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Yes.
>> Good morning everyone. It's now 9:00

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a.m. I'm going to call the Cordial City
Commission meeting for September the 1st

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to order. At this time, if we could all
rise, I'm going to ask Pastor Isa

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Mashada if he could please lead us in an
invocation.

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Good morning to all.
The Bible states

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» that I call up before everything
>> that you plead

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» and in prayer
>> and you ask for petition

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» and actions of grace
>> for all men for the kings

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and all those that are in in a ruling
power

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so that we live in peace
and ally,

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» honesty

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because this is good before God,
>> our savior.

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» We're going to pray

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so that God continues to bless this
beautiful city.

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Father, we present ourselves before you
>> in the name of Jesus of Nazareth.

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Lord, for this reunion

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to bring before you projects of this
city

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to know that where we are
and where we want to be as a city

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and I know Lord that as a city
who puts you in first place

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» is a blessed city.
>> There's leaders here.

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There's men and women that love him
and desire the best for this world,

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» the best for every family,
the best for every man, for every woman,

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for every youth, for every child.
Bless every leader of the city.

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Bless every business in the world.
>> Bless the police,

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» the sheriff,
>> detectives,

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» firefighters,
>> doctors,

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» nurses,
every person

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that is serving this.
We declare, oh Lord, that the heavens

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are maintained open over this city.
and every decision that we take

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will be a projection
of great things.

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Father, in the name of Jesus,
>> we declare that everything

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that the change
be removed today

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in the name of Jesus.
I declare the wisdom of God over every

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heart
of every leader of this world

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so that the decision
the conversations they have

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Lord be to take
to take it to

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the city's blessed by we have declared
we believe it

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and trust
that great things come for

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We bless these people,
this beautiful nation,

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» and we bless all
>> in the name of Jesus.

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» Amen.
>> Amen.

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» Amen. Amen. [clears throat]
>> Commissioner Single, you lead us in the

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pledge. I pledge to the flag of the
United States of America and to the

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republic for which it stands, one nation
under God, indivisible, with liberty and

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justice for all.

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» Excellente.

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Okay.
>> Is there a motion to to approve today's

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agenda?
>> So move.

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» Second. Is there a second?
>> Yes. Second.

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» Okay. We have a motion, a second. All in
favor?

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» I.
>> Okay. Motion to approve.

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» Okay. Approval of regular minute
meetings from August the 18th.

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» So move.
>> Okay. Got us a motion.

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» Second
>> and a second. All in favor?

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» I.
>> Okay. Motion approved. Okay. Are there

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any speaker appearances?
>> No.

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» Okay. And no speakers on specific agenda
items. Okay. We'll move into department

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head reports. Community advancement
manager. This is Mayor Maurice's at a

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training session today. Uh your report
or I'm sorry, his reports in your

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packet. If you have any questions, I'll
try to answer them for you. And there is

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one item that uh Mr. Rick Small will
touch on in his report that relates to

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Marvis's report.
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All right. Finance.
>> Good morning.

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» Good morning.
>> Okay. Sales tax collection for the month

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of August was $55,496.32.

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We collected
$64,369.32

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from utilities b business license. We
collected one $11,717.68

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from property taxes. We collected
$52,31.84.

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And for dispersement for invoices for
the month of August, we um paid

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$979,85529.

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Okay, that's all I have. Y'all have any
questions?

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» Um Mr. Mayor?
>> Yes. Go ahead. disconnects, reconnects.

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» Well, with the um extension between
that we gave them the extra days to pay,

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we won't have a full report to next
month because they have so many days

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between um cycles.
>> Does it look like it's working?

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» It it does. Yes. We've had few fewer um
cut offs

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» approximately.
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» well I know I can tell you how many
pages it went from approximately about

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30 pages down to about 17 today.
>> About half

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» just about. Yes.
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» So we'll have a full report our first
full report next month.

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» Okay. Thank you.
>> You're welcome.

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» Fire.
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» Good morning.
>> This is for reporting period July 28th

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through August 24th. We had 112 total
calls for service. As you can see in the

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report, I've highlighted some calls of
interest. Uh I do want to mention we had

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a save in rescue one. EMT Jacob Pototts
and firefighter Jacob Jones responded to

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a cardiac arrest. Um they did CPR,
employed the AED, and when the patient

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left, they did have a pulse and were
breathing. So I do want to recognize

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that save. Um, also in the report you
can see the list of events attended and

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I'd be happy to answer any questions.
>> Okay, commissioner, if y'all have any

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questions.
>> Thank you.

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» Thank you.

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» Human resources.

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Um for August 7th, we began accepting
internal external applications for

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evidence technician and administrative
coordinator um for police department. We

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hired a part-time refuse attendant for
the public works. August 14th, we began

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accepting internal external applications
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August 20th, met with Rebecca Meyer of
Primise Health to discuss uh operations

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of the wellness center and to plan an
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That's all I have.
>> Okay. Are there any questions for human

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resources?
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» Municipal court.

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» Good morning everyone. Um, for the month
of August, we had a total of 147

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traffic, 13 criminal for a total of 160
with eight bench warrants, 39 license

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suspensions. With all of our deposits,
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and we just had one case to transfer to
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» Okay. Is there any questions for
municipal court?

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» Mr. Mayor, if I may.
>> Okay. Yes. Nancy, can you tell about the

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special court session we had last week
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» Yeah, we had the one the one uh for the
business license and um afterwards um

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coach went out and spoke with them. They
came in and paid and they're supposed to

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be sending the uh money for the fine and
that was it. That was the only one case

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we had. Everybody else between us and
finance

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um there was only one business license
this year and he was taken care of.

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» Thank [clears throat] you for all the
efforts.

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» That's a lot. That's a major
improvement.

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» Thank y'all.
>> Oh, yes.

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» Thank y'all. Thank y'all very much.
>> Planning and uh community development.

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» Mr. Mayor, Mayor is on vacation this
week moving her son back to college. Um

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a report was submitted late to visit
your packet. If you have any questions,

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I'd be glad to try to answer for you.

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Commissioner Sh got any questions?
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uh police codes, animal enforcement.

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» Good morning everyone.
>> Good morning. Morning.

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» How is everybody?
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Couple things. Um y'all got my notes.
Uh, one of the couple things I want to

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mention is, uh, during this period, we
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[cough]
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as far as helping me get EAP services
for all that are involved. I mandated

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that for all of us that responded to the
death of that infant to at least see um,

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that counselor at least one time. And I
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helpful. a lot of communication between
myself and the uh counselor to make sure

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all our people are mentally healthy. Um
that was pretty tragic and um

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I'll just leave it at that. Um we have
as you can see there's three applicants

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in the hiring process. Two of those are
certified so we won't have to send those

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to the academy if that works out. Um I
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officers got there first. Um I would
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maybe give them a life safety award. Um
but that is going to be Corporal Reigns

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and Officer Walker. Reigns just this
past weekend and then Reigns u about or

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I'm sorry Reigns this past weekend,
Walker about 3 weeks ago when they left

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there. Um they were breathing and then
made it uh a couple more days. Of

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course, as soon as fire and EMS gets
there, they they, you know, take over,

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but they were the first there and and
got a pulse uh back. And I think that's

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just great teamwork when the fire gets
there and dispatching to these medical

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calls. Um, you know, a lot of times
they're there before EMS and uh it's

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just a great team effort by all three
agencies. So, Chief, I appreciate that.

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I think that it makes our community much
safer and that's what it's all about is

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saving lives.
Move over to our control. The thing I

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want to notice uh bring up there as you
see in the notes, they had the adopt the

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adoption event at Tractor Supply raised
over $200, but they got 35 adoptions, 20

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rescues, and to honor reclaims. So,
that's great on their part.

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Co [clears throat] just um mentioned
this briefly. Um, Commissioner Finn and

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I did a ride along during this reporting
uh period and he also uh wrote along

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with Maurice and in our communications
together um we got several dilapidated

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houses on a list. Um all but just a
couple of those letters have been sent

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out to those dilapidated homeowners um
addresses. So that is in process.

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Um let's see. still need. The only thing
left on that list, Mr. Finn, is the

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vacant properties. Uh the ones with the
structures, the letters have been sent.

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The ones that are just overgrown, those
still have to be sent. And of one of

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those that we saw, they've actually
applied for a permit to begin remodeling

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that structure.
>> I sure appreciate you there.

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» So, they they did a good job with that.
Oh, you're certainly welcome. I think

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that was very much uh uh eye opening for
all of us and and I think that uh that

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worked out very well. Thank you.
>> That's my report, Mr. Mayor, unless you

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have any questions.
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» Okay. Commissioners, you got any? Okay.
>> 12th Avenue East 100 block.

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» 100 block of East 12th Avenue.
>> Yes. Right there by the old bank. The

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parking lot up on the left. It was
pointed out to me. There's a bunch of

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vehicles in the parking lot. Flat tires,
no tags, and some on the street.

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» Is that right there across from that
shop where he's got the mechanic shot?

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Right. Okay. Okay.
>> Yeah. Uh we we're about to do a lot of

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stuff downtown.
>> Yes, sir.

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» That needs to be cleaned up, I would
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» Well, if he's not licensed as a
junkyard, then he absolutely needs to

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clean those up. And um I don't believe
that that is the case. So, we'll take

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care of it.
>> Have one.

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» Okay.
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» Yes, sir.
Chief, could you go over the just for

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the public to hear the permitted jobs
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» Sure.

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So just so I understand just uh what has
been done as far as uh you know Jones

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Petroleum, Truck Stop, Waterburger,
those kind of things. That's what you're

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referring to.
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permitted [clears throat] and about to
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» Okay. So, and then those that are pre
that are also got applications for

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coming.
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» So, uh let's go with what's already
permitted. So, ADS um they're 1013 West

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11th Avenue, Jones Petroleum Truck Stop,
that's 2300 block of Highway 300.

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Um that's permitted. Waterburger 2200
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permitted.
uh retail space there in the 500 block

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of West 16th that has been permitted.
Seven Brew uh 1,000 block of East 16th

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Avenue where the um
I can't even remember the name of the

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old restaurant.
>> Sonic uh was there. I'm sure y'all seen

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all the construction going on there. So,
that's coming moving along really well.

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Destiny Fitness is moving the 100 block
of East 14th Avenue. That's been

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permitted. Walmart is still in progress
with uh their renovation. Um and I just

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just to pick out with Walmart, the job
valuation there is $2.2 million.

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Um Seven Brew is almost $300,000. So
Waterburger 2.7. So that mean that's a

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lot of valuation coming into the city uh
to the city. Griffin Grading and

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Concrete new office building 3500 block
of Pateville Road permitted.

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got some single family homes um that are
permitted. Quail Run, South 8 Street,

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1700 block of Quail Run, and then
Pineacres Drive. Um 1.3 in total

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residential job valuations. And then
pending racetrack gas station, uh

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highway 300 in frontage road, retail
space, uh 2200 block of East 16th

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Avenue. Um waiting on land disturbance
or actually the land disturbance permit

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has been issued. Waiting on construction
plans and permit. Marshall's 1100 block

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of East 16th Avenue. Yansy, the remodel
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where Big Tech was that new
manufacturing is coming in. So, a lot

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going on in the city of Cordial. So, um
I think that that is in my opinion, I

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[cough] know you didn't [clears throat]
ask for this, but I think it's a team

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effort on everybody in the city, you
know, finance, fire, this body, um

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interim city manager, IT, I think that
court, finance, public works, everybody

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has really really come together and
really try to push some of these jobs

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forward. So, and I think it's really a
team effort from what I see. um

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everybody trying to make these things
happen because we see all the the

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benefit at the end of the day with these
businesses coming in.

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» Mr. Mayor, I also like to add it
occurred after Chief submitted his

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report, but we also had a
pre-construction meeting for Longhorn

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Steakhouse last week as well. So that's
>> that's right. Forget about that.

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» Say that again real loud so the general
public can hear you. Longhorn

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Steakhouse.
>> Longhorn Steakhouse.

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» Yeah, just
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on it. I was going to say it, but
[laughter] I left it alone. I

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» I'm glad you did that cuz I forgot about
that one.

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» Well, it's not in the report. I was
hoping it was [laughter] in the report,

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but that's why I was trying to give a
little official notification.

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» I think that's great.
>> All that occurred after the report was

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submitted.
>> Say it one more time. Longhorn

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Steakhouse. Cuz [laughter] I've been
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» That's right. I have too.
>> It's coming.

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» Yes.
>> Okay. Before we edit the draw,

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» I would just like to add that after
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m commission uh mayor for Tim Shephard
and I have usually we have one or two

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single family homes under construction.
There's been seven. So that is positive

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growth. That is new residences. Uh that
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we're moving in the right direction. And
I just wanted the public to be able to

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see and hear that because it's in our
reports. We just don't highlight it

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enough.
>> I agree. I think that's great.

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» Thank you.
>> Yes, sir.

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» Horn Steakhouse.
>> It's coming.

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» It's coming. Next to the grocery store.
>> Yeah. The only thing it ain't coming. It

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ain't coming downtown. I'm sorry.
>> All right. All right. Public works. Show

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us.
>> Yes. Oh, wait. So, so sorry.

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» Chief has one more.
>> Oh, you got one more chief. At the last

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commission meeting, uh, Chief Hicks
brought up the issue of or the request

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to purchase a drone. He was instructed
to gather some information commission as

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far as the cost of what we were looking
at. All that is in your report. We just

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wanted to make sure uh he had the
opportunity to answer any questions you

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may have about it. [snorts]

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So, there's a couple of uh I know one is
an agendum item and I'll wait till that

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gets to that, but the other um when we
were here at our last time was just get

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you the quotes on those two requested
items. Um and one was the drone, one

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being the rifles. Both of those are in
your packet. Um at the end of your drone

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um packet, a analysis was done. And if
you wanted to look at uh those analysis,

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that is what was done by Captain File,
putting all the plans that we were

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offered together and what that looks
like. That would probably be the best

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way to look at it and its benefit. One
of the things I would like to say, this

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is not just for the police department.
This is for anybody that needs it,

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whether that's uh the fire department.
I've already talked to the fire chief.

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He wants to have an operator, he'll have
an operator. We got a fire scene. He

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needs to put that drone up there. look
for hot spots, he'll certainly be able

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to do that. Community development,
somebody's coming in, want to look at

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property, we can't get through there,
you put the drone up and can assess the

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property. It is not just for the police
department. It has a lot of lifesaving

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abilities. One of the ones recently that
uh we can talk about is the elderly lady

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out there in the field. DNR gets here,
which is like a 50minute response time,

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and she's just sitting out there in the
middle of the field. He wasn't in the

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air 10 minutes, and she's already been
located. she got scared was in her night

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gown just sitting in the middle field.
She didn't know how to get back and um

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you know the innatos is kind of where
this started. Um we had somebody run

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that night. We'd have been able to
launch that drone thermal imager

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capabilities. You'd have seen that Joker
hiding no problem. Um there's a lot of

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videos and things of that nature out uh
in social media. I think this is the way

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of the future as far as that goes. Um
it's not for any kind of big brother

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surveillance stuff. It will only be
launched in investigative type purposes.

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Um, I know that y'all see everything
going on with block cameras and things

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of that nature. This drone is not going
to be in the air 24/7. Um, it is just

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going to be in emergency type situations
or investigative purposes. We launch it.

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It'll mark a crime scene. It'll mark a
crash scene. Um, and all that data. And

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that's probably one of the most
expensive parts in here is helping us

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manage that data. Uh, unlimited cloud
storage. Um, it'll it's just so much

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that it'll do and that is the wave of
the future, I guess, so to speak, in in

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law enforcement. We're a long ways to
being a drone first responder city.

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That's that's a huge investment, but uh
one day I would like to see uh see us

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get there. Um
>> I got a question, Chief.

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» Sure.
>> Does the sheriff's office have one of

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those?
>> No, sir.

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» They don't.
>> No, sir.

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» That's the reason I'm trying to uh get
us one. And of course they would be I

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would send it to him to the late where
>> No, I get that. Yeah, I'm just sitting,

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you know, I'm thinking about money and I
understand.

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» No, they have
>> and a nicer unit than what you're

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thinking about. I want one that, you
know, take an X-ray picture up. How

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about that?
>> Well, there you go. Hey, whatever.

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There's they they do a lot. Um they do a
lot. There's, you know, still, you know,

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uh as far as thermal and houses, that's
kilo versus state says you have to have

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a search warrant. But as far as if we're
looking for a missing person, missing

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child, missing elderly suspect in a
crime, we're all good to go.

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» Right.
>> M

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I'm looking at portation. I'm looking at
7693

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total for all all the equipment we need
to help

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help create some
lessen some fears in the public. Okay,

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let me put it like that. help our police
to back our police department. And I'm

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I'm I'm just wondering uh in our 2018
splice if it's available. I'd like to go

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ahead and look at making a motion and
purchasing this if at all possible. If

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it's available according to uh city
manager and Mr. uh Bennett, they can get

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together and we go ahead and approve
pending the approval of the 2018.

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I would say because I think we need to
step forward to go ahead and push it and

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y'all know that I am on public safety.
Anyway, I love the fire department. I

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love the police department. That's my
big thing. So, I appreciate that,

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Commissioner. And I'd just like to add
one more thing. Here we are in 2026 and

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the one that you're holding in your hand
is u on rifles. Here we are 2026 and the

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police department has not issued patrol
rifles to its officers. And um I brought

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this up before. If y'all been into any
of the schools, and I know you have,

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that's a long shot to make with a
pistol. And here just what 30 minutes up

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the road, we've had one. So it's not a
matter of, you know, if it's when, and

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we need to be prepared. So um I think
that uh you know, in 2026, this is

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something that these officers need to
have as far as the patrol rifles. And I

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will tell you this, some of this price
will come down as we trade in more

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firearms. Um, and we'll be able to trade
in some on this once they're titled over

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to us from the federal government. We
went to a class in for site on Thursday

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and all those are going to be titled
over uh to us from the feds and we're

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going to bring in quite a bit of money.
So, uh, we'll trade most likely trade

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most of those in
>> the recent uh in the recent I'm sorry. I

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didn't mean to. I'm sorry. I asked the
mayor to speak.

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» Okay. In the Let me say this. In the
recent training we had at the schools,

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uh, how many how many did we have? The
city have in

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» everybody except for on was on vacation.
>> Gotcha. Okay. Good deal. All right.

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Awesome. All right.
>> Everybody. That was mandatory training

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for everybody.
>> Good deal.

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» As it should be.
>> Yes. Absolutely. I agree with you,

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Chief. Yeah.
>> Mr. Mayor,

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» go ahead.
>> Can I speak then?

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» Mhm. I'm sorry. Thank you.
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I'm going to make a motion here. I'm
going to go out on the table with this

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and say that we go ahead purchase the
drone, purchase these uh other safety

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equipment that they need pending
approval by the city manager, ensuring

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that the funds are available and that
way they don't have to bring it back.

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And if they if the city manager sees
give him the authority to go ahead and

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make the purchases if he deems it
necessary financially.

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» That's from
SPAS 2018.

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» Let me specify that. Yes.
>> Okay. Okay. Y'all heard the motion. Is

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there a second?
>> I second.

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» Okay. Motion and a second. Is there any
further discussion?

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» You hearing all that, Ver?
>> Okay.

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» You are you good?
Yes, sir. Yes, sir. Just sir.

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» Okay.
>> On the vote. Thank you very much. Okay.

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» Okay. All in favor? I
>> Okay. Motion approved.

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» Thank y'all so very much. I appreciate
each one of y'all. Thank y'all.

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» Do your job, sir. [laughter]

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» Okay. Public works.
>> Good morning, commission.

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» Uh you've got my department uh report in
your packet. I just wanted to highlight

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um that this morning as we are speaking
um the water department is out getting

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the water tap done for seven brew.
That's being accomplished this morning

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and then um their efforts are moving on
to getting the sewer tap established for

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that as well. So that public works is
out of the way minus the gas service

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when they're ready for the gas to be
done.

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Um, and the other thing I wanted to
highlight as uh it was in the packet,

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the gas department is uh starting their
leak survey this month and it'll take

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roughly about 2 months for them to
complete that survey.

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» Okay.
>> And that's all I have unless you all

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have anything.
>> I just have a comment.

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» Okay.
>> Yes, sir. the area over on 27th Avenue.

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Somebody put a thing up there where
we're talking about it for uh he's been

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talking about it for three years. I've
been talking about it for 6 months and

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George has too on 27th where the
>> I know y'all know what I'm talking

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about.
>> 29th Avenue.

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» 29th Avenue. Yes. Yes. Y'all did that
and it looks good. I want to uh say one

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more thing about that one spot we talked
about on 27th Avenue where the ditch

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comes and it runs right into a road and
just stops and goes that way and then

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rolls back and floods the people's yard.
You know which one I'm talking about?

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» 27 on 27th.
>> Yeah, that's on 27th.

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» Okay.
>> On that alley?

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» Yes.
>> We went down.

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» Yes.
>> It's all of a sudden.

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» Yeah.
>> With bushes.

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» Yes. Right.
>> Yeah.

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» It's terrible. I mean literally
literally it's terrible. I can't even

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know who I would like to know who
designed that because it goes ditch into

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a alley with a a street on it and then
it turns like this right here and you

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can't see the ditches on the side that
go back that way

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where it's coming from and uh it just
stops. It's uh

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» it's growed up.
>> Yeah. It's about the forest designed

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whatever I've ever seen down the alley.
>> I mean, you when you see it, you're

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going to go, "Oh,
>> okay.

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[laughter]
Mr. Mayor.

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» Oh my.
>> That's what you're going to say, Scott.

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You're going to say, "Oh my." [laughter]
>> I promise you.

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» Go ahead. Go ahead.
>> Go ahead now.

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» Yes. Yes.
>> Uh

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the railroad tracks between Well, the
property next to Scott Rainy Powerhouse

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uh stuff right there by that uh railroad
track heading north.

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» Mhm.
>> It's growed up. is do we have an

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operator that can run that mulch head we
got?

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» They need to uh take the silon
[clears throat] uh the cutting head off

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of it and be able to put that mulch head
on. Yes, we do have an operator that can

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operate that mulch.
>> Can we get that cleaned up? I mean, it's

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just I asked three months ago about it
and it's just sort of got pushed off.

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But it's that's a lot of traffic going
up through there. We want to clean up a

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lot mainly our high traffic areas. You
know which area you refer to,

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» sir?
>> Which area are you referring to?

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» Pean
right there. Pean the second river, the

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northern railroad track just on our
property.

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» There's a peek in tree and then it's
just rode up. I mean, it's just the

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ditch and all. They done the ditch very
well. I mean, but they just won't get

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that other little area there. And it's
just it just looks bad coming up and

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down that road.
>> That'll take the mulch in. That's the

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» Now, if you get too far over into that
null of woods that's right there. That's

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where when when you
>> when you cross over the tracks right

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there on the left there's a null of
woods. Okay. Right in front of William

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Pitz Oil.
>> Okay.

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» That that that's not
>> okay. I'm just saying if you get too far

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over there that's old Griffin Lumber
Company from 60s something years ago.

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>> no

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» and there's metal all in the bottom. So
you got to be real careful down there.

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» This is right off of uh Pecan.
Right off pean right there by the

418
00:30:58,000 --> 00:31:01,200
railroad track. There you go.
>> Okay.

419
00:31:00,000 --> 00:31:04,000
real. I don't [clears throat] know which
one it is.

420
00:31:02,480 --> 00:31:08,000
» Hey, can we look at uh getting that
cleaned up down there on 8th Avenue,

421
00:31:05,760 --> 00:31:13,200
too? Just sort of I think we need to
sneak over there or something.

422
00:31:10,720 --> 00:31:17,919
You know what I'm talking about.
>> Yes, sir.

423
00:31:16,159 --> 00:31:20,640
» Okay.
And y'all tackled some of the retention

424
00:31:19,679 --> 00:31:24,000
ponds?
>> Yes, they got those uh earlier this

425
00:31:23,200 --> 00:31:25,520
week.
>> Good deal.

426
00:31:24,559 --> 00:31:29,200
» Good. Looks good.
>> They was able to get uh three or four of

427
00:31:27,520 --> 00:31:31,520
them done.
Mhm.

428
00:31:30,480 --> 00:31:33,760
» Okay.
>> Just letting the public to know that you

429
00:31:33,039 --> 00:31:35,279
were working on it.
>> Oh, yeah.

430
00:31:34,399 --> 00:31:37,840
» Okay.
>> Yeah, he did it.

431
00:31:36,000 --> 00:31:41,440
» Now that now that things are starting to
slow down just a little bit with the

432
00:31:39,279 --> 00:31:44,080
grass growing, they're able to do a much
better job of getting caught up.

433
00:31:43,279 --> 00:31:47,200
» Great. Great.
>> They going to spray, right?

434
00:31:45,279 --> 00:31:48,640
» Oh, yeah.
>> All right.

435
00:31:47,600 --> 00:31:54,000
» Yes, sir. They are.
>> I'm ask a question.

436
00:31:50,960 --> 00:31:58,320
Would it be all right if uh by the guys
lunch Friday Eric's crew?

437
00:31:57,039 --> 00:32:00,159
» Sure.
I'll get them out first.

438
00:31:59,840 --> 00:32:05,799
» Okay.
>> All right. Appreciate it.

439
00:32:02,399 --> 00:32:05,799
How you do?

440
00:32:06,377 --> 00:32:10,880
[laughter]
>> Okay. Thank Are there any other

441
00:32:09,279 --> 00:32:13,039
questions?
Okay. If not, thank you.

442
00:32:12,399 --> 00:32:16,360
» Thank you.
>> Yes sir.

443
00:32:16,480 --> 00:32:20,279
Social media and marketing.

444
00:32:22,559 --> 00:32:29,600
Morning everybody. Um Maurice had asked
me to update you on the square foot

445
00:32:27,120 --> 00:32:33,600
ministries home building project and
we're excited to tell you that the

446
00:32:31,120 --> 00:32:38,320
recipient family has been selected was
notified yesterday. It is Aisha Moore

447
00:32:36,559 --> 00:32:44,640
and her daughter. They've been selected
to receive about a 1,000 foot home. It's

448
00:32:41,840 --> 00:32:49,760
a three bed, two bath uh onecar carport.
It's going to be located on 29th Avenue

449
00:32:47,039 --> 00:32:54,080
right off of Royal Road. Uh volunteer
week is November 9th through the 13th.

450
00:32:52,080 --> 00:32:59,519
material will be arriving on November
7th and 8th. Work commences on Monday

451
00:32:56,640 --> 00:33:02,707
morning the 9th. There'll be about 40
volunteers from across the state that

452
00:33:01,200 --> 00:33:05,279
will be here every day that week
[clears throat]

453
00:33:03,279 --> 00:33:09,519
uh to put that house up. There's a core
group, a core group that's going to be

454
00:33:07,120 --> 00:33:14,000
here, about 10 or 15 people who will be
staying with us uh overnight and through

455
00:33:11,679 --> 00:33:17,840
the week. Uh they'll be lodging here.
They'll be dining here for both lunch

456
00:33:15,679 --> 00:33:22,640
and dinner. Now, through the ministerial
alliance, we're all working together to

457
00:33:19,679 --> 00:33:28,240
secure meals, lunch, and dinner for the
week and a location where the core group

458
00:33:25,039 --> 00:33:32,559
can all stay together uh for that week.
There is a follow-up meeting scheduled

459
00:33:30,000 --> 00:33:37,039
for September 14th, but that project is
very much uh ongoing, and I'm glad to be

460
00:33:35,600 --> 00:33:42,008
able to tell you that there's going to
be some promotional material that'll be

461
00:33:39,120 --> 00:33:47,200
coming out in the uh coming days. It'll
[clears throat] also have some links for

462
00:33:44,159 --> 00:33:51,279
opportunities to volunteer. Whether you
would like to build, whether you would

463
00:33:48,720 --> 00:33:56,640
like to provide meals for that week,
there'll be some opportunities for the

464
00:33:53,519 --> 00:34:01,120
community to pitch in and help that in
helping that endeavor. So, I'm glad to

465
00:33:58,480 --> 00:34:06,080
be able to tell you that. Um, other than
that, as far as my report is concerned,

466
00:34:03,039 --> 00:34:09,359
you have it in your packet. And over the
past month, it's been busy with

467
00:34:07,760 --> 00:34:14,320
government, community, and partnership
events. We've included uh covering

468
00:34:12,480 --> 00:34:18,399
multiple public meetings, city and
county uh several community focused

469
00:34:16,639 --> 00:34:23,679
gatherings ranging from back to school
initiatives to collaborative nonprofit

470
00:34:20,560 --> 00:34:29,440
efforts supporting city civic and
student-based activities. We just been

471
00:34:26,240 --> 00:34:33,919
very busy. We were very uh honored to be
able to work with Mayor Prom Shepard on

472
00:34:32,079 --> 00:34:38,560
the Great Eight Sheriff's Roundup and
we're continuing to collaborate with our

473
00:34:36,480 --> 00:34:44,720
veterans organizations led by
Commissioner Singleary on a uh Veterans

474
00:34:41,760 --> 00:34:50,480
Day initiative that is to come in
November. More on that as we solidify

475
00:34:48,079 --> 00:34:55,040
the information there. That is my report
and I'll try to answer any questions

476
00:34:52,000 --> 00:34:59,280
should this honorable body have any.
>> Mr. Mayor, I'd like to compliment Mr.

477
00:34:57,440 --> 00:35:05,960
Smar. That's the longest time he stood
up there. [laughter]

478
00:35:02,000 --> 00:35:05,960
» I'm just sitting over here amazed.

479
00:35:06,000 --> 00:35:11,799
» My sermons usually run 40 minutes, so
you're very fortunate. [laughter]

480
00:35:12,320 --> 00:35:18,800
» Is there anything else?
>> Thank you.

481
00:35:16,079 --> 00:35:21,800
» Thank you, Mr. Mayor.
>> UCMT.

482
00:35:23,280 --> 00:35:29,520
» Good morning, everybody. Good morning.
>> Uh, you have my report and the only

483
00:35:27,839 --> 00:35:35,119
thing I was going to update was we
treated 68 million gallons of wastewater

484
00:35:32,000 --> 00:35:39,920
which was down from 93 million the month
before. I don't have the water gallons

485
00:35:37,280 --> 00:35:46,320
but they don't generally vary very much.
We had five and 5.1 in of rain for a

486
00:35:43,040 --> 00:35:52,320
total of 41.94 ines of rain so far this
year. We attended a Zoom meeting with

487
00:35:49,119 --> 00:35:56,880
EPD and they declared to keep the level
one drought response at level one. We

488
00:35:55,760 --> 00:36:00,800
were afraid they were going to go to
level two. It's just not going to be

489
00:35:58,400 --> 00:36:04,640
pleasant. So hopefully we'll be getting
a little rain and we hope to keep

490
00:36:02,720 --> 00:36:10,160
getting it and it it'll stay this way
and eventually that will go away.

491
00:36:08,000 --> 00:36:13,280
I told you last time new town wells back
up and running. Everything's working

492
00:36:11,760 --> 00:36:19,040
great.
Uh PA wells been out of service for six

493
00:36:15,680 --> 00:36:25,119
months almost to the day and we have no
progress there to report.

494
00:36:22,079 --> 00:36:30,160
EPD will be holding a Zoom conference in
the next couple of weeks about us having

495
00:36:27,839 --> 00:36:35,359
to do the water quality report twice a
year instead of once.

496
00:36:33,520 --> 00:36:39,200
And that's all I have unless y'all have
some questions.

497
00:36:37,520 --> 00:36:44,000
» Okay, commissioner. Y'all have any
questions for you? CMT

498
00:36:40,720 --> 00:36:46,960
» P will What will it take?
>> Can you come back with an exact figure

499
00:36:46,560 --> 00:36:51,599
on
>> Oh, I know what it's going to cost from

500
00:36:48,880 --> 00:36:57,359
the company that is hired to do it. It's
just I can get no response since I have

501
00:36:54,400 --> 00:37:03,280
not heard from him since August 10th.
>> I begged for a an update for three weeks

502
00:37:00,320 --> 00:37:06,960
running and I got nothing.
>> This is the one we had an estimate of

503
00:37:05,119 --> 00:37:12,400
247,000
>> or 243 or something. [clears throat] 243

504
00:37:09,119 --> 00:37:18,640
247 we submitted on our insurance we
have insurance adjusters u lane uh is

505
00:37:16,240 --> 00:37:23,520
the contractor and since they have
pulled the well got the parts we have

506
00:37:21,520 --> 00:37:27,760
got no response from them the adjuster
has reached out to them we have both

507
00:37:25,040 --> 00:37:31,839
copied them on emails uh Debbie is now
seeing um who the parent company is to

508
00:37:30,400 --> 00:37:36,960
see if she can go that route try to get
some response but it's been several I

509
00:37:35,280 --> 00:37:41,599
say weeks just pushing
>> I want to contact another well drilling

510
00:37:39,520 --> 00:37:47,280
company because I know I the one that
fixed New Town well it went out after

511
00:37:44,160 --> 00:37:53,040
Pena and it's back up and running way be
before PA is. I want to contact them and

512
00:37:50,160 --> 00:37:57,440
get a price, but we signed a agreement
with this company

513
00:37:55,680 --> 00:38:04,240
and I don't want to do anything that's
not above board attorney.

514
00:38:00,960 --> 00:38:07,599
» I know performing the thing to declare
it

515
00:38:05,839 --> 00:38:12,400
not
first I've heard of it. I don't know.

516
00:38:09,119 --> 00:38:14,960
» Yeah, it was the city man. Yeah, you get
that.

517
00:38:12,800 --> 00:38:19,280
» There actually is word again there about
time [cough]

518
00:38:16,456 --> 00:38:20,560
[clears throat] for this. Okay.
Good.

519
00:38:20,000 --> 00:38:23,661
» Okay.
>> Well, if you want me to give them a

520
00:38:21,760 --> 00:38:24,480
boot, I'd be glad to. [clears throat]
[laughter]

521
00:38:23,680 --> 00:38:27,920
» Let them.
>> I mean, I've had it. Y'all don't

522
00:38:26,400 --> 00:38:31,280
understand. This is ridiculous.
>> Well, you got our back. I'm pretty sure

523
00:38:29,440 --> 00:38:35,599
I know you got mine. I can figure that
out.

524
00:38:31,760 --> 00:38:39,599
» Well, we need ping you well cuz 90's 90
supplying everything right now. If we

525
00:38:37,359 --> 00:38:42,079
have a problem there, we in
>> Well, 90 supplying all the high pressure

526
00:38:41,599 --> 00:38:45,200
water,
>> right?

527
00:38:43,359 --> 00:38:51,280
» And the other whales are supplying the
domestic water, which is what PA does.

528
00:38:47,359 --> 00:38:57,520
It just aids 24th Avenue,
>> but yeah, we need it back running.

529
00:38:53,280 --> 00:39:00,160
» Yeah. Okay. All right. Any further
questions?

530
00:38:59,520 --> 00:39:04,200
» Thank you.
>> Thank y'all.

531
00:39:00,960 --> 00:39:04,200
» Thank you.

532
00:39:04,480 --> 00:39:07,480
It

533
00:39:07,520 --> 00:39:14,240
» Good morning, our honorable commission.
>> Morning. Morning. Morning.

534
00:39:11,040 --> 00:39:20,560
» And um you'll have my report and uh I
just have two highlights to add to it.

535
00:39:16,800 --> 00:39:27,280
And those are the uh two of the cooler
things that we did um this previous

536
00:39:23,920 --> 00:39:31,920
month. Uh our organization joined the
government management information

537
00:39:28,960 --> 00:39:37,280
sciences Georgia chapter which is Gus is
commonly called and uh it's a a group

538
00:39:35,520 --> 00:39:40,560
that fosters an environment of
collaboration by connecting public

539
00:39:38,960 --> 00:39:45,280
service information technology
professionals in the state of Georgia

540
00:39:42,480 --> 00:39:54,400
that work at the government level. Um
and we have uh finished implementing um

541
00:39:50,960 --> 00:39:59,440
MFA uh multifactor authentication for
our Microsoft 365 environment. And uh

542
00:39:57,680 --> 00:40:03,680
that is a huge step in securing our
organization against many of the cyber

543
00:40:01,119 --> 00:40:07,520
threats we face. And uh I would like to
thank all the department heads for all

544
00:40:05,200 --> 00:40:09,680
their help in that because that is a a
little bit of a learning curve and

545
00:40:08,480 --> 00:40:15,599
there's a lot of information that has to
be gathered. Um, and everyone was

546
00:40:12,640 --> 00:40:19,520
awesome in that that whole process
helped to go along quickly and smoothly.

547
00:40:17,920 --> 00:40:24,838
And that's pretty much it. I shot some
questions about the the report itself.

548
00:40:22,720 --> 00:40:25,839
» Do we have word?
[snorts]

549
00:40:25,200 --> 00:40:30,079
» Yes. [clears throat]
>> Okay. Thank you.

550
00:40:27,920 --> 00:40:35,119
» Absolutely.
>> Great.

551
00:40:31,599 --> 00:40:42,240
Okay. Any other questions?
Okay. Uh, Tyler, the software, how's

552
00:40:38,720 --> 00:40:47,440
that coming? It's coming along. Um, so
far we've uh, especially from an IT

553
00:40:45,520 --> 00:40:52,960
side, we've we've completed all of our
obligations.

554
00:40:49,040 --> 00:40:56,560
Um, we've gotten them our tenant
information so that we can do the

555
00:40:54,320 --> 00:41:00,560
signons and everything. And, uh, I
believe that we've registered for all

556
00:40:58,240 --> 00:41:06,240
the the training. So, I know that
Sonia's the project manager,

557
00:41:03,119 --> 00:41:09,599
um, for that, but uh, everything seems
to be coming along.

558
00:41:07,440 --> 00:41:17,079
» Okay. So,
>> all right. Any other questions?

559
00:41:13,359 --> 00:41:17,079
» All right. Thank you.

560
00:41:20,319 --> 00:41:27,119
» Mr. Bennett, I saw you walk in. Do you
have anything you need to tell us or

561
00:41:26,160 --> 00:41:32,000
anything?
>> Yeah, we can. You want to talk about the

562
00:41:29,440 --> 00:41:35,599
splash and hotel work that we've done or
>> anything you want? I just saw you come

563
00:41:33,760 --> 00:41:37,760
in and we had already cut the finance.
So, I didn't know if you had anything

564
00:41:36,880 --> 00:41:41,440
you wanted to ask.
>> I'll just give you an update on

565
00:41:38,960 --> 00:41:46,200
» Well, we thought maybe you had found a
couple million dollars.

566
00:41:43,200 --> 00:41:46,200
» Okay.

567
00:41:46,319 --> 00:41:50,698
» Yeah, that's a tough question.
[laughter]

568
00:41:53,839 --> 00:42:01,760
» Yeah. So, one of the um things we've
continued to work on in the finances is

569
00:41:58,720 --> 00:42:06,240
to be bring real time tracking to our
splast and hotel motel monies. Um so,

570
00:42:04,640 --> 00:42:11,200
this past month, we've been able to put
a tracker together on that I'd shared

571
00:42:09,200 --> 00:42:15,520
with a few of you guys on the commission
here. It's going to allow us now to to

572
00:42:13,839 --> 00:42:22,319
know not only how much money do we have
in splice, but how much uh is still

573
00:42:18,480 --> 00:42:26,880
remaining in the budget for SPLOS. Um I
have submitted a report that we'll

574
00:42:24,319 --> 00:42:31,200
probably look at um maybe the next
meeting to amend the splash budget for

575
00:42:29,520 --> 00:42:35,760
the overages that have come in in the
splash 2018. Uh so that money can be

576
00:42:33,920 --> 00:42:40,079
allocated. I'll also provide that to the
city manager. I think he may have a copy

577
00:42:37,280 --> 00:42:45,520
of it already. Um so what this will do
is so will allow us now to track u the

578
00:42:43,760 --> 00:42:51,599
project expenses as well as the revenue
coming in. Um and then also the u the

579
00:42:48,880 --> 00:42:56,560
interest uh income has started going up
based on those new banking uh agreements

580
00:42:54,480 --> 00:43:00,720
that we have in place. Uh so to give you
an idea like the SPLS 2024 now is

581
00:42:59,040 --> 00:43:05,520
averaging about $7500 [clears throat] a
month in interest coming in. So that's

582
00:43:02,560 --> 00:43:12,160
going to give us a $90,000 annual
increase just in the splash 24. Um and

583
00:43:08,640 --> 00:43:16,240
also Splash 2018 is also seeing about
6,000 a month coming in interest there.

584
00:43:14,240 --> 00:43:19,440
So those are going to be um money that
we'll be able to allocate. My

585
00:43:17,920 --> 00:43:23,440
recommendation
on the [clears throat] interest is that

586
00:43:20,560 --> 00:43:26,560
we allow it to accumulate each year and
at the end of the fiscal year we

587
00:43:24,960 --> 00:43:31,359
determine how we want to allocate that
interest uh to the various projects

588
00:43:28,400 --> 00:43:38,640
that's out here. Um but right now we we
have about 2.7 million left in the 2018

589
00:43:34,960 --> 00:43:45,359
splast and about 3.2 million in splast
2024 which is our active splice. Uh

590
00:43:41,760 --> 00:43:49,680
we've collected about 52% of what that
budget was. It's about $ 8.5 million

591
00:43:47,520 --> 00:43:55,440
budget. That's now we've collected about
4.6 million on that. And we still have

592
00:43:53,200 --> 00:44:02,000
uh a little over three and a half years
to go on the referendum. So looks like

593
00:43:58,319 --> 00:44:08,079
the 2024 is going to continue to perform
well and probably get above expectations

594
00:44:04,720 --> 00:44:13,200
um as we continue there. Um on the hotel
uh motel tracking uh we're now pulling

595
00:44:10,960 --> 00:44:16,720
that information into a dashboard uh
each month. And what that means to you

596
00:44:14,880 --> 00:44:23,280
guys, the commission and the financing
in the city at large is we're able now

597
00:44:19,280 --> 00:44:29,520
to see in real time the hotels as they
pay um how much they're paying. Uh we

598
00:44:26,160 --> 00:44:33,740
can track variances in that as well as
meet our expectations of what we think

599
00:44:31,200 --> 00:44:36,240
these hotels should be paying. Um,
[clears throat] and so like today I'll

600
00:44:34,800 --> 00:44:41,280
get with the finance to show them who
who didn't pay uh for the month of

601
00:44:38,480 --> 00:44:46,720
August as well as variances that we feel
are outside of what we thought so we can

602
00:44:43,920 --> 00:44:52,319
start looking at those um to make sure
that the hotels are reporting accurate

603
00:44:48,720 --> 00:45:00,240
numbers to the city. Um and then we also
met um with the chamber last last month

604
00:44:56,319 --> 00:45:05,680
as well um on allocations. Um, so we're
going to start allocating

605
00:45:02,800 --> 00:45:10,240
uh their revenue um to them in a single
check so that we're not paying out

606
00:45:09,040 --> 00:45:16,240
multiple checks in the finance
department any longer. Um but also

607
00:45:13,440 --> 00:45:20,000
allows us to see again how much has come
in for hotel and then making sure those

608
00:45:18,480 --> 00:45:24,960
percentages have been paid out
accordingly as well. So, um, those have

609
00:45:23,520 --> 00:45:30,440
been the big big improvements here in
the last month, um, for for finance.

610
00:45:31,280 --> 00:45:40,000
» Wow.
>> Wow. So, to sum that up, so the public

611
00:45:35,200 --> 00:45:45,920
knows, the city has a 6% tourism tax.
So, in other words, what

612
00:45:42,960 --> 00:45:50,560
Mr. William Bennett's been able to do is
police the 6%

613
00:45:48,480 --> 00:45:58,236
which is the revenue coming in from the
hotels and then we're reallocating the

614
00:45:54,720 --> 00:46:03,680
money appropriately to the chamber who
[clears throat] who runs our tourism.

615
00:46:00,480 --> 00:46:07,599
And so it's going to now help us be able
to track the money, make sure we get the

616
00:46:05,839 --> 00:46:12,400
appropriate amount to the chamber,
appropriate amount to the city, and

617
00:46:09,280 --> 00:46:18,560
appropriate amount to the downtown.
So that's what we're working on as far

618
00:46:15,200 --> 00:46:25,200
as getting tourism situated. The splice
money that uh Mr. Bennett has mentioned

619
00:46:22,000 --> 00:46:29,920
that is money that we have that is uh at
least we have it and it is available for

620
00:46:27,920 --> 00:46:35,119
us for expenditures. That's not general
fund money that we can just put in to

621
00:46:32,319 --> 00:46:40,160
run our day-to-day operations. So the
splice money is restricted but and

622
00:46:37,359 --> 00:46:46,160
that's what we're trying to do is put
that in the most appropriate areas that

623
00:46:42,720 --> 00:46:53,920
are needed because we have to spend
spended in the uh budgeted item related

624
00:46:50,560 --> 00:46:58,240
areas. He's also
highlighted the bank accounts that are

625
00:46:56,480 --> 00:47:03,280
now earning interest that were not
earning interest before. So that is

626
00:47:00,480 --> 00:47:08,800
additional revenue for the city and this
is how we're all using these various

627
00:47:06,160 --> 00:47:12,800
methods to help balance our budget
behind the scenes.

628
00:47:11,040 --> 00:47:16,400
Thank you for all your hard work.
Commissioners, y'all got any questions

629
00:47:14,160 --> 00:47:22,240
for me?
>> I need to ask one. I just can't I'm just

630
00:47:19,280 --> 00:47:25,359
It's just amazing to me. I mean, there's
some unallocated. We're going to let it

631
00:47:23,760 --> 00:47:30,400
set sit there.
>> What's the question? You you said uh

632
00:47:28,000 --> 00:47:35,119
there was some that's unallocated.
>> I was saying so the so basically when

633
00:47:32,400 --> 00:47:40,000
this referendum you have about six to
eight categories as part of that budget.

634
00:47:37,599 --> 00:47:43,200
Um so at the end of the year the
interest that's coming in is coming in

635
00:47:41,680 --> 00:47:46,960
off of the the whole bucket of money
that's there. So I I was my

636
00:47:45,359 --> 00:47:49,839
recommendation is once a year we
allocate that interest that has come in

637
00:47:48,640 --> 00:47:54,880
for the year
>> to those line items to keep your SPLAS

638
00:47:52,560 --> 00:47:59,560
budget balanced but also all that money
accounted for as to where it's going to

639
00:47:56,400 --> 00:47:59,560
be spent.

640
00:48:00,240 --> 00:48:04,800
» Okay.
>> So in other words, the interest that's

641
00:48:02,400 --> 00:48:09,200
earned so far, we could have bought
these uh firearms with. That was enough

642
00:48:07,040 --> 00:48:12,079
to buy the firearms with.
>> That wasn't

643
00:48:10,400 --> 00:48:16,400
» Thank you.
>> All I'm saying is thank you.

644
00:48:13,040 --> 00:48:18,640
» All right. That's u additional revenue.
So, thank you.

645
00:48:17,040 --> 00:48:22,000
» That's right. Thanks for making the
money work.

646
00:48:19,520 --> 00:48:27,280
» That's right. Okay.
>> Okay. We'll move into agenda items. Uh

647
00:48:24,800 --> 00:48:32,240
our first agenda item is considering
approving event permit for downtown

648
00:48:29,200 --> 00:48:37,280
Spooktacular Family Trunk Retreat. This
is going to be on October the 29th from

649
00:48:34,319 --> 00:48:43,119
5:30 until 7:00 p.m.
The organizer is going to be Miss Monica

650
00:48:39,599 --> 00:48:48,480
Renfro with downtown Cordill. There is a
special request to close 9inth Avenue

651
00:48:45,520 --> 00:48:53,280
from 7th to 6th Street.
They have their own barricades.

652
00:48:50,800 --> 00:48:57,440
» Mr. Mayor, could we uh just get Miss
Monica to explain these three events

653
00:48:55,040 --> 00:49:01,599
she's got requesting
to two events? Excuse me. If you want to

654
00:48:59,520 --> 00:49:05,359
do the third one, you can. But
>> could you step up to the podium and

655
00:49:03,200 --> 00:49:09,119
explain it to us so we can get it out to
the public?

656
00:49:06,319 --> 00:49:11,520
» Talking about
I don't mind talking about anything.

657
00:49:10,808 --> 00:49:15,160
[laughter]
Okay.

658
00:49:12,160 --> 00:49:15,160
» Hush.

659
00:49:15,440 --> 00:49:24,160
» Okay. Downtown Spooktacular. We've been
doing many, many, many years. Um, I do

660
00:49:21,920 --> 00:49:31,520
have a request from police chief. I was
going to get with him later. Lisa, um,

661
00:49:27,680 --> 00:49:36,880
ODM was a valuable partner with me for
several events. And I wanted to see if

662
00:49:34,160 --> 00:49:42,079
he minded if I since Lisa's gone if we
move Brandy into that slot at animal

663
00:49:40,960 --> 00:49:43,760
control
>> as far as to help you.

664
00:49:43,280 --> 00:49:47,200
» Yes.
>> As long as she doesn't mind, I don't

665
00:49:45,280 --> 00:49:53,440
» Okay. I talked to her yesterday. She was
good. So, um, yes, it's a family event.

666
00:49:50,559 --> 00:50:00,960
We have equipment displays. Many
churches, civic groups, local businesses

667
00:49:56,640 --> 00:50:06,079
come down and we um just trunk or treat
all night. Empire Dance comes and does a

668
00:50:03,200 --> 00:50:12,400
performance usually every year. We've
had this has grown so big that we've had

669
00:50:09,200 --> 00:50:17,520
to implement some new rules. So, as
people are calling, signing up, I'm

670
00:50:14,400 --> 00:50:22,720
going over the new rules with them. Um,
but this has grown there. Every year

671
00:50:20,640 --> 00:50:28,640
there's hundreds of people down there. I
mean, it's it's just an amazing event.

672
00:50:25,839 --> 00:50:34,079
Um, so
gas department, water, any of y'all want

673
00:50:30,800 --> 00:50:39,040
to come hand out, bring information,
uh, that's fine. We love that kind of

674
00:50:36,079 --> 00:50:46,079
thing. So that's a spectacular trunk or
treat. Um, the new event is the, uh,

675
00:50:43,280 --> 00:50:52,319
downtown music festival. Um, that will
be October 17th. We tried this once

676
00:50:50,240 --> 00:50:57,760
before in a different location. It did
not go over well. very very very poorly

677
00:50:55,680 --> 00:51:04,400
attended. So, we're moving down to
Pearles Park this time. Um, we've joined

678
00:51:01,200 --> 00:51:09,200
with Monica Robinson. Uh, she's going to
do vendor spaces and food trucks. We

679
00:51:07,200 --> 00:51:15,440
even she's even talked about ice
skating. Um, I'll meet with her on

680
00:51:12,240 --> 00:51:21,200
Wednesday to finalize her part. Um,
we've had great sponsorship response

681
00:51:18,559 --> 00:51:26,880
from this event. We've raised I think
$3,000. So, that's that'll just about

682
00:51:24,319 --> 00:51:31,040
cover the whole event, which is great
because it doesn't have to come out of

683
00:51:28,240 --> 00:51:35,599
my budget. So, um we've partnered with
several people. We will have beer and

684
00:51:33,680 --> 00:51:41,520
wine down there. Y'all know we do have
an entertainment district and we have

685
00:51:37,520 --> 00:51:46,240
the specialized cups. Um and so we're
working with one of our local

686
00:51:43,520 --> 00:51:52,160
restaurants that already has alcohol
license and all of that. So, that will

687
00:51:49,599 --> 00:51:57,359
be the uh fall music festival. So, we're
going to try it again and see how it

688
00:51:53,680 --> 00:52:00,359
goes this time. So, any questions,
concerns?

689
00:52:00,640 --> 00:52:04,880
» Y'all got any questions on the
spooktacular?

690
00:52:03,599 --> 00:52:06,559
» Yeah.
>> No.

691
00:52:05,599 --> 00:52:11,280
» All right.
>> Was there a motion to approve uh the

692
00:52:09,200 --> 00:52:13,760
downtown spooktacular event?
>> So, move

693
00:52:13,040 --> 00:52:19,319
together. Amen.
>> All right. We got a motion. We got a

694
00:52:15,280 --> 00:52:19,319
second. Is there any further discussion?

695
00:52:22,319 --> 00:52:29,680
Okay. All in favor? I.
>> Okay. Motion to approve for Spook

696
00:52:27,040 --> 00:52:32,240
Hector. All right. Agenda item number
two. Hold on.

697
00:52:30,480 --> 00:52:37,040
» I am. I'm not going [laughter] anywhere.
>> Agenda item number two, considering

698
00:52:34,160 --> 00:52:42,480
approving event permit for downtown fall
concert. This is going to be on October

699
00:52:38,880 --> 00:52:47,920
the 17th from 1:30 to 6:30 at Pearles
Park. The organizer is going to be Miss

700
00:52:45,440 --> 00:52:53,599
Monica Rampro for downtown Cordial.
There will be beer and wine sales.

701
00:52:50,720 --> 00:52:57,680
Special request to close 8th from 11th
to 13th Avenue. They have their own

702
00:52:56,160 --> 00:53:04,960
barricades.
Is there a motion to approve this event?

703
00:53:03,680 --> 00:53:11,280
» So move.
>> Okay. Motion. Got us a second.

704
00:53:08,400 --> 00:53:13,119
» Is there any further discussion? Miss M,
you got anything you want to add?

705
00:53:12,400 --> 00:53:17,680
» I'm good.
>> Okay. All in favor?

706
00:53:15,200 --> 00:53:20,319
» Okay. Motion approved. Thanks y'all.
Appreciate it.

707
00:53:18,240 --> 00:53:23,280
» Thank you. Appreciate your input.
>> Oh, sure.

708
00:53:21,760 --> 00:53:28,079
» All right. Agenda item number three,
considering approving event permit. This

709
00:53:25,680 --> 00:53:33,200
is going to be for Celebrate Recovery.
It's got car show. It's going to be on

710
00:53:29,599 --> 00:53:38,000
November the 7th from 8:30 a.m. to 2:00
p.m. It's going to be at Pearles Park.

711
00:53:35,280 --> 00:53:44,720
The organizer is going to be uh Chris
Willis from Celebrate Recovery. Special

712
00:53:40,559 --> 00:53:49,200
request is to block off 8th Street, 11th
to 14th Avenue. Is there a motion for

713
00:53:48,079 --> 00:53:52,559
this event?
>> So move.

714
00:53:50,240 --> 00:53:55,760
» Okay. Got a motion. Is there a second?
>> Second.

715
00:53:53,839 --> 00:54:00,720
» Okay. Got us a motion in a second. Is
there any further discussion?

716
00:53:58,640 --> 00:54:06,240
» Okay. All in favor?
>> Okay. Motion approved. All right. Agenda

717
00:54:04,319 --> 00:54:12,000
item number four. This is going to be
consider and approve an alcohol license

718
00:54:09,440 --> 00:54:16,800
beer only consumed on premises. This is
going to be for MadM soul food soul food

719
00:54:14,640 --> 00:54:23,119
and catering. It's going to be at 302
West 16th Avenue, Sweet B.

720
00:54:20,480 --> 00:54:26,400
Is there a motion for this uh alcohol
license?

721
00:54:25,839 --> 00:54:31,440
» Second.
>> Got a motion and a second.

722
00:54:29,359 --> 00:54:34,382
Okay. All in favor?
>> I.

723
00:54:31,839 --> 00:54:37,839
» Okay. Motion approved.
[clears throat] Okay. Consider and

724
00:54:36,000 --> 00:54:45,040
approve a request from the police
department to purchase uh 2021 Dodge

725
00:54:41,920 --> 00:54:50,079
Durango using splice funds. The quote is
attached.

726
00:54:47,040 --> 00:54:55,200
» Okay. Is there a motion?
>> Mr. Mayor, may I about three weeks ago u

727
00:54:53,680 --> 00:54:59,440
when we began the conversation about the
K9 Brandon Motor Company reached out to

728
00:54:57,520 --> 00:55:05,280
us. They had just taken a vehicle in
trade from an accredited agency that had

729
00:55:02,480 --> 00:55:09,119
the uh the dog cage, all equipment which
included the heat alarm, watering

730
00:55:06,960 --> 00:55:14,079
system. They were going to donate it to
the city. Uh unfortunately we've only

731
00:55:11,440 --> 00:55:17,359
got one Dodge Durango in our fleet and
it's currently being used. Um so that

732
00:55:16,000 --> 00:55:21,920
leaves us with the equipment but no
vehicle. Chief Hicks uh took a trip to

733
00:55:20,000 --> 00:55:26,160
Unadilla, looked at the vehicle, got to
talking to him and as you can see in the

734
00:55:23,359 --> 00:55:31,280
quote here um original quote for the
vehicle and all equipment value is

735
00:55:29,119 --> 00:55:36,640
$45,000.
Um the equipment alone, which includes

736
00:55:34,160 --> 00:55:40,800
all the the uh the lighting and internal
products, which uh I understand are WHL

737
00:55:38,960 --> 00:55:45,599
products, which are top of the line, has
a $19,000 value. They're also adding an

738
00:55:44,079 --> 00:55:48,960
extended warranty. Uh this is a
powertrain warranty for an additional

739
00:55:47,119 --> 00:55:53,359
100,000 miles. This car does have close
to 100,000 miles on it already, but it

740
00:55:50,960 --> 00:55:57,280
does come from an accredited agency. Uh
we do have maintenance record. It's

741
00:55:54,799 --> 00:56:03,920
wellmaintained, but they are um adding
an additional 100 thou,000 mi warranty

742
00:56:00,000 --> 00:56:08,480
on the vehicle. All being said, um they
are giving us a discount of $24,000. So,

743
00:56:06,720 --> 00:56:14,000
total sold price, which will include
car, all equipment, and the cage is

744
00:56:11,040 --> 00:56:18,599
$21,000,
>> which is

745
00:56:15,599 --> 00:56:18,599
» that's

746
00:56:18,799 --> 00:56:24,160
there will be some work has to be done
on the cars. Right now, the paint scheme

747
00:56:22,079 --> 00:56:29,839
and it's black with black doors. We'll
have to get the doors painted, but

748
00:56:26,640 --> 00:56:33,920
otherwise uh cars in good shape and
ready on the road. Chief, did I miss

749
00:56:31,839 --> 00:56:37,040
anything that you need to cover? You
>> mentioned I went up there and like you

750
00:56:35,440 --> 00:56:42,799
said, met with them and drove the
vehicle. Um and I'll be honest with you,

751
00:56:39,359 --> 00:56:48,400
drove it pretty hard and uh drove just
fine. Um when you're accredited agency,

752
00:56:45,440 --> 00:56:51,760
especially Kalia accredited, um you have
to maintain all those maintenance

753
00:56:49,839 --> 00:56:56,880
records and they're there. So every
intervals of um you know whatever the

754
00:56:54,400 --> 00:57:03,520
manufacturer recommends that agency does
that. So it's there. Uh internals are

755
00:57:00,160 --> 00:57:10,559
are great. Um no check engine lights, no
nothing. Our concern was um

756
00:57:08,400 --> 00:57:14,160
it being so many miles on it and it
being a K9 car, that's you might as well

757
00:57:12,319 --> 00:57:19,760
double that cuz you got to on a K9 car
you got to look at the hours running.

758
00:57:16,319 --> 00:57:23,119
So, um, we negotiated that with, uh,
Brandon Motor Company, Jake

759
00:57:21,200 --> 00:57:26,720
specifically, and that's when we came up
with the powertrain warranty. So, then I

760
00:57:25,119 --> 00:57:30,559
felt a lot more comfortable with it. If
the engine does go or transmission or

761
00:57:28,799 --> 00:57:37,119
something, that would include a
replacement for another 100,000 mi.

762
00:57:34,799 --> 00:57:40,319
» Does that cover the AC? Cuz that's
supposed to run all the time, right? The

763
00:57:39,280 --> 00:57:45,520
AC side.
>> It does. Um, the powertrain, I'd have to

764
00:57:43,040 --> 00:57:49,119
look at the exact. Um, but I can tell
you it's been maintained the entire time

765
00:57:47,440 --> 00:57:53,359
that it's had it. So, whatever the
manufacturer's maintenance requirement

766
00:57:51,040 --> 00:57:57,520
is, that car has had it done. I can tell
you that when I drove it, it was the

767
00:57:55,280 --> 00:58:01,040
heat index that day was well over 100
and it cooled down just fine. And that's

768
00:57:59,280 --> 00:58:06,000
run driving it pretty hard.
>> Um, I can add that [clears throat]

769
00:58:04,079 --> 00:58:10,000
a transmission for that vehicle right
there would cost $4,500.

770
00:58:08,640 --> 00:58:14,640
An engine
>> $45 to $5,500.

771
00:58:12,480 --> 00:58:20,160
And you've got a full warranty on those
for 100,000 miles. Uh cars ain't cheap

772
00:58:18,240 --> 00:58:24,240
like they used to be. I mean, it's the
industry gone. Plus all the equipment

773
00:58:22,240 --> 00:58:28,559
that's going with it, which is would
cost you 10,000 bucks or more.

774
00:58:27,040 --> 00:58:32,480
» Uh be honest with you, that's really a
no-brainer. I'd buy it in a minute. So,

775
00:58:30,319 --> 00:58:35,520
I'm all all in favor of it.
>> Probably 85,000.

776
00:58:33,839 --> 00:58:38,880
» And I spent 25 years in the car
business, so I know a couple [laughter]

777
00:58:36,799 --> 00:58:43,200
things about automobile. If we were to
go out and buy that vehicle as currently

778
00:58:40,880 --> 00:58:47,520
equipped with all the alarms and
everything for the dog, you're probably

779
00:58:44,720 --> 00:58:52,640
looking anywhere between 80 to $90,000
when it's all said and done. So, if we

780
00:58:49,440 --> 00:58:56,960
could get him in this for 21, I just
trying to help, you know, spread that as

781
00:58:54,960 --> 00:59:01,520
far out as we can
>> um to get the things that we need.

782
00:58:59,119 --> 00:59:05,440
» This is this is an outstanding deal and
just want to thank Brandon Motor

783
00:59:02,799 --> 00:59:08,240
Company. even if we don't do this make
this deal just for them thinking about

784
00:59:06,880 --> 00:59:12,720
us and willing to donate.
>> Yeah. No, that's that's a good deal.

785
00:59:09,680 --> 00:59:16,319
Ain't nothing that deal
>> and then put it to the side. Had it all

786
00:59:14,480 --> 00:59:19,839
cleaned up when I got there. He rode
with me and like I said, I couldn't ask

787
00:59:18,240 --> 00:59:24,319
for a better customer service up there
with Jake and all been great.

788
00:59:22,640 --> 00:59:27,280
» Okay,
Kane, y'all heard

789
00:59:25,680 --> 00:59:32,319
» I got one one more question.
>> All right, one more. Chief, I sent you

790
00:59:28,880 --> 00:59:36,720
something a while back about the uh when
they have a battery operated air

791
00:59:34,000 --> 00:59:42,480
conditioner. My concern is for wrecks,
you know, more than anything. Um there's

792
00:59:39,920 --> 00:59:48,799
a there was type of system that I ran
across and it'll cut the car off. It'll

793
00:59:47,280 --> 00:59:53,200
run the air conditioner. If the car cuts
off, it run the air conditioner. Then it

794
00:59:50,880 --> 00:59:57,839
can go into an alarm system. Okay. if
the car doesn't come back on. Uh could

795
00:59:55,920 --> 01:00:02,079
you check into that and then find out?
Cuz my concern is for the dogs.

796
00:59:59,920 --> 01:00:07,680
» So the way this car is set up, it's what
we call the heat alarm protection. So

797
01:00:04,240 --> 01:00:11,839
what happens is, let's just say um the
car starts running hot. The AC's not

798
01:00:09,760 --> 01:00:15,200
blowing cold. It's going to send him an
alarm. It's going to drop all the

799
01:00:13,520 --> 01:00:19,520
windows down. It's going to turn on the
lights and the sirens. And it's going to

800
01:00:17,280 --> 01:00:23,599
activate two fans that are outside of
the doors on the back where the dogs

801
01:00:21,280 --> 01:00:28,559
are. and that is to prevent the dog from
dying from any kind of heat exhaustion.

802
01:00:25,920 --> 01:00:32,480
If we had a K9 program, I I would only
want to put the dog in there with that

803
01:00:30,240 --> 01:00:36,079
alarm system because unfortunately
across the country, we've had some and

804
01:00:34,400 --> 01:00:41,920
and not too far away from here that
deceased. Um uh because it didn't have

805
01:00:39,280 --> 01:00:44,799
those alarm systems. Um you have to have
those. But that this car comes with

806
01:00:43,680 --> 01:00:48,720
that.
>> That's what I wanted to do.

807
01:00:46,960 --> 01:00:54,720
» Yeah. [laughter] I don't even know how
to answer that. Whoa. Yeah. Okay. M

808
01:00:52,640 --> 01:00:58,160
they don't have that for babies.
>> They [laughter] need it.

809
01:00:56,160 --> 01:01:02,319
» They need it. They definitely need it.
But yes, sir. This has it in it. It's

810
01:01:00,079 --> 01:01:05,040
» I just I just want to assure Rex safety,
you know. Oh, absolutely.

811
01:01:03,280 --> 01:01:08,319
» Make sure that we take care of him.
How's his school going, too?

812
01:01:06,240 --> 01:01:11,680
» He's doing great. We He graduates on
They're not going to have any kind of

813
01:01:09,359 --> 01:01:16,160
graduation ceremony, but he's done. I've
talked with the uh owner of the company

814
01:01:14,240 --> 01:01:21,119
probably at least once a week and then
checked with uh Baltberger at least

815
01:01:19,599 --> 01:01:24,640
twice a week. I'm going to go see them
tomorrow over there. Uh they want to do

816
01:01:23,200 --> 01:01:27,920
a demonstration. So, we're probably
going to go over there and uh and see

817
01:01:26,480 --> 01:01:30,960
that done. I've been promising him since
he's been over there to make it. I've

818
01:01:29,359 --> 01:01:34,000
got to make that happen this week cuz
this is his last week of training and

819
01:01:32,559 --> 01:01:36,640
he's going to come back all fully
certified.

820
01:01:35,040 --> 01:01:39,680
» Okay. What time we leaving?
>> What time we leaving?

821
01:01:38,079 --> 01:01:44,799
» Uh that'd be pretty early cuz that's
it's a decent ride over there. But I

822
01:01:41,440 --> 01:01:50,079
mean, I can't help ask for any better to
to help us and know that we're trying to

823
01:01:47,200 --> 01:01:54,079
get it started and the way that company
has done to throw the lodging in there

824
01:01:52,319 --> 01:01:57,920
with the training. I mean, he they've
done us a really good deal. I mean, that

825
01:01:55,760 --> 01:02:02,240
that to get something started with as
many donations and things that we've got

826
01:02:00,240 --> 01:02:06,400
is has been just really really
wonderful. We've been truly blessed to

827
01:02:03,920 --> 01:02:10,000
get this program off the ground.
>> Go ahead.

828
01:02:08,240 --> 01:02:13,880
» Okay.
Y'all got any further questions?

829
01:02:14,480 --> 01:02:21,599
» Okay. Is there a motion to approve the
request to purchase this uh 2021?

830
01:02:20,640 --> 01:02:26,240
» So moved.
>> Okay.

831
01:02:22,960 --> 01:02:30,880
» Got a motion and a second. All in favor?
>> Okay. Motion approved. All right. Agenda

832
01:02:28,960 --> 01:02:35,520
item number six. Uh this is going to be
recommendations for a board member. The

833
01:02:33,680 --> 01:02:39,280
this is going to be for the board of
zoning appeals.

834
01:02:37,599 --> 01:02:43,920
» Mr. Mayor, the last board of zoning
appeals, we we received the resignation

835
01:02:41,200 --> 01:02:47,359
of Ron Michael. So, we're seeking names
for nomination to the board of zoning

836
01:02:45,599 --> 01:02:50,160
appeals.
>> How many?

837
01:02:48,480 --> 01:02:53,400
» We only have one seat available.
>> One seat.

838
01:02:55,040 --> 01:03:03,359
» One seat.
>> I did confirm that with Marsha last

839
01:03:00,480 --> 01:03:07,920
week.
>> Okay. When do you need these

840
01:03:05,680 --> 01:03:12,400
recommendations by?
>> We would like to go ahead and get them

841
01:03:09,599 --> 01:03:18,160
set up as quickly as possible. I don't I
didn't bring my calendar with me. BZA is

842
01:03:15,200 --> 01:03:22,960
the third Thursday of the month if I'm
not mistaken.

843
01:03:20,319 --> 01:03:26,640
» Will they have a quum? They still they
would still have a pool. So they can

844
01:03:24,480 --> 01:03:29,280
still make decision on the number they
have, but we'd like to go ahead and get

845
01:03:27,839 --> 01:03:34,799
somebody in there.
>> So we can we have time to look into it

846
01:03:32,720 --> 01:03:37,200
and get back with you and see if those
people are willing or we just throw

847
01:03:36,319 --> 01:03:38,480
names. Yes, sir.
>> Okay. Yes, sir.

848
01:03:38,079 --> 01:03:41,920
» All right.
>> If you have someone you want to reach

849
01:03:39,680 --> 01:03:43,760
out to and
>> check temperature.

850
01:03:43,039 --> 01:03:46,000
» Okay.
>> Just let me know the name so we reach

851
01:03:45,200 --> 01:03:49,920
out to them.
>> Okay.

852
01:03:47,839 --> 01:03:56,039
All right. [clears throat] Okay. Agenda
item number seven. Um, city manager

853
01:03:53,039 --> 01:03:56,039
report.

854
01:04:14,160 --> 01:04:20,240
All right, good morning everyone again.
You have my report in your packet.

855
01:04:18,240 --> 01:04:24,480
As always, we start out uh remembering
Naisha Pickkins, encouraging anyone if

856
01:04:22,480 --> 01:04:29,920
you have any information to please use
the CEND app using keywords Naisha or

857
01:04:27,599 --> 01:04:34,359
Cordial missing person. You can call the
tip line at any time at 1 8005978477

858
01:04:35,039 --> 01:04:44,240
or the Cordial Police Department 2762921
or reach out and contact any of our

859
01:04:41,119 --> 01:04:48,000
surrounding law enforcement agencies.
We also highlight our pet of the week.

860
01:04:46,079 --> 01:04:52,400
Uh this week is Daisy. Daisy looks to be
a little bit older dog. So, um, she is

861
01:04:50,640 --> 01:04:56,640
in need of a good home. So, if someone
is looking for a little bit more mature,

862
01:04:54,799 --> 01:05:00,640
probably calmer pet, Daisy would make a
good fit for you. If you would like to

863
01:04:58,640 --> 01:05:05,200
visit the animal shelter, you may do so
uh in person. You can log in to the

864
01:05:02,240 --> 01:05:09,000
city's website at cordialogga.gov
or you can call 229-947-5306

865
01:05:09,280 --> 01:05:16,400
to make an appointment to go out and see
the many animals that we have available

866
01:05:12,319 --> 01:05:21,280
for adoption at the animal shelter.
25th anniversary of September 11th is

867
01:05:19,039 --> 01:05:26,960
fastly approaching. Couple events going
on. The first is the 911 ceremony. Uh

868
01:05:25,039 --> 01:05:32,960
this will be held on September 11th,
2026 at 9:11 a.m. at the Chris County

869
01:05:30,799 --> 01:05:37,119
High Football Game. This event will
honor the 3,000 lives lost in the

870
01:05:34,880 --> 01:05:42,160
courage of first responders. Attorney
General Chris Carr will be the keynote

871
01:05:38,960 --> 01:05:48,240
speaker. And uh I assume that any
elected officials that show up, you will

872
01:05:45,119 --> 01:05:52,640
also be asked to uh give a presentation.
So just be prepared for that. But we do

873
01:05:50,160 --> 01:05:59,200
encourage the uh the community to come
out and and remember September 11th.

874
01:05:56,640 --> 01:06:03,359
The day prior um on September the 10th,
we'll be honoring those that always

875
01:06:01,119 --> 01:06:06,799
answer the call. Uh we'll have the
public safety appreciation dinner. This

876
01:06:05,200 --> 01:06:10,559
will be from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at the
Alliance Club. Uh, and this, like I

877
01:06:08,720 --> 01:06:13,559
said, this honoring all public safety
professionals.

878
01:06:15,920 --> 01:06:23,440
Girls Prep Empowerment Project is a
12-week mentoring pro uh program to help

879
01:06:21,440 --> 01:06:28,559
instill confidence, character, and
purpose. This is geared strictly towards

880
01:06:25,920 --> 01:06:34,400
middle school age girls. Uh, classes
begin September the 3rd, 2026. Said this

881
01:06:31,760 --> 01:06:39,599
is a 12-week program. And if anyone is
interested or or knows someone that may

882
01:06:36,720 --> 01:06:42,559
be uh may benefit from this program,
they're encouraged to apply at the

883
01:06:41,200 --> 01:06:51,319
middle schools where they're taking
applications and uh at for this program

884
01:06:46,640 --> 01:06:51,319
and it is a free program by the way.

885
01:06:51,920 --> 01:06:58,079
The community of Cordel uh they continue
with outreach programs. They're

886
01:06:55,680 --> 01:07:02,640
introducing youth works. This is a
another career building program. um

887
01:07:01,039 --> 01:07:08,960
offers several things like fasttracking
for your GED, uh resume building,

888
01:07:05,839 --> 01:07:14,240
learning a trade or skill, um parenting
classes, and career readiness. If anyone

889
01:07:11,920 --> 01:07:18,720
is interested, you can you can visit the
community of Cordial at 20513th Avenue

890
01:07:16,720 --> 01:07:24,079
East here in Cordial or give them a call
at 22941

891
01:07:21,839 --> 01:07:29,839
8122.
Uh in addition to the youth works

892
01:07:27,119 --> 01:07:34,000
program, they're continuing with their
uh free tutoring program. This is for K

893
01:07:32,400 --> 01:07:38,720
through five for homework, health, and
learning support along with adult

894
01:07:35,839 --> 01:07:41,839
education and GED uh study prep. Again,
the uh schedule there is flexible, so

895
01:07:40,640 --> 01:07:46,960
they're willing to work around your
schedule, but they they do request that

896
01:07:43,839 --> 01:07:52,160
you call and set up a uh a time to
attend. Again, comm the community of

897
01:07:49,680 --> 01:07:57,119
Cordill located at 205 East 13th Avenue
is hosting this event and you can reach

898
01:07:54,240 --> 01:08:00,119
out to them at 22941
8122.

899
01:08:01,520 --> 01:08:07,920
The next event on September 11th uh is
the Quanis Kids Fishing Rodeo. This was

900
01:08:06,640 --> 01:08:12,160
originally scheduled during the
Watermelon Festival. Mother Nature

901
01:08:09,839 --> 01:08:17,040
didn't play nice, so we had to reschedu.
Uh but this is coming up on Saturday,

902
01:08:13,920 --> 01:08:20,640
September the 12th at 385 Farmers Market
Road. Most people know that as Cordial

903
01:08:18,719 --> 01:08:24,719
Motor Speedway. Uh it's there in the big
pond on the left as you enter the

904
01:08:22,239 --> 01:08:30,319
facility and it will begin at 8:00 a.m.
wrap up at 10:00 a.m. Uh prizes, uh

905
01:08:28,080 --> 01:08:34,799
drawings, giveaways will be there. Uh
they're giving away for I believe most

906
01:08:32,080 --> 01:08:39,279
fish, largest fish, and may have uh some
other uh categories as well. So if

907
01:08:37,359 --> 01:08:44,799
anyone is interested in attending, uh
you can call 229-947-2277

908
01:08:42,719 --> 01:08:48,640
for more information.
On that same day, September the 12th,

909
01:08:46,960 --> 01:08:52,239
the Legacy Group will hold their day of
awareness fundrais fundraiser and

910
01:08:50,400 --> 01:08:58,080
festival. This will be at the Chris
County Recreation Department walking

911
01:08:54,319 --> 01:09:04,560
track. And this is a uh this is an event
to uh increase suicide awareness. So, if

912
01:09:02,159 --> 01:09:08,480
anyone is interested, uh there they can
reach out to several different people

913
01:09:05,759 --> 01:09:15,799
here. Here you have Becky Vaughn at 229
3223312

914
01:09:10,799 --> 01:09:15,799
or Misty Badger at 229-32249292,

915
01:09:16,640 --> 01:09:24,359
excuse me. And if you're a vendor
looking for a spot, you can contact

916
01:09:20,159 --> 01:09:24,359
Candace Evans at 949236

917
01:09:24,400 --> 01:09:27,400
0590.

918
01:09:27,920 --> 01:09:34,319
Couple of future events to put on your
calendar. 17th annual Run for Your Lungs

919
01:09:31,839 --> 01:09:38,799
will be held at Lake Blackshire um on
November the 7th. And you can if you're

920
01:09:37,040 --> 01:09:43,480
interested in in participating in the
Run for Your Lungs, you can go to

921
01:09:40,480 --> 01:09:43,480
www.runforyoulung.org

922
01:09:44,480 --> 01:09:53,839
and all proceeds of this event is used
to help raise awareness of lung cancer

923
01:09:49,839 --> 01:09:58,960
and to help local lung cancer patients.
And then as we heard the last meeting,

924
01:09:55,440 --> 01:10:03,760
Miss uh White, she presented uh her
program homeless to helpful. They're

925
01:10:01,040 --> 01:10:08,320
having a break every chain 5K and one
mile fun run. That's uh January the 2nd,

926
01:10:06,320 --> 01:10:12,880
2027. So we told her we would get this
information out. So uh if you need more

927
01:10:10,960 --> 01:10:17,360
information about Break Every Chain Fund
Run, you can contact Miss White at 229

928
01:10:15,520 --> 01:10:21,920
322
6388.

929
01:10:20,159 --> 01:10:26,320
A couple of upcoming events and meetings
to make you aware of. Um, city hall

930
01:10:24,719 --> 01:10:31,520
offices will be closed on Monday,
September the 8th and in observance of

931
01:10:28,880 --> 01:10:35,199
Labor Day.
The monthly ministerial alliance meeting

932
01:10:33,520 --> 01:10:41,040
will be held on Thursday, September the
10th at community clubhouse at 9:30 a.m.

933
01:10:38,400 --> 01:10:44,159
The public safety appreciate, excuse me,
appreciation dinner, which we spoke

934
01:10:42,480 --> 01:10:50,080
about a moment ago, will be Thursday,
September the 10th at the Lions Club

935
01:10:45,920 --> 01:10:53,679
Lions Club Fairgrounds at 6:00 p.m.
The community clubhouse coordination

936
01:10:51,840 --> 01:10:58,159
board meeting will be Monday, September
the 14th here in the courtroom at city

937
01:10:55,920 --> 01:11:02,280
hall at 10:00 a.m.
This Historic

938
01:11:02,800 --> 01:11:09,040
Preservation meeting will be Wednesday,
September the 16th, here in the

939
01:11:06,320 --> 01:11:12,960
courtroom at 6 PM. The planning
commission meeting will be September the

940
01:11:10,719 --> 01:11:16,719
17th. Uh here in the courtroom at 10:00
a.m. And then lastly, board of zoning

941
01:11:14,960 --> 01:11:21,960
appeals will be Thursday, September the
24th here in the courtroom at 10:00 a.m.

942
01:11:22,000 --> 01:11:28,320
All right, some of our um
updates and action items. This slide has

943
01:11:27,280 --> 01:11:31,760
changed from what you have in your
packet. I'll explain that in just a

944
01:11:30,320 --> 01:11:37,679
second here. But our city dumpster
location at 8:14 11th Avenue East. Hours

945
01:11:35,840 --> 01:11:42,080
of operation are Thursday 8:00 a.m. to
noon and Friday and Saturday from 8:00

946
01:11:39,840 --> 01:11:45,520
a.m. to 4:00 p.m. The drive-through
window in the finance department will be

947
01:11:43,679 --> 01:11:49,920
opening soon for cash and check payments
only until we can get the uh software

948
01:11:48,320 --> 01:11:55,120
installed. Then we'll be we'll be able
to take uh credit card payments. We're

949
01:11:51,840 --> 01:11:58,239
still waiting on uh the ballards to to
come in so we can place those out there

950
01:11:56,640 --> 01:12:04,000
to protect anyone's car from getting hit
by the door. This next item has changed.

951
01:12:01,679 --> 01:12:08,640
Uh this for your information, a street
dedication ceremony honoring Coach Clay

952
01:12:06,239 --> 01:12:13,600
Hill will be held on September 11th at
6:30 p.m. I believe in your report that

953
01:12:11,120 --> 01:12:18,640
time. We've not set a time yet, but that
time is set for 6:30. Stewart Avenue

954
01:12:16,239 --> 01:12:23,679
between 24th Avenue and Auburn Road will
be dedicated as Clay Hill Avenue.

955
01:12:21,840 --> 01:12:27,199
And then one item other item on here I
would like to request a vacation day. I

956
01:12:25,440 --> 01:12:31,360
would like to use uh this coming Friday
September the 4th of as a vacation. If

957
01:12:29,199 --> 01:12:34,760
you so approve I will be available by
phone and email.

958
01:12:36,480 --> 01:12:47,120
All right. Two action items. Actually
one action item. Um we're going to skip.

959
01:12:43,920 --> 01:12:52,239
been approached uh by the Chris
Community Council

960
01:12:48,960 --> 01:12:57,120
requesting to use the youth build I'm
sorry the uh boys and girls club

961
01:12:54,239 --> 01:13:02,320
building right now bridge bridging the
gap educational services they're

962
01:12:59,760 --> 01:13:09,120
utilizing that facility. Uh I have
talked to Miss Byron at bridging the gap

963
01:13:05,199 --> 01:13:13,040
and she does not have any issues with um
community council

964
01:13:11,040 --> 01:13:16,239
utilizing that building as well. So,
what I have here is an action item for

965
01:13:14,560 --> 01:13:20,560
you. This is for the conditional use of
the Boys and Girls Girls Club facility

966
01:13:18,719 --> 01:13:24,640
for the Chris County Community Council
program.

967
01:13:22,880 --> 01:13:28,239
Requesting approval to proceed with an
updated agreement between the city of

968
01:13:26,080 --> 01:13:31,760
Cordial, Chris County Community Council,
and Bridging the Gap Educational

969
01:13:29,760 --> 01:13:35,360
Services authorizing conditional use of
the Boys and Girls Club facility to

970
01:13:33,920 --> 01:13:39,760
accommodate the Chris County Community
Council program. Uh the Chris County

971
01:13:37,920 --> 01:13:44,239
Community Council was recently notified
that its current facility will no longer

972
01:13:41,440 --> 01:13:47,840
be available for use. As a result, the
organization has requested the city

973
01:13:46,000 --> 01:13:51,679
consider allowing the program to operate
from the Boys and Girls Club facility in

974
01:13:50,000 --> 01:13:55,920
in conjunction with Bridging the Gap
Educational Services. The proposed

975
01:13:54,320 --> 01:14:00,560
arrangement has been discussed with Miss
Byron and at this time she has indicated

976
01:13:58,239 --> 01:14:05,120
she's not opposed to propose the
proposed use of of the facility. The

977
01:14:03,440 --> 01:14:08,400
proposed arrangement would provide the
Chris County Community Council with a

978
01:14:06,640 --> 01:14:13,040
location to continuous program while
allowing the organization to utilize

979
01:14:10,560 --> 01:14:16,880
existing facilities in a coordinated
manner. So therefore, I recommend and

980
01:14:15,360 --> 01:14:20,000
request your approval to proceed with an
updated agreement between all parties

981
01:14:18,480 --> 01:14:25,840
for the conditional use of the Boys and
Girls Club facility.

982
01:14:23,199 --> 01:14:30,880
Okay, Mr. Commissioner, y'all heard the
action item. Is there a motion?

983
01:14:29,679 --> 01:14:33,600
» So move.
>> Okay, we got a motion. Is there a

984
01:14:32,560 --> 01:14:36,000
second?
>> I have a question.

985
01:14:34,960 --> 01:14:44,480
» Okay.
>> Um and and and my question is literally

986
01:14:39,440 --> 01:14:48,320
simply a legal one. The um as you know
in our intergovernmental agreement

987
01:14:46,000 --> 01:14:52,320
between the city and the county about
recreational facilities.

988
01:14:50,560 --> 01:14:57,280
Um and I'm not saying that's what this
is. I just know that they uh sometimes

989
01:14:55,120 --> 01:15:01,920
want to get into that. and I want to
make sure that we don't violate our

990
01:15:00,320 --> 01:15:06,880
intergovernmental agreement between the
city and the county by entering into an

991
01:15:04,640 --> 01:15:12,480
agreement with them. Uh I have no
problem with giving them the space. I'm

992
01:15:09,440 --> 01:15:14,239
I'm all for it 100%. But we got to make
sure about

993
01:15:13,600 --> 01:15:17,840
» check it out.
>> Recreational programming because

994
01:15:15,840 --> 01:15:20,239
recreational programming is is
definitely part of that

995
01:15:18,640 --> 01:15:22,560
intergovernmental agreement. We need to
make sure we don't violate.

996
01:15:21,199 --> 01:15:26,800
» But I understand this is not
recreational.

997
01:15:23,760 --> 01:15:29,520
» It's educational. It's just educational.
That's

998
01:15:27,840 --> 01:15:34,560
» sort of like a program mentoring
children as a school program. It's not

999
01:15:32,480 --> 01:15:37,360
just football and stuff like that. No.
>> Okay. All right. That's that was my

1000
01:15:36,320 --> 01:15:41,040
question because I want to make sure
that that we we didn't cross a line we

1001
01:15:39,600 --> 01:15:44,480
can't cross.
>> Yes, sir.

1002
01:15:42,960 --> 01:15:48,320
» I'm all for it now.
>> Okay. Second. Okay. We got a motion and

1003
01:15:46,880 --> 01:15:52,800
a second. Is there any further
discussion?

1004
01:15:50,159 --> 01:15:56,880
Not hearing none. All in favor? I
>> I

1005
01:15:54,480 --> 01:16:01,199
» Okay, motion approved.
>> And yesterday evening, in addition to

1006
01:15:58,400 --> 01:16:07,040
this conditional use, I also sent a uh
request for an action um for use of

1007
01:16:04,560 --> 01:16:10,960
excess funds. I'm going to table that to
the next meeting until we can uh gather

1008
01:16:09,280 --> 01:16:14,960
some more information if that's okay
with the commission.

1009
01:16:12,000 --> 01:16:20,320
» Okay.
And then lastly, uh you have a a list of

1010
01:16:18,320 --> 01:16:24,080
the meetings and events I've attended uh
during the month of August. And that's

1011
01:16:22,960 --> 01:16:26,719
all I have unless you have any
questions.

1012
01:16:25,120 --> 01:16:31,360
» Okay. Commissioner, is there any further
questions for any our interim city

1013
01:16:29,520 --> 01:16:36,239
manager?
>> No.

1014
01:16:32,159 --> 01:16:38,080
» Okay. Thank you. Okay. City attorney's
report.

1015
01:16:36,640 --> 01:16:42,159
» Mr. Mayor, once again, I'd like to have
an executive session if the council

1016
01:16:39,920 --> 01:16:46,719
would agree with litigation, but I
understand there's a real estate project

1017
01:16:44,800 --> 01:16:52,320
that we're involved with like to be
discussed as well.

1018
01:16:48,320 --> 01:16:54,159
» Okay. And potentially personnel.
>> Okay. Three changes.

1019
01:16:53,760 --> 01:17:00,000
» Yes.
>> Okay. So, is there a motion to enter

1020
01:16:57,199 --> 01:17:02,400
into executive session for litigation
personnel and property?

1021
01:17:01,760 --> 01:17:06,400
» Real estate.
>> Real estate.

1022
01:17:04,800 --> 01:17:10,199
» Okay. Okay, we got a motion and a
second. All in favor?

1023
01:17:10,239 --> 01:17:17,159
» Okay, there we go. We'll enter into
executive session at this time.

1024
01:17:17,840 --> 01:17:23,120
Okay, is there a motion to come out of
executive session?

1025
01:17:20,880 --> 01:17:26,880
» So moved.
>> All right. Motion on second. We're

1026
01:17:25,440 --> 01:17:31,600
» all in favor.
>> All right. We're back here in regular

1027
01:17:28,320 --> 01:17:34,960
session at this time. Is there uh any
motions or any information out of

1028
01:17:33,280 --> 01:17:41,199
executive session?
Yes, Mr. Mayor. I have a motion. I'd

1029
01:17:37,920 --> 01:17:48,239
like to authorize the city manager to
move $200,000 over to down at the Let me

1030
01:17:45,840 --> 01:17:52,080
read it here. The quest of funds to be
utilized for eligible projects and

1031
01:17:50,000 --> 01:17:56,400
activities designated to the enhanced
appearance, functionality, economic

1032
01:17:54,320 --> 01:18:01,840
vitality of downtown Cordo, including
the property repairs, property repairs,

1033
01:17:59,120 --> 01:18:05,840
demolition of deteriorated structures,
beautifification projects, and tourism

1034
01:18:04,080 --> 01:18:11,280
related to enhancements in the Wall
Street area for capital improvements.

1035
01:18:09,600 --> 01:18:12,640
» Okay, sounds good.
>> All right.

1036
01:18:11,840 --> 01:18:16,480
» All right.
>> I second that.

1037
01:18:13,600 --> 01:18:20,320
» Okay, we got a motion and a second.
All in favor?

1038
01:18:17,679 --> 01:18:24,000
» I
>> She.

1039
01:18:22,560 --> 01:18:28,400
» Okay. Motion approved.
>> I

1040
01:18:25,040 --> 01:18:30,320
» Okay. Motion approved. Is there anything
else?

1041
01:18:29,679 --> 01:18:34,744
» No, sir.
>> If not, I'll entertain a motion to

1042
01:18:31,920 --> 01:18:37,360
adjurnn.
[laughter]

1043
01:18:34,800 --> 01:18:42,920
» Second.
>> All in favor? I.

1044
01:18:39,120 --> 01:18:42,920
» All right. Meeting adjourn.