[0:00] Yes.
>> Good morning everyone. It's now 9:00
[0:03] a.m. I'm going to call the Cordial City
Commission meeting for September the 1st
[0:08] to order. At this time, if we could all
rise, I'm going to ask Pastor Isa
[0:13] Mashada if he could please lead us in an
invocation.
[0:30] Good morning to all.
The Bible states
[0:35] » that I call up before everything
>> that you plead
[0:41] » and in prayer
>> and you ask for petition
[0:46] » and actions of grace
>> for all men for the kings
[0:53] and all those that are in in a ruling
power
[0:58] so that we live in peace
and ally,
[1:03] » honesty
[1:08] because this is good before God,
>> our savior.
[1:12] » We're going to pray
[1:17] so that God continues to bless this
beautiful city.
[1:22] Father, we present ourselves before you
>> in the name of Jesus of Nazareth.
[1:30] Lord, for this reunion
[1:36] to bring before you projects of this
city
[1:40] to know that where we are
and where we want to be as a city
[1:47] and I know Lord that as a city
who puts you in first place
[1:54] » is a blessed city.
>> There's leaders here.
[1:59] There's men and women that love him
and desire the best for this world,
[2:08] » the best for every family,
the best for every man, for every woman,
[2:14] for every youth, for every child.
Bless every leader of the city.
[2:22] Bless every business in the world.
>> Bless the police,
[2:28] » the sheriff,
>> detectives,
[2:31] » firefighters,
>> doctors,
[2:35] » nurses,
every person
[2:39] that is serving this.
We declare, oh Lord, that the heavens
[2:46] are maintained open over this city.
and every decision that we take
[2:55] will be a projection
of great things.
[3:00] Father, in the name of Jesus,
>> we declare that everything
[3:05] that the change
be removed today
[3:10] in the name of Jesus.
I declare the wisdom of God over every
[3:16] heart
of every leader of this world
[3:21] so that the decision
the conversations they have
[3:27] Lord be to take
to take it to
[3:33] the city's blessed by we have declared
we believe it
[3:38] and trust
that great things come for
[3:44] We bless these people,
this beautiful nation,
[3:50] » and we bless all
>> in the name of Jesus.
[3:53] » Amen.
>> Amen.
[3:54] » Amen. Amen. [clears throat]
>> Commissioner Single, you lead us in the
[3:59] pledge. I pledge to the flag of the
United States of America and to the
[4:06] republic for which it stands, one nation
under God, indivisible, with liberty and
[4:12] justice for all.
[4:17] » Excellente.
[4:20] Okay.
>> Is there a motion to to approve today's
[4:25] agenda?
>> So move.
[4:28] » Second. Is there a second?
>> Yes. Second.
[4:30] » Okay. We have a motion, a second. All in
favor?
[4:32] » I.
>> Okay. Motion to approve.
[4:36] » Okay. Approval of regular minute
meetings from August the 18th.
[4:41] » So move.
>> Okay. Got us a motion.
[4:43] » Second
>> and a second. All in favor?
[4:46] » I.
>> Okay. Motion approved. Okay. Are there
[4:49] any speaker appearances?
>> No.
[4:51] » Okay. And no speakers on specific agenda
items. Okay. We'll move into department
[4:57] head reports. Community advancement
manager. This is Mayor Maurice's at a
[5:03] training session today. Uh your report
or I'm sorry, his reports in your
[5:07] packet. If you have any questions, I'll
try to answer them for you. And there is
[5:10] one item that uh Mr. Rick Small will
touch on in his report that relates to
[5:16] Marvis's report.
>> Okay.
[5:19] All right. Finance.
>> Good morning.
[5:24] » Good morning.
>> Okay. Sales tax collection for the month
[5:28] of August was $55,496.32.
[5:35] We collected
$64,369.32
[5:42] from utilities b business license. We
collected one $11,717.68
[5:51] from property taxes. We collected
$52,31.84.
[5:57] And for dispersement for invoices for
the month of August, we um paid
[6:03] $979,85529.
[6:08] Okay, that's all I have. Y'all have any
questions?
[6:11] » Um Mr. Mayor?
>> Yes. Go ahead. disconnects, reconnects.
[6:15] » Well, with the um extension between
that we gave them the extra days to pay,
[6:21] we won't have a full report to next
month because they have so many days
[6:25] between um cycles.
>> Does it look like it's working?
[6:30] » It it does. Yes. We've had few fewer um
cut offs
[6:35] » approximately.
>> Uh do you have approximate number? Just
[6:40] » well I know I can tell you how many
pages it went from approximately about
[6:44] 30 pages down to about 17 today.
>> About half
[6:48] » just about. Yes.
>> Good.
[6:50] » So we'll have a full report our first
full report next month.
[6:54] » Okay. Thank you.
>> You're welcome.
[6:59] » Fire.
>> Good morning.
[7:01] » Good morning.
>> This is for reporting period July 28th
[7:05] through August 24th. We had 112 total
calls for service. As you can see in the
[7:11] report, I've highlighted some calls of
interest. Uh I do want to mention we had
[7:15] a save in rescue one. EMT Jacob Pototts
and firefighter Jacob Jones responded to
[7:21] a cardiac arrest. Um they did CPR,
employed the AED, and when the patient
[7:26] left, they did have a pulse and were
breathing. So I do want to recognize
[7:30] that save. Um, also in the report you
can see the list of events attended and
[7:36] I'd be happy to answer any questions.
>> Okay, commissioner, if y'all have any
[7:40] questions.
>> Thank you.
[7:43] » Thank you.
[7:48] » Human resources.
[7:51] Um for August 7th, we began accepting
internal external applications for
[7:56] evidence technician and administrative
coordinator um for police department. We
[8:02] hired a part-time refuse attendant for
the public works. August 14th, we began
[8:07] accepting internal external applications
for the vacant firefighter position.
[8:12] August 20th, met with Rebecca Meyer of
Primise Health to discuss uh operations
[8:18] of the wellness center and to plan an
open house to increase utilization.
[8:22] That's all I have.
>> Okay. Are there any questions for human
[8:27] resources?
>> Thanks.
[8:32] » Municipal court.
[8:36] » Good morning everyone. Um, for the month
of August, we had a total of 147
[8:41] traffic, 13 criminal for a total of 160
with eight bench warrants, 39 license
[8:47] suspensions. With all of our deposits,
we had um 32,64810
[8:55] and we just had one case to transfer to
superior court.
[8:59] » Okay. Is there any questions for
municipal court?
[9:02] » Mr. Mayor, if I may.
>> Okay. Yes. Nancy, can you tell about the
[9:05] special court session we had last week
or
[9:07] » Yeah, we had the one the one uh for the
business license and um afterwards um
[9:12] coach went out and spoke with them. They
came in and paid and they're supposed to
[9:16] be sending the uh money for the fine and
that was it. That was the only one case
[9:21] we had. Everybody else between us and
finance
[9:25] um there was only one business license
this year and he was taken care of.
[9:30] » Thank [clears throat] you for all the
efforts.
[9:32] » That's a lot. That's a major
improvement.
[9:35] » Thank y'all.
>> Oh, yes.
[9:36] » Thank y'all. Thank y'all very much.
>> Planning and uh community development.
[9:42] » Mr. Mayor, Mayor is on vacation this
week moving her son back to college. Um
[9:46] a report was submitted late to visit
your packet. If you have any questions,
[9:49] I'd be glad to try to answer for you.
[9:55] Commissioner Sh got any questions?
>> Okay.
[10:01] uh police codes, animal enforcement.
[10:13] » Good morning everyone.
>> Good morning. Morning.
[10:16] » How is everybody?
>> Good. Good.
[10:23] Couple things. Um y'all got my notes.
Uh, one of the couple things I want to
[10:29] mention is, uh, during this period, we
had the tragic death of an infant.
[10:34] [cough]
Um, Mr. Wade and Melinda have been great
[10:38] as far as helping me get EAP services
for all that are involved. I mandated
[10:43] that for all of us that responded to the
death of that infant to at least see um,
[10:49] that counselor at least one time. And I
[clears throat] think it's been very
[10:52] helpful. a lot of communication between
myself and the uh counselor to make sure
[10:57] all our people are mentally healthy. Um
that was pretty tragic and um
[11:04] I'll just leave it at that. Um we have
as you can see there's three applicants
[11:08] in the hiring process. Two of those are
certified so we won't have to send those
[11:12] to the academy if that works out. Um I
do want to mention two saves. Um
[11:19] officers got there first. Um I would
like to on the next commission meeting
[11:24] maybe give them a life safety award. Um
but that is going to be Corporal Reigns
[11:29] and Officer Walker. Reigns just this
past weekend and then Reigns u about or
[11:34] I'm sorry Reigns this past weekend,
Walker about 3 weeks ago when they left
[11:39] there. Um they were breathing and then
made it uh a couple more days. Of
[11:44] course, as soon as fire and EMS gets
there, they they, you know, take over,
[11:49] but they were the first there and and
got a pulse uh back. And I think that's
[11:55] just great teamwork when the fire gets
there and dispatching to these medical
[11:59] calls. Um, you know, a lot of times
they're there before EMS and uh it's
[12:03] just a great team effort by all three
agencies. So, Chief, I appreciate that.
[12:07] I think that it makes our community much
safer and that's what it's all about is
[12:11] saving lives.
Move over to our control. The thing I
[12:17] want to notice uh bring up there as you
see in the notes, they had the adopt the
[12:21] adoption event at Tractor Supply raised
over $200, but they got 35 adoptions, 20
[12:26] rescues, and to honor reclaims. So,
that's great on their part.
[12:32] Co [clears throat] just um mentioned
this briefly. Um, Commissioner Finn and
[12:37] I did a ride along during this reporting
uh period and he also uh wrote along
[12:43] with Maurice and in our communications
together um we got several dilapidated
[12:49] houses on a list. Um all but just a
couple of those letters have been sent
[12:54] out to those dilapidated homeowners um
addresses. So that is in process.
[13:01] Um let's see. still need. The only thing
left on that list, Mr. Finn, is the
[13:08] vacant properties. Uh the ones with the
structures, the letters have been sent.
[13:12] The ones that are just overgrown, those
still have to be sent. And of one of
[13:17] those that we saw, they've actually
applied for a permit to begin remodeling
[13:21] that structure.
>> I sure appreciate you there.
[13:23] » So, they they did a good job with that.
Oh, you're certainly welcome. I think
[13:26] that was very much uh uh eye opening for
all of us and and I think that uh that
[13:31] worked out very well. Thank you.
>> That's my report, Mr. Mayor, unless you
[13:36] have any questions.
>> I got
[13:38] » Okay. Commissioners, you got any? Okay.
>> 12th Avenue East 100 block.
[13:45] » 100 block of East 12th Avenue.
>> Yes. Right there by the old bank. The
[13:50] parking lot up on the left. It was
pointed out to me. There's a bunch of
[13:53] vehicles in the parking lot. Flat tires,
no tags, and some on the street.
[13:59] » Is that right there across from that
shop where he's got the mechanic shot?
[14:01] Right. Okay. Okay.
>> Yeah. Uh we we're about to do a lot of
[14:07] stuff downtown.
>> Yes, sir.
[14:09] » That needs to be cleaned up, I would
think, to give a better appearance.
[14:13] » Well, if he's not licensed as a
junkyard, then he absolutely needs to
[14:16] clean those up. And um I don't believe
that that is the case. So, we'll take
[14:20] care of it.
>> Have one.
[14:23] » Okay.
>> Thank you.
[14:24] » Yes, sir.
Chief, could you go over the just for
[14:29] the public to hear the permitted jobs
and those that are pending?
[14:34] » Sure.
[14:48] So just so I understand just uh what has
been done as far as uh you know Jones
[14:53] Petroleum, Truck Stop, Waterburger,
those kind of things. That's what you're
[14:57] referring to.
>> And just so the public knows what's
[14:59] permitted [clears throat] and about to
come.
[15:02] » Okay. So, and then those that are pre
that are also got applications for
[15:08] coming.
>> Absolutely.
[15:10] » So, uh let's go with what's already
permitted. So, ADS um they're 1013 West
[15:16] 11th Avenue, Jones Petroleum Truck Stop,
that's 2300 block of Highway 300.
[15:23] Um that's permitted. Waterburger 2200
block of East 16th Avenue has been
[15:28] permitted.
uh retail space there in the 500 block
[15:32] of West 16th that has been permitted.
Seven Brew uh 1,000 block of East 16th
[15:39] Avenue where the um
I can't even remember the name of the
[15:43] old restaurant.
>> Sonic uh was there. I'm sure y'all seen
[15:46] all the construction going on there. So,
that's coming moving along really well.
[15:51] Destiny Fitness is moving the 100 block
of East 14th Avenue. That's been
[15:54] permitted. Walmart is still in progress
with uh their renovation. Um and I just
[16:01] just to pick out with Walmart, the job
valuation there is $2.2 million.
[16:07] Um Seven Brew is almost $300,000. So
Waterburger 2.7. So that mean that's a
[16:14] lot of valuation coming into the city uh
to the city. Griffin Grading and
[16:18] Concrete new office building 3500 block
of Pateville Road permitted.
[16:25] got some single family homes um that are
permitted. Quail Run, South 8 Street,
[16:31] 1700 block of Quail Run, and then
Pineacres Drive. Um 1.3 in total
[16:37] residential job valuations. And then
pending racetrack gas station, uh
[16:43] highway 300 in frontage road, retail
space, uh 2200 block of East 16th
[16:49] Avenue. Um waiting on land disturbance
or actually the land disturbance permit
[16:53] has been issued. Waiting on construction
plans and permit. Marshall's 1100 block
[16:58] of East 16th Avenue. Yansy, the remodel
there on um
[17:04] where Big Tech was that new
manufacturing is coming in. So, a lot
[17:09] going on in the city of Cordial. So, um
I think that that is in my opinion, I
[17:16] [cough] know you didn't [clears throat]
ask for this, but I think it's a team
[17:18] effort on everybody in the city, you
know, finance, fire, this body, um
[17:25] interim city manager, IT, I think that
court, finance, public works, everybody
[17:32] has really really come together and
really try to push some of these jobs
[17:36] forward. So, and I think it's really a
team effort from what I see. um
[17:41] everybody trying to make these things
happen because we see all the the
[17:44] benefit at the end of the day with these
businesses coming in.
[17:48] » Mr. Mayor, I also like to add it
occurred after Chief submitted his
[17:51] report, but we also had a
pre-construction meeting for Longhorn
[17:54] Steakhouse last week as well. So that's
>> that's right. Forget about that.
[17:57] » Say that again real loud so the general
public can hear you. Longhorn
[18:01] Steakhouse.
>> Longhorn Steakhouse.
[18:03] » Yeah, just
>> I didn't want to get ahead of the mayor
[18:07] on it. I was going to say it, but
[laughter] I left it alone. I
[18:09] » I'm glad you did that cuz I forgot about
that one.
[18:12] » Well, it's not in the report. I was
hoping it was [laughter] in the report,
[18:16] but that's why I was trying to give a
little official notification.
[18:20] » I think that's great.
>> All that occurred after the report was
[18:24] submitted.
>> Say it one more time. Longhorn
[18:28] Steakhouse. Cuz [laughter] I've been
heard that 5,000 times. I've heard that.
[18:31] » That's right. I have too.
>> It's coming.
[18:34] » Yes.
>> Okay. Before we edit the draw,
[18:37] » I would just like to add that after
sitting on the commission the time that
[18:42] m commission uh mayor for Tim Shephard
and I have usually we have one or two
[18:49] single family homes under construction.
There's been seven. So that is positive
[18:55] growth. That is new residences. Uh that
is population growth. So
[19:01] we're moving in the right direction. And
I just wanted the public to be able to
[19:05] see and hear that because it's in our
reports. We just don't highlight it
[19:09] enough.
>> I agree. I think that's great.
[19:12] » Thank you.
>> Yes, sir.
[19:14] » Horn Steakhouse.
>> It's coming.
[19:18] » It's coming. Next to the grocery store.
>> Yeah. The only thing it ain't coming. It
[19:21] ain't coming downtown. I'm sorry.
>> All right. All right. Public works. Show
[19:26] us.
>> Yes. Oh, wait. So, so sorry.
[19:30] » Chief has one more.
>> Oh, you got one more chief. At the last
[19:34] commission meeting, uh, Chief Hicks
brought up the issue of or the request
[19:37] to purchase a drone. He was instructed
to gather some information commission as
[19:41] far as the cost of what we were looking
at. All that is in your report. We just
[19:45] wanted to make sure uh he had the
opportunity to answer any questions you
[19:48] may have about it. [snorts]
[19:52] So, there's a couple of uh I know one is
an agendum item and I'll wait till that
[19:56] gets to that, but the other um when we
were here at our last time was just get
[20:01] you the quotes on those two requested
items. Um and one was the drone, one
[20:07] being the rifles. Both of those are in
your packet. Um at the end of your drone
[20:14] um packet, a analysis was done. And if
you wanted to look at uh those analysis,
[20:21] that is what was done by Captain File,
putting all the plans that we were
[20:24] offered together and what that looks
like. That would probably be the best
[20:30] way to look at it and its benefit. One
of the things I would like to say, this
[20:35] is not just for the police department.
This is for anybody that needs it,
[20:39] whether that's uh the fire department.
I've already talked to the fire chief.
[20:42] He wants to have an operator, he'll have
an operator. We got a fire scene. He
[20:46] needs to put that drone up there. look
for hot spots, he'll certainly be able
[20:49] to do that. Community development,
somebody's coming in, want to look at
[20:52] property, we can't get through there,
you put the drone up and can assess the
[20:55] property. It is not just for the police
department. It has a lot of lifesaving
[21:00] abilities. One of the ones recently that
uh we can talk about is the elderly lady
[21:06] out there in the field. DNR gets here,
which is like a 50minute response time,
[21:10] and she's just sitting out there in the
middle of the field. He wasn't in the
[21:12] air 10 minutes, and she's already been
located. she got scared was in her night
[21:16] gown just sitting in the middle field.
She didn't know how to get back and um
[21:20] you know the innatos is kind of where
this started. Um we had somebody run
[21:24] that night. We'd have been able to
launch that drone thermal imager
[21:27] capabilities. You'd have seen that Joker
hiding no problem. Um there's a lot of
[21:32] videos and things of that nature out uh
in social media. I think this is the way
[21:37] of the future as far as that goes. Um
it's not for any kind of big brother
[21:41] surveillance stuff. It will only be
launched in investigative type purposes.
[21:46] Um, I know that y'all see everything
going on with block cameras and things
[21:49] of that nature. This drone is not going
to be in the air 24/7. Um, it is just
[21:53] going to be in emergency type situations
or investigative purposes. We launch it.
[21:58] It'll mark a crime scene. It'll mark a
crash scene. Um, and all that data. And
[22:03] that's probably one of the most
expensive parts in here is helping us
[22:06] manage that data. Uh, unlimited cloud
storage. Um, it'll it's just so much
[22:13] that it'll do and that is the wave of
the future, I guess, so to speak, in in
[22:17] law enforcement. We're a long ways to
being a drone first responder city.
[22:21] That's that's a huge investment, but uh
one day I would like to see uh see us
[22:27] get there. Um
>> I got a question, Chief.
[22:30] » Sure.
>> Does the sheriff's office have one of
[22:32] those?
>> No, sir.
[22:32] » They don't.
>> No, sir.
[22:37] » That's the reason I'm trying to uh get
us one. And of course they would be I
[22:41] would send it to him to the late where
>> No, I get that. Yeah, I'm just sitting,
[22:44] you know, I'm thinking about money and I
understand.
[22:47] » No, they have
>> and a nicer unit than what you're
[22:50] thinking about. I want one that, you
know, take an X-ray picture up. How
[22:54] about that?
>> Well, there you go. Hey, whatever.
[22:56] There's they they do a lot. Um they do a
lot. There's, you know, still, you know,
[23:00] uh as far as thermal and houses, that's
kilo versus state says you have to have
[23:04] a search warrant. But as far as if we're
looking for a missing person, missing
[23:08] child, missing elderly suspect in a
crime, we're all good to go.
[23:12] » Right.
>> M
[23:15] I'm looking at portation. I'm looking at
7693
[23:21] total for all all the equipment we need
to help
[23:28] help create some
lessen some fears in the public. Okay,
[23:33] let me put it like that. help our police
to back our police department. And I'm
[23:37] I'm I'm just wondering uh in our 2018
splice if it's available. I'd like to go
[23:44] ahead and look at making a motion and
purchasing this if at all possible. If
[23:49] it's available according to uh city
manager and Mr. uh Bennett, they can get
[23:54] together and we go ahead and approve
pending the approval of the 2018.
[23:59] I would say because I think we need to
step forward to go ahead and push it and
[24:03] y'all know that I am on public safety.
Anyway, I love the fire department. I
[24:07] love the police department. That's my
big thing. So, I appreciate that,
[24:11] Commissioner. And I'd just like to add
one more thing. Here we are in 2026 and
[24:16] the one that you're holding in your hand
is u on rifles. Here we are 2026 and the
[24:22] police department has not issued patrol
rifles to its officers. And um I brought
[24:27] this up before. If y'all been into any
of the schools, and I know you have,
[24:31] that's a long shot to make with a
pistol. And here just what 30 minutes up
[24:35] the road, we've had one. So it's not a
matter of, you know, if it's when, and
[24:41] we need to be prepared. So um I think
that uh you know, in 2026, this is
[24:48] something that these officers need to
have as far as the patrol rifles. And I
[24:52] will tell you this, some of this price
will come down as we trade in more
[24:55] firearms. Um, and we'll be able to trade
in some on this once they're titled over
[25:02] to us from the federal government. We
went to a class in for site on Thursday
[25:06] and all those are going to be titled
over uh to us from the feds and we're
[25:11] going to bring in quite a bit of money.
So, uh, we'll trade most likely trade
[25:15] most of those in
>> the recent uh in the recent I'm sorry. I
[25:20] didn't mean to. I'm sorry. I asked the
mayor to speak.
[25:23] » Okay. In the Let me say this. In the
recent training we had at the schools,
[25:28] uh, how many how many did we have? The
city have in
[25:30] » everybody except for on was on vacation.
>> Gotcha. Okay. Good deal. All right.
[25:35] Awesome. All right.
>> Everybody. That was mandatory training
[25:38] for everybody.
>> Good deal.
[25:39] » As it should be.
>> Yes. Absolutely. I agree with you,
[25:41] Chief. Yeah.
>> Mr. Mayor,
[25:44] » go ahead.
>> Can I speak then?
[25:45] » Mhm. I'm sorry. Thank you.
>> Uh
[25:49] I'm going to make a motion here. I'm
going to go out on the table with this
[25:52] and say that we go ahead purchase the
drone, purchase these uh other safety
[25:58] equipment that they need pending
approval by the city manager, ensuring
[26:03] that the funds are available and that
way they don't have to bring it back.
[26:07] And if they if the city manager sees
give him the authority to go ahead and
[26:11] make the purchases if he deems it
necessary financially.
[26:16] » That's from
SPAS 2018.
[26:19] » Let me specify that. Yes.
>> Okay. Okay. Y'all heard the motion. Is
[26:24] there a second?
>> I second.
[26:26] » Okay. Motion and a second. Is there any
further discussion?
[26:30] » You hearing all that, Ver?
>> Okay.
[26:34] » You are you good?
Yes, sir. Yes, sir. Just sir.
[26:38] » Okay.
>> On the vote. Thank you very much. Okay.
[26:42] » Okay. All in favor? I
>> Okay. Motion approved.
[26:47] » Thank y'all so very much. I appreciate
each one of y'all. Thank y'all.
[26:52] » Do your job, sir. [laughter]
[26:56] » Okay. Public works.
>> Good morning, commission.
[27:01] » Uh you've got my department uh report in
your packet. I just wanted to highlight
[27:07] um that this morning as we are speaking
um the water department is out getting
[27:12] the water tap done for seven brew.
That's being accomplished this morning
[27:18] and then um their efforts are moving on
to getting the sewer tap established for
[27:22] that as well. So that public works is
out of the way minus the gas service
[27:26] when they're ready for the gas to be
done.
[27:30] Um, and the other thing I wanted to
highlight as uh it was in the packet,
[27:35] the gas department is uh starting their
leak survey this month and it'll take
[27:40] roughly about 2 months for them to
complete that survey.
[27:45] » Okay.
>> And that's all I have unless you all
[27:47] have anything.
>> I just have a comment.
[27:51] » Okay.
>> Yes, sir. the area over on 27th Avenue.
[27:54] Somebody put a thing up there where
we're talking about it for uh he's been
[27:59] talking about it for three years. I've
been talking about it for 6 months and
[28:02] George has too on 27th where the
>> I know y'all know what I'm talking
[28:06] about.
>> 29th Avenue.
[28:07] » 29th Avenue. Yes. Yes. Y'all did that
and it looks good. I want to uh say one
[28:13] more thing about that one spot we talked
about on 27th Avenue where the ditch
[28:17] comes and it runs right into a road and
just stops and goes that way and then
[28:20] rolls back and floods the people's yard.
You know which one I'm talking about?
[28:24] » 27 on 27th.
>> Yeah, that's on 27th.
[28:27] » Okay.
>> On that alley?
[28:28] » Yes.
>> We went down.
[28:29] » Yes.
>> It's all of a sudden.
[28:31] » Yeah.
>> With bushes.
[28:32] » Yes. Right.
>> Yeah.
[28:33] » It's terrible. I mean literally
literally it's terrible. I can't even
[28:38] know who I would like to know who
designed that because it goes ditch into
[28:43] a alley with a a street on it and then
it turns like this right here and you
[28:49] can't see the ditches on the side that
go back that way
[28:53] where it's coming from and uh it just
stops. It's uh
[28:58] » it's growed up.
>> Yeah. It's about the forest designed
[29:00] whatever I've ever seen down the alley.
>> I mean, you when you see it, you're
[29:05] going to go, "Oh,
>> okay.
[29:07] [laughter]
Mr. Mayor.
[29:09] » Oh my.
>> That's what you're going to say, Scott.
[29:11] You're going to say, "Oh my." [laughter]
>> I promise you.
[29:15] » Go ahead. Go ahead.
>> Go ahead now.
[29:17] » Yes. Yes.
>> Uh
[29:19] the railroad tracks between Well, the
property next to Scott Rainy Powerhouse
[29:26] uh stuff right there by that uh railroad
track heading north.
[29:31] » Mhm.
>> It's growed up. is do we have an
[29:34] operator that can run that mulch head we
got?
[29:37] » They need to uh take the silon
[clears throat] uh the cutting head off
[29:41] of it and be able to put that mulch head
on. Yes, we do have an operator that can
[29:46] operate that mulch.
>> Can we get that cleaned up? I mean, it's
[29:48] just I asked three months ago about it
and it's just sort of got pushed off.
[29:54] But it's that's a lot of traffic going
up through there. We want to clean up a
[29:58] lot mainly our high traffic areas. You
know which area you refer to,
[30:03] » sir?
>> Which area are you referring to?
[30:05] » Pean
right there. Pean the second river, the
[30:08] northern railroad track just on our
property.
[30:12] » There's a peek in tree and then it's
just rode up. I mean, it's just the
[30:17] ditch and all. They done the ditch very
well. I mean, but they just won't get
[30:20] that other little area there. And it's
just it just looks bad coming up and
[30:24] down that road.
>> That'll take the mulch in. That's the
[30:28] » Now, if you get too far over into that
null of woods that's right there. That's
[30:32] where when when you
>> when you cross over the tracks right
[30:36] there on the left there's a null of
woods. Okay. Right in front of William
[30:40] Pitz Oil.
>> Okay.
[30:42] » That that that's not
>> okay. I'm just saying if you get too far
[30:45] over there that's old Griffin Lumber
Company from 60s something years ago.
[30:49] And
>> no
[30:50] » and there's metal all in the bottom. So
you got to be real careful down there.
[30:53] » This is right off of uh Pecan.
Right off pean right there by the
[30:58] railroad track. There you go.
>> Okay.
[31:00] real. I don't [clears throat] know which
one it is.
[31:02] » Hey, can we look at uh getting that
cleaned up down there on 8th Avenue,
[31:05] too? Just sort of I think we need to
sneak over there or something.
[31:10] You know what I'm talking about.
>> Yes, sir.
[31:16] » Okay.
And y'all tackled some of the retention
[31:19] ponds?
>> Yes, they got those uh earlier this
[31:23] week.
>> Good deal.
[31:24] » Good. Looks good.
>> They was able to get uh three or four of
[31:27] them done.
Mhm.
[31:30] » Okay.
>> Just letting the public to know that you
[31:33] were working on it.
>> Oh, yeah.
[31:34] » Okay.
>> Yeah, he did it.
[31:36] » Now that now that things are starting to
slow down just a little bit with the
[31:39] grass growing, they're able to do a much
better job of getting caught up.
[31:43] » Great. Great.
>> They going to spray, right?
[31:45] » Oh, yeah.
>> All right.
[31:47] » Yes, sir. They are.
>> I'm ask a question.
[31:50] Would it be all right if uh by the guys
lunch Friday Eric's crew?
[31:57] » Sure.
I'll get them out first.
[31:59] » Okay.
>> All right. Appreciate it.
[32:02] How you do?
[32:06] [laughter]
>> Okay. Thank Are there any other
[32:09] questions?
Okay. If not, thank you.
[32:12] » Thank you.
>> Yes sir.
[32:16] Social media and marketing.
[32:22] Morning everybody. Um Maurice had asked
me to update you on the square foot
[32:27] ministries home building project and
we're excited to tell you that the
[32:31] recipient family has been selected was
notified yesterday. It is Aisha Moore
[32:36] and her daughter. They've been selected
to receive about a 1,000 foot home. It's
[32:41] a three bed, two bath uh onecar carport.
It's going to be located on 29th Avenue
[32:47] right off of Royal Road. Uh volunteer
week is November 9th through the 13th.
[32:52] material will be arriving on November
7th and 8th. Work commences on Monday
[32:56] morning the 9th. There'll be about 40
volunteers from across the state that
[33:01] will be here every day that week
[clears throat]
[33:03] uh to put that house up. There's a core
group, a core group that's going to be
[33:07] here, about 10 or 15 people who will be
staying with us uh overnight and through
[33:11] the week. Uh they'll be lodging here.
They'll be dining here for both lunch
[33:15] and dinner. Now, through the ministerial
alliance, we're all working together to
[33:19] secure meals, lunch, and dinner for the
week and a location where the core group
[33:25] can all stay together uh for that week.
There is a follow-up meeting scheduled
[33:30] for September 14th, but that project is
very much uh ongoing, and I'm glad to be
[33:35] able to tell you that there's going to
be some promotional material that'll be
[33:39] coming out in the uh coming days. It'll
[clears throat] also have some links for
[33:44] opportunities to volunteer. Whether you
would like to build, whether you would
[33:48] like to provide meals for that week,
there'll be some opportunities for the
[33:53] community to pitch in and help that in
helping that endeavor. So, I'm glad to
[33:58] be able to tell you that. Um, other than
that, as far as my report is concerned,
[34:03] you have it in your packet. And over the
past month, it's been busy with
[34:07] government, community, and partnership
events. We've included uh covering
[34:12] multiple public meetings, city and
county uh several community focused
[34:16] gatherings ranging from back to school
initiatives to collaborative nonprofit
[34:20] efforts supporting city civic and
student-based activities. We just been
[34:26] very busy. We were very uh honored to be
able to work with Mayor Prom Shepard on
[34:32] the Great Eight Sheriff's Roundup and
we're continuing to collaborate with our
[34:36] veterans organizations led by
Commissioner Singleary on a uh Veterans
[34:41] Day initiative that is to come in
November. More on that as we solidify
[34:48] the information there. That is my report
and I'll try to answer any questions
[34:52] should this honorable body have any.
>> Mr. Mayor, I'd like to compliment Mr.
[34:57] Smar. That's the longest time he stood
up there. [laughter]
[35:02] » I'm just sitting over here amazed.
[35:06] » My sermons usually run 40 minutes, so
you're very fortunate. [laughter]
[35:12] » Is there anything else?
>> Thank you.
[35:16] » Thank you, Mr. Mayor.
>> UCMT.
[35:23] » Good morning, everybody. Good morning.
>> Uh, you have my report and the only
[35:27] thing I was going to update was we
treated 68 million gallons of wastewater
[35:32] which was down from 93 million the month
before. I don't have the water gallons
[35:37] but they don't generally vary very much.
We had five and 5.1 in of rain for a
[35:43] total of 41.94 ines of rain so far this
year. We attended a Zoom meeting with
[35:49] EPD and they declared to keep the level
one drought response at level one. We
[35:55] were afraid they were going to go to
level two. It's just not going to be
[35:58] pleasant. So hopefully we'll be getting
a little rain and we hope to keep
[36:02] getting it and it it'll stay this way
and eventually that will go away.
[36:08] I told you last time new town wells back
up and running. Everything's working
[36:11] great.
Uh PA wells been out of service for six
[36:15] months almost to the day and we have no
progress there to report.
[36:22] EPD will be holding a Zoom conference in
the next couple of weeks about us having
[36:27] to do the water quality report twice a
year instead of once.
[36:33] And that's all I have unless y'all have
some questions.
[36:37] » Okay, commissioner. Y'all have any
questions for you? CMT
[36:40] » P will What will it take?
>> Can you come back with an exact figure
[36:46] on
>> Oh, I know what it's going to cost from
[36:48] the company that is hired to do it. It's
just I can get no response since I have
[36:54] not heard from him since August 10th.
>> I begged for a an update for three weeks
[37:00] running and I got nothing.
>> This is the one we had an estimate of
[37:05] 247,000
>> or 243 or something. [clears throat] 243
[37:09] 247 we submitted on our insurance we
have insurance adjusters u lane uh is
[37:16] the contractor and since they have
pulled the well got the parts we have
[37:21] got no response from them the adjuster
has reached out to them we have both
[37:25] copied them on emails uh Debbie is now
seeing um who the parent company is to
[37:30] see if she can go that route try to get
some response but it's been several I
[37:35] say weeks just pushing
>> I want to contact another well drilling
[37:39] company because I know I the one that
fixed New Town well it went out after
[37:44] Pena and it's back up and running way be
before PA is. I want to contact them and
[37:50] get a price, but we signed a agreement
with this company
[37:55] and I don't want to do anything that's
not above board attorney.
[38:00] » I know performing the thing to declare
it
[38:05] not
first I've heard of it. I don't know.
[38:09] » Yeah, it was the city man. Yeah, you get
that.
[38:12] » There actually is word again there about
time [cough]
[38:16] [clears throat] for this. Okay.
Good.
[38:20] » Okay.
>> Well, if you want me to give them a
[38:21] boot, I'd be glad to. [clears throat]
[laughter]
[38:23] » Let them.
>> I mean, I've had it. Y'all don't
[38:26] understand. This is ridiculous.
>> Well, you got our back. I'm pretty sure
[38:29] I know you got mine. I can figure that
out.
[38:31] » Well, we need ping you well cuz 90's 90
supplying everything right now. If we
[38:37] have a problem there, we in
>> Well, 90 supplying all the high pressure
[38:41] water,
>> right?
[38:43] » And the other whales are supplying the
domestic water, which is what PA does.
[38:47] It just aids 24th Avenue,
>> but yeah, we need it back running.
[38:53] » Yeah. Okay. All right. Any further
questions?
[38:59] » Thank you.
>> Thank y'all.
[39:00] » Thank you.
[39:04] It
[39:07] » Good morning, our honorable commission.
>> Morning. Morning. Morning.
[39:11] » And um you'll have my report and uh I
just have two highlights to add to it.
[39:16] And those are the uh two of the cooler
things that we did um this previous
[39:23] month. Uh our organization joined the
government management information
[39:28] sciences Georgia chapter which is Gus is
commonly called and uh it's a a group
[39:35] that fosters an environment of
collaboration by connecting public
[39:38] service information technology
professionals in the state of Georgia
[39:42] that work at the government level. Um
and we have uh finished implementing um
[39:50] MFA uh multifactor authentication for
our Microsoft 365 environment. And uh
[39:57] that is a huge step in securing our
organization against many of the cyber
[40:01] threats we face. And uh I would like to
thank all the department heads for all
[40:05] their help in that because that is a a
little bit of a learning curve and
[40:08] there's a lot of information that has to
be gathered. Um, and everyone was
[40:12] awesome in that that whole process
helped to go along quickly and smoothly.
[40:17] And that's pretty much it. I shot some
questions about the the report itself.
[40:22] » Do we have word?
[snorts]
[40:25] » Yes. [clears throat]
>> Okay. Thank you.
[40:27] » Absolutely.
>> Great.
[40:31] Okay. Any other questions?
Okay. Uh, Tyler, the software, how's
[40:38] that coming? It's coming along. Um, so
far we've uh, especially from an IT
[40:45] side, we've we've completed all of our
obligations.
[40:49] Um, we've gotten them our tenant
information so that we can do the
[40:54] signons and everything. And, uh, I
believe that we've registered for all
[40:58] the the training. So, I know that
Sonia's the project manager,
[41:03] um, for that, but uh, everything seems
to be coming along.
[41:07] » Okay. So,
>> all right. Any other questions?
[41:13] » All right. Thank you.
[41:20] » Mr. Bennett, I saw you walk in. Do you
have anything you need to tell us or
[41:26] anything?
>> Yeah, we can. You want to talk about the
[41:29] splash and hotel work that we've done or
>> anything you want? I just saw you come
[41:33] in and we had already cut the finance.
So, I didn't know if you had anything
[41:36] you wanted to ask.
>> I'll just give you an update on
[41:38] » Well, we thought maybe you had found a
couple million dollars.
[41:43] » Okay.
[41:46] » Yeah, that's a tough question.
[laughter]
[41:53] » Yeah. So, one of the um things we've
continued to work on in the finances is
[41:58] to be bring real time tracking to our
splast and hotel motel monies. Um so,
[42:04] this past month, we've been able to put
a tracker together on that I'd shared
[42:09] with a few of you guys on the commission
here. It's going to allow us now to to
[42:13] know not only how much money do we have
in splice, but how much uh is still
[42:18] remaining in the budget for SPLOS. Um I
have submitted a report that we'll
[42:24] probably look at um maybe the next
meeting to amend the splash budget for
[42:29] the overages that have come in in the
splash 2018. Uh so that money can be
[42:33] allocated. I'll also provide that to the
city manager. I think he may have a copy
[42:37] of it already. Um so what this will do
is so will allow us now to track u the
[42:43] project expenses as well as the revenue
coming in. Um and then also the u the
[42:48] interest uh income has started going up
based on those new banking uh agreements
[42:54] that we have in place. Uh so to give you
an idea like the SPLS 2024 now is
[42:59] averaging about $7500 [clears throat] a
month in interest coming in. So that's
[43:02] going to give us a $90,000 annual
increase just in the splash 24. Um and
[43:08] also Splash 2018 is also seeing about
6,000 a month coming in interest there.
[43:14] So those are going to be um money that
we'll be able to allocate. My
[43:17] recommendation
on the [clears throat] interest is that
[43:20] we allow it to accumulate each year and
at the end of the fiscal year we
[43:24] determine how we want to allocate that
interest uh to the various projects
[43:28] that's out here. Um but right now we we
have about 2.7 million left in the 2018
[43:34] splast and about 3.2 million in splast
2024 which is our active splice. Uh
[43:41] we've collected about 52% of what that
budget was. It's about $ 8.5 million
[43:47] budget. That's now we've collected about
4.6 million on that. And we still have
[43:53] uh a little over three and a half years
to go on the referendum. So looks like
[43:58] the 2024 is going to continue to perform
well and probably get above expectations
[44:04] um as we continue there. Um on the hotel
uh motel tracking uh we're now pulling
[44:10] that information into a dashboard uh
each month. And what that means to you
[44:14] guys, the commission and the financing
in the city at large is we're able now
[44:19] to see in real time the hotels as they
pay um how much they're paying. Uh we
[44:26] can track variances in that as well as
meet our expectations of what we think
[44:31] these hotels should be paying. Um,
[clears throat] and so like today I'll
[44:34] get with the finance to show them who
who didn't pay uh for the month of
[44:38] August as well as variances that we feel
are outside of what we thought so we can
[44:43] start looking at those um to make sure
that the hotels are reporting accurate
[44:48] numbers to the city. Um and then we also
met um with the chamber last last month
[44:56] as well um on allocations. Um, so we're
going to start allocating
[45:02] uh their revenue um to them in a single
check so that we're not paying out
[45:09] multiple checks in the finance
department any longer. Um but also
[45:13] allows us to see again how much has come
in for hotel and then making sure those
[45:18] percentages have been paid out
accordingly as well. So, um, those have
[45:23] been the big big improvements here in
the last month, um, for for finance.
[45:31] » Wow.
>> Wow. So, to sum that up, so the public
[45:35] knows, the city has a 6% tourism tax.
So, in other words, what
[45:42] Mr. William Bennett's been able to do is
police the 6%
[45:48] which is the revenue coming in from the
hotels and then we're reallocating the
[45:54] money appropriately to the chamber who
[clears throat] who runs our tourism.
[46:00] And so it's going to now help us be able
to track the money, make sure we get the
[46:05] appropriate amount to the chamber,
appropriate amount to the city, and
[46:09] appropriate amount to the downtown.
So that's what we're working on as far
[46:15] as getting tourism situated. The splice
money that uh Mr. Bennett has mentioned
[46:22] that is money that we have that is uh at
least we have it and it is available for
[46:27] us for expenditures. That's not general
fund money that we can just put in to
[46:32] run our day-to-day operations. So the
splice money is restricted but and
[46:37] that's what we're trying to do is put
that in the most appropriate areas that
[46:42] are needed because we have to spend
spended in the uh budgeted item related
[46:50] areas. He's also
highlighted the bank accounts that are
[46:56] now earning interest that were not
earning interest before. So that is
[47:00] additional revenue for the city and this
is how we're all using these various
[47:06] methods to help balance our budget
behind the scenes.
[47:11] Thank you for all your hard work.
Commissioners, y'all got any questions
[47:14] for me?
>> I need to ask one. I just can't I'm just
[47:19] It's just amazing to me. I mean, there's
some unallocated. We're going to let it
[47:23] set sit there.
>> What's the question? You you said uh
[47:28] there was some that's unallocated.
>> I was saying so the so basically when
[47:32] this referendum you have about six to
eight categories as part of that budget.
[47:37] Um so at the end of the year the
interest that's coming in is coming in
[47:41] off of the the whole bucket of money
that's there. So I I was my
[47:45] recommendation is once a year we
allocate that interest that has come in
[47:48] for the year
>> to those line items to keep your SPLAS
[47:52] budget balanced but also all that money
accounted for as to where it's going to
[47:56] be spent.
[48:00] » Okay.
>> So in other words, the interest that's
[48:02] earned so far, we could have bought
these uh firearms with. That was enough
[48:07] to buy the firearms with.
>> That wasn't
[48:10] » Thank you.
>> All I'm saying is thank you.
[48:13] » All right. That's u additional revenue.
So, thank you.
[48:17] » That's right. Thanks for making the
money work.
[48:19] » That's right. Okay.
>> Okay. We'll move into agenda items. Uh
[48:24] our first agenda item is considering
approving event permit for downtown
[48:29] Spooktacular Family Trunk Retreat. This
is going to be on October the 29th from
[48:34] 5:30 until 7:00 p.m.
The organizer is going to be Miss Monica
[48:39] Renfro with downtown Cordill. There is a
special request to close 9inth Avenue
[48:45] from 7th to 6th Street.
They have their own barricades.
[48:50] » Mr. Mayor, could we uh just get Miss
Monica to explain these three events
[48:55] she's got requesting
to two events? Excuse me. If you want to
[48:59] do the third one, you can. But
>> could you step up to the podium and
[49:03] explain it to us so we can get it out to
the public?
[49:06] » Talking about
I don't mind talking about anything.
[49:10] [laughter]
Okay.
[49:12] » Hush.
[49:15] » Okay. Downtown Spooktacular. We've been
doing many, many, many years. Um, I do
[49:21] have a request from police chief. I was
going to get with him later. Lisa, um,
[49:27] ODM was a valuable partner with me for
several events. And I wanted to see if
[49:34] he minded if I since Lisa's gone if we
move Brandy into that slot at animal
[49:40] control
>> as far as to help you.
[49:43] » Yes.
>> As long as she doesn't mind, I don't
[49:45] » Okay. I talked to her yesterday. She was
good. So, um, yes, it's a family event.
[49:50] We have equipment displays. Many
churches, civic groups, local businesses
[49:56] come down and we um just trunk or treat
all night. Empire Dance comes and does a
[50:03] performance usually every year. We've
had this has grown so big that we've had
[50:09] to implement some new rules. So, as
people are calling, signing up, I'm
[50:14] going over the new rules with them. Um,
but this has grown there. Every year
[50:20] there's hundreds of people down there. I
mean, it's it's just an amazing event.
[50:25] Um, so
gas department, water, any of y'all want
[50:30] to come hand out, bring information,
uh, that's fine. We love that kind of
[50:36] thing. So that's a spectacular trunk or
treat. Um, the new event is the, uh,
[50:43] downtown music festival. Um, that will
be October 17th. We tried this once
[50:50] before in a different location. It did
not go over well. very very very poorly
[50:55] attended. So, we're moving down to
Pearles Park this time. Um, we've joined
[51:01] with Monica Robinson. Uh, she's going to
do vendor spaces and food trucks. We
[51:07] even she's even talked about ice
skating. Um, I'll meet with her on
[51:12] Wednesday to finalize her part. Um,
we've had great sponsorship response
[51:18] from this event. We've raised I think
$3,000. So, that's that'll just about
[51:24] cover the whole event, which is great
because it doesn't have to come out of
[51:28] my budget. So, um we've partnered with
several people. We will have beer and
[51:33] wine down there. Y'all know we do have
an entertainment district and we have
[51:37] the specialized cups. Um and so we're
working with one of our local
[51:43] restaurants that already has alcohol
license and all of that. So, that will
[51:49] be the uh fall music festival. So, we're
going to try it again and see how it
[51:53] goes this time. So, any questions,
concerns?
[52:00] » Y'all got any questions on the
spooktacular?
[52:03] » Yeah.
>> No.
[52:05] » All right.
>> Was there a motion to approve uh the
[52:09] downtown spooktacular event?
>> So, move
[52:13] together. Amen.
>> All right. We got a motion. We got a
[52:15] second. Is there any further discussion?
[52:22] Okay. All in favor? I.
>> Okay. Motion to approve for Spook
[52:27] Hector. All right. Agenda item number
two. Hold on.
[52:30] » I am. I'm not going [laughter] anywhere.
>> Agenda item number two, considering
[52:34] approving event permit for downtown fall
concert. This is going to be on October
[52:38] the 17th from 1:30 to 6:30 at Pearles
Park. The organizer is going to be Miss
[52:45] Monica Rampro for downtown Cordial.
There will be beer and wine sales.
[52:50] Special request to close 8th from 11th
to 13th Avenue. They have their own
[52:56] barricades.
Is there a motion to approve this event?
[53:03] » So move.
>> Okay. Motion. Got us a second.
[53:08] » Is there any further discussion? Miss M,
you got anything you want to add?
[53:12] » I'm good.
>> Okay. All in favor?
[53:15] » Okay. Motion approved. Thanks y'all.
Appreciate it.
[53:18] » Thank you. Appreciate your input.
>> Oh, sure.
[53:21] » All right. Agenda item number three,
considering approving event permit. This
[53:25] is going to be for Celebrate Recovery.
It's got car show. It's going to be on
[53:29] November the 7th from 8:30 a.m. to 2:00
p.m. It's going to be at Pearles Park.
[53:35] The organizer is going to be uh Chris
Willis from Celebrate Recovery. Special
[53:40] request is to block off 8th Street, 11th
to 14th Avenue. Is there a motion for
[53:48] this event?
>> So move.
[53:50] » Okay. Got a motion. Is there a second?
>> Second.
[53:53] » Okay. Got us a motion in a second. Is
there any further discussion?
[53:58] » Okay. All in favor?
>> Okay. Motion approved. All right. Agenda
[54:04] item number four. This is going to be
consider and approve an alcohol license
[54:09] beer only consumed on premises. This is
going to be for MadM soul food soul food
[54:14] and catering. It's going to be at 302
West 16th Avenue, Sweet B.
[54:20] Is there a motion for this uh alcohol
license?
[54:25] » Second.
>> Got a motion and a second.
[54:29] Okay. All in favor?
>> I.
[54:31] » Okay. Motion approved.
[clears throat] Okay. Consider and
[54:36] approve a request from the police
department to purchase uh 2021 Dodge
[54:41] Durango using splice funds. The quote is
attached.
[54:47] » Okay. Is there a motion?
>> Mr. Mayor, may I about three weeks ago u
[54:53] when we began the conversation about the
K9 Brandon Motor Company reached out to
[54:57] us. They had just taken a vehicle in
trade from an accredited agency that had
[55:02] the uh the dog cage, all equipment which
included the heat alarm, watering
[55:06] system. They were going to donate it to
the city. Uh unfortunately we've only
[55:11] got one Dodge Durango in our fleet and
it's currently being used. Um so that
[55:16] leaves us with the equipment but no
vehicle. Chief Hicks uh took a trip to
[55:20] Unadilla, looked at the vehicle, got to
talking to him and as you can see in the
[55:23] quote here um original quote for the
vehicle and all equipment value is
[55:29] $45,000.
Um the equipment alone, which includes
[55:34] all the the uh the lighting and internal
products, which uh I understand are WHL
[55:38] products, which are top of the line, has
a $19,000 value. They're also adding an
[55:44] extended warranty. Uh this is a
powertrain warranty for an additional
[55:47] 100,000 miles. This car does have close
to 100,000 miles on it already, but it
[55:50] does come from an accredited agency. Uh
we do have maintenance record. It's
[55:54] wellmaintained, but they are um adding
an additional 100 thou,000 mi warranty
[56:00] on the vehicle. All being said, um they
are giving us a discount of $24,000. So,
[56:06] total sold price, which will include
car, all equipment, and the cage is
[56:11] $21,000,
>> which is
[56:15] » that's
[56:18] there will be some work has to be done
on the cars. Right now, the paint scheme
[56:22] and it's black with black doors. We'll
have to get the doors painted, but
[56:26] otherwise uh cars in good shape and
ready on the road. Chief, did I miss
[56:31] anything that you need to cover? You
>> mentioned I went up there and like you
[56:35] said, met with them and drove the
vehicle. Um and I'll be honest with you,
[56:39] drove it pretty hard and uh drove just
fine. Um when you're accredited agency,
[56:45] especially Kalia accredited, um you have
to maintain all those maintenance
[56:49] records and they're there. So every
intervals of um you know whatever the
[56:54] manufacturer recommends that agency does
that. So it's there. Uh internals are
[57:00] are great. Um no check engine lights, no
nothing. Our concern was um
[57:08] it being so many miles on it and it
being a K9 car, that's you might as well
[57:12] double that cuz you got to on a K9 car
you got to look at the hours running.
[57:16] So, um, we negotiated that with, uh,
Brandon Motor Company, Jake
[57:21] specifically, and that's when we came up
with the powertrain warranty. So, then I
[57:25] felt a lot more comfortable with it. If
the engine does go or transmission or
[57:28] something, that would include a
replacement for another 100,000 mi.
[57:34] » Does that cover the AC? Cuz that's
supposed to run all the time, right? The
[57:39] AC side.
>> It does. Um, the powertrain, I'd have to
[57:43] look at the exact. Um, but I can tell
you it's been maintained the entire time
[57:47] that it's had it. So, whatever the
manufacturer's maintenance requirement
[57:51] is, that car has had it done. I can tell
you that when I drove it, it was the
[57:55] heat index that day was well over 100
and it cooled down just fine. And that's
[57:59] run driving it pretty hard.
>> Um, I can add that [clears throat]
[58:04] a transmission for that vehicle right
there would cost $4,500.
[58:08] An engine
>> $45 to $5,500.
[58:12] And you've got a full warranty on those
for 100,000 miles. Uh cars ain't cheap
[58:18] like they used to be. I mean, it's the
industry gone. Plus all the equipment
[58:22] that's going with it, which is would
cost you 10,000 bucks or more.
[58:27] » Uh be honest with you, that's really a
no-brainer. I'd buy it in a minute. So,
[58:30] I'm all all in favor of it.
>> Probably 85,000.
[58:33] » And I spent 25 years in the car
business, so I know a couple [laughter]
[58:36] things about automobile. If we were to
go out and buy that vehicle as currently
[58:40] equipped with all the alarms and
everything for the dog, you're probably
[58:44] looking anywhere between 80 to $90,000
when it's all said and done. So, if we
[58:49] could get him in this for 21, I just
trying to help, you know, spread that as
[58:54] far out as we can
>> um to get the things that we need.
[58:59] » This is this is an outstanding deal and
just want to thank Brandon Motor
[59:02] Company. even if we don't do this make
this deal just for them thinking about
[59:06] us and willing to donate.
>> Yeah. No, that's that's a good deal.
[59:09] Ain't nothing that deal
>> and then put it to the side. Had it all
[59:14] cleaned up when I got there. He rode
with me and like I said, I couldn't ask
[59:18] for a better customer service up there
with Jake and all been great.
[59:22] » Okay,
Kane, y'all heard
[59:25] » I got one one more question.
>> All right, one more. Chief, I sent you
[59:28] something a while back about the uh when
they have a battery operated air
[59:34] conditioner. My concern is for wrecks,
you know, more than anything. Um there's
[59:39] a there was type of system that I ran
across and it'll cut the car off. It'll
[59:47] run the air conditioner. If the car cuts
off, it run the air conditioner. Then it
[59:50] can go into an alarm system. Okay. if
the car doesn't come back on. Uh could
[59:55] you check into that and then find out?
Cuz my concern is for the dogs.
[59:59] » So the way this car is set up, it's what
we call the heat alarm protection. So
[1:00:04] what happens is, let's just say um the
car starts running hot. The AC's not
[1:00:09] blowing cold. It's going to send him an
alarm. It's going to drop all the
[1:00:13] windows down. It's going to turn on the
lights and the sirens. And it's going to
[1:00:17] activate two fans that are outside of
the doors on the back where the dogs
[1:00:21] are. and that is to prevent the dog from
dying from any kind of heat exhaustion.
[1:00:25] If we had a K9 program, I I would only
want to put the dog in there with that
[1:00:30] alarm system because unfortunately
across the country, we've had some and
[1:00:34] and not too far away from here that
deceased. Um uh because it didn't have
[1:00:39] those alarm systems. Um you have to have
those. But that this car comes with
[1:00:43] that.
>> That's what I wanted to do.
[1:00:46] » Yeah. [laughter] I don't even know how
to answer that. Whoa. Yeah. Okay. M
[1:00:52] they don't have that for babies.
>> They [laughter] need it.
[1:00:56] » They need it. They definitely need it.
But yes, sir. This has it in it. It's
[1:01:00] » I just I just want to assure Rex safety,
you know. Oh, absolutely.
[1:01:03] » Make sure that we take care of him.
How's his school going, too?
[1:01:06] » He's doing great. We He graduates on
They're not going to have any kind of
[1:01:09] graduation ceremony, but he's done. I've
talked with the uh owner of the company
[1:01:14] probably at least once a week and then
checked with uh Baltberger at least
[1:01:19] twice a week. I'm going to go see them
tomorrow over there. Uh they want to do
[1:01:23] a demonstration. So, we're probably
going to go over there and uh and see
[1:01:26] that done. I've been promising him since
he's been over there to make it. I've
[1:01:29] got to make that happen this week cuz
this is his last week of training and
[1:01:32] he's going to come back all fully
certified.
[1:01:35] » Okay. What time we leaving?
>> What time we leaving?
[1:01:38] » Uh that'd be pretty early cuz that's
it's a decent ride over there. But I
[1:01:41] mean, I can't help ask for any better to
to help us and know that we're trying to
[1:01:47] get it started and the way that company
has done to throw the lodging in there
[1:01:52] with the training. I mean, he they've
done us a really good deal. I mean, that
[1:01:55] that to get something started with as
many donations and things that we've got
[1:02:00] is has been just really really
wonderful. We've been truly blessed to
[1:02:03] get this program off the ground.
>> Go ahead.
[1:02:08] » Okay.
Y'all got any further questions?
[1:02:14] » Okay. Is there a motion to approve the
request to purchase this uh 2021?
[1:02:20] » So moved.
>> Okay.
[1:02:22] » Got a motion and a second. All in favor?
>> Okay. Motion approved. All right. Agenda
[1:02:28] item number six. Uh this is going to be
recommendations for a board member. The
[1:02:33] this is going to be for the board of
zoning appeals.
[1:02:37] » Mr. Mayor, the last board of zoning
appeals, we we received the resignation
[1:02:41] of Ron Michael. So, we're seeking names
for nomination to the board of zoning
[1:02:45] appeals.
>> How many?
[1:02:48] » We only have one seat available.
>> One seat.
[1:02:55] » One seat.
>> I did confirm that with Marsha last
[1:03:00] week.
>> Okay. When do you need these
[1:03:05] recommendations by?
>> We would like to go ahead and get them
[1:03:09] set up as quickly as possible. I don't I
didn't bring my calendar with me. BZA is
[1:03:15] the third Thursday of the month if I'm
not mistaken.
[1:03:20] » Will they have a quum? They still they
would still have a pool. So they can
[1:03:24] still make decision on the number they
have, but we'd like to go ahead and get
[1:03:27] somebody in there.
>> So we can we have time to look into it
[1:03:32] and get back with you and see if those
people are willing or we just throw
[1:03:36] names. Yes, sir.
>> Okay. Yes, sir.
[1:03:38] » All right.
>> If you have someone you want to reach
[1:03:39] out to and
>> check temperature.
[1:03:43] » Okay.
>> Just let me know the name so we reach
[1:03:45] out to them.
>> Okay.
[1:03:47] All right. [clears throat] Okay. Agenda
item number seven. Um, city manager
[1:03:53] report.
[1:04:14] All right, good morning everyone again.
You have my report in your packet.
[1:04:18] As always, we start out uh remembering
Naisha Pickkins, encouraging anyone if
[1:04:22] you have any information to please use
the CEND app using keywords Naisha or
[1:04:27] Cordial missing person. You can call the
tip line at any time at 1 8005978477
[1:04:35] or the Cordial Police Department 2762921
or reach out and contact any of our
[1:04:41] surrounding law enforcement agencies.
We also highlight our pet of the week.
[1:04:46] Uh this week is Daisy. Daisy looks to be
a little bit older dog. So, um, she is
[1:04:50] in need of a good home. So, if someone
is looking for a little bit more mature,
[1:04:54] probably calmer pet, Daisy would make a
good fit for you. If you would like to
[1:04:58] visit the animal shelter, you may do so
uh in person. You can log in to the
[1:05:02] city's website at cordialogga.gov
or you can call 229-947-5306
[1:05:09] to make an appointment to go out and see
the many animals that we have available
[1:05:12] for adoption at the animal shelter.
25th anniversary of September 11th is
[1:05:19] fastly approaching. Couple events going
on. The first is the 911 ceremony. Uh
[1:05:25] this will be held on September 11th,
2026 at 9:11 a.m. at the Chris County
[1:05:30] High Football Game. This event will
honor the 3,000 lives lost in the
[1:05:34] courage of first responders. Attorney
General Chris Carr will be the keynote
[1:05:38] speaker. And uh I assume that any
elected officials that show up, you will
[1:05:45] also be asked to uh give a presentation.
So just be prepared for that. But we do
[1:05:50] encourage the uh the community to come
out and and remember September 11th.
[1:05:56] The day prior um on September the 10th,
we'll be honoring those that always
[1:06:01] answer the call. Uh we'll have the
public safety appreciation dinner. This
[1:06:05] will be from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at the
Alliance Club. Uh, and this, like I
[1:06:08] said, this honoring all public safety
professionals.
[1:06:15] Girls Prep Empowerment Project is a
12-week mentoring pro uh program to help
[1:06:21] instill confidence, character, and
purpose. This is geared strictly towards
[1:06:25] middle school age girls. Uh, classes
begin September the 3rd, 2026. Said this
[1:06:31] is a 12-week program. And if anyone is
interested or or knows someone that may
[1:06:36] be uh may benefit from this program,
they're encouraged to apply at the
[1:06:41] middle schools where they're taking
applications and uh at for this program
[1:06:46] and it is a free program by the way.
[1:06:51] The community of Cordel uh they continue
with outreach programs. They're
[1:06:55] introducing youth works. This is a
another career building program. um
[1:07:01] offers several things like fasttracking
for your GED, uh resume building,
[1:07:05] learning a trade or skill, um parenting
classes, and career readiness. If anyone
[1:07:11] is interested, you can you can visit the
community of Cordial at 20513th Avenue
[1:07:16] East here in Cordial or give them a call
at 22941
[1:07:21] 8122.
Uh in addition to the youth works
[1:07:27] program, they're continuing with their
uh free tutoring program. This is for K
[1:07:32] through five for homework, health, and
learning support along with adult
[1:07:35] education and GED uh study prep. Again,
the uh schedule there is flexible, so
[1:07:40] they're willing to work around your
schedule, but they they do request that
[1:07:43] you call and set up a uh a time to
attend. Again, comm the community of
[1:07:49] Cordill located at 205 East 13th Avenue
is hosting this event and you can reach
[1:07:54] out to them at 22941
8122.
[1:08:01] The next event on September 11th uh is
the Quanis Kids Fishing Rodeo. This was
[1:08:06] originally scheduled during the
Watermelon Festival. Mother Nature
[1:08:09] didn't play nice, so we had to reschedu.
Uh but this is coming up on Saturday,
[1:08:13] September the 12th at 385 Farmers Market
Road. Most people know that as Cordial
[1:08:18] Motor Speedway. Uh it's there in the big
pond on the left as you enter the
[1:08:22] facility and it will begin at 8:00 a.m.
wrap up at 10:00 a.m. Uh prizes, uh
[1:08:28] drawings, giveaways will be there. Uh
they're giving away for I believe most
[1:08:32] fish, largest fish, and may have uh some
other uh categories as well. So if
[1:08:37] anyone is interested in attending, uh
you can call 229-947-2277
[1:08:42] for more information.
On that same day, September the 12th,
[1:08:46] the Legacy Group will hold their day of
awareness fundrais fundraiser and
[1:08:50] festival. This will be at the Chris
County Recreation Department walking
[1:08:54] track. And this is a uh this is an event
to uh increase suicide awareness. So, if
[1:09:02] anyone is interested, uh there they can
reach out to several different people
[1:09:05] here. Here you have Becky Vaughn at 229
3223312
[1:09:10] or Misty Badger at 229-32249292,
[1:09:16] excuse me. And if you're a vendor
looking for a spot, you can contact
[1:09:20] Candace Evans at 949236
[1:09:24] 0590.
[1:09:27] Couple of future events to put on your
calendar. 17th annual Run for Your Lungs
[1:09:31] will be held at Lake Blackshire um on
November the 7th. And you can if you're
[1:09:37] interested in in participating in the
Run for Your Lungs, you can go to
[1:09:40] www.runforyoulung.org
[1:09:44] and all proceeds of this event is used
to help raise awareness of lung cancer
[1:09:49] and to help local lung cancer patients.
And then as we heard the last meeting,
[1:09:55] Miss uh White, she presented uh her
program homeless to helpful. They're
[1:10:01] having a break every chain 5K and one
mile fun run. That's uh January the 2nd,
[1:10:06] 2027. So we told her we would get this
information out. So uh if you need more
[1:10:10] information about Break Every Chain Fund
Run, you can contact Miss White at 229
[1:10:15] 322
6388.
[1:10:20] A couple of upcoming events and meetings
to make you aware of. Um, city hall
[1:10:24] offices will be closed on Monday,
September the 8th and in observance of
[1:10:28] Labor Day.
The monthly ministerial alliance meeting
[1:10:33] will be held on Thursday, September the
10th at community clubhouse at 9:30 a.m.
[1:10:38] The public safety appreciate, excuse me,
appreciation dinner, which we spoke
[1:10:42] about a moment ago, will be Thursday,
September the 10th at the Lions Club
[1:10:45] Lions Club Fairgrounds at 6:00 p.m.
The community clubhouse coordination
[1:10:51] board meeting will be Monday, September
the 14th here in the courtroom at city
[1:10:55] hall at 10:00 a.m.
This Historic
[1:11:02] Preservation meeting will be Wednesday,
September the 16th, here in the
[1:11:06] courtroom at 6 PM. The planning
commission meeting will be September the
[1:11:10] 17th. Uh here in the courtroom at 10:00
a.m. And then lastly, board of zoning
[1:11:14] appeals will be Thursday, September the
24th here in the courtroom at 10:00 a.m.
[1:11:22] All right, some of our um
updates and action items. This slide has
[1:11:27] changed from what you have in your
packet. I'll explain that in just a
[1:11:30] second here. But our city dumpster
location at 8:14 11th Avenue East. Hours
[1:11:35] of operation are Thursday 8:00 a.m. to
noon and Friday and Saturday from 8:00
[1:11:39] a.m. to 4:00 p.m. The drive-through
window in the finance department will be
[1:11:43] opening soon for cash and check payments
only until we can get the uh software
[1:11:48] installed. Then we'll be we'll be able
to take uh credit card payments. We're
[1:11:51] still waiting on uh the ballards to to
come in so we can place those out there
[1:11:56] to protect anyone's car from getting hit
by the door. This next item has changed.
[1:12:01] Uh this for your information, a street
dedication ceremony honoring Coach Clay
[1:12:06] Hill will be held on September 11th at
6:30 p.m. I believe in your report that
[1:12:11] time. We've not set a time yet, but that
time is set for 6:30. Stewart Avenue
[1:12:16] between 24th Avenue and Auburn Road will
be dedicated as Clay Hill Avenue.
[1:12:21] And then one item other item on here I
would like to request a vacation day. I
[1:12:25] would like to use uh this coming Friday
September the 4th of as a vacation. If
[1:12:29] you so approve I will be available by
phone and email.
[1:12:36] All right. Two action items. Actually
one action item. Um we're going to skip.
[1:12:43] been approached uh by the Chris
Community Council
[1:12:48] requesting to use the youth build I'm
sorry the uh boys and girls club
[1:12:54] building right now bridge bridging the
gap educational services they're
[1:12:59] utilizing that facility. Uh I have
talked to Miss Byron at bridging the gap
[1:13:05] and she does not have any issues with um
community council
[1:13:11] utilizing that building as well. So,
what I have here is an action item for
[1:13:14] you. This is for the conditional use of
the Boys and Girls Girls Club facility
[1:13:18] for the Chris County Community Council
program.
[1:13:22] Requesting approval to proceed with an
updated agreement between the city of
[1:13:26] Cordial, Chris County Community Council,
and Bridging the Gap Educational
[1:13:29] Services authorizing conditional use of
the Boys and Girls Club facility to
[1:13:33] accommodate the Chris County Community
Council program. Uh the Chris County
[1:13:37] Community Council was recently notified
that its current facility will no longer
[1:13:41] be available for use. As a result, the
organization has requested the city
[1:13:46] consider allowing the program to operate
from the Boys and Girls Club facility in
[1:13:50] in conjunction with Bridging the Gap
Educational Services. The proposed
[1:13:54] arrangement has been discussed with Miss
Byron and at this time she has indicated
[1:13:58] she's not opposed to propose the
proposed use of of the facility. The
[1:14:03] proposed arrangement would provide the
Chris County Community Council with a
[1:14:06] location to continuous program while
allowing the organization to utilize
[1:14:10] existing facilities in a coordinated
manner. So therefore, I recommend and
[1:14:15] request your approval to proceed with an
updated agreement between all parties
[1:14:18] for the conditional use of the Boys and
Girls Club facility.
[1:14:23] Okay, Mr. Commissioner, y'all heard the
action item. Is there a motion?
[1:14:29] » So move.
>> Okay, we got a motion. Is there a
[1:14:32] second?
>> I have a question.
[1:14:34] » Okay.
>> Um and and and my question is literally
[1:14:39] simply a legal one. The um as you know
in our intergovernmental agreement
[1:14:46] between the city and the county about
recreational facilities.
[1:14:50] Um and I'm not saying that's what this
is. I just know that they uh sometimes
[1:14:55] want to get into that. and I want to
make sure that we don't violate our
[1:15:00] intergovernmental agreement between the
city and the county by entering into an
[1:15:04] agreement with them. Uh I have no
problem with giving them the space. I'm
[1:15:09] I'm all for it 100%. But we got to make
sure about
[1:15:13] » check it out.
>> Recreational programming because
[1:15:15] recreational programming is is
definitely part of that
[1:15:18] intergovernmental agreement. We need to
make sure we don't violate.
[1:15:21] » But I understand this is not
recreational.
[1:15:23] » It's educational. It's just educational.
That's
[1:15:27] » sort of like a program mentoring
children as a school program. It's not
[1:15:32] just football and stuff like that. No.
>> Okay. All right. That's that was my
[1:15:36] question because I want to make sure
that that we we didn't cross a line we
[1:15:39] can't cross.
>> Yes, sir.
[1:15:42] » I'm all for it now.
>> Okay. Second. Okay. We got a motion and
[1:15:46] a second. Is there any further
discussion?
[1:15:50] Not hearing none. All in favor? I
>> I
[1:15:54] » Okay, motion approved.
>> And yesterday evening, in addition to
[1:15:58] this conditional use, I also sent a uh
request for an action um for use of
[1:16:04] excess funds. I'm going to table that to
the next meeting until we can uh gather
[1:16:09] some more information if that's okay
with the commission.
[1:16:12] » Okay.
And then lastly, uh you have a a list of
[1:16:18] the meetings and events I've attended uh
during the month of August. And that's
[1:16:22] all I have unless you have any
questions.
[1:16:25] » Okay. Commissioner, is there any further
questions for any our interim city
[1:16:29] manager?
>> No.
[1:16:32] » Okay. Thank you. Okay. City attorney's
report.
[1:16:36] » Mr. Mayor, once again, I'd like to have
an executive session if the council
[1:16:39] would agree with litigation, but I
understand there's a real estate project
[1:16:44] that we're involved with like to be
discussed as well.
[1:16:48] » Okay. And potentially personnel.
>> Okay. Three changes.
[1:16:53] » Yes.
>> Okay. So, is there a motion to enter
[1:16:57] into executive session for litigation
personnel and property?
[1:17:01] » Real estate.
>> Real estate.
[1:17:04] » Okay. Okay, we got a motion and a
second. All in favor?
[1:17:10] » Okay, there we go. We'll enter into
executive session at this time.
[1:17:17] Okay, is there a motion to come out of
executive session?
[1:17:20] » So moved.
>> All right. Motion on second. We're
[1:17:25] » all in favor.
>> All right. We're back here in regular
[1:17:28] session at this time. Is there uh any
motions or any information out of
[1:17:33] executive session?
Yes, Mr. Mayor. I have a motion. I'd
[1:17:37] like to authorize the city manager to
move $200,000 over to down at the Let me
[1:17:45] read it here. The quest of funds to be
utilized for eligible projects and
[1:17:50] activities designated to the enhanced
appearance, functionality, economic
[1:17:54] vitality of downtown Cordo, including
the property repairs, property repairs,
[1:17:59] demolition of deteriorated structures,
beautifification projects, and tourism
[1:18:04] related to enhancements in the Wall
Street area for capital improvements.
[1:18:09] » Okay, sounds good.
>> All right.
[1:18:11] » All right.
>> I second that.
[1:18:13] » Okay, we got a motion and a second.
All in favor?
[1:18:17] » I
>> She.
[1:18:22] » Okay. Motion approved.
>> I
[1:18:25] » Okay. Motion approved. Is there anything
else?
[1:18:29] » No, sir.
>> If not, I'll entertain a motion to
[1:18:31] adjurnn.
[laughter]
[1:18:34] » Second.
>> All in favor? I.
[1:18:39] » All right. Meeting adjourn.