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You are welcome to the city council. I will lead the prayer of the pledge and
then we'll go into our ceremony. For those who'd like to participate, please
do so. Most gracious heavenly father, we come to you today asking you to
strengthen our city. strengthen the leaders, strengthen [snorts] the
workers, and strengthen the residents. Father, we ask that you give us clarity
and understanding tonight in this meeting so that we walk away not
confused, but understanding what our task is at hand. Father, we know that
you're able. We say these in the mighty name of Jesus. And they all say, "Amen."
» Amen. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the
republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and
justice for all.
» Roll call, madam clerk. >> Council member Young
» here. Council member Seals, >> present.
» Council member Balls, >> present.
» Mayor Prom Garcia, >> yes.
» Council member Oach, >> present.
» Council member Bradock, >> present.
» Council member Wigan, >> present.
» Council member Hammond, >> present.
» And Mayor Moore, >> present.
» You have all members present. >> Thank you. I'd like to welcome everyone
to our nice city council meeting. It is being it will be shown on our web page
as well as on what is it?
Now it'll be on it'll be on the TV as well as on our page
» on social media. I ask that everyone especially my colleagues put your phones
your phones on silent as well as your iPad.
Audience if I can ask you to do the same thing. It is so disruptful when the
phone rings. I know I've been guilty so you don't have to remind me.
This is a public meeting. We ask that you don't boo clap any obnoxious
behavior. This is a meeting that is being recorded. So, please govern
yourself accordingly. Madam clerk, do we have any announcements?
» Yes. Mayor, we have one. This is the last week for yard waste collection. If
you have any left, please place them in a paper yard waste bag or a marked bin
and place at the curb for collection. We have a proclamation on the agenda
tonight. It's recognizing December 1st, 2025 as World AIDS Day. Do we have a
representative? Do we have a representative? Please come
to the podium while they read
while they read the proclamation to you, sir. Amen.
» Okay. Good evening. City of Sagen proclamation whereas world aid day takes
place on the 1st of December each year. It's opportunity for people worldwide to
unite in the fight against HIV, to show support for people living with and
affected by HIV, and to remember those who lost their lives to AIDS. And
whereas this year's World's AIDS Day theme, overcoming disruption,
transforming the AIDS response, highlights the challenges such as
funding cuts while celebrating the resilience of communities working to
eradicate HIV AIDS by 2030. It also marks the 37th anniversary of this
observance. And whereas over the past 37 years, there has been significant
progress progress in in addressing HIV AIDS thanks to advancements in medical
research, increased access to treatment and prevention and a broader
understanding of the virus. And whereas we have seen countless examples how
community activism and solidarity have once again been paramount in providing
people affected by HIV with information, services, social protection, and hope.
On World's AIDS Day, we remind that no challenge can defeat the underlying
American spirit. Together, we will continue to make progress in our efforts
to fight a cure for HIV AIDS and to ensure that all Americans live healthier
and happier lives. And whereas we are grateful for organizations like Great
Lakes Bay Health Centers that offer prevention, treatment, and counseling
for HIV. This includes medical care and on-site laboratory, medication,
insurance, testing, transportation assistance, and other supportive
services. We thank them for all their commitment to support those living with
and affected by HIV and AIDS. Now, therefore, be it resolved, I, Brenda F.
Moore, mayor of the city of Sagena, do hereby proclaim December 1st, 2025 as
World AIDS Day in the city of Sagena and urge all residents of our community to
join me in appropriate activities to remember those who have lost their lives
to AIDS and to provide support and compassion for those living with HIV. In
witness whereof, I have here unonto set my hand and cause the seal of the city
of Sagena to be affixed this day of December. This first day of December in
the year of our Lord 2025. Signed by Brenda F. Moore, Mayor of
Sagena, Council Members Priscilla Garcia, Mayor Prom, Councilman Michael
D. Balls, Councilman Eric D. Bradock, Senior, Councilwoman Carly Rose,
Hammond, Councilman Bill Ostach, Councilwoman Ceenta Seals, Councilwoman
Heidi G. Wiggins, and Councilman Tobias Young, and also by our city manager, Tim
Morales. [applause]
» Sh.
» Thank you.
My hands are >> Thank you, Precious.
» Please have words. [laughter]
» I'm Angela Williams. I'm senior vice president at Great Lakes. And as you
were reading the proclamation, what came to my mind is I was responsible for
starting this program in 2006 where stigma and sagena was
not embracing. And bringing a program such as what we have here to this
community has made a significant impact on people living with HIV and AIDS who
before Great Lakes started this program would have had to travel to Detroit for
services. And what is remarkable throughout these years is the number of
our patients who are still living as of first patients in our clinic in 2006. So
thank you to the city council, the county commissioners who have always
supported our program and you support the efforts of Great Lakes Bay Health
Center. So thank you. >> Thank you.
» You want to talk? [applause]
Madam clerk, >> it takes us to public input.
» The clerk will call you to the podium. Please speak loudly and clear enough so
that we can understand no booing, obnoxious behavior, please.
Madame clerk, >> our first speaker is Stephanie Curtis.
» Good evening, council members. Thank you for letting me come.
» Louder than that. >> You talk louder than that.
» I can talk louder than that. >> I know when you're with your kids.
» Um I am the current director of operations with the Boys and Girls Club
of the Great Lakes Bay region. Um I just wanted to thank you for the opportunity
and provide uh the city council and the city with an update on what we've been
up to um as far as the Boys and Girls Club. Each of you did get a packet
tonight with the location of our clubs in our current school year and an
Isabella Bank current um competition that we are in. But I wanted to
highlight a few of our key initiatives currently. Um we are currently serving
across all of our clubs in the region 400 youth daily and during the summer
500 with about 200 being here in the city of Sagena. Um we're excited about
the opportunity before you this evening regarding the adopt a park application
for Crayola Park. Our members and staff and volunteers are super excited um
about taking an active role in maintaining the park and supporting the
beautifification efforts and ensuring it remains a safe and welcoming um space
for youth and families in our community. Second, um we want to uh continue to
deepen our presence in engaging with community uh events across Sagena.
Whether it's neighborhood gatherings or school partnerships uh and city
sponsored celebrations, our goal is to show up consistently and strengthen our
relationships and ensure families uh know that the Boys and Girls Club is
here for a resource and to be a partner. Third, we recently met with Cassie uh
and Jamie uh regarding a little library that's located near the splash pad. Um
our team is ready already making plans to keep it stocked with their donated
books and have it maintained for our club members and city uh members as
well. So we are excited about the encouragement uh for literacy sharing
the neighborhood connection and appreciate that opportunity within the
community. And fourth, our biggest project, uh, one we're super and
incredibly proud of, uh, is the development of our teen center here in
Sagena. We are advancing our current capital campaign to couple with the ARPA
funding award. Uh, and that momentum is super strong right now. So, the center
will provide teens with a safe place uh, featuring leadership development,
academic support, uh, career exploration, workforce readiness, and
mental uh, wellness programming. So, it represents a major investment for the
city of Sagena and the future of our children. And finally, um I want to
extend a personal invitation to anyone um at the meeting. If you would like to
tour our current club, um please feel free to reach out. Um we have a newly
renovated STEM room on our Forney Street uh club and it offers a lot of hands-on
robotics, coding, and some really a 300-galon fish tank. Uh so it's very
amazing. Um but thank you for your continued partnership and commitment to
the young people in Sageno. >> Thank you.
» Our next speaker is Miguel Torres.
How you doing? My name is Miguel Torres and uh I have a nonprofit organization
called Fiesta Kona and uh we do annual events in the in the community. Um we do
two big events. One for Hispanic Heritage Month, which is the third week
in September. It's a three-day event. Then also we just started another one uh
four years ago at the SVRC for Cinco de Mayo on May 5th of every year. And uh
the purpose of our organization is to promote music, culture, and arts and the
and promote upandcoming artists in the Latino community and pe anybody that
wants to get their name out there in music. And so we provide the platform at
these two events every year. And uh we're looking for, you know, and also I
do a publication called Kaya, which I left some copies uh with the city clerk.
So, um, that comes out every month in the community and, uh, it's a free
publication that promotes the community, businesses, and also events and other
things going on in the community. So, uh, you can look for that every month.
But basically the reason why I'm coming here is because we do these two events
in the city and uh we're looking to partner with the city council or anybody
any businesses that you know want to participate in these two events that we
do for Hispanic Heritage Month and Cinco de Mayo. So um if there's any funding
out there uh we're always you know if you could let us know and we you know
like to know how we can apply for that for funding for because these events are
free for the community. So, I mean, we just want to make sure we just want to
keep these events in the city and keep our community with some, you know, keep
positive things in our community. We want to keep it here in the city. So,
um, so that's pretty much it right there for me. Anybody?
» Thank you, sir. >> Okay. All right. Thank you.
» I'm sorry. We don't answer back. We just listen. Our next speaker is Melanie
Velasco.
» Hi, my name is Melanie Velasco. Um, Miss Moy said that these pictures might be
incriminating to say it all. I'm so sorry, [laughter]
but uh I took many pictures of some crazy things. I've seen cars and
vehicles parked on grass where it's just a pick and choose who gets a ticket. On
the one of the meetings I came on the way here, um, one of those lovely road
construction bull crap was right there on the bridge, right on the ground,
right in the road. So, you got like 13 of that lovely. They was able when the
wind is blowing and there's an accident. All that stuff needs to get cleaned up.
There's a pictures of here of a good place where you could uh get the
homeless from freezing to death out there and the crackheads and the meth
addicts from wandering around. Here's a sidewalk all binded all up. Dripping
swall possibly. Okay. You got And then if people are going to cut their grass,
can they put their rubbish uh like in bags so that it don't clog the drain and
flood the waters? Here's those AT&T things. I Oh, excuse me. Plug
in. Well, anyway, you got 13 copies of this silly nonsense stuff that, you
know, I've lived in Montrose and I've lived in St. Charles and they live in
chain. Senine I came back family's here.
They're dying. Not because of Sageno's corrupt. But who do I give this to? I'm
going to probably leave as soon as I get all the education I can leave. I'm going
to leave Sageno because if I can't make it better and these pictures and and
Sageno don't start looking good, people are coming here now and they want they
want to see it cleaned up and it's looking like who do I give these to?
» CLA. >> Who?
» Right here. >> Oh, okay. Hold on. Thank you. All right.
So, if you don't get cleaned up, I'm not here and y'all might miss you might. I
don't know if you will. But anyway, um yeah, that's what I feel. Yeah. I But I
love y'all. >> Thank you.
» She's the most gorgeous. She should be a lawyer. All the rest of you guys, you
could be her backup helpers. [laughter] Have a good night.
» Thank you. >> Thank you. [applause]
» Our next speaker is Mike Thompson.
» Hello all. I'm Mike Thompson and my family lives
on North Fat Street and my topic tonight is citizen involvement with a proposal
that hopefully might improve how you communicate with the public. So, I'm not
giving my opinion on the tax caps or anything else ARPA or anything else.
Just from my experience, I think it would help if you did this.
The proposal is on a trial basis that you start at five o'clock and you
have a committee of the whole until 6 and then take a break and then have your
business meeting at 6:30. The committee of the whole of course
would be an hour-long discussion on a specific topic where you don't take any
action at the committee of the whole and you do not have to have a quorum. It's
your chance to plan and dialogue and I'm seeing an absence of that happening
which is why I'm suggesting that you try this. Um, for example,
one committee the whole might be the property tax caps. Of course, one week
you might have the county land bank. You might really need to talk to the land
bank from what I've been hearing. And another one would be the consortium of
emergency assistance providers or your own DDA or your own scenic.
Give each group some time, not just five minute presentation, and
then have a good discussion. You might say that's what you do at your
annual January planning sessions, which this year will be January 23rd, I
believe, but it's different if you do it every two weeks. and be consistent with
it instead of just doing it once a year. Then you have ongoing planning.
Um it would not just be for idle talk. An example
of a committee of the whole in 1984 that I observed was about how to bring bridge
the east west gap. You know 1984 that was kind of bigger and from that
committee the whole you ended up converting this old
locker room into the Anderson Center. You wouldn't be here right now if you
didn't have that kind of discussion going on. So that is why I am
encouraging you maybe start on December 15th with the property tax caps instead
of waiting until your planning session late in January. Maybe come in two weeks
and have a committee the whole on that and get started before the new year
ends. [clears throat] It's just a proposal for how to do business. Again,
I'm not giving my opinion except I think you should put both the property tax
gifts and the income tax on the ballot next spring because I'd like to see what
you would do with a general fund that's about 10% higher than you have now.
» Thank you for listening. >> Thank you.
» Thank you.
» Our next speaker is Serenity Seac.
Hello. Hello, Councilman. I am here to um announce to you that I am running for
Senate District 35. There are six of us, so um I might not have been the first
one here, but I'm hope I'm the most memorable and for all the right reasons.
Um so, I'm running on making life more affordable for working families. Um, we
need to lower health care costs. We need to support our working parents. Um, we
need to push forward legislation that gets us closer to a singlepayer health
care system. We need to expand our existing child care programs with the
goal of universal child care. And we need to protect the principles of
democracy, dignity, and self-determination. If you'd like to
have um a word with me, if you have a question, I will be here till um the end
of uh the meeting and also for a few minutes after. Um I have uh some
literature for the council members. Thank you.
» Thank you. >> Our final speaker is Jeff Plus.
» Thank you.
» Good evening, council. Good evening. Uh, I really agree with this this one lady
here that was speaking previously because I'm having the same problem. Uh,
this morning uh, snow plows came down my street.
Instead of plowing snow, they were plowing leaves. I ended up with a whole
bunch of pile of leaves in front of my house. Over the weekend, I picked up
every leaf from my yard. I picked up I went out to the street and picked leaves
up by by hand in the street, cleaning the street up. And now I got all these
leaves piled up in front of my house. And I took pictures if you guys would
like to see how bad this looks. And I'm really upset. I c I contacted uh a lot
of the city departments this morning about cleaning the mess up and uh the
only response I could get was to come here and talk to you people about it
getting cleaned up. I went out there to do it myself and uh I'm 75 years old or
76 years old. I'm losing track. 76 and I I thought I was having a heart attack
and I couldn't continue with it much longer so I had to quit. But it's a real
it's a real mess. And uh almost the entire one driving lane in front of my
house is just covered with leaves and branches. Little branches though, but
most of the cars have to drive around it. They can't they don't even have a
way to get through really unless they drive through those leaves.
So, and I don't I don't know if you guys can discuss anything that can be done
about it. I'd like to know. That's what I'm here for. I'd like to find out
whether something can be done if one of you people could tell me. Could could
possibly the city come and clean up the mess and then send that my neighbor the
bill for the leaves that he didn't want to rake up. Is that possible? Can I get
an answer? No, >> we really don't answer. But I heard you
say that earlier. But we actually had a department head here
» who was probably going to tap you on the shoulder as soon as you sit down to talk
to you. >> Okay. Cuz I talked to environment
environmental. >> Okay.
» And uh they did not they said you're just stuck with the mess. That's what
she said. So now I do everything to keep my yard
looking nice. And it's I can't believe the mess that it made. And it's all all
the leaves are in my a lot. I shoved a lot of out of my easement, but there's
still a lot in the street. And it doesn't look very Christmy
if I can say that. It looks pretty bad. >> We will make sure you get a response,
sir. >> Uh, somebody will talk to me. I'm sure
you're in here. >> I'm sure.
» Okay. Thanks. >> I'm sure.
» Thank you.
» That takes us to remarks of councel.
first today. >> Thank you so much. Council person, you
now have three minutes as well. >> Three minutes. Get everything you want
to say in your three minutes. And tonight we will begin
with Councilman Ostach.
» Thanks, Mayor. Um Mr. Plus, I feel your frustration. I've had the same thing
happen to me before and then [clears throat] it froze and I couldn't
take care of it. So, our city staff will will talk to you and he probably tagged
you on the show. So, >> um stuff does happen and that's why
we're glad that you come and bring it to our attention. Anything like that in the
future, contact streets. >> I did contact them.
» Okay. Then they had me talk to environmental and then
» Okay. >> And they're the ones that city council
meeting. >> All right. Okay. They'll they'll they'll
contact you. >> Okay. Thanks.
» Yep. Um, we did have a proclamation tonight and I
want to talk about that a little bit more. Um, I want to thank Great Lakes
Bay Health Centers and everything that you do do in the community. Um, they are
just down the street from me on Ho Avenue. Uh, that's where a lot of these
services are provided at the hearth home which is now Great Lakes Bay Health. Um,
[clears throat] HIV prevention. I'd like to talk about
that a little bit tonight. It is called PREP or preexposure prophylaxis. I'm not
a doctor, but if they can help you with this as well. And also if if this pill
is taken or there's actually a shot now, if it's taken, it's 99.7%
effective against HIV if taken daily. So that that is very important. Um
also too, they can also help you with some other things. It's called doxy
prep. And these are things that we probably don't talk about a lot in the
community, but these are things that are available. What is doxy prep? Doxy prep
is something that you if you think that you've been exposed to an STI or an STD,
this is an antibiotic that can be taken the next day to prevent that. So those
uh those diseases are also things that they can help you deal with, give you
information on. So I suggest you give them a call at 989-753911
if you're interested.
Um let me see here. Just a few other things that went on over the last couple
weeks. I had the opportunity with our mayor and mayor prom. Uh we went to the
east side soup kitchen for their Thanksgiving Day meal. Uh it was a
wonderful event. Uh there's a lot of donations that you can take there too.
So they're always looking for clothing or toiletries or undergarments. Um but I
want to thank Diane Keenan and the entire staff at the East Side Soup
Kitchen for everything that you do every day for the community, not just on the
holidays. Also, we did have some fun. So we had the Christmas parade. Uh it was a
nice day. the sun was shining so it wasn't too cold. Uh but uh thanks to
city staff like Rachel Hazesca who sets that up for us. And also a special
thanks to Bill Georgees, the owner of Mike's Record for always providing the
flatbed and this year again had it wonderfully decorated uh with Christmas
trees and such like that. Uh anybody who's interested, there's something else
that's coming up. The county parks is going to be having a Santa's holiday
hike. That'll be Friday, this coming Friday on the 5th from 5 to 6:30. Looks
like here Santa's going to be there along with lots of food, snacks, and hot
cocoa. And I am done. Thanks. >> Thank you. Next, we have Councilman
Bredo. >> Uh, thank you, Madame Mayor.
[clears throat] Um, just real quick, I don't have much to say. I'll just say
far as the Hispanic um, Mr. Torres, as far as Hispanic heritage, [snorts]
you know, I live downtown, so I really enjoyed those the Hispanic heritage u
festivals that they have there. I'll be looking forward to the food trucks. I
think I hit all of them so far. So, you know, I'll be looking forward to it. And
the music be I mean, they be all the way to about like 9:30, 10:00 they be out
there jamming. So, um I really would like to see that stay in our city as
well. But, um far as that though, I just like to, you know, say that, you know, I
appreciate all the people that's putting in the good work in our city and let's
continue to highlight and and and get behind those people. Other than that,
that's all I have. >> Thank you. [clears throat] Thank you.
Next we have Councilwoman Wiggins. >> Thank you, Mayor Moore. Uh thank you to
all the public speakers today. Appreciate your input. Um we love
hearing from our community and thank you for giving back to the community,
letting us know what you need cuz that's why we're here. Um
just a couple of announcements. There is another
uh citywide collective uh food distribution that's going to happen on
the 6th. No, um the 4th. Yes. Thursday, Thursday the 4th at Mount Olive, which
is located on um 6th Avenue, North 6th Avenue in Sagena, and that's going to be
from 11 to 1:00 p.m. If you know anybody that has uh food insecurity, lives in
the city of Sagena, um they can go come there. It's going to be like a
drive-through setup. And I'm sure like our last one we had, there were also
walkups cuz not everyone has a vehicle. So, um that's from 11 to 1:00 and that's
uh on the 4th. uh the NAB um a place that's that's does a lot for the
community on Russell Street here in Sagena. They're going to have pancakes
and story time with Santa and the elves and that's going to be on uh Saturday uh
126 from 11 to 1:00 p.m. I was able to go last year and it was a good time. It
was just a fun time with the community. Got to see a bunch of cute kids and have
pancakes and it was really jazzy Santa. He was a really cool dude. So, it was uh
really nice to to do that. Um they also have a a pantry pickup. I believe it's
the third Thursday of this month. [clears throat] So, again, if you have
food insecurity, um that's going to be on the third Thursday of this month. And
you can get information uh by contacting the NAB. Um in general, like I I did get
to volunteer at the soup kitchen. It was uh a couple a week or so before
Thanksgiving. It was a group of uh a lot of good businesses. Uh volunteers were
there. Got to take my daughter and um I appreciate everyone that volunteers
there on a daily basis. Um I do encourage like there are a lot of
volunteers around the holidays. If you can contact and if you're interested in
volunteering, ask them what their light volunteer days are. Um because there's
always a need. So um there's millions of ways to get involved. a lot of people
doing great things in this community. Just reach out, try to find something to
give back. So, thank you for the everyone that does. That's all I have.
» Thank you. Next, we have Councilwoman Henry.
» Thank you. Um to Mr. Plus, um I apologize you. So, if if you want to
reach out in the future um to council and you have pictures or something to to
send, um the best way to do that is we have a form on the website. You can't
attach a picture, but when you fill out the form, send it to all council
members. we can respond and you get our individual emails. The one thing I will
say is that our spam filter autoblocks like large files. So if you try to send
too many it won't work. So um in the future we you know we'll [snorts] have a
back and forth if if that's something that you need to transfer a digital
file. Um so uh the other thing I wanted to mention uh is to um Mr. Thompson on
the citizen engagement proposal. I think that's a fantastic idea. Um, I also
agree that we don't get enough opportunity to kind of go topic by topic
and engage our community stakeholders in an open environment where people can
come and speak, where we can inform each other as council members and kind of
take that time to delve into the issues most at hand. Um, kind of like single
subject meetings, but committee the whole meeting. So, I'll I'll I'll follow
up with my fellow council members because I I think maybe not that part
particular format at that particular time or that partic that often, but I
agree that there needs to be some other opportunity for for for essentially deep
diving and open discussion on topics um rather than, you know, needing a motion
and maybe it's brought up under miscellaneous business and then it's
rushed because it's at the end of the meeting. I I agree. I think there should
be more opportunity for engagement. Um, the last thing I wanted to mention is,
um, for those in the community who have been following the federal budget fight,
um, obviously a lot of that affects nonprofits, organizations, our own
community here in Sagena, and it's far from over. Um, there are large
programmatic changes particularly to HUD, uh, the Department of Housing and
Urban Development that I've been following that are very, very scary.
They have a lot of implications for housing and lack of housing um
potentially uh aggravating our issue of homelessness here in the city. So stay
alert, pay attention, uh contact your representatives if you feel so inclined.
Um because there are potentially major changes that could impact our community.
Um, and some change is that with those programs
and with that funding, if if you cut a program by 60 or 70%, you have to cut
staff, you don't get that back. That's toothpaste you can't really put back in
the tube. Um, so I'd urge people to, you know, inform yourself on those programs,
on those topics, and where in your community those uh organizations are
having these conversations and where we're going to need folks to come
together in the future. Thank you. Thank you. Next we have Councilman
Young. >> Thank you, Mayor. Um, I'd like to first
start with uh last week I did a ride along with the police department and
that was uh very informative to see how their technical systems tie in with the
laptops, the radios, the camera systems, then also to hear a call come in to see
how it's dispatched out, how they respond, and how they uh report it. So
that was uh very informative. Um I'd also like to mention that not this
Saturday but next Saturday there will be a local developers meeting at uh 2040
James and uh this is where the the uh neighborhood in neighborhood services
and inspection department. So that's the zoning, the inspections, everyone will
be there. And um calling out to a lot of the landlords, local developers, and
anybody who's in the interested in acquiring properties. You know, uh
sometime it could be intimidating to get a vacant property or a vacant piece of
land. There's a lot of people in the community who want to do that, but it's
a intimidating process. So to make it less intimidating, you know, this has
been an initiative of mine that I'd like to thank the staff for uh getting
behind. And this also ties into a lot of the ordinance changes to make it more
development friendly for the uh local uh developers to just acquire properties
and develop them and not be so intimidating. So, if you have any
questions or um they'll also pull out information for existing landlords who
maybe want to upgrade their housing cuz there are state and federal funds to
upgrade the HVAC units, uh the roofs, windows, things like that. So, you'll
have all this information in one place. So, if you're interested in getting
properties and develop them, a lot of um businesses come from housing, you know,
dayc carees, AFC homes, and they have different uh requirements and
inspections that the city may require. So, you have your opportunity to get all
that information in in one place. And um my hope is that it will like uh spur
some local development, you know, so that residents will start grabbing these
empty lots and getting the vacant properties and and it's a partnership
with the city. They're here to help you get your businesses open. So that's my
hopes of that. So that'll be uh next Saturday uh December 13th from 11:00
a.m. to 12:30 and that'll be at 2040 James. So, I'll be putting that
information out again, but it'll happen before we have another council meeting.
So, I feel like it was important to put that out right now. So, that's all I
have. >> Thank you. Next, we have councilwoman
Seal. >> Thank you, Madame Mayor. Um,
[clears throat] I attended an event with the mayor. Um,
it was a couple of weeks ago. We were here at the Anderson Center.
Uh it was with the gingerbread houses and um it was a great event
and it was a [sighs] lot of kids and a lot of families. Uh
it's the weekend uh right before Thanksgiving
and um I don't know who the winner was that actually won the actual event that
had the best gingerbread houses, but I know a lot of parents had to pop a lot
of kids hands because the kids wanted to eat all the candy. The ginger bear
houses were beautiful. Um it was so many people out that weekend uh before
Thanksgiving. Just to see the city of Sagenar residents out and about um here
at the Anderson um over in Oldtown Sagenol. Uh Sagenol was bustling. It was
a beautiful night. It wasn't It was pretty chilly, but just to see people
out and about in Sagenol was a beautiful thing. Um I don't know if we had any
incidents but I didn't hear about anything and I live over here in the
neighborhood and it was a beautiful evening just to see Sagena for two
nights. Uh have a great time for this just in the spirit of the holidays.
Um I enjoyed myself and um and it was just a we had a great time. Um we gave
out a lot of it wasn't really candy. I think we just gave out swag.
» Yeah. Okay. She called it swag [clears throat] but it was
» swag sag. Yeah, it was sagenov swag. So, uh people were excited to get it, but I
think they were more interested in the in the gingerbread houses, but uh it was
a great thing to see. Um [clears throat] the uh also the um
the parade was pretty cool to be a part of that with the council members um
Mayor Pro Tim and Bill and Heidi. Um, we also had a great time on and during that
parade and we gave out a lot of candy. It was a lot of people out there um at
the parade. I think um from last year that was my first parade. So, this is my
second parade this year and I think that the parade this year was much bigger
than the one last year. So, we had a lot of people out this year. So, it was
great to see uh people coming out to the parade. So, I think this year it was
just more people coming out and sagen all just participating in the events.
So, I was happy to see Sagena coming out to participate, seeing the kids out. Um,
I think we're we're on the up and up, guys. We're on the up and up and seeing
Sagena out and about and it wasn't anything negative. It was all positivity
and in the spirit of the holidays. So, that made me happy. Um, I want to
encourage people, too. A lot of people still saying there's nothing to do, but
people were out and doing things. There are a lot of um this is an artifact
right here and I'm not for sure where exactly we would get these or are we
getting these from the city >> these are at city hall.
» So they picked these up from the Anderson. So pick these up. These have a
lot of information in them. So make sure you get this and you can find out where
we're having all the events in Sagenov.
» Next we have Councilman Balls. >> Thank you madame mayor.
I don't have a lot to say today, but I would like to uh thank the lady from the
Boys and Girls Club for coming speaking. U you know, Frigid Douglas once said,
"There's easier to build strong children than repair broken men."
» And our community centers here in the city of Sagenov is uh charged with
trying to help build strong children. Um, we had the opportunity to uh put
some of the ARPA money into the community centers. Uh, all the community
centers actually closed when the ARPA money got here. Uh, it was my buck and
me and some other council people and we chose to put money in the community
centers because we know it's easier to build stronger children it is to repair
those broken men. Um, and that's my passion too by being in
the Big Brothers and Sisters program. You know, I see a lot of kids don't have
any parents at fathers at home and you can see what way they're going to end up
if somebody don't mentor these kids. So, I want to commend the Boys and Girls
Club Big Brothers and Sisters program for doing what you do. Thank you so
much. You know, it would be nice to have a statistics of uh all the kids that
come to the community centers to find out where they at 10, 15, 20 years
later. you know, we don't sometime people think they pour in the kids and
it don't work or something like that. This way we can know the what happened.
Um, I guess I'm one of the first world community kids so y'all can see what
happened to me. But you but you don't know what happened in between that time.
But [laughter] uh eventually uh I got to the point where I I started caring about
my community the same way those people cared about me when I was at the First
World Community Center and Civotan as a kid. Um
uh I had a guy uh um
uh I was in a car accident as a kid, nine years old. Um four people in the
car, my grandfather and two of his friends. I'm only survivor of that
accident. Um
the guy that stayed around the corner, Arthur Redeemer, had the opportunity. He
wanted to tell me he was he been trying want to tell me this for years but he
finally had opportunity to tell me that he pulled me out of that car and uh you
can imagine the emot emotions that I felt when he told me that you know asked
him you know did you see the the other people in the car he said man they was
gone you know I said that's my grandfather and uh you know I'm really
uh it really tore me up a little bit knowing that this guy wanted a child
used to be his brother and I went to school together I never knew this and
he's like four years older than me so he told me that and it brought about all
kind emotions and it made me think about uh some of the things that I do in the
community by working with kids and and maybe that's one of the reasons why
somebody pulled me out. So, I'm trying to pull some other kids out too. So, I
thank God for the opportunity that I have, you know, to to do that today and
to serve on this city council and to be able to put money in uh community
centers so we can help build a better city for this.
Thank you. >> Thank you. Next, we have Mayor
Proam Garcia. >> Good evening, concerned citizens of the
community. Thank you for coming this cold evening. Um the 1st of December
already, end of the year. Um thanks to the Boys and Girls Club for updating us.
It's always good to hear how the ARPA dollars turned out. Um we've had some of
our other past recipients come to and so it just helped us know that we're doing
good and we did great things with that money. Like it was a blessing and a
curse um to it. And I came in at one of the hardest times, but I'm glad I did
because I've learned a lot um with these past three years. Um sidewalks,
pictures. Thanks Melanie for keeping um updates for us because sometimes we
don't know. Sometimes um citizens call us and you know make us aware we can't
be everywhere at all times. So it does help when we have our citizens contact
us. Um I know you guys know the beautiful Sagenov sign out there, but it
does have a purpose on our um community website. So if you ever want to go on
there, it doesn't just look cool out there. It actually has a purpose. and um
you can pay your bill, you can look up property, you can report a us concern on
there, um the road closure. So, there's a lot of great things on there. Also,
there's some surveys on there you could do um that we appreciate the feedback
and they take about 5 minutes. There's a couple of them that I see on there that
we need um for our streets and um there was another one on there. So, if you
want to go on there and help us with that because that reports any concerns
or things so that way when we get the funding and stuff that we can make, you
know, those decisions with Higher Up and let them know that this is what's going
on in our city. Um, and it really does help for the feedback. I always do all
my um extra coupon ones when I do my stuff cuz it does help and people don't
realize it. Um, also it was a busy holiday. Um, some of um the council
members, we were giving out turkeys on North Michigan at McDonald's. It was
cold, but we were out there giving back to our community. We did the East Side
Soup Kitchen and then the braid, the parade, of course. It wasn't as cold as
the past years, but um it was really nice. It turned out really great. And um
I'm happy to see all the people that came out and supported us. And Friday
night was really busy. I didn't watch the fireworks cuz I was already too
cold, but I mean it was amazing to see both sides of the city down here really
booming people in line. I rode one of the little buses cuz I got made it one
way and I'm like, "Forget it. I'm taking the bus, but it was really warm. It was
a great time. I'm glad I went. And um really quick, uh Santa's elves second
annual Christmas giveaway, 701 Hes Avenue, Saga, Michigan, this Saturday
from 11 to 2. Um it's really nice at the church. They give each child a toy
according to their age, they get to select one. So if you know anybody still
that's in need um this Saturday to make sure you go out. And then Friday also um
Heart of the City um is Saturday as well, I'm sorry. um from noon to 2.
That's 7:30 South 14th Street. Uh newborn to 16 years old. You get a box
of groceries to each family. They're going to have hot dogs and chips. And
they're having uh raffles, too. Uh gift giveaways such as TVs, gift cards, food,
and meat boxes. At 12:20, the raffle stops. So, if you know anybody, send
them that way. Thank you. >> Okay. So, by the time it gets to me,
everybody's been uh my public speakers, you know, it it it it's always good to
hear and I do believe people think that we everywhere. I wish I could be. As for
the gentleman, Mr. Jeff, I sympathize
cuz when I shove up my snow, it never fails. However,
I've learned how to adjust, but I'm not telling you to adjust. You know, I
learned how to adjust. Um, it has been a busy last two weeks. Um, a multitude of
things have happened, but the one good thing happened is that on two on two
Fridays ago, it had two Fridays ago, this city was lit up like a Christmas
tree. This city,
» if nothing else, >> we represented
» the city of Sagenaron. >> Me and Councilwoman Seals, we had the
opportunity to sit in the lobby, which wasn't in the cold, but we sat in the
lobby uh and we gave our swag. I believe in showing people that we love our own
city. So in order to show somebody we got to talk better about our city
» and talking better about our city, everybody that came through that door
that came to our table got us got a little bitty mini candy cane which meant
a lot to them that said welcome seasons greeting from the city of Sageno.
» They were they were totally amazed. Some people think we don't have class
but we got a lot of class in Sag. Okay. We got a lot of class. Mr. Thompson,
you're you're on the same page that we're on. The committee that's working
on the stuff that you were talking about does plan to do those types of things
real soon. Okay? So, I want everybody to understand we hear you. We do hear you.
But sometimes we can't move as fast as you want us to. And if you just give us
a little bit of time, it's going to get better. The one thing
I've learned is is that the mouth will say anything, but behavior don't lie.
And for anybody that knows me, if I say it, I'm going to do it. If I can't do
it, I'll let you know I can't do it. The one the the thing for me, Sagnar, is my
home. It is where I work, live, and play. And in order to make it better,
I'm going to continue to do the things that I do to help make it better. This
is not a threat to anybody, but anybody who don't want to see us move forward,
you're crazy. Sagnar's on the upswing.
Thank you so much, Madame Clerk. >> That takes us to reports from the
manager. >> Mr. Manager, you now have the floor.
[clears throat] >> Thank you, Madame Mayor. So, we do have
our citywide meeting coming up. Our next city of Sagena citywide meeting will be
held on Wednesday, December 10th at 5:30 at the Sagena water treatment facility,
522 Ezra Rust Drive, right next door. Please join [clears throat] us to hear
an update on the water tower project and to learn about the past, present, and
future of the water treatment plant. The meeting will conclude with a brief tour
of the facility's filter g filter gallery. We'll also share additional
updates on upcoming community programs and events. The main discussion topic
for the evening will be the water treatment facility and the major
projects currently underway including the water tower project. And attendees
will have that opportunity to tour the filter gallery firsthand. The Sagena
water treatment division provides highquality drinking water to thousands
of city residents as well as 20 surrounding communities throughout
Sagena County and portions of Bay and Tuscola counties as well. We want our
residents to stay informed about our current initiatives and to learn more
about the history and operations of the important facility. So hopefully
everybody can get a chance to attend. City council voted to forward to move
forward in cooperation with the city county school liaison committee to
develop a city of Sagena youth council on October at our October 20th meeting.
The schools have selected and appointed student representatives and held an
organizing meeting. The kickoff meeting will be on December 15th and will
include introductions, meet your mentor, mentee. If you recall,
uh the goal is to have each student assigned to a council member. So, you
will be have an opportunity to meet that if you're able to attend meet that
individual and also a discussion of session topics and expectations.
The plan speakers for the first meeting are Karen Lawrence Webster from the
Sagena County League of Women Voters and City Councilwoman Heidi Wiggins. So, um,
and you can see, uh, Councilwoman Wiggins or any member of the school,
City County Schools on Committee, uh, to learn more about the organization.
Premeating work for the students will include, do you know your city? a form
prepared by the League of Women Voters and they'll have that ready at the first
meeting. Um they have their schedule so you should have an opportunity to get
that. We have um committed to have our department heads available for specific
meetings. So I think they have that schedule all worked out. We've got that
to our department heads. So, um, looks like a great opportunity and it sounds
like they've got some good, uh, students, uh, appointed. And finally, we
do have a guest, uh, this evening. The region 7 area aging area agency and
aging provides various services to the community, including programs to help
older adults remain independent, care management, Medicare planning, and
various other services. Mayor Moore sits on the board and we have Dina Alum who
is our chief executive director here today to speak with council so that you
can learn more about the organization.
» Good evening, council members. Thank you for having me. Uh you all received a
blue packet. I'll go quickly through that at the end. Um because there is an
ask. Uh before that though, I I did want to come and introduce myself. You might
wonder why do we specifically need to know the CEO of region 7 area agency on
aging. We do some wonderful work together with your county which of
course affects your beautiful city. And so making sure that uh we build
relationships and that all of [snorts] you are aware of the um the breadth of
services that we offer at region 7 uh is very important because they are
available to your uh city residents. And so let me start with this. Partnerships
like ours bridge the gap many gaps anyway um that are created by the social
determinants of health which we are all very aware of how they affect our our uh
residents the clients we're taking care of the people we know who need services
etc. Region 7 uh helps fund the following
services for the city of Sagena and Sagena County. uh congregate nutrition,
home delivered meals, case coordination and support,
caregiver case management, senior center operations and senior
center staffing, adult daycare and caregiver training.
There are also several more services, more than I could name in the time here
today, that are available to older adults and
persons with disabilities who live in your city and are in need. And so I want
to make sure that you know it's as simple as dialing [snorts]
1 8008581637
and ask the question, whatever that question is, what help you need, what
help they need. if you just have them call. So, what happens often is someone
will look at the brochure, they'll look at the website like my my need doesn't
fit what they do. I encourage you to have them call
because it is very likely that we have things that can, you know, we have
resources that can help them. Uh, for instance, it's not listed everywhere in
our brochure, but we have a loan closet where we can loan uh durable medical
equipment. And if we don't have what someone needs in there, we're going to
work very hard to try to find that for them at no cost to them. And there's so
much more. So again, if there is a need, you have an older adult, a person with
disabilities, an adult with disabilities, uh, who has needs that
you're, you know, they're struggling to get met, please have them call us.
Another important part of our partnership is advocacy. Uh, Mayor Moore
of course brings the city's needs to our attention at our board meetings and and
keeps us a breast of those needs, how we can help your older adults and persons
with disabilities. Um, we then take that and the information that comes from our
other board members from our other nine counties that we serve um, in addition
to Sagena County. And we advocate we advocate to keep the funding coming for
those programs that I listed off. And there are some others that are
available, you know, on different years depending on what grants are available
that we can offer as well. We also have some emergency funding that we can
offer. So, some of the places that we advocate
for services for older adults include, but are surely not limited to, uh, the
Michigan Commission on Services to the Aging,
Michigan Department of Health and Human Services,
the ACLS, their uh, Michigan Bureau of Aging, Community Living and Supports.
Um, we also belong to a couple of very important uh statewide organizations
that help advocate and that is the PACE association of Michigan and the Area
Agency on Agings Association of Michigan, also known as the 4 a.m.
You'll see some advertising coming out soon for the 4 a.m. The purpose of that
is basically what I'm doing here but on a broader scale to make sure people know
because the greatest the worst thing that I could hear as a leader is that my
services are the greatest of the best kept secret right and we get that a lot
that is I am very hopeful to change that it should not be a secret we don't want
it to be um and there are more advocacy that we we do as well contingency plan.
We uh through the recent government shutdown, there was a lot of fear. There
still is uh to some degree for certain programs, for certain uh funding sources
and and there's a lot of unknowns. I want you to know that the services that
we fund through region 7, which is which helps what you fund with your
millillage, right? The services that we fund went without interruption because
our contingency plan is solid and we were able to keep those funds flowing.
Even though they were not flowing to us from all of uh from the federal
government, we were able to keep them flowing and keep services going without
interruption.
» With that, I thank you for your partnership with
our agency. Our ongoing collaboration ensures that
older adults and persons with disabilities in your city and in your
county will continue to have access to muchneeded services. I look forward to
working with all of you. As I end, I'd like to say that in the
packet you have, I have an ask and I hope this is appropriate because the
purpose is simply to help people in need. There are five cards. They look
like this. They just say make a call. Just call us. Ask us for what you need.
Let us tell them how we can help them. If you could hand that out to five
people, I would be grateful. And I I know that
the person that's going to get the help will be as well.
There's one of these. It's a flyer, but it has little tear
offs. If you could post this in one place that you go that has a billboard,
you know, a bulletin board that you can stick it up on. We have people who do
this, but the influence and the reach that we all have, adding that to our
outreach specialist and others who do that can only amplify what we're doing.
And with that, if you have any questions, my card is in your folder as
well. And I I greatly look forward to working with each one of you and
learning more how I and region 7 can serve the residents of your city.
» Thank you. >> Good.
» Do do anyone have any question cuz I want Dana get away thinking she got away
easy. >> Does anybody have any questions?
» I just have a comment. Um I work at region 7 for three years. because I was
an information and assistance specialist. And I actually just
collaborated with um >> Jessica, our director here at the
Commission on Aging and I had a client um because I still do home visits as a
social worker for Medicare and she needed a shower bench and um you guys
were able to get it from the loan closet, get it to Jessica and Jessica
bought it back to Sagenol for my client. So you guys are doing great work and I
always recommend you guys. So, if you had any more of these, if I can get some
to carry with me. Um, absolutely. >> Because I service a lot of areas in
Sagenol, Midland, and Bay City, too. So, I'm always passing the information cuz
like I said, I worked there firsthand for three years and you guys do great
work. And so, nice to see a new director.
» Thank you. And thank you very much for sharing that.
» Yes, Councilman. >> Only question I have um what what is
what age is considered elderly for requirements for services? That's a
great question and I wish I had one answer.
» Okay, [snorts and laughter] >> the it depends on the program. So, what
I'll say >> it does depend on the program. Some of
them start at 55, which I'm dangerously close to. So, you know, but 55 and some
60 and some 65. So, it just depends on what service that they're looking for.
But again, I say if they're 55 or older and not disabled, have them call us. If
they're any age 18 and older and disabled and need help, have them call
us. >> Okay. All right.
» Thank you. >> Absolutely. Any other question?
» Any other questions? >> He answered my question. Thank you.
[laughter] >> Why y'all shaking y'all heads? Y'all 18?
» No, I'm afraid I qualify. [laughter]
» I thought you knew. >> I thought you knew that card
coming. [laughter] Thank you so much.
» Thank you. Thank you, >> Swift.
» Thank you for that report. And um Madame Mayor, that concludes the management
update. >> Do we have any questions for our city
manager? >> Yes, council woman.
» Mr. Manager, whatever happened to the Ojiway Island Committee that was tasked
with the reopening of Ojiway Island? We are actually getting the we have a
list of potential projects uh that staff has and we're probably finalizing those
estimates right now once we wanted to wait until most of the fall work was
done or summer work was done for engineering. So, we're getting that
right now. Some of the projects we already added anyway, but um we'll be
able to get that back to the group so they can make uh you know talk about it
at the rest of council. uh to continue with that question. So
the next step is to take a list of projects towards aimed at at opening
Ojiway and that will come before council as a list of
» possibilities. Yeah. Yep. It'll be a list of possibilities. I don't think
there's a chance to necessarily fund all of these projects because it's a pretty
extensive list and some of the work um probably would uh take several years to
complete, but we can bring that list back to council and whatever um it's
chosen to fund. We do have some funds left that were allocated previously
because some of the bids came back less than anticipated. So, um there's some
funds available still from that previous shore stabilization project. that could
be allocated. Um, but I think with the amount of projects that we talked about,
we won't be able to fund everything. So, it'll have to be a point where um,
council makes a decision on which ones to fund. And then I think as staff, as
part of that, part of those projects from staff, we have some suggestions
about ways to reopen.
» Yeah. One more. Anybody else got any questions
on this end?
Okay. >> I guess I I guess I'm out of the loop
when you say uh project suggestions. Um so I I mean
there was a a committee that was formed to
address the motion that was passed I think in March of this year about
reopening and revitalizing Ojiway. So, are they all projects gearing towards
those outlined goals? And when can we expect uh communication on that?
» Uh yeah, they they would go towards that goal. A lot of it's access improvement,
pavement improvements, additional parking, things like that. And um I know
we uh got with engineering. I would expect it within the next few meetings.
Phil's nodding. So, >> okay.
» Thank you. Councilman Ash. >> Thanks, Mayor. Um, I do have a question
for the manager, but I do want to tag on to what we're what the ask of OJ Island
because Councilman Bradock and myself are a part of that committee. And one of
the things you did miss too is that we are trying to safely reopen the island.
Um, so it's safe for everybody. And so that was kind of the list and some of
the things that we had and was actually a focus and also what I hear from the
public. So it's open safely. And I know we don't have it now, but you did
provide 911 call logs once before, but I know they're kind of hard to generate.
I've asked for them, but uh that if anybody wants to talk to me about that,
we can talk about it after. But I do want to ask um a comment and a question
for the manager. The comment is city hall and the water treatment plant
looked fantastic. Mayor talked about the lighting ceremony. What I noticed is the
trees and stuff that were taken out of front and we just cleaned it up. you
could actually it it created depth and everybody was talking about that too. So
so thank you to all that were involved to make all of this happen. Um in the
question the question I have is is a couple council meetings ago we created a
program to wave fees for water um and penalties while [clears throat] SNAP was
not active and so SNAP is now active again. So did we keep any numbers on
that? How successful was our program? >> It's still ongoing. So, it'll be
» through December. That's right. It's got to go through another cycle. Okay. Thank
you. Thank you. So, I'm a little premature on the ask. Thanks.
» That's it. >> Any other questions?
» No, I just wanted to uh let counsel know that I'm on that committee too and
anticipating member of that. [laughter] >> But Michael, don't get
» forgot you last. >> Don't get rained on. I'm on the
committee. I >> so all four of us are on the committee.
» Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. >> Participating members.
» I want to be on this. >> Wow.
» Well, let let me say this to Councilwoman Hammond. We are actually
last year. There's a lot of work being done. So, that's one reason why it
didn't really open up. And we've talked about it. Councilman Bradock, we've
suggested days that we would bring back that we could open it up. We just got to
get the manpower to help. And we've got citizens who stepped up who said that
they'll come out and they'll help so that we can we don't we don't want a
lot. We don't want any danger and so we want to make it safe so when families go
out on Sunday and that was something that
» Councilman Boss cuz that's how he met his wife and
» back up. about me. [laughter]
» That's how he met his wife. And so, and same thing with Ky Brown. He said he
love going out there with [clears throat] with his grandchildren
playing. And so, we really were trying to get it open. But because of all of
the work that was being done, uh he can attest that we're not sitting on it.
We're just waiting >> to see to see what stuff is going to get
done. We know that a lot of stuff got done cuz we we're in a we to me we were
rushed but it still look good when we open up for the 4th of July but we
wanted to make sure it was open for that. So
I mean we are moving maybe not as fast as everybody would like us to but we are
trying to do something to get it open back up. Am I right or wrong team
members? >> You're right.
» Mr. manager. Any other questions for Mr. Manager?
» On to the consent agenda. >> The consent agenda has been available on
the city web page and our city web page. I need a motion to
approve the consent agenda, leaving room for exceptions.
» Moved. >> It's been moved and supported. Do we
have any exceptions?
Okay. All those in favor signify by saying I.
» I. >> All those opposed? Nay. Madame clerk.
» On to board commission and committee reports.
» Do we have any reports from anyone who attend any meeting that concern the city
and the community?
» Madam clerk, >> how about appointment of board
commission and committee members? >> I need a motion to approve one and four
leaving room for exceptions. >> I have it in session.
number one. >> Okay. Any other exceptions?
» You don't have a motion yet. Mayor, >> huh?
» You don't have a motion and a second to approve the other three.
» Oh, that's right. >> So move.
» Second. >> It has been moved in support. Now, do we
have any exceptions? >> One.
» Any other exceptions?
» All those in favor signify by saying I. >> I. All those opposed? Nay. Madame clerk.
Number one. >> Number one is the city manager
reappointment of John Mil to the Brownfield Redevelopment Authority with
a term to expire December 31st, [snorts] 2028. That was council member Balls.
» Yes. You know, I uh this particular person came to the city council meeting
uh after we was having some issues with the skate park and the comments he made
was not appropriate for a member to be on any type of committee. I think
representing this city for him to come here and and to speak to where he spoke
to those people who had permission from the city
had money to uh paint their skate park and for the skate park to be uh taped
off where no one so they can do their work and somebody one of those persons
hit a elderly person in the head with a skateboard and for him to come here and
make those statements that he's made like they was doing something wrong is
really appalling to to me and I just don't think that anybody that acts that
way towards this city and the members that's doing good work should be
appointed to another committee. That's just how I feel because that could have
turned into a really volatile situation uh with the people that was out there uh
because it got to be a little racist and I don't want stuff like that happen in
in in our city and I don't want anybody that's want to uh put fuel to the fire
by the comments that he made when he came here and said that because it could
turn into something that I think that would have been right for our community.
So, I'm I um going to make a motion to uh not appoint Mr. John Mims to this
brownfield authority.
» Mr. Motion on the floor. Do I have a second?
» Mayor, the motion would be to approve. You always word a motion in the positive
and then if you want to decline the reappoint, you vote it down.
» Okay. >> Okay.
» So, my motion would be to decline. >> Your motion would be to approve. There
needs to be a second before anybody else can discuss. But then if you want to
decline the reappoint, you do it via the vote. So not via the motion. You would
vote nay on the motion then. >> Okay. All right.
» So is there a motion to approve that? You can continue your discussion.
» So we have a motion to approve. >> Right.
» We have a motion to approve what we got on the table.
» Is there a motion to approve? You have >> a motion to approve.
» So are you saying we need to take these one at a time then?
» You approved the other three already. So, it's just this one right now.
» Okay. I'd like to make a motion that we approve the first three. I mean the
second three, two, three, and four. >> You already did that. We're only dealing
with number one. >> All right. Thank you.
» So, is there a motion? So, you can continue discussion on the approval of
number one. >> Do we have a motion to to
» I can make a motion to approve. No, I don't want to discuss more cuz you
» can discuss it. >> We got all of that discussing.
» We did all of that. >> Correct us if we're wrong.
» So, you approved two through three already. We took a vote on that. Number
one was the exception >> and so that's the one we're voting on.
» Correct. Well, you need a motion before you can do anything.
» Motion to approve. Thank you. Second. >> It's been moved and second discussion.
I said all everything I wanted to discuss.
» Yes, councilman. >> Yeah. I um I also I think that was one
of the first things um when I became a council uh member I spoke about because
um that particular individual has said that if that organization had went
through an existing organization that probably wouldn't happen. And that
bothered me because it's like almost like a gatekeeper. You know, you're not
free to express how you feel artistically in the community unless you
go through another organization. And I didn't I didn't appreciate
[clears throat] that comment that was made by that individual as well.
[cough and clears throat] >> Hold on one minute. Any other any other
comments on this side?
» Okay. Thank you. I'm sorry, my interpretation was slightly different
and I I hear what they're saying and I do appreciate their uh insight. I guess
I heard it a little differently. I I guess my interpretation was him saying
that uh that normally cities uh use a uh a different type of entity.
Um they use a entity that uh more formalized
uh not a a freelancing type entity like uh I guess we use more of a freelancing
type entity or organization and um we should have used a more
formalized entity. I guess that's my interpretation of what he was saying.
And so um I didn't take it as anything really negative. But I I guess I didn't
see it as anything negative that he's saying. And I'm trying to go back to
process now. What exactly did he say? And I I didn't I didn't hear
I'm not for sure if I heard anything negative from what he said. I I don't
I'm sorry. I didn't I didn't I didn't hear I didn't take that as a negative
thing. Sorry.
» Anyone else? Hold on. >> Yes.
» Um, just I guess I do remember the the the the
comments that were made and I actually did make a comment about his comments.
Um, and it did seem a little one-sided, like
the the permits were were were given, the permissions were given, the okay was
given, and then it was still stated, well, if they just gone through this
this this organization, it would have been better. But we have people in this
community want to do great things, and it's not just one alley, and that's the
beauty of this community. We have a lot of branches and a lot of ways to do
great things. Um, so I think the limited thought
process uh behind some of those comments, it
gives me pause to appoint him.
» Anyone else? >> Yes,
» I just want to uh Well, thank you for adding that extra information because
they are not freelance. So, I just want to address that statement to be attached
to artists that are accredited and were sanctioned by the city. That's not
freelance. So, I just want to correct that.
Any other discussion?
» Call for the vote. All those in favor signify by saying I.
» I. >> I.
» All those opposed. >> Roll call vote.
» Council member Young. >> Nay.
» Council member Seals. >> I.
» Council member Balls. >> Nay.
» Mayor Prom Garcia. I >> council member Ostach.
» Hi. >> Council member Bradock.
» Nay. >> Council member Wigan.
» Nay. >> Council member Hammond.
» Nay. >> And Mayor Moore.
» I. >> I'm sorry. I
» Yes. >> You have four yes and five no. That
motion is denied. >> Madam clerk.
» On to resolutions. Our first on the agenda is the appointment of Travis
Harris trustee and Ronald Wrangle as alternate trustee to the Sagena Area
Storm Water Authority Board of Trustees. >> I need a motion to adopt.
» So move second. >> Any discussion? All those in favor
signify by saying I. >> All those opposed? Nay.
» Madam clerk. Our second resolution is approving the city of Sagena's annual
aortionment of $8,981 for the Sagena area storm water
authority budget for fiscal year 2026. >> I need a motion to adopt.
» So moved. >> It's been moved and support. Any
discussion? [clears throat]
» All those in favor signify by saying I. I.
» All those opposed, nay. [clears throat] Madam clerk,
» takes you to miscellaneous business. >> Do we have any miscellaneous business
that we need to handle tonight? Hearing none, I need a motion to adjurnn.
All those in favor by [music] saying. All those opposed.
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