[0:07] All right, we will begin the Chelsea
City Council meeting for November 18th.
[0:11] Um,
we will begin with a invocation by Mr.
[0:16] Dylan Green.
[0:20] Pastor, sorry.
>> Hey, that's fine. Father, pastor,
[0:23] whatever. You know, um, glad to be with
you all tonight. Let's uh bow our heads
[0:27] and pray together.
Almighty God, during this season of uh
[0:31] thanksgiving, this season of gratitude,
we want to give you thanks for all the
[0:34] good gifts uh that you have given us for
our life, for redemption, for family,
[0:40] and for this community. We thank you
also for members of this uh city council
[0:45] uh city council of Chelsea. And in that
sense of gratitude, may you uh guide
[0:49] them to be good stewards of the gifts
that you have given them um to to
[0:54] steward over. It's in your name that we
always pray. Amen.
[0:57] » Amen.
>> Thank you. And would you like to tell us
[1:00] about your church? You have an event.
>> Yeah, of course. St. Katherine's
[1:03] Episcopal Church down on King's Home
Road. Um we've got the big event coming
[1:07] up is a turkey trot uh Thanksgiving
morning. So, if people are so inclined,
[1:12] they can go to our Facebook uh page and
sign up there and run off some calories
[1:17] before they lay some more down. So, um
it'll be a good time. So, that
[1:21] » uh who Oh, God, no. I hope not. It'll be
a real slow turkey. It'll be a trot for
[1:26] sure. So, but uh but yeah, that's the
big thing coming up. So,
[1:29] » very good.
>> Yep. Thanks y'all.
[1:30] » Thank you.
>> All right. Next up, we will do the
[1:33] pledge. Arthur.
>> All right. Could everyone please stand
[1:35] for the pledge?
[1:39] » Salute.
>> I aliance to the flag of the United
[1:44] States of America and to the republic
for it stands. One nation under God,
[1:50] indivisible, with liberty and justice
for all.
[1:56] » Miss Ethridge will have a roll call
vote.
[2:01] » Jonah Barnes here.
>> Scott Wagan,
[2:03] » present.
>> Chris Grace,
[2:04] » present.
>> Arthur Fischer Jr.
[2:06] » present.
>> Casey Morris,
[2:07] » present.
>> All right. Uh, next up or first up is
[2:10] the approval of the agenda. Do we have a
motion for that?
[2:13] » Mayor, I make a motion to approve uh the
agenda before us tonight, Council
[2:17] » President.
What is
[2:19] » I'm not the mayor.
>> We have a motion. Do we have a second?
[2:23] » Second. Council President.
>> All right, we have a motion and a
[2:27] second. Is there any discussion? All in
favor say I.
[2:31] » I.
>> Any oppose say nay.
[2:33] » All right, that is approved. Uh, next up
is the approval of the minutes. Uh, do
[2:38] we have a motion for the November 3rd
minutes?
[2:42] » Mayor, I make a motion we approve the
November 3rd's minute as presented. All
[2:48] right, we have a motion. Do we have a
second?
[2:51] » Second.
>> We have a motion and a second. Any
[2:53] further discussion on the minutes?
All right, all in favor say I.
[2:58] » I. Any oppose say nay.
>> All right, that is approved.
[3:03] Uh, first up in the council business is
resolution 1319,
[3:08] uh, which is to amend the fiscal year
2026 Chelsea holiday calendar. Do we
[3:13] have a motion for this? Um, Council
President, I make a motion to accept
[3:17] resolution 202511-18-1319
[3:21] to amend the fiscal year 2026 City of
Chelsea holiday calendar.
[3:26] » All right, we have a motion. Do we have
a second?
[3:29] » Second. We got a motion, second. Any
discussion?
[3:33] Mayor, would you like to tell us about
this one?
[3:36] » Yeah, this will be uh fixing an error
that was on the original calendar that
[3:39] we adopted. Um moving we had Christmas
as the 25th and 26th. We are making
[3:45] those holidays the 24th and 25th and we
will be doing away with the Columbus Day
[3:51] and President's Day and adding New
Year's Eve as a holiday.
[3:56] » Very good. Anything else council?
All in favor say I.
[4:01] » I.
>> Any post say nay.
[4:04] That is approved. Uh next up is
resolution 1320.
[4:09] Uh, do we have a motion for this?
>> Mr. President, I make a motion that we
[4:12] approve resolution 1320 to approve the
paving pavement repair in the Willow
[4:17] Branch subdivision.
>> Okay, we have a motion. Do we have a
[4:21] second?
>> Second.
[4:22] » All right. Uh, is there any discussion?
Mayor, you want to tell us about this
[4:27] one?
>> Yeah, this will be road repair and
[4:29] Willow Branch subdivision. Um, we have
SH bonds that we received from the
[4:33] developer prior prior to uh them going
out of business in the amount of I think
[4:40] it was approximately 94 $97,000 which
leaves a balance on the CD of
[4:44] $18,813.76.
[4:48] So,
>> okay,
[4:49] » we're I think the actual agend,000
[4:54] just for any contingency. Okay.
>> All right. Any further discussion?
[5:00] All in favor say I. I.
>> Any opposed say nay.
[5:05] » All right. Willow Branch, you're getting
your final pavement. So,
[5:08] congratulations.
Uh, next up we have resolutions 1321,
[5:13] 22, and 23. Uh, do we have a motion on
that? Mr. President, I make a motion
[5:18] that we approve resolutions 3 uh 1321,
1322, 1323 to award extracurricular
[5:25] grant uh monies to Chelsea Park
Elementary, Chelsea Middle School, and
[5:30] Chelsea High School. Um, and I guess
those amounts, we had a $50,000 budget.
[5:36] Those amounts are $2,800 to Chelsea Park
Elementary School, 19 uh $12,950
[5:43] to Chelsea Middle School, and $34,250
to Chelsea High School. Again, our
[5:49] budget was $50,000, and that's what
we're awarding. Very good.
[5:55] » Um, that's a motion. Do we have a
second?
[5:57] » Second.
>> All right. Is there any discussion?
[6:02] All in favor say I.
>> I. Any oppose say nay. All right, those
[6:07] resolutions pass. Uh, next up we have
resolution 1324.
[6:12] Uh, do we have a motion for this? Uh,
Mr. President, I'll make a motion to
[6:17] approve resolution 1324
to [clears throat] authorize Mayor
[6:21] Sumers to renew the emergency medical
transport services contract with Shelby
[6:26] County.
>> All right, we have a motion. Do we have
[6:28] a second?
>> Second.
[6:29] » We got a motion and a second. Is there
any discussion?
[6:32] Mayor, do you want to chime in on that
one? Yeah, this is a yearly um medical
[6:37] transport services contract that we
signed with Shelby County and it's a
[6:41] supplement from the county that uh
reimburse us for the transport services
[6:44] that we already provide to the uh city
limits of Chelsea.
[6:48] » Very good.
>> The total total amount is going to be
[6:51] $67,290
>> income.
[6:54] » Yes, incoming.
>> All right. Is there any further
[6:56] discussion?
Uh all in favor say I. I. I.
[7:02] » All oppose say nay.
All right, that is approved.
[7:06] Uh, next up is resolution 1325. Do we
have a motion for that?
[7:12] » Council President, I make a motion to
approve resolution 1325 to adopt or to
[7:18] accept a quote for Fountain Maintenance.
>> All right, we have a motion. Do we have
[7:21] a second?
>> Second.
[7:23] » All right, any discussion on this one?
Mayor, would you like to tell us about
[7:28] this? Yeah, in reviewing some of the
active contracts we have with CD, it was
[7:32] determined that the current contract
that we had for the fountain uh had some
[7:38] errors in it. So, we reached out to the
company that we had the contract with,
[7:43] notified them that it wasn't a valid
contract we were going to be cancelling
[7:46] and asked them to submit a new quote.
And we received a new quote from them
[7:51] and two other companies. And the quote
amounts were uh $350 a month from one,
[7:56] $299 from one, and then the one that
we've got before you tonight was from
[8:00] Alabama Aquarium and Pond at $250 a
month. So, not only were they the the
[8:07] boat bid, they also built the fountain
and have been servicing it. So, their
[8:11] familiarity with the the fountain is why
I recommend that recommend that we sign
[8:15] this contract.
>> Very good. Um, all in favor say I.
[8:21] » I.
>> Any oppose? Say nay. That is approved.
[8:24] And this is a perfect example of your
mayor going through, your new mayor
[8:28] going through and finding
what I would consider waste and cutting
[8:33] it out and saving the city uh money. So,
great job.
[8:38] » Thank you.
>> Uh resolution 1326.
[8:42] Uh do we have a motion for this?
>> Mr. President, I make a motion that we
[8:45] approve resolution 1326 to authorize
purchase and issuance of purchase
[8:49] orders. And this covers a vehicle for
the fire department that was totaled in
[8:55] an accident.
All right, we have a motion. Do we have
[8:59] a second?
>> Second. Have two seconds. All right. Uh,
[9:04] is there any discussion on the new truck
and equipment for the fire department?
[9:11] Mayor.
>> Yeah, like uh like Councilman Gray said,
[9:15] this is a vehicle that we had that was
in a wreck and was totaled out and While
[9:19] we're waiting on the award from
insurance, uh we need to go ahead and
[9:22] get a vehicle. So, we're purchasing off
the state bid. It will be a 2026
[9:27] Chevrolet Silverado 2500 four-wheel
drive crew cab. And with the purchase
[9:33] price of the vehicle, and then light,
siren, and equipment for the truck, the
[9:37] total comes out to $96,182.85.
[9:42] » All right. Uh any further discussion?
All in favor say I. [clears throat]
[9:47] » I. Any oppose say nay. That is approved.
Last up, we have the bills. Do we have a
[9:54] motion for the bills?
>> Council President, make a motion that we
[9:58] pay our bills.
>> Sounds like a great idea. We have a
[10:00] motion. Do we have a second?
>> Second.
[10:02] » We got a motion in a second. Any
discussion on the bills?
[10:08] All right. All in favor say I.
>> I.
[10:11] » Any oppose say nay.
>> That is approved. [clears throat]
[10:15] All right. That does it for the council
business. Uh, next up we will go to the
[10:18] mayor for his mayor's report.
>> All right. Uh, as we talked about in
[10:23] pre-consel, but we'll bring the citizens
up to date. Station 32, our fire station
[10:27] down on 69, um, has been receiving some
updates. And right now, the exterior of
[10:33] those updates has been erected, the
sheeting installed, and this is going to
[10:37] be a new bay for a firet truck and
additional living quarters to include
[10:42] four uh, bedrooms. So, they've got the
exterior put together and now they're
[10:47] working on the inside including
including the framing, the storm
[10:50] shelter, electrical, and all the finish
work.
[10:54] Um, the tennis court project that was
approved by the council. We met with the
[11:00] contractor last week and they're
planning to break ground on the new
[11:03] tennis complex on December 1st and the
estimated build time on that is 12 to 14
[11:08] months.
Um the Simmons property that we have
[11:13] behind the community center in Melrose
Park, um the contractor is going to
[11:20] start clearing that next week and we're
going to go through and just get
[11:23] everything um
cleaned up, get rid of all the old
[11:28] buildings back there. Um get rid of the
underbrush and make it to where we can
[11:32] at least do maybe some city events there
and, you know, get it ready for for
[11:36] future growth.
Um I I think that uh one thing that we
[11:41] need to be excited about Valley Post
will be opening. We've got uh Rodney
[11:46] Scots actually opens on the 25th of this
month and other restaurants will be
[11:50] following the the next few weeks after
that. So really excited about Valley
[11:54] Post and you know the what it's going to
bring to the city, not only in revenue,
[11:58] but just the the atmosphere and being
able to go there with your family and
[12:01] friends and everything they have to
offer.
[12:05] And then last but not least, I'm going
to let uh our city event plan and
[12:10] promoter tell you about or
[clears throat] tell the citizens about
[12:13] the Christmas tree lighting that we're
going to do on December 6th.
[12:18] [clears throat]
>> Thank you for having me. Um, as you
[12:21] know, we're very excited to have our
tradition of the Christmas parade on the
[12:24] 20th and it will be the same as always
been with a little jazz put in there.
[12:29] But we have decided working with the the
mayor and some other citizens that
[12:33] suggested we do a tree lighting. We will
have a actual live tree planted and a
[12:37] ceremony here on December 6, Saturday
from 5:30 to 7:30. And we're inviting
[12:43] lots of community members to come out
and they're it's a free event for
[12:47] everyone and there'll be lots of little
treats and activities and hopefully
[12:50] we'll have some performances as well.
So, we excited to introduce that new
[12:55] tradition to the city and I hope you
guys can all come and the community can
[12:59] join us. Okay, thank you.
>> Thank you.
[13:03] » That's all I got.
>> Very good. Well, thank you for the
[13:05] report and uh I'm very excited about the
tree lighting and Valley Post as well.
[13:11] Uh next up, we will go into our
community forum. Uh Miss Pope,
[13:20] » thank you.
So, we've got uh a couple of special
[13:24] things coming up in um December. The uh
Santa is uh December 13th from 10:00 to
[13:31] 11:30. Uh you come, you take your own
pictures. Um we'll have some little
[13:36] goodie bags and the friends group will
be providing some um snacks for the day.
[13:42] Uh our team book club is December 9th.
They're reading Powerless by Lauren
[13:46] Roberts. And our second Thursday book
club uh is having an end of the book
[13:50] party. So they've read all their books
for the year. They're going to celebrate
[13:54] that and get ready to start over fresh
in January. Um Steam Day, KZT Steam is
[14:00] on the 22nd of this month. We're going
to cancel it for December because it
[14:04] falls on the same day as the parade
and we're going to be closed on the 27th
[14:10] and 28th for Thanksgiving. So that's it.
>> Well, thank you.
[14:14] » Thank you.
All right. At this time, I would ask uh
[14:18] does anybody from the community would
you like to address the council?
[14:24] All right.
Um
[14:28] I believe that's it. So, we do have a
planning and zoning meeting tomorrow um
[14:34] at six o'clock here.
And
[14:38] » I'm not doing dates, right?
>> No.
[14:40] » All right. Well, since we're not doing
that, I just want to remind everybody
[14:42] that the city offices will be closed on
the 27th and 28th.
[14:45] » There you go. Thank you. All right. Do
we have uh anything from the council?
[14:49] I'm sorry. Would you like to say
anything?
[14:52] » Okay. Do we have a motion to adjurnn?
Council President, I make a motion we
[14:58] adjourn since nobody will allow me to
change your name from Scott or anything
[15:04] else.
[15:07] » Second.
>> We have a motion and a second. Is there
[15:10] any discussion? All right. All in favor
say I. I. I. Any oppose say nay. All
[15:15] right, we are adjourned. Thank you.