[1:08] I am City Council member Byron Amos, officially calling the Committee on Council to meeting

[1:13] to order, join with my colleagues. To my far left is our Vice Chair, Councilwoman Collins.

[1:21] There we have our colleague, Councilman Wiston and Councilman Dozer, who is located his name

[1:28] So we know who you are, who he is, after that I make a motion to adopt the agenda.

[1:36] Motion has been made in a second.

[1:38] And discuss and say, and please open the vote.

[1:41] Photos open.

[1:46] Photos closed for years, your anase.

[1:47] Your agenda has been adopted.

[1:48] Thank you.

[1:49] I make a motion to approve the men.

[1:51] This is their second.

[1:52] Motion has been made in a second.

[1:54] And discussion.

[1:55] Say, and please open the vote.

[1:57] Photos open.

[2:00] Photos closed for years, your anase.

[2:01] The minutes have been approved.

[2:02] Thank you. I make a motion to adopt the full council of junters. That's second.

[2:08] Motion has been made in a second. In discussion. Seeing now, please open the vote.

[2:12] Vote is open.

[2:16] Vote is closed for a zero-nase. The full council agenda has been adopted.

[2:19] Thank you. That brings us to our public comment. I remind everyone you have three minutes to speak. Your time will be on one of the screens in the room.

[2:27] Ask that you keep all comments directly toward the committee and keep them civil.

[2:31] First, we have brother Muhammad.

[2:39] On the game brother Muhammad.

[2:41] Don't see these in the room.

[2:42] Going to our next person.

[2:45] There's a mystery or a miss.

[2:47] What a kelp, kelumen.

[2:50] Kelum?

[2:58] Okay, no one on the public comment.

[3:00] This is here.

[3:00] We started on time, so we were closed out public comment

[3:04] at this time.

[3:06] We joined by our colleagues, council member,

[3:08] Bhaktiari and councilwoman, boom.

[3:16] Thank you, Mr. Chair, if there are no objections, may we take items one through three as a block?

[3:20] Seeing now, I don't know, proceed.

[3:22] Okay.

[3:22] Item number one, 26C, 5059.

[3:25] A communication from council members, Leon of Actiari, District 5, Alex Juan, District 6, Tom at the

[3:30] Worthy, District 7, Mary Norwood, District 8, and Matt Westmoreland, Post 2 at large.

[3:35] I'm pointing Mr. Ed Baines, a member of the Community Access Committee Award, this

[3:39] is for a term of two years.

[3:41] Item number two, 26C5060, a communication from Donald Palovi, chair of the Audit Committee,

[3:47] submitting the appointment of Ms. Stephanie Jackson, a city auditor for a term of five years.

[3:51] Schedule to begin on July 6, 2026, following council confirmation.

[3:56] And item number three, 26C5064, a communication from council president, Marcy Collier,

[4:01] Overstreet, appointing Mr. Charles Rick Clear,

[4:04] sir serves a member of the Community Access Media Board

[4:06] Disappointmentist for a term of two years.

[4:08] All appointments come favorable

[4:10] from the committee's above you.

[4:12] Thanks, sir.

[4:12] I make a move to approve items one through three.

[4:15] Is that a second?

[4:17] Question.

[4:18] Motion has been made in a second in discussion.

[4:21] San, please open a vote.

[4:23] Vote is open.

[4:28] Vote is closed, six days, zero, nays,

[4:29] the items are favorable.

[4:31] Mr. Chair, this brings us to our regular agenda

[4:32] starting with resolutions, item number 4, 26 are 3-8-4-2, a resolution by committee on council

[4:39] to authorize contingency funding for city council communications and support and an amount

[4:45] not to exceed 36,825 dollars in zero cents for the fiscal year of 2027 budget and for other

[4:51] purposes.

[4:54] I believe Ms. Kempson, right, is here to speak to this if there's any questions.

[4:59] Do we have any questions about this?

[5:04] So there's been a motion to approve, is there a second?

[5:06] Motion has been made in a second in discussion.

[5:11] Overview.

[5:14] Okay.

[5:15] Mr. Chair, members of committee.

[5:17] Centanicants in right Atlanta City Council.

[5:19] This is requesting $36,825.

[5:23] The applied to approximately, I believe,

[5:27] that four vendors or five vendors,

[5:29] four lances that the city council uses for content coverage,

[5:33] photography and videography services.

[5:35] Essentially, these are main photographers,

[5:37] external to the staff that we have that supports the 16 of you all. We did legislation

[5:43] similar to this last year as well.

[5:48] That's emotional and flow has been made. The second discussion

[5:50] has been had. Please open the vote. Mr. Chair, can we repeat the motion during a second there please.

[5:57] Thank you. Thank you. Mr. Chair. Yes, ma'am. Mr. Chair, if I may, it's not necessarily pertinent to

[6:10] we'll be receiving communication from myself and communications director, Mr. Hula.

[6:17] This week, some will come out today.

[6:19] There may be some individuals.

[6:20] If I could stop you there, I guess you said it's not pertaining to this and we're in the middle of a motion.

[6:24] I'm sorry, sir.

[6:26] Thank you.

[6:27] Let's carry this motion and we'll go back to your statement.

[6:30] Please open.

[6:41] Close.

[6:42] 6.00.

[6:43] Thank you.

[6:44] Yes. Okay. My apologies.

[6:47] We are, this is contingency funding, but there will be communications coming from myself, as well as director, who are the communications director, pertaining to content usage, this is for photography and videography, as you all are aware, we support 16 members, budget wise, that can be challenging at times, of course, we have internal staff, but there are some processes that we will be putting in place and asking for you all support as well as even suggestions as we curtail and

[7:16] and I'm looking at how to manage spending better in these spaces.

[7:21] Thank you, glad to hear that, because that was one of the questions I was going to ask later

[7:24] because I can imagine 16 of us all doing projects where Jess had to begin another year.

[7:30] We go through a whole year, and I will have 16 of us do 16 projects and keep people that

[7:35] eight hours a day, that will blow anybody by the budget.

[7:38] Well, what I can say is looking at just what we spent so far, and I won't use any

[7:45] specific offices in example, but if we were to over the past six weeks, and this is end of June up until just what we have booked out for the second week of August.

[7:57] Essentially, if it were all 16 offices requesting the same, we would be looking at a budget solely for photography and videography external to what we have in house about $768,000.

[8:08] And that, of course, all 16 of you all don't need the same, your needs are different and

[8:14] request are different.

[8:15] And we're very appreciative of that and are here to meet all of that.

[8:19] But there does need to be a few guidelines that we're established.

[8:22] And some have already been established, it's just ensuring that we're following those processes.

[8:28] Thank you.

[8:29] Yes, please get that to us.

[8:30] So we can review it.

[8:31] Thank you.

[8:32] Any other questions?

[8:34] Ms. Loved.

[8:34] Yes, Mr. Chair.

[8:35] It just brings us to item number 5, 26, R, 3, 8, 4, 3, a resolution by committee on council

[8:40] establishing a civility pledge for the members of the Elanacity Council to advance civility

[8:45] and promote professionalism, ethical leadership, respectful deliberation and public trust

[8:48] and municipal government and for other purposes.

[8:52] Make a motion to approve, is that second?

[9:02] So first of all, Mr. Mark, and we get copies of this to everyone.

[9:07] This is just a pledge of civility to pretty much do what we already do, that is to respect

[9:12] each other leadership, respect our fellow colleagues and as we go through deliberations and

[9:18] things so that nature. This is something that is actually spearheaded by the George

[9:23] Municipal Association of the other sister cities around the state has actually signed this

[9:28] pledge and signed on. But Mr. Overton, if you just make sure each colleague I know has gone out

[9:33] actually have a copy. That'll be good. Excuse me, Chair. Who put this for it?

[9:41] This is actually a paper I asked come before as a member of the Georgia Board of Nations Board of Directors.

[9:50] So can we get more, I'm just curious in terms of the impetus behind it and follow on GMA.

[9:57] Can we get more information on GMA's recommendations in this regard?

[10:01] I don't think it's an issue with it, but I do think we have to be very,

[10:05] I think there is a question, the necessity for us, the ability to pledge knowing that we already

[10:12] have some of these pieces in place.

[10:14] So for me, I would love to have additional information on the recommendation from GMA and what

[10:20] other sister cities are doing before we move before I move forward to approve, you know, to approve

[10:26] this.

[10:27] And also a question that I have in regards to that, what mandates that that puts on us as not

[10:32] Council members currently, but moving forward and how does the ethical leadership power

[10:37] aligns with potential code of ethics or anything in that regard? I just have a lot of questions

[10:42] about it in terms of just understanding it, saying that this is my first time seeing it.

[10:49] So, Mr. Robertson, like I said, if you can get that to everyone,

[10:52] it's coming right now.

[10:56] I definitely would not like to hold up the mean for every, I mean,

[11:00] I less did it sure desire. I'm willing to make a most sure hold.

[11:07] Yeah, we can make a

[11:07] Motion has been made in a second in discussion.

[11:11] Seeing please open the vote.

[11:13] Vote is open.

[11:17] Vote is closed.

[11:17] Six days zero nasis.

[11:18] You haven't been held in committee.

[11:20] Mr. Chair, we will not take action on our door for items as there is still held in their committee.

[11:25] The first committee of purview and there are new papers scheduled to come off of the held items list.

[11:30] Therefore, this concludes our legislative agenda for today.

[11:34] So any other comments or concerns?

[11:36] I have

[11:42] the first day of school as my council member,

[11:44] Kyle Lee, council members, those are just,

[11:48] just said, I do see that Mr. Mohammed has entered

[11:53] the room, served you was not here.

[11:57] You miss your opportunity to speak.

[12:01] You was not in the room,

[12:06] sir.

[12:07] Mr. Mohammed, we're not going to do this.

[12:10] We're not going to do this.

[12:11] You have always been respectful.

[12:13] So I'm asking you to stay respectful.

[12:15] I did not give you the might to speak. So please not let's not do this. It is totally against

[12:20] Well, I desire you to do with this committee

[12:23] I'm asked chair when it comes to public comment, but I think my colleagues if willing is willing to listen if okay

[12:31] So you you what we got I three minutes up

[12:35] Go here sir, thank you

[12:38] I am brother and thorn my helmet

[12:40] I'm here today about A.K.I. I'm going to be perfect criminal things and then I'm going

[12:50] to do this counts. Now, Dickson, I'll be coming here for 15 years. We had opportunities,

[12:59] public persons that want to make come instant, stained the satin, legislation, or some

[13:05] propose and make comments about it. But today, I still am concerned by the

[13:12] ACAP, not a commission, only the stock of terror was a win, but she was the

[13:18] chairman of the U.S. for years back, a lot just to be re-op and had been

[13:22] open since the short American start of the 1994. And you got women that continue

[13:29] to live on the street, cheering live on the street. And you all just continue

[13:34] and just throwing you in a wanna speak about it.

[13:36] And we ought to enjoy the people in Los Angeles.

[13:39] I've talked to you and Mr. West about sure,

[13:42] this should get you represented.

[13:44] Most of the people that have less economic empowerment

[13:48] that look like you and I, living your district.

[13:52] But I'm not really pleased

[13:53] of where we are not being sympathetic to the people.

[13:56] But as a person that vote,

[13:59] I hadn't voted to this more, I voted for her,

[14:06] the last person, then I voted from this

[14:10] occasion, again the most present person I've voted for, Mr. Trump. Why do I say that? The

[14:16] prize of me, you know, we Democrats, we're not really trying to buy anything and help the people

[14:22] that are unfortunate since we got 20 million new people in America. And according to the

[14:31] I love this. I love when the laser slated provided 6.1981, a special sex for the Benefica

[14:41] A-Das, American citizens of Slate. My family was slaves in this country and George

[14:47] was one of the worst ones my family and my grandfather, my grandmother, my grandmother and

[14:57] You're my lady in the car. You know, okay?

[15:00] Just continue to come here and get this paycheck. Not unlike that. Well, I don't. There's barceteria, pressure, what you did. There's fine. I heard how talk. Most sympathetic to the issues, people that look like us. But I'm waiting to let you know that the Democrats, socials, Americans, most on vote for that are called as graduates. Eight percent of them, Caucasian, and I'm looking forward for them to get into a democratic party.

[15:28] How y'all represent that move with the Jango?

[15:31] You remember some of the Jaxi?

[15:33] That's what you all were mad in the air.

[15:36] The harsh news book.

[15:38] May I, that's what I hope to, also, I'm going to let you.

[15:41] Thank you.

[15:42] And Khali, so we can be completely fair.

[15:44] It's K-Cellum back into the room.

[15:47] Police are calling, police are calling, police are calling, police are calling, police are calling.

[15:50] And if you don't mind, I'd like to give, she's the only person to give her three minutes,

[15:54] as well.

[16:02] So, good morning and thank you and thank you for this special treat.

[16:07] I am just coming back from New York City where I am from and my sister is ill, so I'm

[16:16] going to be going back and forth to visit her.

[16:19] One of the things that struck me is that it's really loud to live in Manhattan, lovely,

[16:29] lovely apartment, covet it, space. But it's loud, it's really really loud. And as

[16:37] you all are deciding on different things that you want to do for Atlanta for our

[16:43] community. Thank you, Jason. I want you to consider noise pollution. It's extremely

[16:50] disruptive. So whatever initiatives you have that are may come to our

[16:59] community, please consider that, consider the safety, the well-being of the constituents.

[17:07] And if it's not safe, it's a non-starter.

[17:11] You know, you have your decision tree.

[17:13] Will the people be less healthy as a result of it?

[17:15] And for me, one of those criteria would be noise.

[17:19] I'm a 30-year resident of the West End and 40-year resident of Atlanta and of course over time over these last 40 years it's becoming more and more

[17:34] and more and more in danger of becoming an overpopulated place so please consider that as you consider other initiatives.

[17:44] That's it.

[17:45] Thank you very much.

[17:46] Thank you, ma'am. That being the last person signed up in the comments concerns.

[17:51] We stand adjourned. Thank you everyone.

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