[0:08] over.
>> He probably doesn't know.
[0:21] » I I had my chance. I done it. Thank you.
>> Lots of stuff going on.
[0:25] » Yeah.
>> I had my chance. Don't want to do it
[0:29] again.
[0:51] We call the September the 3rd council
meeting to order. Ask anyone to stand.
[1:01] Join me in invocation by Pastor Park.
After that, we'll do the pledge to the
[1:04] pl.
>> Sorry,
[1:06] » it's okay.
>> Ready for pictures.
[1:09] » May we pray. Father, thank you so much
for our gathering tonight here to
[1:13] discuss the city business. Thank you for
our councilman, our mayor, God, in his
[1:17] absence, and our pro Tim who's standing
in his place. Father, as we go through
[1:21] business today, we thank you for the
hard work of every city worker. We thank
[1:25] you for the citizens of this community.
And Father, we pray as we go through
[1:29] this agenda that we do things decent in
order for your name. We give you glory
[1:33] in all that we do. In Jesus name we
pray. Amen.
[1:36] » Amen.
>> Amen.
[1:37] I aliance to the flag of the United
States of America and to the republic
[1:43] for which it stands. One nation under
God, indivisible, with liberty and
[1:49] justice for all.
[1:55] » Good evening.
Good evening. Thank you everyone for
[1:59] coming out to our meeting tonight. Um
we'll jump straight into the agenda. Um
[2:04] first we have a special presentation
administer administration of oath the
[2:08] office to for our youth council 2027
youth council
[2:13] 226 27 youth council.
>> Yes sir. All right. Um so it's always a
[2:18] exciting time to have a new youth
council take office. And so we'd like to
[2:21] welcome you all here to the council
meeting. Um I think we have um our judge
[2:27] um judge Snipes the illustrious. Yes.
[laughter]
[2:32] Judge Snipes is here to administer your
oath of office. So, what I'll do is um
[2:36] if you will, I will call you up to the
front so that you can come up here and
[2:40] line up and face the audience and um
then um you can she can administer the
[2:46] oath to you. So, and I apologize in
advance if I mess up mess up anybody's
[2:50] name. Ayana Boston is 11th grader from
Dublin High School is serving as
[2:55] secretary. Mayor Pro Tim, if you'll come
on up. Michaela Bridges from Dublin High
[3:00] School, historian.
Kiss Lawrence from Dublin High School is
[3:04] the mayor. Harmony Walker is also from
Dublin High School is a city planner.
[3:09] Sydney Wyatt from Dublin High School,
Ward One.
[3:13] Uh Isada Dio is uh from Dublin High
School at large member. Kamaya Hardy is
[3:21] a 10th grader from Dublin High School,
Ward Three. Mariah Johnson is a 10th
[3:25] grader from Dublin High School, Ward 4.
Zakaya Kennedy, ninth grader from Dublin
[3:30] High School, Ward One. Agnes Cornteg uh
a 12th grader from Dublin High School W
[3:35] 2. Joel Cornteg 11th grader Dublin High
School is a city attorney. Sariah Lewis
[3:41] is a 10th grader from West Lawrence High
School is at large member. Nehemiah
[3:46] Snell is a 10th grader from Dublin High
School as a historian.
[3:50] Brandy Bailey Williams is an 11th grader
from West Lawrence High School as a city
[3:54] clerk. And Aaya Williams is the 10th
grader from West Lawrence High School at
[3:59] large. Um there's three members that
couldn't be here tonight. M uh Molina
[4:04] Watson is from East Lawrence High School
historian. Brena Grimes is um West
[4:09] Lawrence High School senior city
manager. Very important role. She's
[4:12] probably um very busy, too busy to even
come and take her oath. Uh Jada Phil
[4:19] is a 12th grader from West High School
as a historian. So um give give these
[4:23] folks a round of applause. [applause]
[4:35] » [snorts]
[4:42] » That's
[4:56] » I knew Renee would take charge and make
this right.
[5:00] » Good.
>> Yes, ma'am.
[5:01] » Picture first.
>> No, ma'am.
[5:03] » Okay.
[5:08] » I'm not judge. I'm the juvenile court
judge and proudly say
[5:15] [laughter]
[5:19] to what I need you to do is raise your
right hand.
[5:22] I want you to say hi and then state your
name.
[5:27] Go ahead.
[5:30] » Okay. Now, repeat after me. Do solemnly
swear
[5:34] » Do solemnly swear
>> that I will support
[5:37] » that I will support
>> uphold
[5:39] » uphold
>> and defend
[5:40] » and defend
>> the Constitution
[5:42] » the Constitution
>> and laws of the United States of America
[5:46] » and laws of the United States of America
>> in the state of Georgia
[5:49] » in the state of Georgia
>> that I will obey
[5:52] » that I will obey
>> the laws and ordinances the laws and
[5:56] ordinances
>> of the city of Dublin, Georgia.
[5:58] » of the city of Dublin, Georgia.
>> and the bylaws and rules
[6:02] » and the bylaws and rules
>> of the city of Dublin, Georgia.
[6:06] » And the city of Dublin, Georgia. in the
city of Dublin Youth Council
[6:10] » in the City of Dublin Youth Council. and
will faithfully perform [snorts] and
[6:14] discharge
>> and will faithfully perform and
[6:17] discharge
>> the duties incumbent upon me
[6:20] » the duties incumbent upon me
>> as a member of the youth council
[6:24] » as a member of the youth council
>> fairly
[6:27] » fairly
>> honestly
[6:29] » honestly
>> and to the best of my skill and ability
[6:32] » and to the best of my skill and ability
>> and as to me shall seem to be fair
[6:38] » and as to me shall seem to be fair
>> and for the best interest and welfare
[6:42] welfare of the city
>> and for the best interest and welfare of
[6:46] the city
>> without fear
[6:48] » without fear
>> favor
[6:49] » favor
>> or affection
[6:51] » for affection.
>> So help me God.
[6:53] » So help me God.
>> Thank you. Let me be the first to
[6:55] welcome you. It is quite impressive and
an honor to be chosen for you council.
[7:01] You are our future. Use this opportunity
to learn, do justice, be honest, be
[7:08] fair, and do good work.
[7:12] » [applause]
[7:17] [applause]
[7:22] » Oh, good morning.
>> Come on down here, Mr.
[7:30] Y.
[7:36] Okay. Thank you.
[7:45] » Have a presentation by the youth
council.
[7:48] [snorts]
>> The upcoming events
[7:56] coming
up here.
[7:58] » Yeah, I know. I
>> thought something was going on.
[8:06] » [laughter]
[8:08] » Um, good afternoon everyone. My name is
Kalis Lawrence and I'm the 2026 2027
[8:12] Youth Council mayor. And so we have put
together a presentation for you guys to
[8:17] show y'all what we have done so far and
what we plan to continue to do in the
[8:20] community.
[8:25] So one of our primary goals is to engage
in local government. We believe that
[8:29] engaging young people in local
government is about giving the younger
[8:32] younger generation a chance to speak up
and learn about what's happening in our
[8:35] own community. Um we love to learn about
improving local parks, public transit,
[8:40] and expand expanding mental health
resources for all people. Uh we've
[8:45] learned a lot from a lot of we've
learned a lot from Councilman Jones, um
[8:49] Miss Regina, and everybody who served
s who served right now um on the board.
[8:56] So, we just want to thank you guys for
all the opportunities that you give us
[8:59] and we hope that we can get more in the
future.
[9:05] Another one of our goals is supporting
local businesses. We support and learn
[9:09] from local businesses while inspiring
future entrepreneurship. And one, this
[9:15] picture that's right here is from us at
one of our meetings at Malberry Kitchen.
[9:21] » Another one of our goals is to keep our
community clean. Um, we promote
[9:26] community pride through neighborhood
cleanups and our trash pickup
[9:29] initiative. We have almost about two
trash days every new year. We have one
[9:35] on the actual trash day which is in
November. And we also have a random one
[9:39] where we pick usually early on in the
year to just go around in our
[9:43] neighborhoods and clean up with um last
time we were with Councilwoman Godfrey
[9:50] and Miss Regina. And yeah,
>> thank you.
[9:54] » You're welcome.
>> Another one of our goals is support
[9:59] youth in need. Support sponsoring nine
local students in need, providing school
[10:05] supplies, personal care items, holiday
meals, and continued support throughout
[10:10] the year.
[10:15] Um
[10:19] I don't Anyways um some of our previous
events was one of them was the trash
[10:24] day. It's where we had picked up no
trash with councilwoman Goffer. Um trash
[10:29] day was another great success for the
youth council. We worked together to
[10:32] clean up areas of our community, learn
more about our city and strengthen our
[10:36] teamwork while making a positive impact.
Another event that we had was the
[10:41] Juneenth parade where we were in the
parade. Um, we participated proudly in
[10:46] the June in the Junth parade celebration
with our own float joined by special
[10:51] guest Maria Cook. It was a wonderful
opportunity to honor Junth connect with
[10:58] our community and celebrate together.
[snorts]
[11:03] Some more of our events. Um, we had a
back to school event and a water day.
[11:07] Our back to school event was a
tremendous success. Uh youth council
[11:12] members helped distribute book bags. We
gave out food to families who wanted it.
[11:17] Um we gave out tickets, school supplies,
and this was a great um this was a great
[11:23] opportunity to serve local families,
work together, and stay actively
[11:27] involved in our community. Our water day
is where we held an event for
[11:35] kids, adults, anybody who wanted to
come. We had music playing. We had a
[11:39] face painting station, sports station.
Um I think it was a water slide. Uh
[11:46] everybody had fun. We had food, drinks,
and it was amazing. Thank you.
[11:53] » Um so next we'll talk about our upcoming
events. So, first we have our downtown
[11:57] scarecrow competition. So, all of the
members have decided to do a Michael
[12:02] Jackson themed scarecrow. Then we have
the youth council symposium um in
[12:07] Statesboro from October 2nd through 4th
where we have eight of the members going
[12:11] to represent us. And then we have the
annual pumpkin painting where we're
[12:15] going to come and paint the pumpkins
that's going to go out in the front. And
[12:19] then we have the downtown chili cookoff
that we've decided to participate in
[12:22] this year. We're all really excited
about that. And now our most exciting
[12:27] project that we have coming up is our
field day. So we've all worked really
[12:30] hard to plan this to try to make it
happen this year. It's going to be
[12:33] October 10th at the OKone gym. We're
going to have a basketball tournament
[12:38] along with a flag football tournament.
And for our younger kids, we're going to
[12:41] have face painting. We're going to have
henna four square and also musical
[12:45] chairs.
And I would love to see all of you
[12:48] there.
[12:53] Thank you for supporting youth council
and others around you.
[12:58] [applause]
[13:03] [applause]
[13:06] » Next on the agenda, we have approval of
August 2026 city council meetings. You
[13:10] have had that in your um agenda package.
[13:16] Make a motion to approve.
>> Second.
[13:20] I have a motion by Councilman Grez, a
second by Councilman Chain to accept
[13:23] [snorts] the um minutes. All those um
all motion bring about a question. All
[13:30] those in favor say I.
>> I.
[13:32] » All oppose, same sign. Eyes have it.
Next, we have approval of bills over
[13:36] 15,000.
[13:40] » Those also in your um in your package
along with all the other bills. You do
[13:47] » make a motion to approve.
>> Second.
[13:50] » I have a motion by Councilwoman
Kobe to res to uh KBY to um accept to
[13:56] approve the bills over 15,000. Second by
um Council Member um Griggs.
[14:02] A motion by the question.
All those in favor say I.
[14:07] » I.
>> All oppose. Same sign. Eyes have it.
[14:11] Okay. Okay, we have a approval purchase
over 15,000.
[14:15] » Yes, sir. We have uh two purchases for
council's consideration tonight. First
[14:20] is two pumps for the wastewater
treatment plant. One's for the belt
[14:24] press building and one's for the digtor
building. Uh we budgeted um enough
[14:30] sufficient funds to cover most of this
purchase except for $798, but the total
[14:35] uh purchase is $97,336
from Seal Distributors out of Sanford,
[14:39] Florida. This is for a um 4 in 7 and 12
horsepower pump and also a 6 in 20
[14:47] horsepower pump. The second purchase is
for a Lucas CPR device for the fire
[14:53] department. We have two of these
devices, one at Shamrock Fire Station
[14:57] and one at Southside Fire Station. And
because of donations made by um the
[15:03] community um community bank as well as
Fairview Park Hospital uh through Widows
[15:08] Oil um we've been able to acquire the
funds to make this purchase. Um
[15:13] Community Bank donated $10,000 and
Fairview Park Hospital donated
[15:16] $10,237.77
[15:20] and the total purchase price happens to
be $20,237.77.
[15:26] U this is a CPR device that can be
utilized by first responders in the fire
[15:30] department. Um the fire department's
oftent times the first to respond to a
[15:36] scene of an accident when when those
things happen. And so they can um put
[15:41] this on a victim that needs CPR and it
will it's a mechanical device that will
[15:46] provide a steady and constant um CPR and
chest compressions. uh so that then the
[15:53] firefighters that are on scene and other
EMS can be free to work on clearing
[15:57] airways um clearing dealing with any
other matter associated with the scene
[16:01] and getting the victim to the hospital
as soon as possible. Um this is um the
[16:07] purchase is um from Lucas and from
excuse me from Striker is the name of
[16:13] the company um but it is the Lucas
device and um those are the two
[16:17] purchases for council's consideration.
Can we show the constituents what it
[16:22] looks like when it's being utilized,
please?
[16:25] » We might be able to video.
>> Yeah.
[16:40] That's awesome.
[snorts]
[16:48] Thank you.
[16:53] » I got a motion to appro approve the
purchases.
[16:55] » Second.
>> Have a motion by council member [snorts]
[16:58] um Brown to approve. Second by
Councilwoman Gthrey to approve. Um any
[17:04] discussion?
>> Just want to thank Community Bank and um
[17:08] Fairview Park Hospital for making this
donation happen.
[17:11] » Absolutely. Any discussion? All right.
All those in favor say I. I.
[17:17] » All those opposed, same sign. Eyes have
it. We're on to the next agenda item.
[17:21] First reading of ordinance 2609 to amend
the hotel height limit requirements.
[17:27] This is ordinance 2609, an ordinance by
the mayor and council of the city of
[17:32] Dublin, Georgia to amend the code of
ordinances for the city of Dublin
[17:35] regarding height requirements for zoning
purposes to provide for severability to
[17:39] repeal all ordinances and parts of
ordinances in conflict here with to
[17:42] provide for an adoption and effective
date and for other lawful lawful
[17:46] purposes. We currently have a height
restriction of 35 ft in the B2 uh
[17:51] businessoriented district zone. Um and
we've identified that um most we've had
[17:59] four applications uh for different
hotels to locate out at the I16
[18:04] interchange um near 441 and um obviously
all of them would be taller than 35 ft
[18:10] and so they have to go through a process
of getting a variance approved for that
[18:14] purpose. So, we've drafted this
ordinance to provide an an exception uh
[18:18] to the general 35 foot limitation to
increase it to 75 ft if it is a hotel at
[18:24] an I-16 interchange in the B2 district.
That will be exclusive to that
[18:29] particular situation. And um so this is
the first reading of this ordinance.
[18:34] » All right. We have next read the second
reading of this ordinance at our um
[18:39] September 17th meeting at 12:00 noon.
Um next will be number agenda item
[18:44] number five. I first read the ordinance
2613 to amend FY26 budget.
[18:49] » Yes, sir. This is ordinance 2613, an
ordinance by the mayor and council of
[18:52] the city of Dublin to amend the budget
for the fiscal year ending June 30th,
[18:56] 2026 to provide for an effective date
and for other lawful purposes. And um
[19:02] the total original budget amount was
$90,39,14
[19:08] and the um resulting budget is
73,970,844.
[19:16] I will say I know Mr. Daniels is still
um working on some of the final details
[19:21] of this, so those numbers may be
adjusted slightly, but this is pretty
[19:24] close to what [snorts] we're going to
end up being uh for the second reading.
[19:27] All
>> right. And again, that second reading
[19:29] will be on uh September 17th at 12:00
noon. All right, going on to agenda item
[19:34] number six, discussion and action on
resolution 2645 to amend the fee
[19:38] schedule related to rolloff carts.
>> This is resolution rates.
[19:41] » Oh, sorry. This is resolution 2645, a
resolution of the city of Dublin,
[19:46] Georgia by its mayor and council
updating the schedule of fees for the
[19:49] city of Dublin related to sanitation
rolloff rates and a set an effective
[19:53] date. Um we have the entire schedule of
fees as it relates to garbage and trash
[19:59] and sanitation uh in this resolution. Um
but the only things that are changing or
[20:06] that were recommended for change to the
council. Um are are some cleanup items
[20:11] regarding a second roll cart fee to make
those consistent between residential and
[20:15] commercial customers because it's the
same cart. Um the rolloff dumpster rate.
[20:20] We're recommending the disposal fee per
dump be reduced from $225 to $200 and
[20:27] then the landfill dumping fee per ton go
from $36 to $40 per ton. Um and then we
[20:33] have a daily dumpster rental fee that's
currently in there that's $5 a day and
[20:38] we would like to adjust that to so that
it's only charged after 14 days um of
[20:42] service. And um the other cleanup items
are related to um deleting some
[20:48] superfluous language and making clear uh
what the rates are for some services
[20:54] that we already charge for. Um the um I
will say that the silo waste management
[20:59] authority where the landfill that we
carry all of our garbage to did um vote
[21:05] to increase their rates that are charged
to us um by quite a bit um after we had
[21:13] approved our budget. Um and so we've
been looking at that and currently only
[21:18] have recommended for the council these
minor adjustments to the garbage rates.
[21:23] Council, you hear the recommendation and
discussion.
[21:29] » Move for approval of the amended uh
rolloff rates.
[21:33] » Second of approval by Councilman Brown,
second by Councilman Griggs to approve
[21:39] the rolloff rates. Um any discussion?
>> All in favor say I.
[21:45] » I.
>> All oppose. Same sign. Eyes have it. All
[21:49] right. Item agenda item number seven
discussion action on resolution 2647 to
[21:53] improve to approve the terms for
proposal for cemetery
[21:59] ceite cemetery software.
This is resolution 2647, a resolution of
[22:04] the city of Dublin, Georgia, by and
through its mayor council approving an
[22:07] agreement with Site Industries LLC
called Sims Sites Cloud Software for
[22:12] cemeteries for up to five year for up to
a 5-year term to authorize the mayor and
[22:17] city clerk to execute the same set
effective date and for other lawful
[22:21] purposes. The council's previously
approved uh ground penetrating uh radar
[22:26] to be used under another contract to go
through all three of our cemeteries.
[22:31] that's cross the creek cemetery, North
View Cemetery, and the old city cemetery
[22:35] that's behind the First Methodist Church
here in town. And that process is
[22:39] ongoing now. They're creating digital
maps of the cemetery uh the cemeteries.
[22:44] And we'll be identifying um and
providing data in an online database um
[22:50] for you know who what places are
occupied and what places are vacant. And
[22:56] um we will then use that to um provide
to sim sites which is a company that
[23:02] provides a software that will make it
where we can make that information
[23:06] available for administration purposes
for the city staff but also for the
[23:10] public to be able to view and click and
see and discover where loved ones may be
[23:14] buried. So um we have um budgeted for
this. the cost is a bit less than what
[23:21] we originally were budgeting u because
of the digital maps that we're going to
[23:25] be able to provide them. So the
implementation cost is $14,000 and then
[23:29] there's an ongoing annual license to use
their software. Um that fee is $2695.
[23:37] We do ask for council to approve this
resolution.
[23:40] » Any questions?
>> Make a motion for approval.
[23:44] » Second.
>> I have a motion by Councilman Gre to
[23:46] approve. Second by Councilwoman Um
Goffrey.
[23:50] » Yes [snorts] sir.
>> For approval. Uh any discussion?
[23:55] Hearing none. All those in favor say I.
>> All oppose. Same sign. Eyes have it.
[24:01] Going to agenda item number eight. Uh
discussion and action on resolution 2652
[24:06] to accept an agreement with beer
equipment lease for Riverview Golf
[24:09] Course.
>> Make a motion to table this to a date
[24:13] certain to September the 17th.
>> Second.
[24:16] » Second. I have a motion by Councilwoman
Kobe to uh table this item to the
[24:22] September 17 meeting. Second by uh
Councilman Griggs. Uh any discussion?
[24:29] All those in favor say I.
>> I.
[24:31] » All those opposed.
All right. And for public, this is um we
[24:36] have a lease agreement. Council decided
we were discussing trying to get the um
[24:40] [clears throat] weigh the pros and cons
of us buying it out right versus leasing
[24:44] and what have you. So we get trying to
get and ask some questions about
[24:48] separating the lease and leasing some of
it and buying some of it straight out
[24:52] route. So that's is what outright. So
that's what discussion is about. So
[24:55] we'll get back and have more more
information on September 17th. Agenda
[25:00] item number nine discussion and action
on resolution 2653 to authorize the
[25:05] initial project assessment submission
for the rural workforce housing grant.
[25:10] This is resolution 2653, a resolution by
the mayor and council of the city of
[25:14] Dublin, Georgia to approve an initial
project assessment for the one Georgia
[25:18] rural workforce housing initiative grant
to authorize the mayor to execute the
[25:22] same set effective date and for other
lawful purposes. DCA uh the Department
[25:27] of Community Affairs is has published um
an funding opportunity for a grant uh
[25:34] that is related to infrastructure costs
for housing projects that meet certain
[25:38] criteria including price points. And um
part of the process for this is that we
[25:43] have to submit an initial project
assessment which is kind of a notice to
[25:47] DCA that we intend to make a formal
grant application. But the grant would
[25:51] um be up to $2 and a half million
dollars to cover the infrastructure
[25:56] costs which could be water, road,
drainage, sewer um associated with a
[26:01] housing development project. Um and
we've been approached by a developer for
[26:06] a a proposed project that would um take
place on Woodlon across from the Woodlon
[26:11] apartments in the in the large vacant
field that's there. And um so this is
[26:15] just kind of one step that's required
for this process. And um yeah, on the
[26:20] screen there you can see is kind of a um
proposed uh conceptual site plan for
[26:26] what it might look like. And we're
working with the developer now on
[26:30] fine-tuning this site plan as well as a
we'll have to have a developers
[26:34] agreement uh in place between the city
and the developer on the project. And um
[26:40] so if we um get through all that then we
may have for the council at a future
[26:44] meeting um the grant application for
your approval as well.
[26:49] » All right. Hearing that any questions?
>> Yeah. Are there any other developers
[26:54] allowed to send submit their information
for a particular project somewhere
[27:00] within our city?
>> Yes.
[27:02] » Or just these people?
>> No. Any developer can come to us and as
[27:06] long as they you know
>> have all the ducks in a row.
[27:08] » Yeah. We got to have have it all planned
out. Um I will say I from my
[27:12] understanding from DCA is that um we can
have multiple grants going at one time.
[27:17] It's possible, but um my understanding
from them is that they're going to want
[27:21] to see that the first grant is or you
know, if we have one going that it's
[27:25] going well and that it's, you know,
actually happening. Um there's there's a
[27:28] lot of there's a very tight window for
actually building the homes that the
[27:32] developer has to commit to meet and do.
So, um, it's got to be somebody's got
[27:36] everything, their ducks in a row and has
it all lined up.
[27:39] » But the grant is from the Department of
Community Affairs. It's not a city
[27:42] grant. It's just accepting the grant to
to build the infrastructure.
[27:46] » Right. The city the city actually has to
be the grant applicant. Um, but we have
[27:50] a separate agreement between us and the
developer about cost associated with
[27:55] that. So, any overage in the cost of the
infrastructure would, you know, I'm
[27:59] assuming the council would want that to
be the the cost of the developer. Um,
[28:03] but those are all things that would have
to be negotiated in that agreement.
[28:08] » Any other question?
>> Move for approval.
[28:12] » Second.
>> Have a motion to approve by council me
[28:15] council member Brown. Second by council
member Kobe. Um, any discussion? I had
[28:20] that already. All in approve. All in
favor say I.
[28:24] » I.
>> All oppose say sign. Eyes have it. All
[28:28] right. Agenda item number 10. Discussion
and action on resolution 2654 to
[28:34] authorize an amendment to the contract
with Don Construction Company for the
[28:37] purpose for the purpose of establishing
a guaranteed maximum price for the
[28:41] street division facility on Madison
Street. This is resolution 2654, a
[28:46] resolution of the city of Dublin,
Georgia, buy and through its mayor and
[28:49] council to approve an amendment to the
agreement with Dublin Construction
[28:52] Company concerning the Dublin public
works street division building
[28:56] renovation project to authorize the
mayor to execute and deliver the same to
[29:01] provide authority for approvals of
expenditures for the project to provide
[29:05] for an effective date and for other
lawful purposes. We engaged with Dublin
[29:09] Construction Company on a Seymar or
construction manager at risk basis for
[29:13] this project. We've been working with
our architect who is Brian Felder and
[29:17] Associates to develop the final plans
for the building. This is concerning um
[29:21] what we call the cotton warehouse, but
it's the facility that's on Madison
[29:25] Street um going down towards our
groundwater plant. Um it's directly
[29:30] adjacent to that property. And um we
purchased this building with the idea
[29:34] that we would move our street division
facility um to this location. They are
[29:38] currently housed at the end of South
Washington Street down by Riverview Golf
[29:42] Course and um on the other side of Rosco
Bower Park. Um so we're hoping to move
[29:48] them out of that area um and clean up
that that space down there where they're
[29:52] currently located. Um the guar the way
this works is we entered into a contract
[29:58] with Dman Construction and they've been
working with us on some of the
[30:01] preliminary matters as we've um gotten
into the final design. We have the
[30:05] construction documents. They have gone
out and gotten quotes from multiple
[30:09] subcontractors as they need it to
deliver the project for us. But it
[30:13] involves um taking that building and
creating some finished space. Uh it'll
[30:18] have office space for some of the staff.
It'll have um bathroom facilities for
[30:22] them. Um it will have a um common area
room. It'll have a locker room. It will
[30:29] have a meeting room. And so the street
department, you know, responds often
[30:34] times to um emergency situations. Um the
building's going to be equipped with a
[30:38] gas power generator so that they'll be
able to go there and have it available
[30:42] um and have power in the event of some
major catastrophe. Um and it will also
[30:47] have access control. There'll be
improvements to the grounds. There'll be
[30:50] fencing and landscaping and all that's
covered by the contract.
[30:55] Um the total GMP is $3,240,000.
Uh $240,532.
[31:04] Uh this is within our um budgeted amount
that we had estimated for the project.
[31:10] Um it is going to be funded by the 2024
splast. So it's the one penny special
[31:15] purpose sales tax that's paying for
this. And um all told the um total
[31:22] project with the survey and architect's
work that's been done is um just over 3
[31:27] point or almost $3.4 million. Um I will
say a GMP uh guaranteed maximum price.
[31:34] They are saying they will deliver the
full scope of the project as it's been
[31:37] specified in the plans at that price or
less. And if it comes in less then we
[31:42] experience those savings. If it comes in
more than that, if it ends up costing
[31:46] them more than that, then they have to
eat those costs. So, um, this is a good
[31:50] one to get under under the books and
thanks to the facilities committee u
[31:54] that's been working on this. Um, that's
Councilman uh or Mayor Prom Jones,
[31:59] Councilwoman Godfrey, and Councilman
Chain uh for your help with this
[32:04] project. And I know that um Matthew
Bradshaw and his staff have been
[32:08] diligently working on the project as
well as Robbie Petri and the public
[32:12] works guys. So, um, thanks to everybody
involved.
[32:16] » Yes,
>> I had a question. Um, someone approached
[32:18] me. Um, once the street department is
out from the Emiry Golf, Emery Thomas
[32:24] um, facility and golf course down there,
will that street open back up at the
[32:28] bottom of the park on the south side?
Cuz we used to could walk all the way
[32:32] around or drive all the way around. Once
they're out and all the equipment is
[32:36] gone, would you do you think the street
will open back up? We've got to that's
[32:39] something I think the council we all
needed to discuss and figure out what
[32:42] the future plans are because I know
we've also talked about having the a
[32:46] back entrance to like the Emery Thomas
and that kind of thing. So, um we'll
[32:50] have to look at all that um and see what
we want to do cuz you got we've got to a
[32:54] parks master plan concept for down
there. So, we can look at all that at
[32:57] the time.
>> They're looking forward to using their
[33:00] excavator to do some clean up down
there. So,
[33:04] » any more discussed questions?
>> Move for approval. Mr. Sir,
[33:09] » second.
>> I have a
[33:12] move for approval by Councilman Brown,
second by Councilwoman Goffrey. All
[33:16] those in favor say I.
>> I.
[33:18] » Those nays um approve opposes say sign.
Eyes have it. Okay.
[33:24] » All right. Discussion number agenda item
number 11. Discussion action on
[33:29] resolution number 2655 to authorize an
agreement with women in need of God
[33:33] shelter wings for the lease of city
property. This is resolution 2655, a
[33:39] resolution by the mayor and council of
the city of Dublin, Georgia, to accept
[33:42] and approve the terms of an agreement
for operational building lease for women
[33:46] in need of God's shelter, Wings, to
authorize the mayor to execute the same,
[33:50] to set an effective date, and for other
lawful purposes. Wings has been in this
[33:54] facility that's owned by the city for a
number of years now. Um, we've been
[33:59] going through a process. We've got
several um pieces of property that the
[34:03] city owns that we um have lease
agreements with different um nonprofits
[34:08] that provide a service to the public in
general. Um and so this is making that
[34:14] effective by having an updated lease.
It's just time to update the lease with
[34:17] them. So um they are responsible for
providing um any improvements to the the
[34:24] property that they desire. They're
responsible for the insurance on the
[34:27] property. They're responsible for all
the utilities on the property um and the
[34:31] general upkeep. So, um we just provide
the space for them. So,
[34:38] » any discussion, question?
>> Motion to approve.
[34:41] » Approval.
>> Second.
[34:43] » I have a motion for approval by
Councilman Grigg, second by Councilman
[34:47] Chain. [snorts] Um all those in favor
say I.
[34:50] » I post the same sign. Eyes have it. I
guess I should say point out too that
[34:55] I'm assuming everybody knows what Wings
is, but they provide um assistance to uh
[35:00] domestic abuse um victims, uh women and
then their children too if there are any
[35:06] um and have a shelter facility which is
this particular property and they have
[35:10] some other properties um and then they
also provide resources to as needed to
[35:14] support them. So they do good work.
>> All right. Agenda item number 12,
[35:19] discussion of action on resolution 2656
to authorize application of safety grant
[35:24] with Georgia Municipal Association. This
is resolution 2656, a resolution by the
[35:29] mayor and council of the city of Dublin,
Georgia to authorize an application to
[35:32] the Georgia municipal association for a
safety grant for the city to accept the
[35:36] terms and conditions of said grant to
authorize administration of the grant if
[35:39] awarded to authorize the mayor and city
manager or city manager to execute and
[35:43] deliver certain documents on behalf of
the city and for other lawful purposes.
[35:48] We have put together um our HR
department has put together a grant
[35:52] application for um through um GMA um for
$20,000 to um provide funding to allow
[36:01] us to install cameras in some of the
some or if not all of the city vehicles.
[36:06] Um and this is meant to be a safety
grant so that it can uh help track in
[36:11] case there's incidents of um
it can track driving behavior. um and
[36:17] also help us with training for training
purposes um and then also help as far as
[36:22] being able to show you know what other
drivers may have done in an incident
[36:25] that we may be involved in. So um this
is a grant application and um GMA
[36:33] handles these online and so the all the
forms are electronic and they're being
[36:38] sent to my email so I'm the one that's
got to sign off on them. That's why it
[36:41] says city manager u on there to do the
signing. So this a little unique
[36:46] situation.
>> Any other questions? Discussion council.
[36:53] » Thank
>> second.
[36:56] » I have a motion to approve by Councilman
Gri, second by Councilwoman Kobe. Um all
[37:02] those in favor say I.
>> I.
[37:04] » Oppos the same sign. Eyes have it. All
right. Next we have board appointments.
[37:11] Uh the mayor left that for the downtown
development authority reappoint Lucas Co
[37:17] and Derek Johnson for reappointment.
They both been active and help the board
[37:22] members and indicate they would like to
serve an additional term. And for the
[37:26] tourism council Tammy Wick Dr. Raik
[snorts] um for reappointment to the
[37:32] tourism council has been an important
connection between the council and the
[37:35] St. Patrick Festival committee and she's
at served on the board. She's open to an
[37:39] additional term if council agrees.
>> Make a motion to approve.
[37:43] » Second.
>> Have a motion to approve by councilwoman
[37:48] Kobe. Second by councilwoman Gotfrey.
All those in favor say I.
[37:52] » I.
>> Oppose the same sign.
[37:56] Eyes have it. Next we'll come to our
citizen comments. There any citizen like
[38:00] to address council? Come at this time.
As you come, remember to state your name
[38:07] um where you stay at and uh you have
three minutes and Miss City clerk had
[38:11] you on the clock so she'll let you know
when 3 minutes is up. Good evening. My
[38:15] name is Jamie Pock and I'm a resident of
the county, but I also have members who
[38:19] live in the city. Uh I would like to say
thank you for this opportunity to stand
[38:23] before you on behalf of Atrisisk Succeed
and our manup mentoring initiative. I
[38:28] would like to express our sincere
appreciation for Chief Moon and his
[38:32] commitment to the young men in our
community. On August the 8th, 10 mentees
[38:36] and five mentors had the privilege of
participating in a special madeup
[38:40] session that focused on building
authentic relationships with community
[38:43] leaders. Although it was his day off,
Chief Moon arrived in full uniform, and
[38:47] took the time to connect personally with
our young men. He did more than make a
[38:52] presentation. He shared real life
experiences, offered honest and
[38:56] practical advice, answered questions,
and encouraged our young men to make
[38:59] positive decisions about their lives and
futures. Most importantly, he allowed
[39:03] them to see the person behind the
uniform and to understand that our
[39:06] community leaders care about their
success. Chief Moon demonstrated what
[39:10] authentic community leadership looks
like. Showing up, building trust,
[39:14] listening, and investing in the next
generation. We want to thank Chief Moon
[39:18] for his service, sacrifice, and
willingness to pour into our young men.
[39:22] We also thank the mayor, city council,
and the city of Del for supporting
[39:26] leadership that values positive
relationships between public service and
[39:30] the youth of our community. Hence,
Dublin City Council Youth. When
[39:34] community leaders and mentor
organizations work together, we give our
[39:37] young men people young people great
opportunities to grow, succeed, and
[39:40] become responsible leaders themselves. I
also want to say again, thank you, Chief
[39:45] Moon, for helping us with our initiative
this summer. Also want to remind
[39:49] everyone that September is prostate
cancer awareness month. Men, please
[39:54] learn your family history and know your
risk and talk with health care
[39:57] professional because you're valuable.
Thank you.
[40:03] Anyone else?
[40:09] » Melody Smith with at live at 378
Champion of Filia Road. I think you all
[40:16] have it in your folder on the flyer in
regard to the Liberty trees for
[40:23] America's 250th on September the 17th,
Constitution Day. There will be three
[40:29] trees planted in the city of Dublin.
These trees are very significant to our
[40:35] constitution.
The trees that we'll be planting are
[40:39] Franklinia trees which are named after
Benjamin Franklin who was the signer of
[40:44] the US Constitution. the days that day
on the 17th our speaker will be a
[40:50] national our the national expert on the
Franklinia trees who is a retired
[40:57] professor from the University of
Georgia. The trees we have looked all
[41:01] over for these trees and have finally
found them in the state of Georgia.
[41:06] These trees are, like I said, are very
significant to the Constitution and we
[41:10] invite all of y'all to attend and our
community for this very significant tree
[41:17] planting.
[41:20] » Thank you. [snorts]
Anyone else like to address council?
[41:46] Yes.
[41:54] » Thank you.
[41:58] » Good evening. I'm Ray S. Bloodworth. I
live here in the city. I'm here to talk
[42:03] about the flock cameras safety. I want
to be respectful and transparent. When
[42:09] flocks cameras came, I when we first
introduced the flock cameras, I was for
[42:15] them. I believe that they could help
keep our community safe. However, I no
[42:22] longer feel the same way. I have
concerns about who have access to the
[42:26] information, who is shared with, and
what protections are in place. I have
[42:32] submitted an open record request to
better understand how the system is
[42:37] being used. I respectfully ask that the
council to review these concerns and
[42:42] keep us informed.
Thank you.
[42:53] Any other citizen comments?
Go once, twice. All right, we'll now
[42:59] move on to council comments. We'll start
with our staff. Um,
[43:05] [snorts]
Miss Dorothy. All right, council. I'm
[43:09] going start on the other end. I know
Bill like to go first. [laughter]
[43:14] Council Chang.
>> Um, I want to say thank you to the you
[43:16] council members for showing interest in
learning and going through the motions
[43:19] of being our future officials. And thank
everybody for coming out.
[43:25] » Councilman Grees.
>> Oh. Um, I'd like to congratulate the
[43:29] youth council. um on on your venture and
um thank everybody. [snorts]
[43:36] Council,
>> I too want to uh congratulate you and
[43:39] tell you what an honor it is to
represent um the citizens of our
[43:42] community. Although you weren't elected
to these positions, you volunteered for
[43:47] these positions and it's so important to
understand the impact of community
[43:51] service. Um I am um available anytime,
anything you want to learn. Um some
[43:57] really interesting things from tonight.
uh was that we were able to um uh put in
[44:03] those new appointees and those continued
appointees to the DDA and the tourism uh
[44:08] council and it's really important to
think about those different community
[44:11] members that have different passions and
interest and how they can also serve
[44:14] their community in those places. Um we
also heard about nonprofits that receive
[44:19] uh some support from the city like
wings. They are utilizing one of the
[44:24] city's buildings um and that is a way
that we can support them, right? And so
[44:29] we also see that like at the Katherine
uh W. Gray Library where we've g given a
[44:34] um a basically no cost lease to
communities and schools and other
[44:37] entities that are helping support
community efforts and uh our spay and
[44:41] neuter project. So I just wanted you to
see about how nonprofits interact with
[44:46] the city. We're not necessarily giving
them um money, but we can help support
[44:50] their efforts uh in other ways,
especially when they're serving the
[44:54] community at large. So, I just want to
say um invite you to come to uh First
[44:58] Friday tomorrow at the Chamber of
Commerce. We've got a lot of things
[45:01] going on. And then tomorrow night is uh
First Friday downtown. There's multiple
[45:05] bands playing. Uh everybody set be safe
over this long Labor Day uh weekend. And
[45:10] thank y'all for coming.
>> Next, Councilwoman Goffrey.
[45:15] » I just like to thank everybody for
coming out. Um just want to say thank
[45:19] you to my youth council. Y'all were so
wonderful that Saturday. I know it was
[45:23] super hot, but I really do appreciate
you all coming to help clean up over by
[45:28] the Oak Gym, Garner Street, and Marshall
Street. So, thank y'all so much. And I
[45:34] look forward to working with you all
again. Not just cleaning up, but
[45:38] whatever you need me for, just call me.
You know how to get in touch with me,
[45:41] Regina. Um, thank you, Pastor Park, for,
you know, the great words about our
[45:46] chief. He's so awesome. I love him all.
[snorts]
[45:49] Um, thank you all for being here
tonight. And I want to say please come
[45:54] out to the Dublin High School football
game Friday night. That's my class
[45:58] reunion. 40 years. Can you believe it?
Do I look like it? [laughter]
[46:04] » So anyway, y'all come support our Dublin
High School. Thank you. Have a great
[46:08] weekend. Be safe. [laughter]
>> And Bill is in my class, too.
[46:13] » Do I really need to call you out?
[laughter]
[46:16] » You're in my class. So, I'm the class of
87,
[46:20] not 86.
[laughter]
[46:23] S tends to try to uh make me be in her
class, but uh but I'm 39 years, not 40.
[46:30] [laughter]
But anyway, uh thank everybody. Thank
[46:34] everybody for being here. Uh appreciate
uh all the citizens that that uh that
[46:39] spoke and we appreciate your investment
in our youth uh youth council. We
[46:44] appreciate you being here and the things
you've already done and things you will
[46:46] do. Uh uh you know everything is that
you will do should be prosperous for our
[46:52] community. I know that it will be and if
we can be of help then uh please don't
[46:55] hesitate to call. Thank you everybody
for being here.
[46:59] » Mr. Mayor,
>> oh um just I meant to mention earlier
[47:03] but Regina McDaniel and Dustin Clemens,
thank you for your service with the
[47:07] youth council uh and being on the board.
Is there anybody else here from the
[47:11] board that I'm missing? I think so. Um,
but thank thank you to the youth
[47:16] council. Um, and the great things you're
doing every the presentation was very
[47:21] impressive and you guys have a lot of
things going on. So, I know to balance
[47:25] that along with your school activities
is is a lot. So, thank you for what
[47:28] you're doing there. Um, and that's all I
have.
[47:30] » All right. Um, for my comments like
thank everyone for coming out um to
[47:36] council. uh my youth counselor that was
a brainchild of mine that when I first
[47:40] got on council I wanted to get youth
involved. So we did go around and looked
[47:44] at other youth council that was in the
state in different forms and we formed
[47:48] the council youth council back then to
go along with our team court that was
[47:52] already here. So this has been going on
for about 10 years and I'd like to say
[47:56] thank you council. Y'all are actively
working. We've had seen some great young
[48:00] people come through here. We had a young
man that as of um this past spring had
[48:06] an internship. He go to school at um
Kennesaw State. Mr. Daryus had an
[48:11] internship with Senator Waro office. He
was the mayor of the youth council here
[48:14] in the city of Dublin twice two years.
So this is kind of opportunity and doors
[48:18] that get open to you for being here. You
get to meet people and get interact with
[48:22] people and um so these are things that
we want you to get involved with and
[48:26] don't be afraid to reach out and do so.
Youth council, you know, the sky's is
[48:30] the limit. The water park that you see
out there at the southern pines that was
[48:33] a brainchild of the first youth council
that we had. They pressured them about a
[48:36] public pool. So we don't want no public
pool. It cost money. Water park make
[48:42] money for the city. So that's what it's
done. So these are things that our young
[48:46] people can get involved in parks what
we're trying to do with the parks. Don't
[48:50] be afraid to put your opinion. Your
opinion matters. We want you to decide.
[48:54] I know everybody said it. You ask
everybody up here that's from Dublin
[48:58] probably that's that's graduated from
Dublin. I'm 89. Graduate from Dublin
[49:01] High School. When I graduated I said I'm
leaving Dublin, not coming back.
[49:05] Dublin's in my rearview mirror. I don't
plan on coming back to Dublin. And I
[49:09] meant that. I really did. But I said I
wasn't coming back but God said you
[49:14] going back. So I end up right back
[laughter]
[49:17] and like why you brought me back here?
ended up on city council. Didn't have no
[49:24] no vision of running for city council,
but here I am. So, you never know where
[49:27] you're going to be at, but you want to
make your community better. So, how
[49:30] here's how you start thinking about
that, Reverend Park, for what you're
[49:33] doing with the mentorship program with
our young men. U that's great. We need
[49:37] more of that what we see going around.
So, any other community activities, you
[49:41] know, let's get involved and let's get
get going. Also like to point out that
[49:45] on September the 19th,
we're doing something for the public,
[49:49] partnering with contact the DA office.
Something we've had in the plan for a
[49:53] couple years. If you know of anybody
they have something on their record,
[49:57] they want to get expuned.
[snorts] We're doing an expungement
[50:00] workshop for Lawrence County, Johnson
County, Twe County, and Troutland
[50:04] County. The four county circuit that
that I'm DA McClennon is over. He's
[50:09] doing it at the old corny gym. Anybody
see me, you need to get a crim criminal
[50:13] background check. It needs to be dated
starting tomorrow. So you can go down
[50:17] tomorrow, get your criminal background
check tomorrow. Date it up until that
[50:21] day. Come on, bring it down there. We
have somebody there to talk to you about
[50:24] how to get that stuff off your record.
Help you with better jobs. I know people
[50:28] trying to get jobs and they got little
small things on their record that's
[50:31] stopping them. Okay, it's time to we
offering the free. Only thing you paying
[50:35] for is your criminal background check.
So, if you know anybody that that
[50:38] pertain to, send them on there. We ask
everyone to be safe, have a happy Labor
[50:43] Day weekend, and um stay cool. It's hot
out there, please. Extremely hot. Any
[50:49] other thing? Missing anything?
>> All right, this meeting is a journ
[50:57] Tanya know about the
Tanya.
[51:01] » Tanya, a lot to get through. Uh-uh. Dr.
Emry Thomas. Lot of things going on.
[51:05] » Dr. Emry Thomas.
>> Uhuh.
[51:07] » Hey, I'm like staffer.
>> [laughter]