hear from that in the next 440 00:37:34,400 --> 00:37:39,359 few days so my first priority would be for the 441 00:37:37,359 --> 00:37:43,280 police department and that's probably around 442 00:37:40,079 --> 00:37:47,040 30 to 40 000 maybe a little more with some 443 00:37:43,920 --> 00:37:51,359 ada issues the fire department we did not fund the defibrillators but as you 444 00:37:48,960 --> 00:37:55,440 well aware we had a generous benefactor to buy six brand new defibrillators for 445 00:37:53,680 --> 00:38:01,359 our fire apparatus public works no real changes street 446 00:37:58,560 --> 00:38:04,480 we had half of the budget but we found out we can replace the street sweeper 447 00:38:03,200 --> 00:38:08,160 with paddle build money so we're going to put it back in the 448 00:38:06,160 --> 00:38:13,040 budget and utilize powder money we do have some paving on the north side 449 00:38:11,520 --> 00:38:17,520 of town that we're going to look at and a couple storm drains 450 00:38:14,560 --> 00:38:21,920 that are our responsibility sanitation at the recommendation 451 00:38:18,720 --> 00:38:25,680 of the auditor has also been moved uh from the general fund to a 452 00:38:24,560 --> 00:38:30,480 self-supported utility fund and all these are affected 453 00:38:28,160 --> 00:38:34,800 especially the way the general fund typically looks recreation they had 454 00:38:33,040 --> 00:38:38,560 several requests we were not able to fund those 455 00:38:36,079 --> 00:38:41,599 the cemetery the scattering grounds we were not 456 00:38:39,599 --> 00:38:44,800 there are some electrical changes and i think we'll be very proud to hear this 457 00:38:43,520 --> 00:38:50,800 especially mr freeman this year we will 458 00:38:47,839 --> 00:38:54,720 provide for our residential customers a five percent 459 00:38:52,160 --> 00:38:58,839 electric discount so in the past three years there will be a total of seven 460 00:38:56,720 --> 00:39:03,200 percent discount to residential customers 461 00:39:00,079 --> 00:39:06,800 commercial no change industrial no change we're going to have some slight 462 00:39:04,960 --> 00:39:10,640 changes in the op-12 and cp98 rider which is some of our 463 00:39:09,839 --> 00:39:15,359 newer larger facilities that have never been 464 00:39:13,599 --> 00:39:19,680 put on the proper appropriate rate schedule and y'all know 465 00:39:17,920 --> 00:39:26,000 the ones that i'm talking about while we're under that uh our revenue 466 00:39:22,880 --> 00:39:33,680 changes i'd like to comment too that newpower had asked for a i've heard a 13 467 00:39:30,560 --> 00:39:38,160 increase then i heard a 9 but it basically got down 468 00:39:34,960 --> 00:39:43,599 to they're going up 5 so we're going down 5 469 00:39:40,000 --> 00:39:47,680 new powers going up 5 so that tells you how concerned these 470 00:39:45,760 --> 00:39:51,040 people are up here about what our utility bills are and where 471 00:39:49,760 --> 00:39:54,720 they're going so we're going to keep going as far as we 472 00:39:52,880 --> 00:39:58,000 can to help our citizens and uh we're going to probably get on a 473 00:39:57,520 --> 00:40:02,320 level play and field with duke power even 474 00:40:00,079 --> 00:40:05,839 better in the future so i just wanted to make that comment here i'd like to point 475 00:40:03,760 --> 00:40:09,119 out that we're already on the same level as most of our sister cities and we're 476 00:40:07,839 --> 00:40:12,480 beginning to creep closer to some of the other larger 477 00:40:12,000 --> 00:40:19,040 power agencies so we continue to chill 478 00:40:15,680 --> 00:40:21,119 chisel away at that um there's some repairs 479 00:40:19,760 --> 00:40:23,200 that the electric compartment that the mayor mentioned and we thought was going 480 00:40:22,560 --> 00:40:26,720 to be around a quarter of a million but it's going to 481 00:40:24,480 --> 00:40:32,400 be 300 000 um we are going to uh 482 00:40:30,319 --> 00:40:35,920 look at some administrative stuff we got the debt service that we're going to 483 00:40:34,000 --> 00:40:40,160 start paying the bonds back with and this year it will be 169 000 on the 484 00:40:39,119 --> 00:40:45,839 first payment and we do have to connect with lincoln 485 00:40:43,520 --> 00:40:49,359 uh we have the blackrock improvements that schedule that water line to go to 486 00:40:47,839 --> 00:40:53,119 that subdivision repair it to pump station the one that 487 00:40:51,839 --> 00:40:57,440 serves re roll for the electric and then a 488 00:40:55,200 --> 00:41:02,960 compound water needs a plant and a new pickup for that department 489 00:41:00,880 --> 00:41:06,000 uh the water plant they need to replace a high surface pump 490 00:41:04,319 --> 00:41:08,240 it's been in service a long time but we simply did not have the funding to do 491 00:41:07,680 --> 00:41:12,800 that and push that to other income that we 492 00:41:10,960 --> 00:41:16,319 may be experiencing uh the wastewater plant larry's 493 00:41:14,640 --> 00:41:19,280 department needs a roof on bowel or pumping station 494 00:41:17,440 --> 00:41:22,400 and a brand new generator because the other generator 495 00:41:20,640 --> 00:41:27,200 has had seven heart attacks and two strokes 496 00:41:24,720 --> 00:41:30,480 all funds again and salary adjustments are in there 497 00:41:28,160 --> 00:41:34,160 i recommended a one and a half percent cost of living increase 498 00:41:32,079 --> 00:41:38,720 which is on the lower side of many of these cities 499 00:41:35,280 --> 00:41:43,839 in our area um and our health insurance is going up on our employees 500 00:41:40,319 --> 00:41:48,079 five percent dental 2.62 we have an increase in local government 501 00:41:46,839 --> 00:41:51,599 of one and one point two percent from five 502 00:41:51,200 --> 00:41:56,400 point one from 10.15 i'm sorry to 11.35 which 503 00:41:55,280 --> 00:42:00,560 is mandated by the general assembly and the treasury 504 00:41:58,319 --> 00:42:06,319 department and the law enforcement so we pay for cam uh 1.2 percent 505 00:42:03,680 --> 00:42:11,760 increase which goes from 10.90 to 12.10 so we're having to incur 506 00:42:09,520 --> 00:42:17,280 some additional fringe benefit costs to the city that we have no real control 507 00:42:13,839 --> 00:42:20,640 over some other notes we are into the second year of the three-year cost of 508 00:42:19,200 --> 00:42:24,079 salary adjustment i did mention the one and a half percent 509 00:42:22,640 --> 00:42:28,400 cost of living raise and i am requesting for the first time 510 00:42:26,480 --> 00:42:33,599 to get competitive with other cities and other governmental agencies 511 00:42:30,240 --> 00:42:38,160 that we move our longevity pay from cash to a percent of an individual's year of 512 00:42:35,920 --> 00:42:41,839 service when dixie ran the numbers it was not a lot of money to begin with 513 00:42:40,560 --> 00:42:46,000 but the percentage seemed to be a little more fair to the 514 00:42:43,839 --> 00:42:50,319 employees in the cash benefit and when we did this hour study 515 00:42:49,040 --> 00:42:53,520 we're trying to get everybody on the same level 516 00:42:51,280 --> 00:42:57,280 what separate those long tenured employees 517 00:42:54,880 --> 00:43:00,400 is the longevity pay that's where they're 518 00:42:58,000 --> 00:43:03,119 rewarded for their loyalty and that's why we recommend it to getting to a 519 00:43:02,079 --> 00:43:06,800 percentage and mayor that pretty well hits the 520 00:43:05,040 --> 00:43:11,119 highlights and my letter covered the other smaller items and if 521 00:43:09,760 --> 00:43:18,000 you've got any questions i'll do my best to answer them okay 522 00:43:14,720 --> 00:43:23,680 we're now open for questions do i have any questions from any 523 00:43:19,920 --> 00:43:28,720 staff member citizen or council member at this time just like to 524 00:43:26,960 --> 00:43:32,480 say i appreciate you getting that five percent decrease in the electric 525 00:43:31,760 --> 00:43:35,680 rate i know you worked hard to get that our staff 526 00:43:35,040 --> 00:43:40,400 especially dixie and brandon worked hard to advise 527 00:43:38,839 --> 00:43:45,280 me you know i was very concerned about it and somebody 528 00:43:42,079 --> 00:43:45,280 mentioned seven percent 529 00:43:46,560 --> 00:43:53,200 five percent of where we said but the hardware goes for dixie 530 00:43:50,640 --> 00:43:56,560 and brandon and dixie is on the right committee so she pushed hard to keep 531 00:43:55,040 --> 00:44:01,440 lakerson's race okay and we need her like since she's 532 00:43:59,280 --> 00:44:07,200 made her school we can get her own and we've had a decrease 533 00:44:07,280 --> 00:44:15,839 this will be five percent the coming year last year as you said was 534 00:44:11,839 --> 00:44:19,440 two the year zero last year zero then we had two percent a year 535 00:44:17,680 --> 00:44:26,000 before two percent year before zero year before that so 536 00:44:22,640 --> 00:44:29,280 we're trying to get there and uh we will eventually 537 00:44:27,200 --> 00:44:32,960 to all our citizens we want you to know that we we feel for you 538 00:44:31,280 --> 00:44:37,440 we're working hard as we can we're making cuts where we can 539 00:44:34,560 --> 00:44:40,880 and we hope we'll have that as good a news 540 00:44:38,079 --> 00:44:45,760 uh next year at this time or for our next budget 541 00:44:42,480 --> 00:44:51,440 but uh anyone have any questions in regard to the budget i've got uh 542 00:44:49,359 --> 00:44:53,680 one thing that i'd like to bring up is uh 543 00:44:54,000 --> 00:45:01,599 we're incenting some of our equipment to be worked on 544 00:45:00,000 --> 00:45:06,480 and seemed like we keep having equipment 545 00:45:04,480 --> 00:45:10,000 down what i would like to ask this council to 546 00:45:09,599 --> 00:45:18,240 do is to add a full-time mechanic 547 00:45:13,520 --> 00:45:22,560 at 20 an hour that would help keep our equipment up 548 00:45:19,440 --> 00:45:26,079 and that way we could bring all vehicles and all equipment 549 00:45:23,520 --> 00:45:32,079 in-house that we wouldn't have to go outside 550 00:45:27,359 --> 00:45:39,440 to have anything down outside so that would require a 551 00:45:35,200 --> 00:45:43,599 amendment make an amendment to a hiring full-time mechanic at twenty 552 00:45:41,359 --> 00:45:50,160 dollars an hour for 40-hour workweek 553 00:45:46,720 --> 00:45:54,640 full time research whatever experience the certified mechanic can 554 00:45:53,200 --> 00:46:00,319 get one to twenty dollars now yes we can so this has already been 555 00:45:58,839 --> 00:46:05,359 discussed there's true a possibility yeah so this individual 556 00:46:03,200 --> 00:46:10,160 been hired already no so that would be definitely making an 557 00:46:08,880 --> 00:46:17,119 amendment to our budget now uh speaking as 558 00:46:13,200 --> 00:46:21,359 as mayor we do outsource a good bit of our 559 00:46:18,319 --> 00:46:27,200 i think one of our problems is one part goes to this mechanic 560 00:46:25,119 --> 00:46:32,400 one goes to this mechanic and it's sort of who they favor 561 00:46:29,280 --> 00:46:36,319 and if we did have an in-house mechanic all the work from the water plant waste 562 00:46:34,640 --> 00:46:40,240 water treatment plant for public works from sanitation we 563 00:46:39,119 --> 00:46:45,280 could bring them all in and say there's not a choice anymore 564 00:46:42,800 --> 00:46:50,560 we've got a full-time mechanic uh all the work will go to that and 565 00:46:48,560 --> 00:46:54,079 i'm going to tell you by looking at some of the checks 566 00:46:51,920 --> 00:46:57,599 i think the city would actually save money on this i'm not sure dixie would 567 00:46:56,400 --> 00:47:01,520 be the one that could give you more information on that 568 00:46:59,920 --> 00:47:07,359 but this would require direction from 569 00:47:05,359 --> 00:47:15,680 council to make amendment to our budget and we would have to 570 00:47:11,599 --> 00:47:20,559 uh have dixie to present that to us uh you could actually mayor approve this 571 00:47:18,800 --> 00:47:24,960 budget if that's your desire contingent on those dollars being added 572 00:47:37,280 --> 00:47:44,240 for sure before we do that but we're still open for public hearing yeah 573 00:47:43,680 --> 00:47:47,760 my only question can i still speak to that 574 00:47:47,119 --> 00:47:53,599 because we've had a budget work session all day 575 00:47:51,119 --> 00:47:56,400 and i don't know why i just don't know that this is the time to place 576 00:47:54,960 --> 00:48:01,520 it through something like that in the budget we went all day long 577 00:47:59,359 --> 00:48:04,400 to discuss these things i would think that would be the most appropriate place 578 00:48:03,599 --> 00:48:07,280 for that i don't understand watch this all of a 579 00:48:05,599 --> 00:48:10,960 sudden come back it wasn't brought up in the 580 00:48:07,680 --> 00:48:13,119 workstation and i worked i was i was there 581 00:48:14,880 --> 00:48:21,599 i remember being brought up but why didn't we include it then 582 00:48:20,079 --> 00:48:27,839 we didn't feel like we could afford it at the time 583 00:48:23,280 --> 00:48:34,160 and at that time we did have a part time and and also we were 584 00:48:30,880 --> 00:48:38,720 outsourcing at that time but we still have the part time and he's 585 00:48:35,760 --> 00:48:42,720 still being right right this doesn't affect the part-time time 586 00:48:40,319 --> 00:48:45,920 okay so my question is can we afford it but 587 00:48:44,000 --> 00:48:50,000 we can afford to do whatever you tell us to do but we may have to take think 588 00:48:47,040 --> 00:48:50,000 about fundamentals 589 00:48:52,400 --> 00:49:01,920 okay okay if this work is done by each one of our departments 590 00:49:00,240 --> 00:49:05,520 then some of that's going to come out of each one of them right it will this 591 00:49:03,680 --> 00:49:09,280 parker but there is no way one individual can handle 592 00:49:06,800 --> 00:49:13,359 all of the technical needs that we have for some of our specialty media 593 00:49:11,280 --> 00:49:18,559 they will be able to handle more like the hydraulics 594 00:49:15,040 --> 00:49:22,319 we've got some very technical equipment that we still will have to source i was 595 00:49:21,200 --> 00:49:27,839 thinking yeah yeah on some of that large 596 00:49:24,559 --> 00:49:27,839 equipment that uh 597 00:49:28,480 --> 00:49:34,000 well i really don't know until they look at it 598 00:49:31,760 --> 00:49:39,599 i mean i don't think the mechanic actually works on the patrol cars other 599 00:49:36,240 --> 00:49:44,480 than preventive maintenance and the the mechanic does not work on 600 00:49:42,160 --> 00:49:48,079 the fire truck we'll still be writing big checks for 601 00:49:45,920 --> 00:49:51,440 cars you know the checks you were talking about had 602 00:49:49,599 --> 00:49:56,319 parts labor included let's do that by parts my official 603 00:49:54,960 --> 00:49:59,680 standby is your manager we can make it happen i would just love 604 00:49:58,319 --> 00:50:03,920 to have known about it during this budget process not so much 605 00:50:02,640 --> 00:50:07,359 up to the night of budget approval yeah that's kind of 606 00:50:05,680 --> 00:50:09,839 makes planning very difficult and challenging 607 00:50:10,000 --> 00:50:18,400 okay we can still accept this budget contingent 608 00:50:14,240 --> 00:50:22,720 on discussing the uh the new position can we take that 609 00:50:21,200 --> 00:50:25,599 position for tonight and go ahead and prove this oh yeah 610 00:50:39,359 --> 00:50:45,119 the salary and the fridge benefits even though you've stayed at a rate 611 00:50:42,960 --> 00:50:48,880 i don't know if we can get a quality mechanic for twenty dollars an hour 612 00:50:46,960 --> 00:50:51,680 and we typically don't pay part-time staff 613 00:50:50,160 --> 00:50:57,119 twenty dollars we typically pay part-time staff twenty-five dollars an 614 00:50:53,440 --> 00:51:02,240 hour because they received some benefits and it would shake out on our flow chart 615 00:51:00,400 --> 00:51:06,079 of the salary deemed for that type of position stepping grade 616 00:51:07,119 --> 00:51:16,079 okay and we don't have that information in front of us tonight 617 00:51:12,960 --> 00:51:19,119 so we're still in public hearing uh any other comments to be made at this 618 00:51:18,079 --> 00:51:23,119 time before we go out public 619 00:51:37,119 --> 00:51:45,839 a second to go out of public hearing all in favor say aye 620 00:51:42,079 --> 00:51:50,400 all opposed we are now out of public period 621 00:51:47,040 --> 00:51:53,599 okay and yeah i got a couple handouts y'all need to be 622 00:51:52,079 --> 00:52:00,079 made aware of um can i get my lovely assistant 623 00:51:57,280 --> 00:52:00,079 why are you doing that 624 00:52:00,319 --> 00:52:05,839 i'm gonna make a motion to hire 625 00:52:17,040 --> 00:52:23,040 to open up a yes like that with all three speculative partners that's the 626 00:52:21,280 --> 00:52:28,480 manager's job to hire and locate an employee 627 00:52:26,079 --> 00:52:32,640 that's the manager's office actually the city 628 00:52:29,359 --> 00:52:36,559 council's job to look after the western city that's not i understand that 629 00:52:34,800 --> 00:52:42,400 completely but it's general statutes clearly gives your manager 630 00:52:38,319 --> 00:52:42,400 to hiring your firing responsibilities 631 00:52:45,280 --> 00:52:48,319 i made a motion 632 00:52:49,839 --> 00:52:58,240 and the motion is to hire a full-time mechanic 633 00:52:54,079 --> 00:53:04,960 at a rate of 20 an hour with the city benefits full benefits 634 00:53:01,520 --> 00:53:04,960 do i have a second 635 00:53:06,160 --> 00:53:14,559 okay let's just table it for right now until we can get some particulars with 636 00:53:11,599 --> 00:53:19,520 the managers we do not have our works 637 00:53:17,200 --> 00:53:23,440 director here tonight for our finance director so okay 638 00:53:23,839 --> 00:53:28,960 would you agree with that uh councilman parker that we 639 00:53:39,599 --> 00:53:46,319 okay all right uh municipal clerk if you will make note on 640 00:53:45,440 --> 00:53:53,440 the 29th that will be discussed in one obsession 641 00:53:49,440 --> 00:53:57,680 with uh a decision to be made at that time as i stated there 642 00:53:55,920 --> 00:54:01,839 we'll do anything to direct us to i would like to have the kind of 643 00:53:58,720 --> 00:54:04,960 research okay that is my job okay 644 00:54:06,720 --> 00:54:16,160 okay uh do you have two handouts later yes we do okay the first one is a list 645 00:54:14,160 --> 00:54:19,119 of the upcoming major projects for the next two or three months 646 00:54:17,680 --> 00:54:23,359 and i'm not going to read them all you can peruse down through there 647 00:54:21,200 --> 00:54:28,000 but one of them on there is the ada plant and you heard me mention that 648 00:54:25,280 --> 00:54:31,520 several departments like larry smith at the seward plant want a pumpkin 649 00:54:29,839 --> 00:54:34,920 station a generator other departments that didn't get funded 650 00:54:33,839 --> 00:54:39,440 we're going to receive 1.78 million dollars from president 651 00:54:38,319 --> 00:54:44,000 biden's a uh rp program the money is starting to 652 00:54:42,799 --> 00:54:49,119 begin to flow probably july 15 july 20th 653 00:54:47,359 --> 00:54:52,960 the staff at a staff meeting got together and developed a priority list 654 00:54:51,119 --> 00:54:56,480 that we want you to take a look at and most of this is stuff and we can't 655 00:54:55,680 --> 00:55:01,520 fund it all but you all need to give us a priority 656 00:54:59,599 --> 00:55:05,760 of those items because it's going to be a one-time 657 00:55:03,280 --> 00:55:10,160 expense there's going to be some streams but not as much as you would think 658 00:55:07,760 --> 00:55:14,160 normally dealing with federal dollars and we're also 659 00:55:11,520 --> 00:55:18,960 going to get a second payment uh half of it in this year and half of it next july 660 00:55:16,559 --> 00:55:24,319 and the state because of our size is managing our distribution the larger 661 00:55:21,520 --> 00:55:26,319 metro area has got the funds directly so you 662 00:55:24,559 --> 00:55:30,000 will have to help me make sure that our general assembly 663 00:55:27,599 --> 00:55:34,240 don't tuck that money away for something that they can't but it is 664 00:55:31,520 --> 00:55:36,240 federal law they have to hand it down to us 665 00:55:34,720 --> 00:55:40,319 if you remember a few years ago some money got handed down and it went in the 666 00:55:38,400 --> 00:55:44,079 state's rainy day fund so i'm going to be monitoring that very 667 00:55:42,079 --> 00:55:49,040 closely and so you can see that card now these 668 00:55:46,799 --> 00:55:54,000 priority projects none of these were funded in our budget 669 00:55:51,920 --> 00:55:58,160 so this is all items that were not i don't remember if the defibrillators 670 00:55:55,920 --> 00:56:01,440 were left on there or not um but there's some pretty large price 671 00:56:00,880 --> 00:56:07,119 items on there and uh i noticed the very 672 00:56:05,040 --> 00:56:10,720 second item on here is that kiosk installation uh i thought that was 673 00:56:09,280 --> 00:56:13,920 supposed to already be here i apologize mayor the company has jerked 674 00:56:13,200 --> 00:56:20,079 us around a little bit it is sitting in the bay 675 00:56:17,200 --> 00:56:25,359 at city hall now to be installed but i did not want them to install it without 676 00:56:21,920 --> 00:56:31,520 dixon being here to supervise it so that's why uh that has not been done 677 00:56:29,119 --> 00:56:34,559 as i mentioned on march 31st i sent a letter to 678 00:56:32,400 --> 00:56:38,880 senator burke and as you know senator burke is 679 00:56:35,680 --> 00:56:42,559 finalizing his career in d.c so he got my letter uh they called me today 680 00:56:40,720 --> 00:56:46,799 and because it wasn't from a lobbyist and because 681 00:56:44,079 --> 00:56:48,799 from a small town he wants to help us and we're going to submit tomorrow 682 00:56:48,160 --> 00:56:54,559 morning by launch of three proposals within the 683 00:56:52,240 --> 00:56:58,640 fund earmarked charitable some money and that's part of what things didn't 684 00:56:56,400 --> 00:57:02,400 get funded in the budget between that monies 685 00:56:59,200 --> 00:57:05,280 and the money from arp we should be in good shape 686 00:57:03,280 --> 00:57:09,520 and even in good shape for a while to work and we'll go out 687 00:57:06,559 --> 00:57:15,599 in here and possibly next year you can look at a tax credit 688 00:57:12,720 --> 00:57:19,920 good good so we're given approximately 890 000 689 00:57:17,839 --> 00:57:27,839 this year and then next year would be another 890 690 00:57:21,359 --> 00:57:27,839 000. correct 691 00:57:31,359 --> 00:57:38,640 okay so council members will look you'll see the second page is where the 692 00:57:36,559 --> 00:57:43,920 priority list is of where the american rescue plan known 693 00:57:41,760 --> 00:57:50,799 as arp where that money would be allocated and when you see 694 00:57:47,599 --> 00:57:54,720 uh like the half cost of a street sweeper 695 00:57:51,920 --> 00:57:57,280 does that mean the next one the next year 696 00:57:55,119 --> 00:58:00,559 we'll do the other half no on the street sweeper remember i told you 697 00:57:58,799 --> 00:58:05,920 that and it wasn't corrected on that sheet we can fund it from power funds 698 00:58:03,040 --> 00:58:08,000 100 of that where you see half and half means it's going to come out of one 699 00:58:07,359 --> 00:58:12,480 budget and 50 out of another budget that's why 700 00:58:10,720 --> 00:58:16,720 you see half one location half the other for example but it's on 701 00:58:15,280 --> 00:58:23,839 the priority list of the arp we didn't know if we were going 702 00:58:19,599 --> 00:58:23,839 to get the channel 703 00:58:30,640 --> 00:58:36,559 okay and that's not a wishlist but there's a couple of things on there 704 00:58:34,400 --> 00:58:41,200 that's a wish list there's recreational stuff but most of that is items that was 705 00:58:39,040 --> 00:58:41,200 fun 706 00:58:42,480 --> 00:58:50,000 and it's really unprecedented my 43 years of government 707 00:58:46,400 --> 00:58:50,000 i have never seen a direct 708 00:58:50,480 --> 00:58:59,440 appropriation to a municipality with very few strings attached 709 00:58:54,960 --> 00:59:05,839 unprecedented and i know at one time uh city manager 710 00:59:02,640 --> 00:59:09,440 chief cash we had talked about this and uh we were aware that there was a 711 00:59:08,319 --> 00:59:12,640 lot of bookkeeping involved with this so if the state's 712 00:59:11,599 --> 00:59:16,839 handling it now will that be less for keeping for us are 713 00:59:15,200 --> 00:59:19,839 we still going to be with 714 00:59:30,960 --> 00:59:36,720 but it's going to be a lot less headache than mr falwell 715 00:59:34,319 --> 00:59:40,880 than it would be somebody in budget and appropriations in washington dc 716 00:59:38,880 --> 00:59:43,040 so we got a good trade-off on i think exactly i mean even though it's not 717 00:59:42,640 --> 00:59:46,960 coming directly for us to deposit in the 718 00:59:50,880 --> 00:59:57,280 it's nothing to the tune that you all are familiar with 719 00:59:54,160 --> 01:00:01,040 with the uh like the sidewalk grant we got 720 00:59:57,839 --> 01:00:01,040 see man see mac 721 01:00:12,960 --> 01:00:19,119 us and on each seminar that i sit on or go to 722 01:00:16,240 --> 01:00:22,240 it's kind of free money it helps stimulate the economy 723 01:00:22,480 --> 01:00:25,200 we'll take it 724 01:00:26,160 --> 01:00:34,079 does uh any council members have any questions there any other items that 725 01:00:33,520 --> 01:00:39,760 stand out that have been funded other than this 726 01:00:37,680 --> 01:00:43,760 the street sweeper has not been funded it'll be funded this year but freeman 727 01:00:41,920 --> 01:00:49,359 and we will use 100 of pal bill funds uh you see the bond 728 01:00:47,280 --> 01:00:52,079 items are on there we have the money for those 729 01:00:49,839 --> 01:00:55,280 in the bond but if there's some monies y'all preferred to go there and save 730 01:00:53,920 --> 01:00:58,480 some of the bonds that could work too the blackrock would 731 01:00:57,040 --> 01:01:01,440 definitely be a priority the police department you heard me 732 01:00:59,760 --> 01:01:05,119 mention that we could get the earmark from 733 01:01:02,079 --> 01:01:09,440 senator of burr's office and the evidence room the body cam 734 01:01:06,559 --> 01:01:13,200 the street sweeper needs to come off uh we're going to fund it and it's going to 735 01:01:10,960 --> 01:01:13,200 come out 736 01:01:13,280 --> 01:01:17,920 planning and zoning software that derrick needs he's been researching that 737 01:01:17,200 --> 01:01:23,440 we couldn't fund it a little more for recreation 738 01:01:21,440 --> 01:01:26,640 a storage building for recreation a generator for larry 739 01:01:24,960 --> 01:01:31,200 the roof at the wastewater treatment plant and a raw water pump 740 01:01:28,880 --> 01:01:35,040 the water plant road is in disastrous shape down to the creek 741 01:01:33,040 --> 01:01:39,760 high surface pump the little lead parking lot for extra overflow 742 01:01:37,040 --> 01:01:43,040 parking uh ada at city hall remember with ada 743 01:01:40,880 --> 01:01:48,400 it's a huge monster we've attacked the deepsea youth fields 744 01:01:44,559 --> 01:01:50,839 we've got pricing and drawings at city hall 745 01:01:49,119 --> 01:01:54,000 that has done none of the other buildings the only one that's compliant 746 01:01:52,160 --> 01:01:58,480 right now is the fire station so that's a big animal a big price tag 747 01:01:56,720 --> 01:02:01,039 in as much as four to five million dollars 748 01:01:58,960 --> 01:02:05,680 come up with an elevator today right now i'd put elevator at city hall 749 01:02:02,880 --> 01:02:10,240 and you see west gates upgrades and a splash pad 750 01:02:06,960 --> 01:02:13,680 and ada citywide other locations staff's put a lot of research into it 751 01:02:12,160 --> 01:02:17,520 but that's our recommendation we'll do the priority details 752 01:02:15,760 --> 01:02:23,440 appropriately okay and the council members have any 753 01:02:20,319 --> 01:02:23,440 questions at this time 754 01:02:24,880 --> 01:02:35,839 we need to go ahead and vote on the budget contingent 755 01:02:30,559 --> 01:02:35,839 uh on tabling one item 756 01:02:38,880 --> 01:02:45,039 have a motion this second that we go ahead and approve the budget 757 01:02:42,640 --> 01:02:49,920 contingent on our work session discussion 758 01:02:46,559 --> 01:02:55,280 on another position okay uh any other discussion by any council members 759 01:02:52,559 --> 01:02:59,599 if not all in favor of the motion please say i 760 01:02:56,240 --> 01:02:59,599 uh all opposed 761 01:02:59,680 --> 01:03:03,839 it is unanimous okay 762 01:03:10,240 --> 01:03:13,599 we'll now go into 763 01:03:13,839 --> 01:03:22,330 other business and that's item 13 on your agenda packet at this time 764 01:03:19,220 --> 01:03:22,330 [Music] 765 01:03:23,359 --> 01:03:30,480 okay that's that's closed session i think that's where you work now 766 01:03:27,680 --> 01:03:32,480 we're going to do other business so that it's closed session we can just come 767 01:03:32,079 --> 01:03:39,680 back and got you close okay great great 768 01:03:35,680 --> 01:03:43,470 jinx approached me twice since the last meeting about debris 769 01:03:42,240 --> 01:03:46,530 that's not being [Music] 770 01:03:47,039 --> 01:03:57,760 he says it's causing some of that to wash in the storm drain 771 01:03:53,520 --> 01:04:04,319 another problem he says mostly elderly residents who hire someone like him 772 01:04:02,400 --> 01:04:08,720 to do work on the property and they place his stuff out the street and then 773 01:04:06,880 --> 01:04:12,720 the public works down they can't think of that because someone was hired to 774 01:04:11,200 --> 01:04:17,440 put it out there there's no calling off himself he says he's gonna have a truck 775 01:04:14,880 --> 01:04:20,880 big enough all at all he said he would drive a city truck 776 01:04:21,200 --> 01:04:27,839 but he said he would be willing to volunteer to work and help the movement 777 01:04:39,359 --> 01:04:47,039 you know again my husband cut limbs put them down there they never did they 778 01:04:45,119 --> 01:04:51,280 laid out there all week and then when i called the first week i 779 01:04:50,160 --> 01:04:58,559 got the chipper truck down again so now my grass is bedded 780 01:04:54,640 --> 01:05:01,760 in down there where it was so do we have anybody else contractual that when our 781 01:05:01,039 --> 01:05:09,200 chipper truck is out of commission i know rick's got a 782 01:05:06,079 --> 01:05:12,799 chipper truck we we have not missed parker but we could definitely research 783 01:05:10,799 --> 01:05:17,680 that and bring that back to the next man i know rick and he would do something to 784 01:05:16,000 --> 01:05:21,599 get it up you know a lot of our residents that are paying taxes and 785 01:05:19,760 --> 01:05:26,480 everything else that we offer they have like a loan service they 786 01:05:24,720 --> 01:05:31,039 pay a lot of money to keep their grounds looking good and you can't 787 01:05:29,359 --> 01:05:33,520 afford for it to lay down our two three weeks 788 01:05:31,440 --> 01:05:37,760 this is the second time because even when the leaf truck is down 789 01:05:35,200 --> 01:05:42,640 the problem is the policy states that if it's been contracted out 790 01:05:39,680 --> 01:05:45,200 we don't pick it up we're doing it ourselves 791 01:05:43,280 --> 01:05:48,799 we don't have a contractor involved in our case but 792 01:05:46,640 --> 01:05:53,280 it's still happening for other people and if we had someone 793 01:05:50,480 --> 01:05:56,640 in place that can fix these things don't know what the 794 01:05:54,000 --> 01:06:00,960 another mechanic could do i know brandon said they could use them 795 01:05:58,240 --> 01:06:04,720 but we've got to do something to get it up 796 01:06:01,280 --> 01:06:08,559 off of our residents i mean this is anybody not just 797 01:06:06,960 --> 01:06:11,520 something that a contractor puts out those 798 01:06:08,880 --> 01:06:16,559 big contractors have their own shippers yeah i can comment to that 799 01:06:13,359 --> 01:06:22,000 uh brandon's not here he's at myrtle beach at an 800 01:06:17,760 --> 01:06:26,400 ami meeting but uh i talked to jason today and he told me they have ordered 801 01:06:25,200 --> 01:06:29,520 the park and they're waiting on the park to come 802 01:06:28,000 --> 01:06:35,920 in on the chipper truck so public works has taken care of 803 01:06:33,839 --> 01:06:40,799 repairing but they have to wait on the parts and i understand 804 01:06:38,400 --> 01:06:44,000 that's not the whole issue that you're talking with but 805 01:06:42,079 --> 01:06:48,720 i wanted to tell you they do have the part on the way he said he thought it 806 01:06:46,799 --> 01:06:52,960 may be here today but i don't know whether it came or not 807 01:06:50,799 --> 01:07:01,839 they wanted that trump replacement but we just simply could not afford 808 01:06:56,079 --> 01:07:01,839 it's hard to keep it right 809 01:07:06,720 --> 01:07:14,240 okay any other business from any council [Music] 810 01:07:12,839 --> 01:07:19,119 member i can't help but get this off my chest 811 01:07:16,079 --> 01:07:23,520 uh i know we need to get on the block and i don't know everything about what 812 01:07:21,839 --> 01:07:27,440 goes on here but you know when i was elected i was told 813 01:07:25,280 --> 01:07:30,960 how things worked here that our city manager was responsible 814 01:07:29,359 --> 01:07:36,559 for discipline hiring and firing employees 815 01:07:34,000 --> 01:07:40,240 and when is that changed i mean when is it our responsibility 816 01:07:38,240 --> 01:07:43,200 we should give him direction and if he doesn't follow our direction we should 817 01:07:41,760 --> 01:07:50,079 fire him is my understanding uh i just feel like 818 01:07:47,119 --> 01:07:55,280 that here at the last minute you know an underhanded deal's been done 819 01:07:51,760 --> 01:07:58,960 that is against our city policy to hire somebody when it's not our job 820 01:07:57,359 --> 01:08:02,480 to do a hiker so if i'm wrong somebody tell me i'm 821 01:08:00,799 --> 01:08:06,799 wrong i'll get ready to tell you i know you're wrong 822 01:08:03,599 --> 01:08:09,359 nobody has insinuated to hire a certain person 823 01:08:07,280 --> 01:08:12,640 you said you had somebody already lined up as you said that's still the 824 01:08:10,640 --> 01:08:16,080 manager's job to decide if that's the right one or not 825 01:08:13,680 --> 01:08:19,279 okay one thing i was doing was just putting the position 826 01:08:17,040 --> 01:08:25,839 in place and negotiating the process and he will accept that process 827 01:08:25,920 --> 01:08:31,600 don't start insinuating that i did this and did that 828 01:08:29,679 --> 01:08:33,839 well when you've talked about apparently you've got a price set for him what 829 01:08:33,040 --> 01:08:38,319 he'll do it for so something's been done but still see 830 01:08:35,759 --> 01:08:43,839 the rangers supposed i think we've already addressed this and 831 01:08:41,440 --> 01:08:52,080 that it will be continued at our work session 832 01:08:44,480 --> 01:08:57,920 on june 29th just listen together are noted uh that will be 833 01:08:55,359 --> 01:09:00,799 in our minutes that you did note that but 834 01:08:58,719 --> 01:09:06,880 um i'm not going to sit here and hash this out during this meeting when 835 01:09:03,440 --> 01:09:11,679 we can do that easily on the i'm sorry i said that yeah the 29th of june 836 01:09:09,759 --> 01:09:16,239 and we've moved it to work session it will be discussed in detail at that time 837 01:09:14,080 --> 01:09:23,920 and we'll all have more information all of us will have more information 838 01:09:19,359 --> 01:09:28,880 and as the city manager as well he can do some research on the sport 839 01:09:26,960 --> 01:09:38,000 okay do i have any other business from any council member 840 01:09:35,279 --> 01:09:38,000 city staff 841 01:09:38,319 --> 01:09:48,080 okay okay if not then we will 842 01:09:44,799 --> 01:09:53,839 uh go to the next item which is item 14 and this is consideration to enter into 843 01:09:51,120 --> 01:09:57,600 closed session in regard to north carolina general statute 844 01:09:58,760 --> 01:10:07,040 143-318-11 dot parentheses four and parentheses 845 01:10:03,760 --> 01:10:16,080 six i will need uh direction for counsel to 846 01:10:07,520 --> 01:10:20,000 enter into closed sessions i need a second sir have a second a 847 01:10:19,120 --> 01:10:23,120 motion and a second to go into closed session 848 01:10:22,000 --> 01:10:26,480 at this time all in favor of the motion please say 849 01:10:25,120 --> 01:10:29,600 aye all of those there isn't so we are 850 01:10:28,640 --> 01:10:32,719 considered going to close session i think we set up 851 01:10:31,840 --> 01:10:34,960 next door this