[0:05] All right, we're officially going to call our meeting to order.

[0:08] » This is our uh this is a notice of our May 18th, 2026 Memphis City Council

[0:13] special call meeting. We're officially gathering here at 6:03 p.m. City Council

[0:19] Room 721 Robertson Street, Memphis, Texas, America. We're calling this

[0:24] meeting to order. We're starting out with our invocation and our pledge of

[0:27] allegiance. And at this time, I'll ask Zach Alman to lead us in a prayer and if

[0:33] Micah Copus will lead us in the pledge to follow

[0:42] Lord to come to you tonight just asking you to be with the council as we try to

[0:47] make the best decisions for the interest of the city,

[0:51] best decisions for the future of Memphis. Lord, I ask that you just be

[0:55] with each and every one of us in here today as we took time out of our day to

[0:58] be here at this meeting. Care about the community so much that we're here to

[1:04] fight for what we believe in. We thank you for all your many blessings

[1:08] you give us, the opportunities you present to us every day. We're so

[1:11] grateful to stand stand on this earth that you

[1:15] provided. We dare you name

[1:24] I aliance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic

[1:30] for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and

[1:36] justice for all. >> All right. Well, glad to see a great

[1:41] turnout here tonight for our our non-counsel meeting. Again, this is our

[1:45] call meeting tonight and we're going to start out here with uh our public

[1:49] comment. Citizens are limited to three minutes to address the city council.

[1:53] regarding any issues of concern or items on the agenda. So again, this is opening

[1:59] the floor if anybody would like to speak up before we get going here tonight.

[2:06] » All right. Well, one, two. You want to say something? Wait,

[2:09] » I would like to >> go right ahead.

[2:11] » Okay. Hi, I prepared a couple notes. My name is Joanna Buckner. I'm at 1321 West

[2:16] Bradford. Thank you for allowing me to address the council tonight. My husband

[2:20] and I have made a concerted effort to be present here at city council and among

[2:25] town and really make ourselves a part of the community as we've been here.

[2:28] [snorts] And we are really happy with Memphis and Memphis has a lot going for

[2:33] it and we see a good future for Memphis and one of the things I want to point

[2:38] out is this country was founded by risk takers and those who are willing to take

[2:44] a risk to make things better. So, in saying that, we're really happy that the

[2:49] city is looking at fire safety ordinances and ordinances to make things

[2:54] safer within our town. Uh, in saying that, looking at what is on the agenda

[2:59] tonight, we do want to say if we're going to look at things for RV parks

[3:03] specifically, we also need to look at things within the city like houses that

[3:08] are a blight or maybe need to be torn down or just need remediation. things

[3:14] that are fire safety hazards within the midtown. Looking at things like uh

[3:18] proper address labels for houses so that ENT fire police are able to identify

[3:25] said locations so that they're not looking around town like Rex mentioned

[3:29] at the last meeting trying to find out who called where.

[3:34] Those things are super important. I know I'm limited on my time. So, uh, we are

[3:38] very proud of the people who are the risktakers in this town who are trying

[3:41] to build businesses such as the RV parks and we don't want to see them penalized

[3:45] in the sense of making it so difficult to grow a business that they're unable

[3:50] to continue for it because it is not a small business venture in order to set

[3:55] one of these places up. It's hundreds of thousands of dollars to get an RV park

[3:59] really set up. So, in saying that, while we're looking at those things, let's

[4:04] take into consideration the local area as well and look at things like the

[4:09] rental houses, the current existing structures. What do we need to fix? How

[4:13] can we help blacks and everybody else send out the letters, get things cleaned

[4:18] up so that everybody can pro be proud of the city that they're in, not just the

[4:21] people who are coming in to see these RV parks. And uh in keeping with all of

[4:26] that um you know I I know that you guys are have a lot on your plate.

[4:31] It's hard to catch up with city ordinances if there's not already

[4:34] ordinances in place. There are things on the state level that have already been

[4:38] put into place and we can kind of pull some of those just to find them. And if

[4:42] you want help, I'm happy to help. I will donate my time. Um but I think you guys

[4:46] are doing a great job. Keep up the good work. Let's look at the

[4:51] whole picture, not just the art. >> All right. Thank you. Thank you.

[4:56] » I'd like to speak. Go ahead. [snorts] >> I know you think I sound like a program.

[5:01] My biggest concern is is that this is once in a lifetime oper opportunity,

[5:06] generational opportunities. And we as a city of Memphis ought to do

[5:12] what we can to allow our locals to profit from this instead of hurt our

[5:18] locals. And that's my biggest concern because this is the only time we're

[5:22] going to be able to help our local people do anything. And you know that we

[5:26] are one of the if no way the number two lowest economic, socially, economically

[5:31] uh county in the state of Texas. So we do have an opportunity for some of our

[5:37] people to make money out of this. Let's don't hurt them uh by kicking them in

[5:42] the shin. I mean that's all I want to say.

[5:44] » Sure. That's fine. >> Anybody else? But there is opportunity

[5:47] you said and there is things that do need to be worked on there. It's going

[5:50] to be rough like the Sure sanitation. Understand that.

[5:55] » I have one fact that was brought to my attention earlier. The infrastructure

[6:00] was built for a much higher population than we have at this time. So the people

[6:06] that are concerned about it handling more people especially at the level that

[6:11] we are growing right now should not even be

[6:15] » right. It's just another rock to throw.

[6:20] » Um good evening. My name is Amy Trible and I'm speaking tonight regarding the

[6:25] proposed RV park ordinance. Um I'm speaking tonight as a nearby resident by

[6:30] the RV park and I want to share concerns that I believe are important for the

[6:34] ordinance to address. I urge the council to include fencing requirements and

[6:38] enforceable quiet hours in the ordinance. I live near the RV park on

[6:44] 18th in my family and I have had repeated instances of people coming onto

[6:48] my property at all hours of the day and night. In one instance, the property

[6:53] owner was present when it occurred. This is a serious safety concern. A properly

[6:59] maintained fence is not about appearance. It establishes clear

[7:03] property boundaries, helps prevent trespassing, and protects neighboring

[7:07] residents. I was told over a month ago by the property owner that a fence would

[7:12] be installed, and no progress has been made. This is exactly why the

[7:16] requirement should be written into the ordinance rather than relying on verbal

[7:21] promises or individual agreements. I also know that residents near other RV

[7:27] parks have voiced similar concerns regarding property lines, fencing, and

[7:31] the impact on surrounding properties. I also ask that quiet hours be included in

[7:36] the ordinance to help protect nearby residents from late night noise, music,

[7:40] and disturbances. I support growth in development of Memphis, but it should

[7:44] not come at the expense of nearby residents safety and quality of life.

[7:48] Including fencing requirements in the ordinance and enforcing quiet hours

[7:53] would set clear expectations and ensure these issues are addressed consistently

[7:59] rather than le left to informal promises. Including these requirements

[8:04] in the ordinance ensures accountability and prevents these issues from being

[8:08] handled on a case-byase basis. Thank you for your time.

[8:11] » Thank you. >> All right. Anybody else? Okay, we'll get

[8:16] rolling there. Go ahead. >> I just want to speak on the

[8:20] infrastructure that everybody's worried about. Yes, I did. I had limited time,

[8:25] but I did. We are our uh permit uh allows us $365,000

[8:32] I mean >> gallons a day,

[8:35] » which if you calculate that, that's uh >> you're talking about

[8:40] into the into the system. >> And on the average in uh

[8:48] 2000 we had which we had it wasn't the biggest population but it

[8:54] was like 500 people more. Uh we were having 50 million that that roughly uh

[9:00] goes to about 117 million that we do for the year. And that year we did 50

[9:06] million which we're not by any means close to.

[9:10] » Okay. >> So you're basically addressing that that

[9:13] we're for improvement, >> right? Just to

[9:15] » our infrastructure can. >> Yes. And as of uh 23 we had 22 million

[9:21] that come in. That's uh when you're capable of 17 million you get 22 million

[9:27] or less. It is not [clears throat]

[9:30] a concern that not water or uh sewer. >> How are water wells? I was told

[9:42] by very very reliable person that we are in need of a new water well.

[9:47] » We are but it's not a we've tried it. Uh the last time I was

[9:53] two years ago, but it's uh over half a million dollar. Obviously, we don't have

[9:58] that that money. Uh we've got five good whales. We've got two gas, two electric

[10:06] or three electric. That way we run out of gas, we have electric. We run out of

[10:11] electric, we have the gas. >> Will they keep up with more water coming

[10:16] through? Well, our biggest deal is we've always been the top the the the

[10:20] forefathers have always thought about this

[10:24] » and right now I mean people ask us why do we have so much I have a,820,000

[10:30] gallons uh on standby >> is that with green belt?

[10:35] » No sir we don't use green belt that is strictly out of our

[10:38] » the green belt line has been used in 18 years

[10:43] long >> it does not mix. They went to tomies. We

[10:47] were using toine and they do not mix without us adding ammonia and it does

[10:53] not but we have in at a cost of uh I would

[10:59] say no less than a,700,000.

[11:05] We're it it should be there at the 820 which is when our tanks were off and of

[11:11] course that's within us just like the other night we had that loop we had that

[11:16] line that both come in it was uh it was putting out 500 gallons

[11:21] » for that loop not to mention what the firefighters were having

[11:28] » all right >> granted that's not you know wasn't just

[11:31] for days and days and days we're We're very well set for water and waste water.

[11:41] » All right. Thank you, Junior. Uh, you know, I can also speak for three

[11:46] minutes. Also, I want to I want to bring up the city of Memphis is not the it's

[11:51] been, you know, we're talking about addressing what's going to happen around

[11:54] here with the city council. Are we ready? And all that. So, all that's come

[11:58] to be and and and then of course the RV deals are going up uh maybe quicker than

[12:03] we thought, but that's fine and dandy. One great thing about our our you know,

[12:07] we have our water system outside of town. That water only goes to Texas.

[12:12] We're just so blessed to have drinkable water. I think we've got best water

[12:18] ever. I mean, I drink it all the time, but we're so lucky there. The only the

[12:22] thing that was brought up about any kind of a regulation as far as city council

[12:26] and ordinance goes is we don't really have any other than we have to go with

[12:31] what the state and they just they have some new ordinances about RV parks and

[12:35] stuff like that. So we we would have to basically the people that have one or

[12:39] whatever would have to adopt those standards and I guess it would be up to

[12:43] city council to follow through on that. So we don't have any standards. Amy

[12:47] brings up some great points that uh that we need to be aware of. Fire safety.

[12:53] That's one thing that we talked about our last council meeting the other night

[12:56] where we were as far as putting all that together, making sure that um you know,

[13:00] we can pass on to the to the citizens of Memphis that are going to do this that

[13:04] that um you know that we have to follow the state law. So, we don't really have

[13:08] any anything on our own on our books. Uh talking about uh fencing, I had a

[13:15] gentleman bring up that uh there was a place going up and he lives next door,

[13:20] has three uh girls and was was interested about having a privacy fence,

[13:24] you know, to keep that going. So that was brought up. So I don't I don't you

[13:28] know that may be something we look at. I think quiet hours is another very

[13:32] important thing. And so that would be the same thing that you would do if

[13:35] somebody's living in a house next door to you or whatever other than if you're

[13:39] going to have a number of people maybe the the fencing. So, uh, the city

[13:43] council and I'm speaking on behalf of city council, we don't have any

[13:48] anything. It's all been brought up on what what we can do in order to provide

[13:53] the best u uh oversight and not get in the way like Ronnie was saying about

[13:58] people doing that. that we can't uh uh I don't think we're going to go out and I

[14:04] don't council up to them tonight to bring some things up, but uh our packet

[14:08] was put together. We have a bunch of ordinance from other cities, things that

[14:12] we've looked over and consider and same thing on our little golf cart deal and

[14:16] all that. So, I just wanted to bring all that up and if anybody on the council

[14:20] like to say anything as far as our open session here goes and you

[14:25] » Yeah, I'd like to add one thing that has [clears throat] always been on my mind

[14:29] and I would like to state that uh as a council as as a town that we never

[14:36] considered a pipe water out here, >> right? because that's I know there's

[14:41] money that the state come along and say you're going to you know right now we're

[14:47] so >> in my 35 years here that is not

[14:50] » yeah I mean >> what you want to do look at look at

[14:53] climate >> absolutely

[14:54] » I would ask that you never even consider >> not to you could pipe it 30 miles and I

[15:00] know >> we have the storage we have the water

[15:05] but please do not ever consider that >> no I think We're very very lucky on that

[15:11] behalf. >> All right. Uh so let's go ahead and move

[15:14] on. Any anybody else want to speak up on any anything before we move on? All

[15:19] right. Now we go ahead and uh bring up old business. Uh look for a motion to

[15:23] remove the table items off the table. We've got a few there.

[15:32] » I got a motion two second. All in favor. >> All right. Second. Oh.

[15:39] U second it

[15:43] unanimous. Okay. Discuss and consider amendments to the golf c golf cart

[15:47] ordinance. I don't remember it being that thick when we did it a while back.

[15:53] But I think we need to uh shorten this thing down a little bit. put on their

[15:57] golf cart or side by side with are uh are legal to be driven on the streets of

[16:04] Memphis, Texas with a permit except on 16th Street and uh and uh null highway

[16:11] 254 [snorts] because the Texas state law speed limit on public streets in our

[16:15] ordinance here says 30 miles an hour. That's fine. Uh I think all vehicles

[16:20] wishing to operate in town need to be permitted, which was brought up for

[16:23] safety reasons. uh permitted. That would be people going back to the golf course

[16:28] or riding around town. And they have to have their uh slow sign on the rear.

[16:33] Have to also provide insurance, which is part of our permitting process through

[16:38] the city of Memphis. And uh would be also have their insurance and the the

[16:44] sticker and the sign always posted on the vehicle at all times. And to operate

[16:49] at night, I think it'd be easy enough to kind of scale that down that they would

[16:52] have to have front and rear lights And that would be about it. Underage

[16:58] drivers, I think it'd be 16 or under. And uh but this there there's so much

[17:03] stuff in here. It's rather thick. So I think we ought to just make it if

[17:07] there's anybody operating the vehicle in town, uh we're going to require them to

[17:11] be permitted for our liability reasons.

[17:16] Council have anything else to say on that? Or how would we go about skimming

[17:20] that down a little bit? I think the biggest thing is because this says in

[17:25] this ordinance that they're not allowed >> in the second paragraph.

[17:29] » So that needs to be that's what >> I remove that and then I was trying to

[17:36] get for those that have the golf carts that don't have lights, let y'all permit

[17:42] those and use them for daylight hours only and with hand signals. That way

[17:46] everybody can use their golf carts. Fair is fair. Really?

[17:53] » So during the day, they don't have to have any lights

[17:56] » during the day, I would say. Yeah. No lights as long as they're using hand

[18:00] signal. There are a lot of golf carts that I see

[18:03] driving up down the road that don't have lights.

[18:05] » And what about uh it says the person has to have a valid

[18:10] driver's license. >> Correct. That's state law.

[18:14] » It's operated on the road. It has to be a drive valid driver license. So, what

[18:18] about electronic bicycles? >> What are the

[18:22] » Now, you want to get into that. This falls into the same thing.

[18:26] » Well, the they're still writing some stuff on the bicycles because certain

[18:31] certain electric bicycles start getting into

[18:36] actually being motor vehicles at that point. And once they're over a certain

[18:41] cc or speed, >> then they're going to need licenses and

[18:44] insurance and helmets. And the thing about the golf cart too is

[18:49] if there's a tournament that's late and you can't get to your house

[18:54] and you have no headlines. I mean, you have to make some type of

[18:59] » Well, you can say unless you know, unless [clears throat]

[19:01] tournaments,

[19:08] » you drive. >> Easy.

[19:12] » Oh, I know you do it all the time. I know they do all

[19:17] » they can call you and you guess all my

[19:22] » So what's the council have to say about just at this point

[19:27] holding that uh uh paragraph B. [snorts] So that kind of contradicts

[19:34] what the ordinance was about the original. But there are sure a lot of

[19:38] papers uh here with it. We want to add some more to it for

[19:43] emphasize golf carts and off-road vehicles

[19:46] » right side by side >> 4x4s are not

[19:49] » four that's not >> dirt bikes are not

[19:51] » no you're talking about something where you're sitting in it with a wheel about

[19:55] kids that are uh not of a legal age but they're uh going back and forth to the

[20:01] golf course during the day >> law says they can't do it

[20:04] » I know some kids going over there to play golf but

[20:07] » what about the high school kids they play golf we have golf with high school

[20:10] so they are they not allowed to wear their golf carts either Well, that's

[20:14] what >> state

[20:17] driver

[20:41] » I don't think has a

[20:46] So if they school they should be shown to

[20:50] » by the school

[20:55] board. >> All right. So

[20:58] » I'll put this in as presented

[21:05] » presented.

[21:08] remove that. >> So, at this time, you want to go ahead

[21:12] and make a motion to remove B. >> Paragraph B.

[21:15] » Paragraph B. >> And we have a second over here.

[21:18] » Are we going to add the other golfers? >> Are we

[21:22] Are we going to add the other golf cart? Right now, you're required to have

[21:27] front, rear lights, insurance, all that stuff. Allow the

[21:31] ones without lights to be operated on the street. We got plenty of them on

[21:34] there. We may as well register them and get them insured.

[21:41] whether it's daytime or night time. >> Well, the one thing about getting a

[21:47] permit is that that clears us for a legal liability that they actually don't

[21:50] know what the rules are, you know, and it's not us, but somebody could come

[21:54] back. So, we're not enforcing it and so on, get run over. That's what happens.

[21:58] Ruins it for everybody. But want to make an amendment on your

[22:04] » Yeah. >> Mortgage there

[22:06] » with the time addendum

[22:11] front and side reflectors all the add to the city code 11046.

[22:19] » So all >> you want to make a motion that all golf

[22:23] carts and side by sides need to be permitted if operated in the city of

[22:26] Memphis and then and then I pull this paragraph

[22:30] B. >> That sound about right? We put an

[22:35] exclusion on their tournaments.

[22:43] Go ahead. >> Can I question what you're asking? You

[22:46] want to remove

[22:59] » with the exception of I guess tournament.

[23:04] I don't I don't know how you >> how do you enforce

[23:10] what? >> Well, you just kind of let it go on with

[23:13] tournament weekend and the rest of time.

[23:20] » You're going to have a lot of town people riding around,

[23:26] » you know, that weekend. There's, you know, they're getting ready to have this

[23:29] coming weekend. So you have a lot of people there stay at the hotel or

[23:33] wherever they're staying they golf >> no take weekend off [laughter]

[23:44] » you know it's like county picnic weekend where kids are riding their stuff all

[23:48] over town >> on Saturday.

[23:52] » So during Hall County Picnic the kids can't ride their golf carts in the

[23:55] parade either if they don't have a license. Well, they they do it. So, that

[23:58] would be that would be an exception, would they?

[24:02] » By law, no. >> And they ride

[24:05] because they ride around town. It's kind of like a free free day.

[24:08] » Will I enforce it? No. But by law, yes, they're required.

[24:13] » But just on a regular basis is what we're talking about here

[24:17] other than special circumstances.

[24:35] Well, what why don't we just do this? We'll move uh paragraph B tonight and

[24:39] then we'll bring it back up and look at the whatifs and all that.

[24:46] You know, go to other towns.

[24:50] » They're driving them around after tournament. So, I I don't see how you're

[24:54] going to enforce that. I [snorts] don't. But if they hit

[24:57] somebody, >> well, we've had them thrown out of

[25:01] cards, too. >> Hit cars.

[25:04] » So, you want to make it easy with that? >> I'm going to move the motion.

[25:08] » Just remove paragraph. >> All right. So, you want to second that?

[25:14] » I'll second that. >> All right. Got second. All in favor?

[25:17] » I can raise your hands for record keeper back there.

[25:22] All right. We'll work on that one later. All right. Uh, next up, uh, under new

[25:27] business, uh, discussing to consider the loan for from the revolving loan fund to

[25:32] Cliff and Cindy Banner during business as Gabby's

[25:39] in the packet.

[25:47] Everything still good to receive.

[25:51] » Huh? We have to go home.

[25:55] » Yeah. So, so the revolving loan fund the revolving loan met on the 6th of May

[26:03] earlier and they discussed with Mr. Mrs. $7,000 for a machine and the volume fund

[26:14] managers wanted to give them they recommend to give them $7,000.

[26:20] So, It's up to council's approval whether or not we proceed.

[26:28] » All right. Got a motion by Mark, second by by Zack. All in favor? All

[26:33] » in favor? >> All right.

[26:38] » Got that Malia? >> Yes.

[26:41] » All right. Uh, we got a table B here. New business.

[26:48] I don't I don't think he has anything for us.

[26:53] » What? >> You have a budget for the budget.

[26:55] » The budget presentation you wanted. >> I've got some stuff, but uh let's go.

[27:00] Can we take it to the next meeting like we always do?

[27:04] » Well, don't say that. We got a crap here today.

[27:08] » Always do. Wait a minute. >> Yeah, I'm still doing some I I still got

[27:13] some research to do, but I think You need to have them.

[27:19] » All right, we got a motion to table. Second by

[27:22] me, Lisa. All in favor? >> I

[27:25] » You get that? >> Second by.

[27:28] [clears throat] >> All right, next up, discuss and consider

[27:31] the National Fire Prevention Association code enforcement for RB parks.

[27:37] And along with that uh there's also what is the one that just

[27:45] came down from the state? What what else is the other? What's the heading of name

[27:49] of that bill or whatever >> other than the fire? What's it?

[27:53] » Yep. >> So Rex handed out in this packet. So

[27:57] this has to do governor Abbott back September of 25 of last year. Uh the

[28:01] heavens 27 camp safety act. Uh this had to do with the uh the camp Mystic

[28:06] flooding and any anyhow Governor Greg Abbott signed NFPA 1194

[28:13] the law. So I just I just got 1194 here, but it's there's a lot of there's a lot

[28:19] of stipulations in there and codes that all existing RV parks and new

[28:25] constructed RV parks you don't have to follow. So, I just got this I got this

[28:30] here press time, but uh I've got the bill that Governor Ab signed into law

[28:35] and uh the U says right here now withstanding chapter 764 health and

[28:41] safety code is added by this act, the recreational vehicle park or campground

[28:45] to which that chapter applies operating on the effective date of this act is not

[28:49] required to comply with that chapter before September 1st, 2026. So

[28:54] everything that's in NFPA 1194, all existing RV parks and all new

[29:00] constructed RV parks to that standard >> by

[29:04] » state law by this is state law. It's supposed to be

[29:10] » that's that's coming from Governor Abbott.

[29:13] » All right. >> So with that, who is the one that

[29:18] enforces that? >> That will be your fire marshal. And is

[29:22] Nickif?

[29:26] » No. So, >> so let's see. So, the discussion I had

[29:29] with

[29:33] so according according to our city ordinance what was passed excuse me.

[29:40] So in uh let's see in March of 23 the uh office of the fire marshall was created

[29:49] and it says that the fire marshall shall be properly qualified for the duties of

[29:53] his office which include the power to make arrest and shall shall be shall be

[29:58] removed only for cost. He shall serve on a voluntary basis without compensation.

[30:04] The other thing that goes into our city ordinance as well, it says uh the fire

[30:09] prevention code shall be enforced by the fire marshal. The fire marshal shall be

[30:14] exeicio chief of the fire prevention bureau. The fire marshall may detail

[30:18] such members of the fire department as inspectors and shall from time to time

[30:22] be necessary. So chief plant is the fire marshal um

[30:29] according to according to our according to statute or according to our ordinance

[30:35] but you know yes as far as the credentiing Nick has the credential. So

[30:40] Nick does the inspections and if there's anything out

[30:43] » that's that's according to how far >> that's how we

[30:48] point it out and then if you needed a ticket break that out

[30:52] » so the people that have already picked up building permit to do uh the RV

[30:56] business here in Memphis will contact them make sure they have a copy of that

[31:00] or just enforce them >> well they should get a copy of the house

[31:04] » well I mean a permit should other ones that I'm that already in progress.

[31:12] » Yeah. I mean, whenever you come in, you get a copy of it.

[31:17] » Oh, so we have a copy? >> Yes.

[31:19] » Okay. No, we didn't before.

[31:24] » They didn't give you a copy that you

[31:29] have it signed in place.

[31:35] » Well, so we I think we just got it. Did we?

[31:37] » I got it Friday. Right. So, I mean, we'll follow up on that to make sure

[31:41] everything's, you know, we're not it's not anything that we're the city of

[31:44] Memphis is doing. >> So, can we have copies here? So, if they

[31:47] didn't get it, they can come get one. >> Yes.

[31:49] » How are we supposed to know what we're going to have to

[31:53] » I'll put together a packet >> online?

[32:02] » Well, it's it's nothing. It's it's all new to us, too. I mean, this is just

[32:06] kind of a whirlwind deal. I mean, we We don't, like I said, we don't have any

[32:09] ordinances on the the books as far as that goes other than just following what

[32:13] the state's directive is. >> We're just talking.

[32:18] » Yeah. But I'm just as far as all the

[32:23] » It's just you.

[32:29] So right now, if I'm understanding it, Rex is leaving at the end of se No, end

[32:37] of August. September, maybe next week. I don't know.

[32:39] » Okay. So when the county does take over after he retires, then it'll be the

[32:47] their county will do that. >> We'll appoint somebody probably out of

[32:50] here because it's city. >> Oh, okay.

[32:53] » Yeah.

[32:56] » Okay. And then and then Mr. At that time, you know, it says in our ordinance

[33:01] that, you know, it has to be an arresting officer. But that that's just

[33:04] that is as far a lost to make that call with it's the Texas

[33:09] Fire Prevention, the Texas Commission on Fire Prevention that a fire marshal does

[33:14] not have to be [clears throat] officer. It's up to our local jurisdiction. So

[33:18] basically you can repeal the ordinance depending on how one week when you get

[33:23] down to the end of September that that ordinance can be repealed and then you

[33:28] can you can change change orders to require the fire marshall not to be

[33:33] arresting officer that it can be it can be somebody.

[33:38] So over here back under discuss and consider the national fire prevention

[33:41] association code enforcement parts. Uh I think the easiest thing to do is have

[33:46] that available and we'll uh contact the the people that have already had a

[33:50] permit that we have that for them and we'll go with that and that would

[33:53] basically take care of seeing then wouldn't it

[33:57] » so we need to >> adopt this?

[34:02] » No, I mean that's >> national fire.

[34:04] » It's state law. >> I'm just saying that we to discuss and

[34:08] consider. Basically what we want what I'm saying is we we just have have that

[34:12] packet available to make sure that everything's good but it's not what

[34:15] we're doing. >> Yes. So so when we drafted the agenda we

[34:19] put it out in Tuesday of last week. I was not aware of the 1194 NPA

[34:24] requirement. So and that's that's part of everything that got put together in

[34:28] pack that was put out Friday that this was signed into state law last September

[34:33] by Governor Ab. So, it's it's not it's not as far as us adopting the NFPA code

[34:39] that was adopted back we adopted the code back in 23

[34:43] » and uh and under it's 693 but we we follow the NFPA code but this is this is

[34:51] just Governor Abbott's signing state law and we we have to

[34:57] abide by that. So, we're we're already we're already uh we're already with it

[35:03] as far as as far as what what NFP regulations are out there and I've got

[35:09] it here and I'll make copies for everyone and be found on the internet

[35:13] too, but I'll make copies for everyone and everybody.

[35:17] » So, somebody want to make a motion have that available to pass out to our permit

[35:23] recipients. I will make the motion that we have

[35:31] available. >> Yeah.

[35:35] » All right. That all right with everybody got a motion to do that. You want to

[35:39] second that. Win. >> All right. All in favor?

[35:43] » All right. You vote? >> I

[35:47] » unanimous. Okay. All right. Next up here, discuss and consider creation of

[35:51] city ordinances on RV parks. And as far as

[35:57] I think the city council goes, we don't have any.

[36:03] Is that right? >> Yeah. So,

[36:05] » and other than I think that the idea about uh this maybe discussing the idea

[36:10] of maybe the fencing issue possibly depends on you know something to look at

[36:16] and uh quiet hours and I think uh was also brought up about house numbers

[36:22] that's been brought up in the past and we may just have to put the numbers down

[36:26] for somebody's house on make sure that that's uh visible at those locations too

[36:33] because we have you people doing deliveries. We have uh uh

[36:37] ambulances going out and can't find it. So, we tried to do a deal. The the

[36:42] school was going to sell them one time. We sold a few. But, I think it's

[36:45] something the city council was going to have to go around and put up and charge

[36:50] people $10 or whatever it cost to get that little reflective plate on there.

[36:54] Make sure every house has it uh where they can see it. I've seen ambulances

[36:59] going up and down streets looking for a house with all their lights on.

[37:04] Yeah, I just so so as far as the what was in your packet is you know the

[37:09] ordinances that have been placed for you know surrounding communities and what

[37:13] they put in there. So with that being said in NFPA 1194 I think it it would be

[37:19] a suggestion that maybe the mayor appoint an ad hoc committee that we can

[37:23] go through and we can cross reference 1194 with what what other ordinances

[37:27] that you see in the packet that you may want to far as fencing restrictions. You

[37:32] know, there's there's several things in there. I I haven't gone through 1194 to

[37:35] to see what the the correspondence is between the the other ordinances passed,

[37:40] but that's something I think that we that the mayor needs to put together an

[37:44] ad hoc committee with people with the council members and we go through line

[37:47] by line and cross reference with the line 1194 and then we can present it uh

[37:53] present it and have a hearing for people for review and then make any necessary

[37:57] amendments that go from there.

[38:04] All right. Well, uh I guess as far as that goes, would you be interested in

[38:09] serving on that in that? Anybody else like to volunteer

[38:13] to be part of that? That could be got one more person

[38:17] like serve. >> I'll do it.

[38:19] » You'll put those three on there and then by time we get ready for our next

[38:24] council meeting coming up in uh June, then we can look at that. I don't we

[38:29] don't need to another call meeting right away. Do we?

[38:32] » I don't think so. >> Okay.

[38:36] » All right. Uh we move on that good.

[38:42] You got all that, Molly? >> Yes.

[38:44] » Okay. Discuss and consider amendment to the city building permit.

[38:54] » Yes.

[38:58] I table this to the next city council meeting.

[39:03] » I'll second. >> We got a motion to table that. Second

[39:06] over here. All in favor?

[39:10] » All right. Motion carries. >> Uh that it

[39:21] » all right. Uh I'll see if this council wants to say anything. We'll wrap this

[39:25] meeting up here. >> We still have the That's a city building

[39:28] permit. >> Huh?

[39:29] » We still have E. >> Oh, I thought you saying table that.

[39:34] » No, but together committee on D. Okay. Discuss and consider amendment for the

[39:38] city building for

[39:54] » that question. Was the is the issue or a question of NPA 1194 and the ordinance

[40:01] being limited to the discussion for RV parks?

[40:06] I think it's uh I don't >> I guess one thing is were the board not

[40:12] also looking to all residential structures as an example uh NFPA1 talks

[40:18] of uninhabited dwellings residential the requirement

[40:23] that all combustibles be removed exterior interior property it's a major

[40:29] fire hazard concern as we're experiencing right now wildfires um this

[40:34] is about the health protection and safety of city of Memphis. We need

[40:38] to exped

[40:52] uh we had our open session at the beginning that young lady was making

[40:56] making a comment about uh buyer safety housing buildings as well. So I think

[41:01] lady back here. So that we need to consider that as a whole too. Not just

[41:04] that, but that's what seems to be the hot topic right now. But yeah, you're

[41:08] right. We need to be aware of all that.

[41:20] We're we're we're uh don't have a code on that, a building code, but we follow

[41:25] with the state uh requires.

[41:30] So, you don't you don't have we don't have a building inspector for the city

[41:34] of Memphis. Yeah, some cities do, but we don't have that. And that's

[41:37] » we have it in code. >> What?

[41:41] » In the code that electric will be inspected by the

[41:45] electrical inspector is in >> I don't think so.

[41:50] Jack

[42:01] was >> Did we see something in the code that

[42:04] says electric needs to be inspected? >> Yes, there's a in the building

[42:08] [clears throat] in the building regulations.

[42:12] In the building regulations, we do have uh

[42:16] you know that's under our electrical code, plumbing code, um building

[42:21] inspections official. That's all that's all in there

[42:25] as far as Yes, we're supposed to have those.

[42:28] » Have an inspector? >> Yes.

[42:30] » Yeah. So, like an electrical city never had one.

[42:34] » Yeah. >> When he was here was an inspector when

[42:38] he was here, I believe he did it right. on the building.

[42:58] » So, so with with a plumbing with a plumbing inspection, that's a that's a

[43:02] TCQ requirement for it's a CSI customer service inspection. So that's Texas

[43:08] commission quality makes us do that and that's where we have licensed plumbers

[43:12] go through and before everything's >> somebody tank than the person that's

[43:17] putting it in has to be licensed in order to put [snorts]

[43:22] » the only thing we've ever done on the electrical require a and that's just

[43:27] talking to him that a certified electrician does.

[43:33] We really have no

[43:39] We always require certified electrician to do the jobs which all these that have

[43:45] been putting in right now are the

[43:50] but if there were there's no really nothing we can mention the plumbing

[43:55] basically plumbing part would be our city hooking it up to a city outlet. So

[44:00] you have you have yours there and long as that you know they're okay with that

[44:04] then that takes care of that. >> So so going back going back to your

[44:08] electrical inspection it was it was adopted in 2005. It says uh it's a

[44:14] 402093 office of electrical inspector

[44:18] established says hereby created the office of electrical inspector who shall

[44:22] be appointed by the mayor subject to confirmation by the city council. He

[44:26] shall have at least two years experience as an electrician, shall be good of good

[44:29] moral character, shall be versed in the approved methods of electrical

[44:33] construction for safety of life and property in the national electric code

[44:37] and shall receive such compensation as the city council may decide.

[44:42] » And who was that person?

[44:54] » That's interesting. I went here at that time.

[44:57] » That's interesting. >> Okay, sounds good.

[45:01] » So, just just one thing I believe, correct me if I'm wrong, chief plant,

[45:06] you you've had discussion with some local electric contractors about

[45:09] providing some of this service. But the main thing is if we're requiring

[45:15] them to be licensed, then my next step was I was going to approach

[45:21] somebody approach electric see if they had somebody

[45:25] interested doing it as a per site basis. However much like the plumbing thing I

[45:30] think what are we charging 75 >> so you see what they want for the

[45:38] property have to pay for it.

[45:42] wouldn't be able to

[45:52] » We're not doing this for me. We're just This stuff's been on the books.

[45:57] » So, [clears throat] would all the electrical inspections, the plumbing

[46:00] inspections, would they be also for the Airbnbs in town and the hotels and the

[46:04] rent houses and all that, too? >> Well, it would be any new construction,

[46:08] I would guess, or any addition anytime they touch what's already there when

[46:12] » there's new construction not old construction

[46:17] they're working on if they're coming in to do something the whole idea

[46:20] » is new and existing >> yes so if they're touching what they're

[46:25] already doing you know if they're adding on or whatever what do you have there

[46:29] » section 42 096 um specifically states completion of wiring installation or

[46:35] alteration of any building or structure for light heat power appliance or

[46:38] apparatus uh must be >> that was to go back and check things

[46:43] out. Anything >> new any addition?

[46:52] » Well, so where are we on having to discuss consider the city building

[46:56] permit? We have to find get somebody do that then.

[47:00] » I think the reason I don't think they ever adopted it is they could never get

[47:03] anybody and u electrician

[47:10] » [clears throat] >> probably

[47:18] electrician.

[47:23] » Yeah. >> Since there may not be one specific

[47:26] master electrician in Memphis that would be necessarily obtained by the city of

[47:30] Memphis, could we put together a list of approved master electricians that could

[47:35] do the jobs? >> Yeah. So that it wouldn't be a, you

[47:39] know, >> you don't have to have a person. Yeah.

[47:41] » Yes.

[47:47] » Most people do electrical work around here. They do it because they know how

[47:50] to hook the wires up.

[48:01] here. Somebody want to make a motion to go ahead and follow follow what the

[48:05] ordinance is in ' 05 and

[48:09] work on getting that done. It looks like we should have done it in

[48:19] order. I got a question. So the people that's

[48:22] in construction, how long it's going to take y'all to

[48:26] find somebody? They got to stop construction

[48:30] electrician to uh I mean because up come in after

[48:38] you wait like me myself. Do I need to wait until she get inspector in to

[48:45] inspect before I can rent it out? >> I I would say no. And I don't think I

[48:49] don't want to have to take the heat for all that.

[48:52] » I would say I would say that you know proceed like you've been doing.

[48:56] » Proceed like you've been doing. >> There's code on the book for that as

[48:59] well. >> Huh?

[49:00] » There's already code for that as well. It says a reasonable amount of time.

[49:05] » It says reasonable amount of time. >> The failure to comply statute that's

[49:10] already on the books. It it only specifies a reasonable amount of time.

[49:14] So if you wanted to change that ordinance, you would have to vote on

[49:17] what is reasonable. >> I just think right now priority should

[49:21] be finding somebody getting a list together of approved master electricians

[49:25] and getting it as soon as possible so people that want to do it and are doing

[49:29] it can get up and running and it doesn't nothing comes back later on. It goes

[49:34] ahead and we get this figured out sooner rather

[49:38] than later. >> We should have had this much activity

[49:40] around here since I've been here a few decades. So

[49:44] That's interesting. Great. >> If you're going to build something,

[49:46] you're going to have to have it in electrical inspector.

[49:50] » Electrical and plumbing says once you get it

[49:55] run, >> then they have to come in and inspect it

[49:58] and then they have to over

[50:05] » I think the inspector will >> report back here.

[50:08] » Reports back to us and says it's a go or no go.

[50:11] » You want to say something, Bob? is a majority of the time that your insurance

[50:16] is going to require that your electrical systems are certified

[50:22] and that your uh before you can the electric company will h will hook up

[50:29] anything anymore require that it be >> add on to what your your existing

[50:35] » if you're going to add on they're going to require it be inspected before that

[50:39] before they will put the meter back in And I know your insurance is a big deal

[50:46] on that.

[51:09] Somebody else

[51:20] know how to do it. But again, it goes back to licensing.

[51:29] Somebody want to make a motion we follow up on this at D here. Discuss consider

[51:35] building permit. >> So the second page,

[51:40] » huh? >> Well, I'm talking about E here

[51:44] discussing the city building per this bill. Yes.

[51:50] » Well, that would go back to what's been brought up as far as electrical. make

[51:53] sure they hold that.

[51:58] I >> mean, I guess we better must must make a

[52:00] motion on it. Sound like it's should have been done to add if we have the

[52:05] plumbing right here and saying there will be an additional $75 inspection

[52:09] fee. I think we need to have electrical too.

[52:13] » We need we need to find out for sure if it's only $75,

[52:16] » but I mean we also need to look more into our city ordinances. We need to

[52:20] fact check before we just go to amending and approving stuff. We need to go in

[52:24] and check and make sure we're not contradicting what we already have

[52:28] » because there is some stuff that Leslie just showed me that uh you are allowed

[52:32] to do your own renovation on your own property.

[52:35] » You are in Texas. >> Yeah. Without requiring without getting

[52:39] a permit, >> right?

[52:44] » Well, you can you can make a motion. We can we're going to

[52:49] go over there in that seen

[52:56] » electrical inspector. Can we get our own electrical inspector and then come and

[53:00] show you or submit it to y'all? >> I'm saying I think so. I don't I don't

[53:04] » That's when we're talking about getting a master list of all master electricians

[53:07] in the area that you can go from and call them in and they will uh they can

[53:13] come do the inspection. I know they are saying we need to have our inspection

[53:16] right now. So >> well I mean not right now it'll happen

[53:19] but as soon as it says in a timely manner but you know in children for

[53:23] instance they have a building code inspector. So if anybody does anything

[53:27] in town they have to go by there and sign off on it. So you're at there kind

[53:31] of they're rehearsing but in never had one.

[53:34] » So that's where

[53:37] » Liberty down there. >> Liberty done yours and buddy Billy Buddy

[53:41] Billy Beloon did yours and he's a plumber. You don't have any problems.

[53:45] » All you need is a statement. >> You just have to have it signed off on

[53:49] basically. >> My part's already up and running. I have

[53:52] people there already. >> Yeah.

[53:54] » It's been open for a month now. Well, like I said, this is all this is coming

[53:58] in here pretty quick for city council and and we don't want to make any any

[54:04] dumb decisions or any dumb statements.

[54:08] » That's a first [laughter]

[54:12] and you're already up and running and you know the electrician and the plumber

[54:18] already put it in. Why didn't they sign off on it and submit that to the city?

[54:24] » I would like that. Okay, I think that'd be right by now.

[54:29] » I mean, if they're licensed, that'd be fine, but other than that, if if

[54:32] somebody just wired it up and all that, we may have to go back and get it signed

[54:35] off by somebody that's certified and say, "Yeah, that looks good." Because,

[54:38] you know, you're going to have so you can only hook up so much so much power

[54:42] to so many breakers and so on. And >> so, uh, you know, we want I guess we

[54:47] want to follow what the state regulation is. So,

[54:49] » they can't sign off on their own word.

[55:09] I'm going to make a motion that we table this to the next council meeting

[55:13] » and we need to be looking until then >> on until our next meeting we need to

[55:17] look at making a list of master plumbers and master electricians in the area they

[55:21] can be put on the list Okay. >> So, the people that currently have one

[55:25] running or are currently building one has a list to go by.

[55:30] » All right. Got a motion to go ahead proceed with that. Second by

[55:34] » I'm sorry. A motion to table it. You're seconding that. All in favor?

[55:38] » I. >> All right. That'll wrap us up on that

[55:41] end of it. Council have anything else to say tonight or

[55:44] » on our call meeting? I want to say thanks very much for everybody coming

[55:47] out tonight. Any final comments from the crowd

[55:52] » about anything? I mean, go ahead. >> You know,

[55:57] Memphis is based on agriculture. It has been for my last five decades. Been here

[56:02] before that. And this this this opportunity to have to grow our

[56:09] population, whether it is RV parks or putting a new hotel. So, I'm looking

[56:15] into that, you know. I think we should embrace it,

[56:19] but we do have to go by the state laws, you know, but I don't think we need to

[56:24] treat it. I think what we do for RV parks, what we're going to do to them,

[56:27] we need to do to rent houses that nobody's lived in. I think I think we

[56:32] need to take a while to look at that. I think that's already been versed a

[56:34] little bit. I just wanted to throw that in there as extra. You know, RV parks

[56:39] need to be looked at. I get it. need to go by these new fire codes and stuff,

[56:42] but I think there's a lot of other fires fire potential

[56:47] around that that that's all I wanted to add.

[56:51] » What about you homes in town that burn out, people are

[56:56] living in them, they have no water, electricity. I can point out two or

[57:00] three RVs that are parked, no electricity or water, people living in

[57:04] it, no cure. >> I can drive you around all over town,

[57:08] show you all stuff. And that's what we're looking into. We want to make sure

[57:12] that we are code >> and following state law.

[57:15] » So that that's also going to go back to the ordinance about light clean up and

[57:20] if it's open to the outside get in there, animals, whatever.

[57:26] » If it's a wreck and it's sealed up, then we that they will continue to operate.

[57:31] You want to say something? So with the fencing, does it necessarily have to be

[57:35] a privacy fence or can we just put any fence up that they know not to go on

[57:39] other people's property? >> At the current moment, we have no city.

[57:43] » We don't have to put a fence up if we don't want to.

[57:45] » At the current moment, there's no city. >> But does it necessarily

[57:50] have to be private? I would think >> be something where they go on this side

[57:55] of their property. >> That's that's going to be a ordinance.

[57:57] But I I would think that um uh since there's going to be a number of people

[58:02] over there, it's probably going to want to be a privacy fence, tell the truth.

[58:05] You know, we to hide that people's property and and yours from multipleies.

[58:12] » Why would we have to put one up? I mean, why can't they put their fence up?

[58:17] » Well, we'll just the council have to address that.

[58:20] » Yeah.

[58:23] So >> I can't answer that

[58:25] » on that note. So even state law says you don't have to fence your animals in,

[58:32] you have to fence your animals out. So by saying that, you're exactly right. I

[58:39] don't have to build a fence to hide my property. You have to build a fence so

[58:43] that you don't see it. Does that make sense? It's like the cattle law

[58:47] » open range. So, >> don't and and I'm not saying any of

[58:52] that, right? Like that's what the law says.

[58:54] » Don't we have an ordinance against u abandoned vehicles and they have to be

[58:59] behind a privacy fence? >> So,

[59:02] that does. Yes. Yes. So, I I think the biggest thing is everybody's excited,

[59:06] everybody's nervous. A lot of people do this when they really don't know the

[59:12] facts and we don't know all the facts. All this stuff is due

[59:17] that's coming in and it's overtaking everywhere. So all the council is trying

[59:23] to do is put us in position to make all of y'all successful

[59:29] but do it correctly, right? We don't want to put

[59:33] 20 RVs in a you know what I mean? stacking everything on top. Yes, there

[59:38] are multitude of other issues that need to be addressed by the council. It has

[59:43] been forever. There's abandoned houses. There's

[59:47] » old tires, >> old tires.

[59:50] » I mean, there there's a lot of things that need

[59:54] to be addressed, right? And has been a continuum that's um maybe got pushed

[59:59] aside, you know, like most saying gets pushed off to the back burner.

[1:00:05] But what the council is trying to do is do, we want everybody to be law abiding

[1:00:12] in the construction of stuff. So if the state does come in here, they're going

[1:00:16] to say, "Hey, let me see your stuff." Hey, right here. Not a problem. So

[1:00:21] you're not penalized for doing something wrong. You're following the state law.

[1:00:25] And just because you didn't know about it, I'm sorry. This thing is ain't

[1:00:28] tough. It was published. You should have done your research. Your contractor

[1:00:32] should have done your research. There's no excuse for not knowing. That is truly

[1:00:36] not. You have to be diligent in yourself in knowing the laws and your contractor

[1:00:42] has to be diligent. If you were the general contractor,

[1:00:46] you're liable 100% for everything that was done. If you had someone else as a

[1:00:51] general contractor, they have to do that. That's why they charge their money

[1:00:55] to research and do what's correct so that you're according and they all any

[1:01:00] general contractor does have to follow national code. installation of any

[1:01:05] » I feel if we don't follow follow this that we're not going to be able to give

[1:01:08] out a bid for that >> and that's all we're trying to do

[1:01:11] » we don't want anybody we want people to prosper right I mean this is this is

[1:01:16] about a fiveyear swarm right doors >> well okay yeah so

[1:01:21] » 7 to 10 >> 7 to 10 so anyway I think it's great but

[1:01:24] and we're not absolutely the council is here to make everybody prosperous in

[1:01:30] this I mean all the business are starting up and it's like it's great to

[1:01:34] provide, you know, is to ride and keep keep it done like spoke to so

[1:01:38] everybody's uh protected and their investment.

[1:01:43] » Yeah. You want your you want your investment if I go spend, you know,

[1:01:47] $200,000 on put or whatever it is on putting an army lock. I want to know

[1:01:52] that it's done correctly so somebody can't come in there and shut me down and

[1:01:56] say, "Hey, you didn't do this correctly." And guess what? You're shut

[1:02:01] down. And now then what do I do now? I got to spend another however much money

[1:02:07] to repair, replenish, down that much behind. So that's all we're trying to do

[1:02:11] and this is all. >> Um I know there was a question regarding

[1:02:14] the decibel or noise ordinance and I looked it up. Um, there is a state

[1:02:19] ordinance and Rex can correct me if I'm wrong, but it says that um, if there is

[1:02:24] a noise complaint and the police officer has already gone out, if they go back

[1:02:28] out again and the noise exceeds 85 dB, there is a state statute for that. And I

[1:02:32] I you'll have to ask for what the exact number is, but there is a state statute

[1:02:36] for >> that's not an RV. That is across the

[1:02:40] board noise.

[1:02:52] » All right, we're going to wrap. We're going to wrap our meeting up. Does

[1:02:55] anybody else have anything to say? Because

[1:02:58] » can I commend the >> speaker? Always hold your peace. Yeah,

[1:03:01] » I would like to commend the city and the city administrator for cleaning up some

[1:03:04] of the blight that was already in town when you guys took down some of those

[1:03:08] buildings and cleaned them up and then auctioned them off. You guys did a great

[1:03:11] job in that and that was amazing because you didn't just sell a dilapidated

[1:03:15] property for somebody else to figure out. You guys took care of the problem

[1:03:19] and you made it an effective solution and you were able to cover your cost

[1:03:22] with it. I think you guys should be commended for that. So, thank you very

[1:03:25] much. >> You're doing a good job.

[1:03:26] » You guys are doing a good job. This all this is this RV deal is just

[1:03:31] all of a sudden you tell that we we already

[1:03:36] look at old fire. >> Yeah. Well, that guy brought the dump

[1:03:40] over there for his fence. >> All right, we're going to wrap it up.

[1:03:43] So, >> hold on. I'm going to have something to

[1:03:44] say. >> I would just say um yeah, I commend the

[1:03:48] council on the work that you guys have in front of you. It is going to be a

[1:03:51] very arduous task. Uh you're going to make a lot of people upset. You're going

[1:03:55] to make a lot of people happy. But I I would just ask you to you know remember

[1:04:00] that the the job of the council is not even so much growth in this state of

[1:04:04] population to people go to Alba that it is technically the 198

[1:04:11] but but growth is prosperity for the people that are here the investors that

[1:04:15] are here um and you have a really unique opportunity I have to be very aware of

[1:04:18] what's about to happen uh here not just south you know children's burn area but

[1:04:24] it's also coming Memphis. Um, so there is a unique opportunity that Memphis can

[1:04:29] see a resurgence and growth and uh become a very desirable place in the

[1:04:34] panhandle. But you guys are going to make some people upset in the process.

[1:04:37] Uh, but but for the greater good of what you've been elected to do

[1:04:42] power. >> Well, our main job and mind and council

[1:04:47] is we're going to be fair all the way across the board. We don't have we're

[1:04:50] not going to nitpick anything. We're going to that's the way it is. Be here

[1:04:54] and that's I think that's the easiest way to go. Okay. Somebody want to make a

[1:04:58] motion to adjurnn? Got a motion to adjurnn.

[1:05:03] » Second by Melissa. All right. All in favor.

[1:05:07] » Again, thank you very much for coming out for our call meeting tonight. We

[1:05:10] appreciate it. >> Yeah. I'm glad everybody showed up.

[1:05:13] Always everybody showed up every time. Our next count.

Special City Council Meeting - May 18, 2026

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