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[5:07] it's 5:45 and we'll begin our work

[5:10] session at this

[5:12] time have our 6:30 council meeting

[5:15] following

[5:18] this we'll start with Grace and work

[5:21] your

[5:23] around okay Alison sir Stacy

[5:29] K we've got our second of five budget

[5:32] work sessions after this meeting and I

[5:34] just kind of wanted to let the public

[5:36] know where we are in the budgeting

[5:38] process um it's a $41 million budget

[5:41] that we're looking at and in the general

[5:43] fund we budgeted a projected revenue of

[5:46] 27.9 million budgeted operating expenses

[5:51] are 22.7 million which that has a

[5:54] surplus of 5.2 million Revenue over

[5:57] expense but do you would you get the mic

[6:01] please we can't hear you come we

[6:09] get so just to kind of go over the

[6:12] budget that was initially given to the

[6:13] council it's a 41 million budget 27.9

[6:18] million is what is budgeted and

[6:19] projected in revenues for the general

[6:21] fund

[6:23] 22.7 is budgeted and operating expenses

[6:26] and that leavs a revenue over expense of

[6:29] 5 2 million so after the projected

[6:32] revenues minus the operating expenses

[6:34] including Personnel costs there's 5.2

[6:37] left over but that does not include new

[6:40] employee request of

[6:42] 74,000 and the main thing is it does not

[6:45] include Capital request of 7.5 million

[6:49] so there's 5.2 remaining Revenue over

[6:52] expends but there's 7.5 million in

[6:55] capital request so that leaves there's 3

[6:58] million in capital request more than

[7:01] what we have the funding to do so this

[7:02] council is charged with and you guys

[7:05] have a hard task of determining of the

[7:07] 7.5 million in request what to cut so

[7:11] that just kind of want to let everybody

[7:12] know where we are in the buing process

[7:15] and so we'll start our second budget

[7:16] work session

[7:19] M thank you K Chief uh not a whole lot

[7:23] um one thing I want to invite you to do

[7:26] is come by the department if you hadn't

[7:27] been in a while the uh staff has taken

[7:30] it upon themselves to do some clean up

[7:33] and a little bit of informal Remodeling

[7:37] on their own just because they're taking

[7:39] pride in in the place and that's

[7:41] something that we needed I think uh

[7:43] morale has gotten better here recently

[7:45] and if you notice in the lobby they've

[7:47] put some shelves out there and they got

[7:49] kind of a display of some of the old

[7:51] memorabilia that from kera's police pass

[7:54] that they found stored out of Station 3

[7:57] and uh what we're wanting to do is put a couple of uh monitors out there

[8:01] for the public when they're sitting out

[8:02] there with information that will roll

[8:05] and we've if you go in our training room

[8:07] they've cleaned it up I saw it for the

[8:08] first time I was out of town last week I

[8:10] saw it for the first time this morning

[8:12] the training room looks awesome they got

[8:13] it all straightened up all the junk out

[8:15] of there but on the monitor in there

[8:17] when our shifts are coming in for shift

[8:19] change and they have roll call well all

[8:22] of the pertinent announcements are on

[8:24] that screen and it just rolls through

[8:26] one announcement after another after

[8:28] another and they did it all themselves

[8:30] didn't know they were doing it if I had

[8:32] have been involved it would have turned

[8:33] out nearly as good but right now U we've

[8:37] got help I think some of the Seth's

[8:39] folks are coming over to help us

[8:41] pressure wash we want to pressure wash

[8:42] the building side the building looks bad

[8:44] sidewalks look bad the whole parking lot

[8:46] you know looks bad but we've moved a lot

[8:48] of those junk cars out we're trying to

[8:49] Surplus stuff got an old broke Speed

[8:51] trailer out there that's on the agenda

[8:53] tonight we want to get rid of the junk

[8:55] and we want the place to look

[8:56] professional so they're doing that

[8:58] themselves and like I said I had had

[8:59] nothing to do with it but I'm proud of

[9:01] and that shows that they're motivated

[9:03] and they have pride in their city and

[9:05] where they work that's

[9:07] all sir uh just at the the back at work

[9:11] on the uh pickle ball court at ring

[9:13] Hills um they're hoping tomorrow to be

[9:15] able to put the overlay on it they were

[9:17] kind of prepping today for it so uh

[9:20] hopefully that'll that'll get back going

[9:22] they were a little behind it's only one

[9:23] guy that really doesn't he a little

[9:24] behind due all the range so hopefully

[9:27] that project will get moving forward to

[9:28] be finished up

[9:30] do you have any estimation on that uh

[9:33] open date I

[9:36] don't all they all they have left though

[9:38] they they redid the the parking lot

[9:40] again put the final on that um they just

[9:42] got to after they do that pretty much

[9:44] come back and finish the fence

[9:47] around not

[9:51] much I don't have

[9:53] anything no

[9:57] sir start with the councel

[10:03] okay good evening everyone thank you

[10:06] just um starting with Chief H could you

[10:10] give us an update on the case program

[10:13] for the new school year sure yeah we're

[10:15] going to do all of the uh training

[10:18] initiatives that we did in the previous

[10:20] year but what we're really going to try

[10:21] to do is increase at some of the schools

[10:24] with the younger kids I I think we had

[10:27] much more involvement at the middle of

[10:29] the high High School which is kind of

[10:30] natural but we're really working hard on

[10:32] getting some additional programs I don't

[10:34] know if y'all have seen the nine square

[10:36] game that we brought but I had no idea

[10:39] it's this frame with you know you got

[10:40] nine sections in it and the kids hit the

[10:42] ball good grief they love that thing so

[10:44] that's a great way it's been a great way

[10:46] to attract kids uh when we go out to

[10:49] first Friday or we're also planning to

[10:52] do an event at uh the 9911 challenge we

[10:55] always do the stair challenge in commem

[10:58] commemoration of 911 with our fire

[10:59] department we're do it a little

[11:00] different this year we want to have kids

[11:02] involved and I really want to have kids

[11:05] against sro's and our explorers involved

[11:07] and make it a a big fun issue and also

[11:09] have a table and invite people to

[11:11] participate with case now one thing

[11:13] we've discussed and if my SRO are

[11:15] listening they'll probably be mad at me

[11:16] for this but we're talking about you

[11:19] know the case uh Camp was so successful

[11:22] this past year if you came out you saw

[11:24] those kids had a great time and I think

[11:26] our staff had a great time too we're

[11:28] thinking about doing that with more age

[11:30] groups next year and U if we get closer

[11:33] to fully staffed we can allow our SRO to

[11:37] work with the kids all summer long which

[11:39] I think would be a great thing to do uh

[11:41] we're not to that point yet and uh we we were spread kind of thin because you

[11:46] know we use our sro's for patrol as well

[11:49] in the summertime but uh Patrol stepped

[11:51] up and helped us out and we were able to

[11:53] get case Camp done but for next year in

[11:56] addition to the same programs that we

[11:58] were doing

[12:00] over the school year we want to add more

[12:02] for the younger kids and then next

[12:03] summer we really want to add additional

[12:06] camps for other age groups other than

[12:08] just the rising sixth

[12:10] graders well we appreciate it very much

[12:14] because it's it's positive for the

[12:17] children and and they really need that

[12:19] Cu uh I can see the difference they

[12:22] they're getting involved and and they

[12:24] seem to uh completely enjoy it we

[12:27] appreciate your your uh offices for all

[12:31] they do they do a great job and I do a

[12:33] great job of staying out of their way

[12:34] and taking credit for what they do

[12:36] that's what I do but no they are

[12:38] absolutely fantastic and you know what

[12:40] they we've attracted a lot of talent to

[12:42] come here and that's something to be

[12:44] said for Kera to be able to attract that

[12:46] I mean if you guys have met those if

[12:49] you've seen them interact with the kids

[12:51] we we have got some talent and we've got

[12:53] some dedicated people who love our

[12:55] schools and love the kids so we're very

[12:57] lucky I'm very lucky we're all ly to

[12:59] have those people thank you for bringing

[13:01] that up right we appreciate the the

[13:03] dedication of the officers we see it it

[13:05] is it is

[13:08] fantastic um next thing I have is uh for

[13:13] Public Works bill would you give us an

[13:16] update on the signal at 31 and6 and also

[13:21] 70 and

[13:23] 42 70 742 is approved and you'll see

[13:27] that request for the engineering and

[13:29] Construction in the capital

[13:32] budget um 31-6 I he still owes me

[13:36] a confirmed yes but I'm about 99% sure

[13:41] that they don't have a problem with it

[13:43] so it's also in the Capal budget so

[13:46] that's Al that youting on the cation

[13:49] yeah he gave

[13:51] us pretty much approval but he he said

[13:54] let me get back to my office and double

[13:56] check a few things and I'll give you a

[13:57] written approval but I know they been in

[13:59] plan review on much larger projects for

[14:01] the last couple weeks so um we actually

[14:05] got a sync up on a couple of the

[14:07] meetings but I would be shocked if it's

[14:09] not approved but I feel like I'm about

[14:11] 99% sure it' be approved as well so

[14:13] possibly we have some information

[14:16] September oh yeah oh yeah by by oh yeah okay all right then that's all I

[14:23] have thank

[14:26] you I just want to E what Miss K said

[14:30] the SRO the camp case was great I was

[14:35] had the opportunity to come over a

[14:37] couple of days and those kids thoroughly

[14:40] loved it SRO officers loved it and I

[14:43] loved it as well and I also want to say

[14:45] a shout out to the police officers they

[14:47] did active shooter training that is some

[14:51] intense training if you have not

[14:52] witnessed it of Taken part of it you

[14:55] will see what these officers go through

[14:59] again I appreciate them allowing me to

[15:01] participate in that um will the pedest

[15:06] right there at the the intermediate

[15:09] school do we have an update on it still

[15:11] working yeah no it's

[15:14] um I think parts are ordered so

[15:19] probably last ones last things came in

[15:22] took about six weeks to get all the

[15:23] material for some reason and that's

[15:25] another thing to think about too is on

[15:27] the 70 40 all that work

[15:29] a lot of that stuff is back ordered so

[15:31] if we place orders in October or

[15:33] November or

[15:34] whatever but a lot of that stuff is back

[15:36] ordered so probably a minimum 6 weeks

[15:38] maybe nine weeks to get the material to

[15:40] fix it so we we we're on target I mean

[15:44] you ordered the parts order parts okay

[15:47] the sun's order and then the there are a

[15:50] large number of street lights and I know

[15:52] we've had this conversation a couple

[15:53] times there are a large number of street

[15:55] lights out I count I personally counted

[15:57] 10 from the Napa to lestone do we know

[16:00] when those will be fixed I don't no I

[16:03] know I assume Miss Tracy reported them

[16:06] tone power but no I don't know I don't

[16:09] know that usually give them 14 days from

[16:12] the day we reported I think that's what

[16:14] they asked for 14 days okay that's all I

[16:17] thank

[16:20] you

[16:22] yes Main Street this might be a question

[16:27] forra we any any

[16:30] other to complete the one

[16:34] Pap for the electrical work y'all been

[16:36] talking about if you approve it we do

[16:38] need to expand that easement that we did

[16:40] previously to include specifically

[16:42] electrical work I believe that

[16:44] discussion also included some drainage I

[16:46] don't know what the council's decision

[16:47] is about actually funding that work but

[16:50] if you're going to do it we would need

[16:51] an easement as a first step to include

[16:53] those specific things

[17:00] K yes sir thank you um m is also

[17:03] director to you Miss Grayson I we talked

[17:06] about our same subject over a couple of

[17:08] months now but um what I wanted to know

[17:12] is when when do we need to have this

[17:16] public hearing for the change of

[17:21] government

[17:23] um well if you it depends on have y all

[17:27] decided what you want to do

[17:29] yet well I

[17:32] mean I guess that's a question to ask

[17:34] the counsel right now I mean if you if

[17:37] you go with that first option it just

[17:39] happens automatically so you you don't

[17:41] really need to have a public hearing

[17:43] there's no real public hearing required

[17:46] I think the citizen participation is due

[17:48] when you want to try to go to a city

[17:49] manager form of government it's really a

[17:52] decision of the council to make

[17:54] decisions in that timeline I believe the

[17:56] last memo I don't have it FR me that

[17:58] Connie sent around had had a timeline at

[18:00] the end like by which you need to act I

[18:03] mean obviously if the council thought

[18:05] Something's Happened to the Mone if the

[18:07] council thought that you know they

[18:08] needed input in a public way then

[18:11] obviously you'd want to have some kind

[18:13] of forum or something for people weigh

[18:15] in on what they they want and that would

[18:17] be totally within your discussion

[18:21] so so so basically it's based on which

[18:25] option the council I mean the options

[18:28] really require the only one that

[18:30] requires citizen action is the city

[18:31] manager former government the other

[18:33] one's requir yall to act as a body you

[18:35] know either to make some decisions about

[18:38] whether we going to places make some

[18:39] decisions about when you going to S

[18:41] other districts and of course that would

[18:42] require that somebody would come in help

[18:44] you with

[18:45] districting um you need to make some

[18:48] decisions if you want to maintain the

[18:49] way it is right now but all that's

[18:51] Council action so I mean that would just

[18:54] be the way you normally act you can have

[18:56] a public portion of your hearing to hear

[18:58] from people and you would pass an

[19:00] ordinance a resolution a permanent

[19:02] operation to you know to make those

[19:05] decisions so but if you want to have

[19:07] something special like I you know the

[19:10] budget meetings that yall are happening

[19:12] that y'all are having or something like

[19:13] that you could do that and arrange for

[19:14] some sort of

[19:15] help but the only one that requires just

[19:18] is that last one

[19:22] for the only other thing but as far as

[19:25] to the council we've been kicking can

[19:29] down the road um month after month

[19:32] council meeting after council

[19:34] meeting and I'm asking the council and

[19:38] mayor what action are we planning on

[19:42] taking are we ready to vote are we ready

[19:46] to make a

[19:47] decision each Council I mean I'm asking

[19:51] each one of us are we ready to make a

[19:54] decision on which direction we're

[19:57] planning on going

[20:01] okay starting with me you you normally

[20:05] start with me um yes I'm ready to make a

[20:09] decision I don't see why we would delay

[20:11] we need to uh move forward with this

[20:14] with in whatever direction we want to go

[20:18] in so we can move to other issues so I'm

[20:22] in favor of making a decision on the

[20:25] form of government do we want to have a

[20:28] president and and we the council members

[20:32] that we have it can remain at large we

[20:35] can keep the same

[20:39] six that's my take on

[20:42] it we can vote to have have it change to

[20:45] where we have a president and and we

[20:48] continue it at at large instead of

[20:50] having to go through all of this the the

[20:53] um as far as I understood it the

[20:56] discussion was did we want to to change

[20:59] the order of government and that's that

[21:02] the mayor is no longer presiding over

[21:06] the council that we have a president and

[21:10] the uh mayor is no longer responsible to

[21:14] um the city to vote with the council or

[21:18] you know preside over the council so I'm

[21:20] ready to move forward with

[21:25] that ready

[21:29] I've got one question for you m

[21:33] gra can we have seven council members

[21:38] you can if you go to single member

[21:39] districts and that will require

[21:41] districting out and everybody will have

[21:43] to live in that District uh so if

[21:46] there's two of you who live well I guess

[21:48] near each other then you may be you may

[21:51] be running against each other if you

[21:53] want to to do it that way so uh is

[21:56] what's on the table to talk about six

[21:58] council members and running at

[22:02] colge um I mean that's certainly one of

[22:05] the options if you if you do nothing and

[22:07] take no action because you had a

[22:09] population increase at the next election

[22:12] in 2025 it would be six of you elected

[22:16] at large and the mayor would then be

[22:18] down here and you all would organize

[22:20] yourselves and elect among the six of

[22:22] you a president of the council who

[22:24] preside over the meetings the mayor

[22:26] would no longer be a voting member of

[22:28] the C counsel that's if you do if you

[22:30] take no action the other options require

[22:33] you to take some

[22:34] action I'm ready to

[22:44] vote I I'm not ready to vote um I need

[22:48] to look at some more of this and look at

[22:50] it some more I

[22:52] me

[22:54] um but I'm making notes of what

[22:58] individuals are saying so I can

[23:02] um I'm not ready to vote

[23:05] tonight I can vote next meeting but I

[23:07] don't want to vote tonight we didn't

[23:09] discuss it previously to vote tonight so

[23:12] I've applied most of my energy for

[23:14] Budget

[23:15] information the question wasn't that we

[23:18] was planning on voting tonight the

[23:20] question were are we ready to vote on it doesn't have to be tonight nobody

[23:26] said anything about tonight

[23:30] the psh seem to be there for the vote

[23:31] tonight so that's why I make that

[23:33] comment but

[23:35] U yeah I'd consider being ready to

[23:39] vote um in the near

[23:42] future you want an

[23:52] answer that's a yes for me as well we

[23:54] can whenever we ready to vote I'm ready

[23:56] to go for it's a yes for me also so I

[24:01] guess as Alan

[24:03] stated um can we have this put on the

[24:06] agenda for our next council meeting that

[24:09] we be prepared to make that

[24:13] decision if yall are going to make a

[24:15] change there needs to be a draft

[24:17] ordinance and there needs to be

[24:18] something that that that you all can

[24:20] review and that you're actually voting

[24:22] on some specific language I mean again

[24:25] if if you're if you're going to take no

[24:27] action then this this move to the mayor

[24:30] coming down here and you all would

[24:32] remain up there and vote on the

[24:34] president that'll happen automatically

[24:36] you don't have to take any action but if

[24:38] you want to do any of those other

[24:39] options that outlined in Lio that would

[24:41] require action on your part and I think

[24:42] you need to get a draft together and

[24:44] that needs to be done thoughtfully and

[24:46] deliberately with the right language and

[24:48] then you would vote on some actual text

[24:50] right in front of you okay so let me ask

[24:52] this so based on that then that's one

[24:57] portion of of what is taking place

[25:00] because the other part the other part to

[25:03] that

[25:04] is the if we wanted to look into the

[25:07] form of a government with a manager that

[25:11] does that have anything to do with this

[25:14] first part that we just talked about

[25:16] tonight because you if I'm not mistaken

[25:18] you said we take no action you mean if

[25:21] you want to hire a c manager Mo to a

[25:23] manager Council form of

[25:25] government there's two two two of those

[25:27] things manager Council form government

[25:29] that's that requires the people to to

[25:31] weigh out and you've got to get an

[25:33] election you got to get some of many

[25:35] signatures got to file the pro that

[25:37] Court there's a lot of steps to that

[25:39] that's what this Council wants to do um

[25:42] if you want to hire a city manager

[25:44] that's sort of something you could also

[25:45] do but the issue about whether it's

[25:48] going to be six or seven is it at large

[25:50] places is it single member district

[25:53] those are decisions that have to be made

[25:55] by the council and I would formalize

[25:57] those in a written

[25:58] document that everybody can read and

[26:00] understand and deliberate on and then

[26:03] vote on eventually that would be my

[26:04] recommendation anyway that wouldn't just

[26:07] be done with some kind of you know

[26:08] verbal Motion in a second I I think you

[26:12] know you need to lay out exactly what

[26:14] you want to do unless what you want to

[26:16] do is just what happens automatically by

[26:19] operation law that's the mayor comes

[26:21] down here there'll be six of yall left

[26:22] voted at large just like you are now and

[26:25] then one of you will be the presiding

[26:26] officer of the counil

[26:29] so I guess that that question would be

[26:31] come to that question would come before

[26:34] the council to make that decision but

[26:37] that's separate because we to hire a

[26:39] city manager is that what your name yes

[26:42] ma'am yes you could do that separately

[26:44] yeah yeah I think the first question for

[26:46] yall is how you want to organize

[26:47] yourselves that would be my opinion

[26:49] about it and there's several options for

[26:52] that on the table again from do nothing

[26:55] to go to single member districts

[26:57] everything and that up to including

[27:00] manager counsil for of government which

[27:01] is what C people to L in but you can

[27:05] hire a city manager separate and apart

[27:07] from that process if that's what y'all

[27:09] wanted to do

[27:11] so explain to me what you're saying that

[27:15] um the mayor uh sitting down and we

[27:18] having the president as the former

[27:20] government how that would happen

[27:21] automatically is it due to the

[27:23] population what are you saying yes ma'am

[27:25] okay yes so once y'all reach so much in

[27:27] pop it happens by operation of law in

[27:30] the next election which for yall is

[27:32] 2025 so if you do if you do nothing

[27:35] what's going to happen is you'll be

[27:37] elected just as before it'll be at large

[27:40] there's six spots and the mayor then

[27:42] will be seated down here and y'all

[27:45] amongst yourselves will decide who you

[27:47] want to be the presiding officer that'll

[27:49] be a decision of the council okay and

[27:51] then the mayor will be a non voting

[27:52] member and uh there's some things he can

[27:54] beo but he can't vote on anything and so

[27:57] that's just going to happen if yall take

[27:59] no action at all the other options

[28:01] require some kind of action so that's

[28:03] why I'm saying if y'all want to do the

[28:05] ones that require action I certainly

[28:08] would would ask Connie to to draft up a

[28:10] some sort of thing in writing that would

[28:13] lay out what y'all want to do that would

[28:15] be in front of you all with the actual

[28:17] text and y'all would have an opportunity

[28:19] to deliberate on that text the actual

[28:22] words and make sure that's what

[28:24] everybody wants to do before or there's

[28:26] disagreement at least that will you know

[28:28] raise the disagreement like which

[28:30] direction you want to go in that's

[28:32] option one

[28:33] correct option one is doing is doing

[28:36] nothing that's ation taking no action

[28:38] not doing nothing and that question yeah

[28:42] I think it would be appropriate to have

[28:43] that on the agenda and the council to

[28:47] you know acknowledge that at this point

[28:49] I guess would yeah I think you should

[28:51] definitely add it to your agenda I think

[28:53] you should definitely give people notice

[28:55] of it I I I would not recommend doing

[28:57] this one as an amendment to the agenda

[28:59] because it's obviously such a weighty

[29:01] topic I get the people plenty of time to

[29:03] know it's going to be your agenda and

[29:05] get on the the the to do some public

[29:07] comments if that's what they want to do

[29:09] and I would give y'all an opportunity to

[29:10] see something in writing that would lay

[29:13] out kind what the council's vision is

[29:15] for for the future that's if you want if

[29:17] you want to do something that requires

[29:18] your

[29:20] action so Connie if we we ask you to do

[29:24] this um but then the next

[29:29] month would that give you enough time to

[29:32] talk to each council member so that you

[29:35] can get a consent to which direction

[29:39] y'all can give me a direction

[29:42] tonight if we're not

[29:44] changing to places we're going to keep

[29:48] the same voting elect your top six then

[29:51] you do nothing so it just be something

[29:54] drafted that says we will remain the

[29:56] same but if you're going to number your

[29:59] places go to

[30:01] five or if you like kille ask seven to

[30:05] go to seven we have to get someone in

[30:07] here to divide up the city into

[30:10] districts equal districts and that will

[30:13] require hiring someone to do that so I

[30:16] need some direction as to Which Way yall

[30:19] want to go depending on what I draft

[30:22] okay well and I'm in favor of doing

[30:24] nothing go with the the nothing w I

[30:28] think okay would you mind telling me you

[30:31] to do option one you know which option

[30:33] you want the option I want is the one I

[30:36] stated in the first place do right said

[30:40] we have the former government that we

[30:42] elect the president and

[30:58] okay

[31:00] Ernest okay and this would mean that

[31:04] still your citizens when they come to

[31:05] the call they would get one vote for

[31:08] mayor and only one vote for council

[31:10] member okay so make sure we all

[31:12] understood

[31:16] that thank

[31:18] you and then

[31:21] Council that gets elected would then

[31:24] elect a president of that group yes just

[31:28] like and that's going to happen because

[31:30] of the census population change yeah if

[31:33] you if you if you take no action that

[31:35] will

[31:37] happen organization meeting at first one

[31:40] in November instead electing a mayor Pro

[31:43] you would elect a council president and

[31:45] a council president

[32:04] I think we have up until February the 26

[32:07] which is the latest date to have all

[32:08] that in place is that correct yeah I

[32:11] don't have the m in front of me but I I

[32:13] can

[32:14] lookl yeah at the end of that the last

[32:17] versent that time but it's around

[32:21] there late feary if I remember right but

[32:23] anyway we could uh even if it's

[32:28] to be the consensus but if if if that's

[32:30] a little time you like Adam saying

[32:32] things he want to look over there's

[32:34] still plenty of time that we do want

[32:36] to yeah I mean that's right I mean if

[32:40] y'all want to do the I think the most

[32:42] complicated would be the manage or

[32:45] counsel for the government that's going

[32:47] to require a long time okay and those

[32:50] people the next one's probably single

[32:52] member districts because You' got to get

[32:54] some expert to come in and make sure

[32:56] we're not violating the Civil Rights

[32:58] Acts and all that in terms of the way

[33:00] people are provided and then you kind of

[33:02] move down in difficulty from there I

[33:04] don't think places are that difficult if

[33:06] I wanted to do that I don't do nothing

[33:08] obviously it's not we're going

[33:10] memorialize that you know in t um so

[33:15] yeah I mean the the more complicated you

[33:17] get you probably need to back up that

[33:19] time on you

[33:23] know and just one other thing just for

[33:26] information

[33:27] uh the uh the project that's going

[33:31] on is doing on Highway

[33:35] 31 they just leave town or

[33:39] something I've been watching the

[33:42] equipment park next door I thought they

[33:44] were going to crack up last night and go

[33:45] somewhere but I think they're I think

[33:47] they're Milling first and then come back

[33:50] and and do the overlays so I think

[33:53] they're north of here

[33:54] Milling but no they hadn't left they called today

[33:58] about an issue so no they hadn't left

[34:02] they'll be

[34:05] back yeah I just I just wondered about I

[34:08] think I think they think the r since

[34:10] they got prep to do the pav now with the

[34:14] heavy truck and all it's really big as

[34:17] you going up say close up tomorrow you

[34:21] can probably see it really get pretty

[34:23] bad yeah I didn't think to ask him he

[34:25] was he had asked us not to take out the grade Stakes when we cut

[34:31] grass so I didn't think to ask you when

[34:33] they were coming when they were going to

[34:34] finish

[34:35] up I can ask you see what their schedule

[34:43] is yes on the the bridge M where they

[34:47] where the the concrete meets the PVE it

[34:51] is so rough I mean it's it's almost at a

[34:54] point you almost can burst your tire

[34:57] when you I mean going at a 20 miles hour

[35:02] 15 miles hour to hit that that is there

[35:05] any way possible that they can smooth

[35:08] that just a little bit you talking about

[35:10] 31 31 up at the bridge which which

[35:14] Bridge W yeah yeah I can I'll talk to

[35:17] Andrew tomorrow and see what it's see

[35:19] what they're coming back just a probably

[35:22] an inch and a half bump it's bump I'll

[35:26] ask you tomorrow I don't Mill so much of

[35:28] it I used to Mill one lane and a it

[35:32] and they got a different way of doing it

[35:34] every time I do it yeah yeah but I'll

[35:37] ask you one this rough be careful on a

[35:40] motorcycle if you're not in a motorcycle

[35:42] it's

[35:46] bad we got a few minutes and I see a

[35:50] real distinguished guest that showed up

[35:52] in our

[35:54] room I I don't I don't mind on the spot

[35:58] Miss

[35:59] Jennifer come up and talk to us for a

[36:01] second

[36:04] absolutely look I'm tired I'm just going

[36:06] to be honest with you I'm tired I can

[36:08] hardly think straight

[36:11] um so I just wanted to come just on

[36:15] behalf of a clear high school and just

[36:17] thank you guys um for the

[36:20] $10,000 um we appreciate it very much um

[36:25] I think there's some other schools that

[36:26] were going to meet me here tonight but I

[36:27] just have going to get here earlier um

[36:29] the other thing that I really want to

[36:31] thank you guys for um is the second

[36:34] thing besides that is um the sro's that

[36:40] you guys have in our school um Chief and

[36:43] them do an amazing job and the third

[36:46] thing is for Seth Gandy over here and

[36:49] his guys and what they do for our

[36:51] facilities in our Fields um we are

[36:54] spoiled beyond measure um and and we

[36:57] appreciate apprciate that so just

[36:58] brought a little something for you guys

[37:01] um from the high school these are the

[37:03] shirts that were're given our teachers

[37:05] um this year and just wanted to share

[37:07] one um some with y'all so I will bring

[37:09] them up to you if that's okay can I

[37:12] approach all

[37:16] [Applause]

[37:18] right right

[37:22] I all right so

[37:29] and then Calvin also had a

[37:35] Fati thank you

[37:39] Allan little bitty petite over

[37:43] here

[37:46] Ernest let's see right

[37:52] here Connie just CU she's amazing and

[37:55] answering

[37:56] emails um got a I got a triple X yes

[38:00] absolutely and

[38:03] [Music]

[38:07] then Mr

[38:09] cost what size this

[38:18] is

[38:23] misses Turner thank you

[38:30] anyway just wanted to thank you guys um

[38:33] so much let you know um we are hoping by the end of the month um the

[38:39] new uh Wing to be open hopefully end of

[38:43] August beginning of September we've got

[38:46] our teachers we've been doing a lot of

[38:47] moving um getting them ready to go and

[38:50] that's going to be our freshman Wing um

[38:53] we're calling it The Landing um from

[38:56] actually got this idea from a parent at

[38:58] a baseball game um because the Eagles

[39:01] has landed so this is where our freshmen

[39:03] are going to be um at the school and

[39:05] then we're going to call The Landing for

[39:07] them so we're really excited about it

[39:09] and looking looking forward to working

[39:10] with you guys um this year so thank you may I ask one question please

[39:16] sure um I'm sorry but uh the uh the new

[39:22] building that the addition to the school

[39:25] did everything finish inside of that

[39:27] well um almost so the inside it is very close um we're going to be there

[39:33] tomorrow um and Wednesday if you guys

[39:35] want to come by and just take a scroll

[39:37] through it just let us know um the

[39:40] office tomorrow will be open on

[39:43] Wednesday just ring the buzzer and we'll

[39:46] get you in we'll be getting ready for

[39:47] our freshman orientation that afternoon

[39:49] but we would love for you guys to come

[39:50] see it um if you want to come take a

[39:52] stroll through it and see it's close

[39:53] it's really really close so we're we're

[39:56] excited it looks really good good and

[39:57] our teachers are excited and our

[39:59] students are excited as well so can't

[40:01] wait for y'all to see it I took a walk

[40:03] through two weeks ago and it was near

[40:08] comption I'm very impressed with the the

[40:10] building the way they built the building

[40:12] they have metal storm doors on the

[40:15] inside of the doors and then the windows

[40:18] have fold down so it is a tornado safety

[40:23] shelter there's windows that close there

[40:25] is a um generator a button to press um

[40:30] for a generator if we ever get into that

[40:32] situation in case electricity goes out

[40:35] um but it's it's looking really really

[40:37] good just hope that hope that never

[40:40] happens but we are safer in that

[40:42] building than we or any other building

[40:44] in your facilities correct so it's it's

[40:47] nice it looks really good thank you for

[40:50] coming to speak to us you're welcome

[40:51] thank you guys so much we we really

[40:54] appreciate um the the the support

[40:57] um and the the extra money that's going

[41:00] to be put to good use for our students

[41:02] thank you thank

[41:12] you Jackie we have you on here I don't

[41:15] know if you want to speak to us now

[41:16] we've got about N9 minutes I can just

[41:19] share a little bit um I know a lot of

[41:21] you have been downtown recently but for

[41:23] those of you that haven't it is looking

[41:25] so great I could not be more proud of

[41:29] this playground everybody is loving it

[41:32] um huge shout out to Seth and his team

[41:34] they got the fence up and it was

[41:36] beautiful and of course numerous I can't

[41:39] name enough people in public works and Engineering to get everything safe

[41:43] and secure for First Friday and we had

[41:46] first Friday we hated that it rained but

[41:49] what happened was we could enjoy this

[41:51] gigantic Pavilion and the playground

[41:54] except for the ttimes that it was

[41:55] lightning so the kids kids had a blast

[41:58] and even though we had some rain and

[42:00] vendors had to leave early people were

[42:03] still able to um go to the food truck or

[42:06] visit some of our uh downtown merchants

[42:08] and sit under the Pavilion listen to the

[42:10] DJ and and still have a good time even

[42:12] though it was spring so that's really

[42:14] awesome and what it did was kind of

[42:16] prove to us how many things can still go

[42:18] on we're not going to be so weather

[42:19] dependent certain things can happen all

[42:21] the time just because of this amazing

[42:22] Pavilion so it's gorgeous people love it

[42:25] and I I looked out several times today

[42:29] and i' I've not seen a time that there

[42:30] wasn't a child with the mama watching U

[42:33] playing on the playground so I think

[42:34] it's going to really bring us a lot of

[42:36] foot traffic and a lot of excitement

[42:38] downtown so huge thank you there also

[42:41] they're getting ready to complete the

[42:43] alley activation that is almost done the

[42:46] arch is set to be or the the date that

[42:49] they gave me is a 20th I hope that is

[42:52] still um happening uh in a couple weeks

[42:54] the arch will be up and they going

[42:56] concrete later this week and that's

[42:58] going to be just about done so it's my

[43:00] uh goal to have something in the middle

[43:02] of September where we can celebrate all

[43:04] of that the alley activation being

[43:07] finally totally complete you know we

[43:08] started with just lights and then the mural but all these other things

[43:12] will completed oh and I didn't mention

[43:15] the benches so that $7500 Grant bought

[43:19] the most gorgeous benches and Seth was

[43:21] able to get those put together and

[43:23] delivered um on Friday or Thursday

[43:24] Friday something like that and they

[43:26] stand out they're so pretty so excited

[43:28] about that and it's just all coming

[43:30] together so I know you guys will be

[43:32] ready to see it all completed and and

[43:35] none more than me it's it's good though

[43:38] so lots it was the last first Friday of

[43:40] the season and it went unfortunately wet

[43:43] but um went well still and uh just

[43:47] because that's over there's a lot of

[43:48] other new things on the horizon with this new uh addition to the

[43:53] Courtyard we have a car show coming up

[43:55] in September uh I may mentioned this

[43:57] already but we're planning a lot more

[43:59] for Christmas we're going to do our

[44:01] first um Festival of trees and um you

[44:05] know In The Heat Of Summer I've been

[44:07] talking to North Carolina trying to get

[44:09] some

[44:09] trees so just a lot of great stuff um I

[44:13] don't know if anybody had any questions

[44:14] for me but it's just a just a brief

[44:18] update thank you we appreciate what

[44:20] you're doing D there thank you so much

[44:22] looks good

[44:48] so

[44:51] quiet James I didn't ask you about what

[44:54] you may have I'm sorry

[44:58] I don't have anything new okay just keep

[45:01] making this look good right we're trying

[45:05] sharing all our post on social media

[45:54] how Surplus items you mention you're

[45:58] taking some of those Vehicles down to

[46:01] the storage lot shop I think we got them

[46:05] all of them finally we had one that we

[46:07] had a lot of trouble getting moved but

[46:10] uh yes sir and um we're going to have

[46:13] another round Surplus stuff we're going

[46:15] to bring you probably next city council

[46:18] meeting we're working through it it's a lot we station three if you

[46:22] haven't been out there and looked at

[46:24] what all had been accumulating there for

[46:26] the last from know 20 plus

[46:29] years that's quite a bit we had the

[46:32] bicycles on here didn't we I believe we

[46:35] did this

[46:39] time we're going to give the bicycles to

[46:43] kids we're working with h new Mount

[46:45] Mariah and also

[46:49] um uh Brandon Allen's mentorship program

[46:53] to find kids to donate those bicycles to

[46:57] if it's not on these in these it'll be

[46:59] in the next one at about I guess it's

[47:02] not in there is it kind it'll be in the

[47:05] next

[47:06] group 30 to 40 bicycles that have been

[47:09] recovered from thefts and never claim

[47:12] some of them you know been there forever

[47:14] and there's no sense in them just

[47:15] sitting there so we're going to try to

[47:17] the ones that need repair repair them

[47:19] and give them to kids

[47:28] quickly I think it may be going on all

[47:31] the schools

[48:20] is going to be at the middle

[48:24] school what day did you

[48:27] Thurs

[48:36] th a lot of changes in traffic patterns

[48:40] a lot of lot of things changed at this

[48:43] time of the year Saturday was rough on

[48:45] the

[48:46] interstate well we have a lot of local

[48:50] traffic with the buses

[48:53] running hope everybody's safe

[48:58] know the elementary

[49:00] school nearly everybody stops and walks

[49:03] their children

[49:05] in on those first few days of school I

[49:09] know it's congested in that area I guess

[49:11] you've got police ready to assist that's

[49:16] another reason we we're so grateful to

[49:18] have seven SRO and uh they they can

[49:21] handle the traffic is you know we just

[49:23] don't have the patrol staff to do it so

[49:26] I know there's still problems it's

[49:28] there's always going to be problems with

[49:29] traffic but a lot of them we can't solve

[49:32] but at least we've got enough staff to

[49:34] keep the schools safe and to help with

[49:36] the traffic as well we haven't always

[49:38] had

[49:48] that father God we come to you and just

[49:50] thank you so much for what you did for

[49:52] us father we know that there's a lot of

[49:54] moving Parts going on in City now and we

[49:57] know that uh you're aware of every one

[50:00] of them Father we uh would like for you

[50:02] to um touch each child and and uh School

[50:07] administrator and teacher staff as the

[50:10] year begins father give them a good

[50:12] start to the year and confidence to to

[50:16] do their best father we ask that you be

[50:18] with us as we make decisions for the

[50:20] city and we ask these things in your

[50:22] son's name amen amen

[50:27] to the flag of the United States of

[50:30] America to

[50:32] the stand

[50:35] na

[50:37] indivisible

[50:54] andice all right the first item I have

[50:56] only on the agenda is the approval on

[50:59] our agenda as

[51:03] presented a

[51:05] motion got a

[51:07] motion second Motion in a

[51:11] second I want to amend the agenda is

[51:14] this is this part

[51:19] that um if the agenda is approved

[51:22] amending it takes a 23

[51:29] if the agenda you just moveed to to vote

[51:31] and adopt the agenda so you can amend it just takes a greater number of people

[51:36] to amend I i' would like to bring it to their attention to to amend

[51:44] agenda I got a I got a motion and a

[51:47] second on the table all in favor for the

[51:50] agenda soar

[52:00] oppos

[52:03] likewise so I'm not going so I'm not

[52:06] going to get

[52:07] to amend the agenda yeah now you can you

[52:10] can make a motion to amend i' like to

[52:13] make a most of agenda need to tell you

[52:16] about what the what the agenda is is to

[52:19] vote to declare a clear Courtyard and

[52:23] the adjacent properties as a public

[52:27] purpose that's one of

[52:30] them then the vote to move forward with

[52:33] connecting the electrical the conduit

[52:36] for communications and gutter

[52:40] drains Main Street is willing to pay

[52:44] $50,000 toward the

[52:48] supplies and asking the city to pay the

[52:51] remaining materials and the

[52:54] L that's that's what

[52:57] so i

[53:03] j i there's a motion on the floor so it

[53:07] would be a second and then you're going

[53:08] to have to have like a super majority to

[53:11] approve I mean I would just say this if

[53:14] you want to make because public purpose

[53:16] is something that's required by our

[53:19] constitution I I would urge you to put

[53:21] that in writing and let Connie come up

[53:23] with something that that y'all could

[53:24] deliberate on and vote on and then of

[53:27] course it still requires at least for

[53:29] the electrical work that that we have an

[53:32] easement that includes that as I said

[53:34] earlier anything else that you think you

[53:36] know is the public purpose because you

[53:38] can't otherwise you're not going to be

[53:40] able to do the work you've got to have a

[53:41] eent it's unconstitutional to act

[53:43] without the easement and the public

[53:48] okay can put the easement this be a part

[53:52] of it is for

[53:53] easement um I mean I need to I need to

[53:56] amend the eement and I need to get it

[53:58] back to City officials and take a look

[54:00] at it um and to include whatever I know the electrical but

[54:05] there's other things that Main Street

[54:06] mentioned in that last meeting I don't

[54:08] know what everybody feels about that um

[54:10] but of course I'm happy with the mayor's

[54:12] permission to to amend that and put it

[54:14] back for heal you know for

[54:17] consideration

[54:19] um that I would I would recommend making

[54:22] something in writing about the public

[54:23] purpose and how you want to move forward

[54:25] and what that public purpose this is and

[54:27] what you intend to what what the benefit

[54:30] is to be DED to the public by making

[54:33] this expenditure and I would definitely

[54:35] put that in writing because you've got

[54:37] to have that to be constitutional and to

[54:39] spend this money so I I mean that would

[54:42] be my recommendation do we have to do

[54:45] that before we can can vote on whether

[54:47] we can order nect materials yes sir

[54:51] you've got you've got to have the

[54:53] easement in place you've got to have the

[54:56] stated public purpose whatever the

[54:58] council thinks that is and then you can

[55:01] move forward if the council intends to

[55:02] do so and allocating the money of course

[55:05] you know

[55:06] that's if we

[55:08] have and I'm assuming this would be in

[55:10] the 2025 budget right this isn't

[55:12] something you're talking about getting

[55:13] done before the end of SE this budget so

[55:17] it would be done now we got the money in

[55:19] the budget and talking to Robert it's

[55:21] like I think he said a 8 to 12 week lead

[55:23] on the stuff coming in if it doesn't

[55:26] come in in for 8 to 12 weeks that's a

[55:28] next year expenditure not a this year

[55:31] expenditure okay well I guess we they to

[55:34] get the paperwork road for the easements

[55:36] and everything together then bring it

[55:38] back to V yeah I would recommend putting

[55:41] something writing about the council

[55:42] state public purpose just so that all of

[55:44] you are covered in terms of what what

[55:46] you stated as a legislative body would

[55:48] satisfy that constition I think too

[55:50] we're getting ahead of ourselves at the

[55:52] AT&T cuz I don't know that we've been

[55:55] told exactly what they W yeah I don't

[55:58] have the cost

[55:59] no I don't have as far as the conduit

[56:02] putting a conduit in yeah they they talk

[56:05] with you I guess we y'all probably know

[56:07] what conduit but I don't know their cost

[56:09] for relocation they haven't sent me

[56:11] their cost estimate for

[56:13] relocate we had to pay them to do that

[56:15] we had to pay them to do a cost estim okay so we got some things

[56:20] that the E need to involve uh

[56:24] Telecommunications

[56:27] other just electrical it's

[56:30] telecommunications and uh drainage yeah

[56:34] I I mean

[56:35] whatever whatever y'all are agreeing to spend public money on the easement

[56:40] needs to include all of those things and

[56:43] once that's in place you still need your

[56:45] public purpose you have to state that

[56:47] and get it on the record and then you

[56:50] have to allocate the money for it so

[56:53] that's kind of the steps that need to

[56:54] happen I'm happy to help anybody to to

[56:57] get some IIs the mayor authorize that

[56:59] work but y'all have to tell me what you

[57:01] want to include and all that I know we

[57:03] talked about electrical but I know there

[57:04] were other things that were mentioned at

[57:06] that last meeting the main Street's

[57:08] presentation if the council wants to go

[57:10] forward with that you know just let

[57:12] me thank

[57:16] you

[57:18] the so excuse me so we BR to to move

[57:21] forward with it you will do the um the

[57:26] mentation or whatever it

[57:28] is yeah I mean I'm happy to do to revise

[57:30] the easement we already have one

[57:32] easement but when I read back it does

[57:33] not include electrical specifically it

[57:35] deals with other utilities so we will

[57:37] have to be modified and mayor with your

[57:40] permission I'm happy to help with that

[57:41] language we'll have to get those owners

[57:43] of the property to to sign that again

[57:45] and grant us permission give us am

[57:47] easement on things that y'all intend to

[57:51] do I think that's the appropriate way to

[57:53] do it

[57:59] on the agenda we have the approval of

[58:00] the minutes from last meeting in the

[58:02] budget work session and the regular work

[58:05] session on July

[58:07] 15 may make a motion to

[58:10] dispense make a motion second Motion in

[58:14] a second all in favor say

[58:17] I budget work session dates everybody

[58:20] has those dates we got a meeting

[58:24] following

[58:25] this council meeting in the

[58:29] uh room in the back and then we have a

[58:32] Wednesday meeting as well so everybody's

[58:35] got those dates

[58:38] direct resolution 202

[58:41] 24-38 is the Grant Management LLC

[58:44] renewal with

[58:47] Cara I have I have a question about this

[58:50] I'm all for renewing this but I did

[58:53] notice that there was some pricing that

[58:55] was broken out

[58:56] into increments so will we be able to

[59:00] get the discount will be able to to pay

[59:02] for this up front all yes we we can pay

[59:04] for it it's a significant savings if we

[59:06] pay her all at once up front and so

[59:08] we'll pay for it in September book it as

[59:11] a prepaid so we'll pay it in September

[59:13] but the expense won't hit to next year

[59:14] so that allows us to get the reduced

[59:16] cost and have the expense hit next

[59:21] year I think K has done a fabulous job

[59:24] so far

[59:26] [Music]

[59:27] it's just really good she was in

[59:29] Washington last week talking to the

[59:31] Federal Railroad on our

[59:33] behalf she goes and goes

[59:37] so anybody want to make that motion yeah

[59:40] mayor I'd like to make it but I'd like

[59:42] to make it to pay in

[59:46] full got a motion I'll

[59:49] second Motion in couple of seconds all

[59:52] in favor say

[59:54] I with

[59:57] resolution 20

[1:00:00] 24-39 is

[1:00:02] the first kind of round of some of your

[1:00:06] police Surplus items Chief mentioned to

[1:00:11] you motion

[1:00:14] we cose those items you got yeah I

[1:00:17] motion we approve that I second a motion

[1:00:20] in a second all in favor say I I Mo

[1:00:25] likewise

[1:00:27] we covered your time do Jackie I think

[1:00:30] so okay

City Council Meeting 08/05/2024

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