[6:52] Mayor, whenever you are
[7:07] This service
[7:51] Good evening. Thank you for your
patience. Today is Tuesday, August 4th,
[7:55] 2026. The time is 7:41. We now call to
order the town of Edenville Town Council
[8:02] meeting.
[8:05] We will now Hand for a moment of silence
on the pledge of allegiance. Glad you're
[8:09] to my left. Your right.
>> Mayor, would you like for me to do the
[8:12] quorum?
>> I'm sorry. Please verify.
[8:15] » Okay. Councilwoman Randolph,
can I hear you?
[8:20] » Um, Councilman Mack
>> here.
[8:23] » Councilwoman Jordan
>> here.
[8:25] » Vice Mayor Thomas
>> here.
[8:28] » Mayor Kitten present.
Now we're moving five.
[8:44] Aliance
to the flag of the United States of
[8:49] America and to the republic for which it
stands. One nation under God,
[8:55] indivisible, with liberty and justice
for all.
[9:02] We are now ready for the approval of the
agenda or entertain a motion
[9:13] moved and second with discussion. Um,
we need to add in between consent agenda
[9:20] and council decision council discussion
to include the leftover items from
[9:26] workshop which would be the RFP
discussion for magistrate as well as the
[9:32] group mount scholarship.
And I would also like to move
[9:38] the consent agenda item down to cons
council decisions.
[9:45] Adding two items for discussion coming
over from workshop
[9:51] » and then
moving the consent item agenda to
[9:56] decision
[10:11] type of
>> that's administrative
[10:15] » for clarity. Councilwoman wanted to
bring to our attention that IBC under
[10:19] presentations and recognition is
actually an administrative
[10:23] request.
[10:27] » Right there may council
as a point something that we could do
[10:33] since we want to make decision on that
we could combine that presentation and
[10:38] at the same time
instead of doing that topic then come
[10:43] down and talk about later
>> so you want to add it to decisions
[10:48] instead of discussion
>> yes
[10:50] » and then that would leave the
scholarship as the only discussion item
[10:55] » I can discuss the scholarship in my
report
[10:58] » okay
>> because I will be covering bring them
[11:00] out the scholarship.
>> I I'd like to discuss the magistrate
[11:04] position uh actually prior to decision
and discussion within a motion.
[11:11] » Yeah, let's talk about it.
>> Yeah. So, okay.
[11:14] » Let's talk about it. Um
and that's also with the uh with the
[11:20] other fun as well. Um that is the life.
>> Okay.
[11:26] » So, that would be to add Is that it
number three?
[11:33] » Yes. Item number three to council
discussion.
[11:38] » Right. Well,
>> so just to clarify, we are clarifying
[11:45] that item C in presentations is
administrative. We are moving consent
[11:50] agend consent agenda item number one
down to council decisions. We are
[11:55] inserting between consent agenda and
council decisions two discussion items.
[12:00] One being the
general general legal council discussion
[12:05] as well as the magistrate discussion.
>> Yes. Did I leave anything else?
[12:12] » All right. It has been moved and second.
All in favor of approving the agenda
[12:16] with these amendments signify I.
>> I. All oppose.
[12:22] All right. The agenda is approved. We
are now ready for presentation.
[12:41] » The post presentation
to the 18th
[12:45] notable today.
>> Is your microphone on?
[12:49] » Yeah, it's on.
>> Okay. Just making sure. should have been
[12:52] moved to the 188.
I had that
[12:59] » in particular was not able to make it
today.
[13:03] » Macki did not give me a reason. He said
18th would be more.
[13:08] » But when did you hear this news?
When did he actually get the news from
[13:13] him thinking that he wasn't going to be
here when it was already on agenda for
[13:17] him to um make a presentation? So it was
put on it was put on the agenda from
[13:22] previous saying that he will come in and
then we reached out to him for
[13:26] confirmation that after the agenda had
published he said that he won't be able
[13:30] to come until 18 and what was that
[13:37] these are very important matters because
one thing about it anytime you have
[13:41] someone that's supposed to be giving
presentation they they typically show up
[13:45] and one in particular is Dr. Philip,
there's not one time that they haven't
[13:49] been here and they're showing
consistency with me and especially with
[13:53] projects that have not been done and
completed yet. That's very problematic
[13:58] to me. Um, but I I I deal with this
during my report. I will say
[14:04] » July 27th,
>> July 22nd, he said he was gonna he said
[14:10] he wasn't going to be here.
>> July 27th when we reached back out to
[14:13] him and
last
[14:17] is going to be a sent.
[14:22] » But when we get notification, you send
an email out to all council members.
[14:26] » To say again,
>> did you send a Did you send a email out
[14:31] to each council member saying that he
wasn't going to be here?
[14:34] » No, sir.
>> Can you tell me why? Because I was
[14:37] expecting to be here tonight.
>> They didn't want to know what's going on
[14:40] with um both. I I understand
>> especially with everything that's taking
[14:45] place over there from an infrastructure
point of view and them not having an OC
[14:50] yet not being completed yet. When I
drive by going to work and coming home,
[14:54] it don't even look like it's going to be
completed anytime soon.
[14:57] » All those things have been stressed to
him and we've given him this what third
[15:02] opportunity and if he hasn't showed up.
>> What is the dollar amount?
[15:07] to now get that dollar amount as
[15:14] possibly 96,000 right now.
So before CO can come out that 96,000
[15:20] would have to be unless yos.
[15:25] » Okay. No, go ahead.
>> No, no, it's just kind of piggy backing
[15:29] off of Councilman M. This is to attorney
Jackson. If there's anything I probably
[15:35] not that we can do legally in terms of
like we just keep getting pushed off and
[15:40] pushed off, you know, uh a business that
is in our town, right? Is there anything
[15:46] legally that we can do?
>> So, um, Council, I believe we had this
[15:53] conversation about two or three months
ago, uh, where the request was made to
[15:58] see if they could be compelled to come
to a meeting. At that time, I advised
[16:02] you cannot compel them to come to a
meeting.
[16:05] » In working together, uh, you would ask
them to come and vote that they would
[16:09] come to uh, but you cannot force them to
come. The only as CEO D was saying that
[16:17] um is possible at this point is that
they don't have seal uh and up until the
[16:23] time that they are approved they
continue to have daily bonds of $250.
[16:29] Now, another thing, I'm glad I'm glad
you said that. Um,
[16:32] is there other is there other
stipulation that we can put on there in
[16:36] terms of hiking it up perhaps? Because I
know I I'm the one that was kind of
[16:42] lenient on not doing what this original
board wanted to do. That would have been
[16:48] pretty significant for them. And they
kind of probably glad that we didn't go
[16:52] down that path. and me being fair,
right? I chose to go a different
[16:58] direction. But as of now, um this is
becoming a major problem right now. We
[17:05] talking about six years, six years on a
project that should have been done in
[17:09] three years or less. So I know inflation
happens, things like that nature. And I
[17:15] get it. I get it. Right. But we're
talking about a business. He got a
[17:19] business operation. So do we. And we got
to You got to do it accordingly. And if
[17:25] we continue going down this path that
we're going down, we're definitely going
[17:29] to have to put more stipulations on it.
And I know I don't know what that look
[17:33] like, but it's got to get something
done. We can't sit here and continue
[17:37] letting him slap us to the face each and
every time that he's supposed to meet
[17:41] with us. I haven't seen him in over a
year. Actually, longer than that. I
[17:47] haven't seen him in over a year. And
that's problematic
[17:51] to me as a council member, as a
legislator, as a leader, as a servant in
[17:56] this community, and getting constant
phone calls. And every time I go to the
[18:01] store, I'm getting people like, "Hey,
what's going on with post staff? What's
[18:03] going on in this building over here?"
And I got to answer to these people
[18:08] because they're my citizens. These are
the ones that's selected me electing me
[18:11] to sit up here to serve them. And if we
sit up here as leaders and continue to
[18:15] let this happen, shame on us. So, if
he's watching,
[18:21] um, he need to make sure that he's
coming to see us and explaining to us
[18:25] why he don't have a OC yet and why he's
not at completion what he should have
[18:31] » and and council match um to kind of
respond to what you're saying. Um, this
[18:36] this process actually started in 2015
uh is when it actually started the act
[18:41] track sometime in 2018. there has been
there have been excuse me uh two agendas
[18:47] to that contract since then. uh I
believe that if they have gone beyond
[18:51] that uh beyond the provisions of the
agenda that it would be appropriate uh
[18:56] to determine if a third is appropriate
in this case and with that third to
[19:01] determine if there are any additional
provisions that need to be added to that
[19:06] in order to address the concern
>> because I have a lot of questions that I
[19:10] want to actually ask him tonight and one
of them being infrastructure issues that
[19:14] we're having with the flooding that
continue happening over here anytime it
[19:19] rains and it's I was the last time I
seen a lake over there. I was in Las
[19:25] Vegas and this actually popped up on the
noodles and I'm telling you man, it was
[19:31] at social to see these cars damaged. It
was a lot of people that had damaged
[19:34] vehicles that had driven through this
lake or whatever that we had over here.
[19:40] And you know what really bothers me? We
gave them $200,000 for infrastructure.
[19:44] $200,000 that I've been approved by the
way because I was definitely not um I
[19:51] was opposed to getting $200,000 for what
and then you know began slapping in the
[19:56] face constantly right now and we're
continually having infrastructure issues
[20:02] right now and my next question was um
like I said I got tons of questions for
[20:07] Mr. Manning and and one of them are
going to be um the the
[20:12] I I I deal with is doing my report
because I don't want to prolong this um
[20:17] meeting but I deal with doing my report.
[20:23] We have again a question before we move
on to the next presentation
[20:29] about the post presentation. Is it about
presentation?
[20:45] I can't hear you.
>> She cut a mic off. [laughter]
[20:51] » Yeah, I think this is the third or
fourth time that we've had this on the
[20:54] agenda and we're trying to bring some
clarity to our community and it is a
[20:59] issue. uh as we all know that this um
difficult topic has really been uh in
[21:05] the forefront um not only just locally
but a national basis. So I think that
[21:11] it's getting to the point that we may
need to revisit another addendum
[21:15] contract and see what we can do as far
as um getting some closure to to this
[21:22] problem. And sadly, this problem has
been stretched out long enough to we
[21:28] need to move forward as legislators and
do what we know what we need to do to
[21:32] protect our community.
[21:37] » So with that, I would like to put
[21:44] » we are in my presentations right now.
>> Yes. We'll revisit this later on in the
[21:49] Yes. the meeting. Um Mr. games. I'm
assuming you said um if I'm not mistaken
[21:53] that we are rescheduling for the 18th.
>> That's that's what he said.
[22:01] » Did he send email?
>> He sent a message and I tried to call
[22:07] him back on it as well and he said he
had things going on next time
[22:13] CC us also because I want to see the
message as well or you CC. Okay.
[22:18] » Because I want I want confirmation.
I'm I'm tired of hearing about oh I'll
[22:23] be there next week and then come next
week. It's always something else. I I
[22:28] constantly talk about this every
meeting. You know that the only one that
[22:32] probably bring time up because I'm
talking been sitting up here during the
[22:35] time that we've been dealing with the
whole time and we're talking about over
[22:38] six years now. Well, in this year longer
than that you said what 2015? [snorts]
[22:45] » Yeah.
which is even more promising
[22:53] 11 years. That's a long time.
>> But anyways, and I I know about talking
[23:02] this is leading to, you know, business
property rights and all those different
[23:06] things. So those things that attorney
Jackson or U town attorneys will have to
[23:13] deal with you know profit rights and all
that aspect
[23:18] that's
>> yeah if you can kind of speak on that a
[23:22] little bit about we could have some kind
of um
[23:24] » or maybe during reports can you address
that when we say natural reports I don't
[23:29] know what's going on now like now like
just brief
[23:34] » if you can make it brief because we have
two presentation. There's been a full
[23:37] agenda. Just briefly briefly
>> just the the 37,000 view is that
[23:45] businesses have rights to use their
property much the same way that citizens
[23:50] do. However, this is slightly different
because there was contracts
[23:58] business
certain aspects of the property. So
[24:02] while business
is
[24:06] relationship
[24:11] » all right thank you so much.
>> All right we are ready for
[24:18] convention.
[24:30] Good evening council. Good evening
community. I am Dr. I am the chair of
[24:37] the doctor charities initiative advisory
committee.
[24:43] » Thank you.
[24:47] » I kind of feel like I should break into
song now.
[24:51] No. Um, so I am here with a regular
update and the most important part of
[24:57] tonight's update of course is that we
have our meet and greet. The meet and
[25:03] greet is on Wednesday, that's tomorrow
evening. It starts at 5:30 p.m. at
[25:09] Macedonia and uh we're going to start
off with dinner and prayer and then
[25:15] we're going to open it up for
conversation. Um,
[25:19] and again many times that you'll see
when you attend tomorrow.
[25:25] Community work begins with conversation.
It begins with listening. So tomorrow is
[25:31] really just about having this
conversation. It's about being able to
[25:35] give everyone the opportunity to know
individual members of the advisory
[25:39] committee, Dr. Phillips team. Um, and
then really just opening it up and be
[25:45] able to hear from community members what
their thoughts are, what their ideas
[25:51] are, what their requests are, and of
course what their questions are. So
[25:55] that's the focus for tomorrow's
evenings. Um, and you know, I will say
[26:00] that I' I've heard from so many people
who are encouraged, motivated, inspired
[26:06] about this work, and we look forward to
hearing all those thoughts. But I have
[26:10] also heard from some of you on the
council for concern. You have concerns
[26:16] and so I will really just request and
ask you to come share let's dialogue
[26:21] let's talk it's not a time setting um
and we really look forward to being able
[26:27] to have these strong conversations where
the ideas the collaboration just becomes
[26:34] part of the consistent flow. So that's
the most important update. Um and then
[26:40] the next piece as you know is that Dr.
Phillips Charities has submitted his
[26:46] application to CDT. That application
went in uh very recently. The
[26:52] application is a public document all
seated on the north development tax
[26:59] advisory
task force website. Um and then tomorrow
[27:05] uh the slide deck presentation that
accompanies that uh aging water that
[27:11] will also become uh available for people
to take a look at. So um again you know
[27:19] that proposal is for uh cultural
heritage park as well as an Eenville
[27:30] museum. So, I know that there's been
some questions from people in the public
[27:35] uh about, you know, why are there so
many of the same proposals? And this is
[27:40] really important to point out every
single proposal is
[27:46] unique and different. It expresses
something unique and different. Um, and
[27:52] so what Dr. Philip Charities wanted to
do with this proposal was to really
[27:56] think about all the feedback that has
been heard over the years about Eville
[28:02] museum specific to Eenville and uh being
able to help generate the opportunity
[28:10] for such museums to come to be. So I
will leave it there and I welcome any
[28:17] questions or comments this evening. Do
we have any council questions or
[28:23] comments? Well, I just want to make a
comment because I'm I'm only one of the
[28:26] ones that recommended that we come and
do updates for this particular region
[28:30] while we're having with Holstein. Thank
you for being consistent in doing so.
[28:34] Um, thanks for all the information that
you tell us on each council member um
[28:39] meeting um very educational, very
information also because we get actual
[28:44] updates and I do have an opportunity to
meet with um some of the well Mr.
[28:50] Robinson also just to get my own updates
as well. Now my only question that I got
[28:57] is um when did you guys actually closing
or anticipate on closing on the
[29:02] property? We know that actual date.
>> So the trajectory is anticipated to be
[29:08] this month the month of August. Um an
exact final date. You know we have a lot
[29:14] of lawyers in the room tonight. So, you
know, all displaying lots of finishing
[29:20] up discussions at sometime in August is
when we anticipate.
[29:25] » I do have one question as well, Dr.
Maroon, and I don't know how I've missed
[29:30] it the last couple of meetings, but I do
know that the council or maybe myself
[29:35] did request uh to have uh is your
advisor board is it complete? because I
[29:41] know that we did asked if we could have
a representation from from the council
[29:46] or we could choose someone and I do know
that we were denied that opportunity and
[29:52] that still is uh troubling to me as to
you know as to why but I guess it's your
[29:59] prerogative. So I guess I didn't answer
the wrong question. Um but that's still
[30:05] that still is bothersome to me. Uh, and
I know that I have been one of the ones
[30:10] that have not probably met with you all.
Um, and I say it here, I say it
[30:14] publicly, you know, because I just still
have my own thoughts in regards to how
[30:20] this whole thing is is um, it's kind of
panning out. Again,
[30:26] Councilman Mack, you did mention your
closing date, and I do know that that
[30:31] there was a meeting today with uh a
hearing at the courthouse with Southern
[30:37] Poverty Law, and I'm not really sure
what the results are. Do you know what
[30:41] happened at that?
>> We are not a party to that lawsuit.
[30:46] » You're not so Oh, that that is correct.
That was with the school board. Okay.
[30:50] So, I'll have to do further research in
terms of that, but uh it would be
[30:55] interesting to see what the results of
that meeting was. Um, but again, folks,
[31:00] I know that we're going to meet with Dr.
Phillips, but please be mindful that we
[31:04] did put a request in from this board
that would deny an opportunity to have
[31:09] someone uh sit on this board. I I am
excited to move forward, but I cannot
[31:15] just act as if, you know, again, like
we're not being heard on this council.
[31:21] So, thank you.
>> Yeah. And I I do want to um make sure in
[31:27] the spirit of transparency,
collaboration. So for folks who haven't
[31:32] been following the stepbystep process
here, um the advisory committee was
[31:37] seated in uh February to March. I
believe the advisory committee was
[31:42] seated in March or April
and subsequent to the advisory committee
[31:47] being seated. Uh members of town council
requested that they have the opportunity
[31:53] to have representation on the committee.
Dr. Phillips indicated that they would
[31:57] provide a response to that request in a
period of 30 days. Um, and Dr. Phillips
[32:03] uh elected that they would um keep the
advisory committee in the formation that
[32:10] it currently is. And the piece that I
would want to add to that is that the
[32:15] seated committee members um are serving
terms of between two and three years. Um
[32:23] and so at that two and three year mark
uh is when it will be time to revisit
[32:29] the makeup of the firm. And I do
understand and hear what you're saying
[32:34] um about you know disagreeing with that.
And you know what what I want to say is
[32:38] that this moment, this conversation,
that's exactly where the partnership,
[32:44] the collaboration happens over the next
few years as this project is happening
[32:49] is that I understand that you disagree
and you're telling me you disagree and
[32:54] I'm hearing that and acknowledging that
and I just hope that as we continue to
[32:59] have these back courts, you'll see that
the the respect and the willingness to
[33:03] have dialogue where we may not come to
the same point of agreement where we're
[33:08] still really hearing each other and
acknowledging each other. Um, and then
[33:13] that's the work that we're doing.
[33:17] » I would like to say been here several
times
[33:21] and this same issue of piece coming up
time and time again
[33:27] and not really seen much of it in
collaboration
[33:31] to work with the town. We've had the
same council woman to bring yourself
[33:36] repeatedly. So if you really want to
work with the town and create really
[33:42] good collaboration, I think that request
should have already been been met by by
[33:49] this time. So um that's my feelings and
that's what I I go by what I see um not
[33:55] so much what I feel but what I actually
see. I'm seeation here. think is is
[34:02] fair. Um
um you all have taken a lead on several
[34:07] things that um I have strongly u
concerns about uh how we going about
[34:15] this procedures just not in some ways
some of this is not in the best interest
[34:20] of the people from Edenville to be heard
by their own representative.
[34:25] Thank you very much.
Well, thank you for the feedback and
[34:31] again I do want to clarify that there
are committee members who are residents
[34:37] of the town of Edville and I also want
to clarify that there are committee
[34:41] members who are legacy residents of the
town of Beville. So there are community
[34:47] members who are represented on the
advisory committee and again I
[34:51] understand that who those people are may
be a point of um disagreement. Um, but
[34:58] it is for me as the advisory committee
chair, it's incumbent upon me to really
[35:05] be very consistent about acknowledging
the Eastville community members who have
[35:11] chose to take the time to show up to
participate um, and to be part of the
[35:17] process. So again, I I absolutely hear
what you're saying. I understand it's
[35:22] frustrating. I understand there's a
point of disagreement. Um, but I do also
[35:26] want to is always really consistently
clear that members of the Houston
[35:32] community are part of the right group.
>> Have you added anyone new to your
[35:38] advisory committee? I know you said that
you all started I don't know March,
[35:44] February, January. Have you all added
any uh new members to your advisory
[35:49] board? No,
>> all of the committee members were seated
[35:53] at the same time so that they could go
through orientation together.
[36:02] I don't know. Okay. Yes, ma'am. Thank
you so very much.
[36:07] » Do we have any other questions or
comments for doctors?
[36:13] » Right. We are ready for our next
presentation.
[36:19] » So the first presentation we'll do
regation
[36:25] » um for our presentation tonight. How
much time are we allowing
[36:33] our high level tonight?
[36:52] Um we just committed uh 10 to our
research was you know 250 kids
[37:01] 250 kids uh a day for 10
that ended on Friday.
[37:11] However, our group that uh is housed
here at Johnson doesn't end until this
[37:19] coming Thursday.
So it's be there last day. um working on
[37:27] changing allow to be changing enough
schools
[37:32] to uh Saturdays only
[37:42] to
15th of August, we have our first live
[37:49] football game for our youth
over at high school starts at 9 a.m. So,
[37:57] please feel free to come out and share
it. So, on August 16th, we are taking
[38:03] our fishing group over to Lake
Fairville.
[38:07] And from 9 to 12, we have our 10 young
men, sorry, nine young men
[38:15] that actually participates in that. So
doing that
[38:21] with some other stuff
[38:26] Wednesdays still have our on Wednesdays
and things to do come out and take part
[38:34] of it. That's uh 10:00 a.m. to 12 p.m.
uh every Wednesday to September.
[38:44] That's
[38:49] » I do have a question. I'm sorry. I'm
sorry. Uh in terms of the pool hours,
[38:54] are you going to open the pool on
Saturdays?
[38:59] Uh what 1 to 5 1 to 5?
>> Yeah.
[39:05] » Okay.
What time do we generally go during the
[39:09] week? Is it 5:00?
Okay.
[39:13] This week now it's open
but not going to be open
[39:19] Friday or Saturday
probably kids because
[39:26] that's
[39:31] » okay. So you don't think we'll get any
participation for the students like
[39:35] after school or anything like that? um
just because we are in Florida and it's
[39:41] still hot and you know like but just an
opportunity for them to to swim versus
[39:47] just run around in the street. Um I mean
for for the pool to just be open for one
[39:53] for four hours a week.
That seems a little I know unfair to the
[40:00] kid. We train that
kids once the program begins pick them
[40:07] up.
So,
[40:12] but I can look into it to see.
>> Yeah.
[40:19] » I mean, I mean, I get it, but you know,
it's just a thought um in terms of
[40:24] giving them some activities to do. Um
because it's still light outside, right?
[40:29] it don't get dark at 8:30, you know, and
I see kids, you know, just up and down
[40:33] the street. And if we can have an
opportunity to have the pool open, you
[40:38] know, a couple days out of the week, I I
think, you know, it's worth trying. If
[40:43] it doesn't work, it doesn't work. Um,
but just arbitrarily just say we going
[40:47] to, you know, be paying employees to
work in the recreation department, but
[40:51] be open for 4 hours a week. I don't
know. And what are other municipalities
[40:56] doing in terms of recreation department?
What are they doing in terms of their
[41:01] pool and pool hours? It's just a
question. You don't have to answer me
[41:05] right now, but I just wonder what does
that look like? Um, remember I'm old
[41:10] school. I grew up like in Eville and we
swam all day every day. Played tennis,
[41:14] basketball, jumped in the pool, you you
understand? So, I would just like to see
[41:18] the kids have the same opportunities
that we were afforded. And that's all I
[41:23] have to go on, y'all.
[41:31] Good evening.
>> Yeah, if you can hold it like this.
[41:36] » Oh, here we are. Thank you. Good
evening, Mayor C.
[41:41] Yes.
[41:45] » Just use your outside voice and speak
right into
[41:50] uh I'll keep this very brief. Uh thank
you, Mr.
[41:54] to come in and talk about the um
hydrilla on the lake. One of one of the
[41:59] things that we um are standing on is we
will not put chemicals in the lake. We
[42:05] did a big investment with donation from
uh Florida fish and wildlife for the
[42:11] large bass. We are putting a cart in the
lake. So bear with us. But we will be
[42:19] against this uh activity to get the high
review as part of the overall program.
[42:30] So thank you so much for bringing that
up. Uh from a regulatory standpoint uh
[42:36] we have uh we're working on backflow
prevention device inspections uh hydrant
[42:41] inspections and val inspections. Um we
attended the Florida rural water
[42:46] conference last week. Very exciting. Um
two of our two of our guys sitted and TJ
[42:52] came and it was good for them to get
exposure to their colleagues in the
[42:56] industry as well as understanding what
the vendors are doing and it was a great
[43:00] um relationship builder because our
funders were there. Florida D was there
[43:05] and we got a chance to have Tommy with
them. They talked to us about some more
[43:09] money that was out there. So it was an
exciting um and a great investment for
[43:13] our department to participate and
actually be in the place uh for building
[43:18] place. So it was very good for us to
participate. Um our water and sewer
[43:22] program is moving along the marine
station project. Uh the contract has
[43:27] already been led to the contractor. So
that work will be starting soon. Uh they
[43:32] haven't got a notice to proceed yet but
we'll be um working closely and notify
[43:36] everybody about uh the timing of that.
We did our notifications that late last
[43:41] stage feeding, but we'll be working
closely with the neighborhood to make
[43:45] sure everyone's aware of what's going
on. Um, and then we have the other
[43:49] programs projects that are ready to be
led. Um, but before we are moving
[43:54] forward to bid these projects out, we
are going to do a comprehensive risk
[43:58] analysis of the projects and make sure
that uh we are very clear about how
[44:03] we're looking into the construction for
the water treatment plant. the uh sewer
[44:09] projects and the um water replacement
projects. Uh good news is the water
[44:14] plants already been permitted by FD. The
sewer projects and the uh warming
[44:20] projects have also been permitted. We
are waiting for the final authorization
[44:24] for two of those projects from the state
for funding. So uh we're moving uh
[44:29] forward very well. Um, Catalina,
uh, the PAL building has finally
[44:34] received a permit and construction has
started immediately on the decking
[44:39] around the modules that are in there and
landscaping. So, uh, that's look out for
[44:44] that work and the work that we're doing
with the storm water project for storm
[44:49] water improvements for Catalina. That's
the Orange County CDPG funding. Uh, the
[44:55] RFP for the engineer and landscape
architect is out on the street. So,
[44:59] we're waiting to um have that back so
everyone can be aware and uh staff can
[45:04] participate and and participate in the
selection of the engineer for that
[45:09] project. I tried to do it very quickly.
So, any questions? If not, that's
[45:15] a question. Um
can you speak at all at this time? I
[45:20] know council man brought up against
comments during the presentation about a
[45:25] late work order if you will. Councilman
B brought up in his comments for the
[45:30] host presentation, the concern about the
flooding on
[45:35] um Wor. Can you speak at all at this
time to what is causing that? If I'm not
[45:40] mistaken, there was some easements and
some other swells or not a public works
[45:45] professional, but there were some other
things that were out of both the town of
[45:49] Eatenville and the business owner's
control. Do we know what's causing that?
[45:54] Have we had any conversations with the
associated or appropriate parties as as
[45:58] far as that's concerned?
>> Yes, the group of us um including Orange
[46:03] County. Orange County has maintenance of
the ditches. Uh they actually wrote a
[46:07] letter today wanting to know what's
going on. We've met about three times
[46:10] with um Manny uh Manny's engineer and
the contractor. Uh, one of the biggest
[46:16] problems they had is they do not have a
management district permit for the
[46:20] driveway and they contacted us and let
us know that there's a big concern
[46:25] there. Uh, but there's one of the main
problems that's causing water not to
[46:30] flow is they do not have the culvert
under the road. The pipe that continues
[46:34] the water flow down by the road. It was
not built appropriately. So, they're
[46:38] trying to solve that problem. I think
there was some interference with the
[46:42] maintenance and bobs. They have a lot of
inventory
[46:47] uh power and communications. Is that
>> associated with the data center?
[46:53] » So you're saying the business owner has
that?
[46:55] » The business owner has a lot of pipes, a
lot of boxes and all this stuff and the
[46:59] contractor has to coordinate that with
the drainage to make sure the drain is
[47:05] closed. So they have their construction
concerns that they have to work on along
[47:10] with uh their engineer. And do we know
if Orange County and Duke and FD do have
[47:17] because the reports that I've seen have
attributed some of that flooding to
[47:22] things that are outside of the town and
the business own.
[47:25] » It is outside of the town,
>> right? But some of those concerns have
[47:29] been attributed to the other parties. So
do we know what roles the other parties
[47:34] play? If we're having conversations with
host, are we also having conversations
[47:38] with EDOT, Orange County, and Duke
>> and AT&T? Are we having conversations
[47:44] with all involved parties there? The
last meeting we had, all of them were
[47:48] there. Duke was in denial, but they they
said they were there first. And so, it's
[47:55] essentially the author's responsibility
to make sure that things were put in
[48:00] sequence
and done properly. Otherwise, they have
[48:04] to rip off. I I don't want to go into
that, but they do have uh the owner has
[48:09] responsibility to make sure the road is
built correctly.
[48:12] » Okay.
>> And we're there to make sure that
[48:14] they're county is also at the payroll
and and
[48:18] management.
>> Okay. I just wanted to make sure because
[48:21] I know that it does um get pretty bad
over there and I've been over there and
[48:26] I've talked to both Duke and the
business owner and it sounds like it's a
[48:31] multi-party
um responsibility even in addition to
[48:35] the amendments that he's made over there
that there have been additional
[48:39] conversations after the fact with those
associated parties to work something out
[48:43] on who will be doing what. So, I just
want to make sure that we don't
[48:47] articulate that it's any one party's
responsibility without the documentation
[48:51] to support it.
>> That's correct. But if if they don't do
[48:55] their due diligence, we still have the
problem. And I think it's going to be
[49:00] where we have to sit down with Orange
County leadership and say, "How are we
[49:04] going to solve this if does not do it in
a timely manner?" Okay. So, I I think
[49:09] those conversations need to continue.
>> Okay. Thank you for the clarity. My
[49:12] second is regarding um Lady King. So I
know um I also spoke to rep or uh
[49:18] resident Jenin about the concern and I
know that the end of Catalina and Lake
[49:24] King that they live on is not the
Francis Jerry Park area. So do we know
[49:30] if the carb and the vegetation control
that we've um implemented out there
[49:35] extends to that back side of the lake?
>> It's all part of the same water body,
[49:39] but uh I will have to do the updated
report. Okay. I do need to do a little
[49:43] more research. uh in order to get you
more better information.
[49:48] » Okay.
>> But
[49:50] yeah, I do know that there's been some
concerns back there. So, we could just
[49:53] make sure, you know, I know we put a big
focus on Francis Jerry Park as we
[49:57] should. It's property. We need to ensure
that um our recreational facilities and
[50:02] parks look nice. But um considering that
that lake borders residential
[50:08] properties, let's make sure that we are
checking a little further back doing a
[50:12] little extra going above and beyond the
resident system.
[50:15] » And if we made incorrect assessment
about not using chemicals, please advise
[50:20] me. U chemicals will be the speediest
way to get done, but we were concerned
[50:25] about contamination as well. So just let
me know because
[50:30] » I just want to say uh thank you Miss
Monday um for for the updated report and
[50:35] also mayor as well especially when we
talking about host uh because this seems
[50:40] to be the most information that I've
heard um in terms of um any details as
[50:47] to what's going on in host because
ordinarily when we get up here it's just
[50:51] mute and silent as if there's nothing
going on. So I want to tell I want to
[50:56] say thank you. So I do feel a little
better or at ease in terms like because
[51:02] up here it feels like nothing is
happening and that we don't have any any
[51:07] type of communication that's going on
with Manny. It's just always he's not
[51:12] coming, he's not coming. So thank you so
much and thank you mayor uh for giving
[51:16] me a little bit more peace of mind.
Right. So I do appreciate that.
[51:34] Uh thank you Carol Town for Virginia
build
[51:39] side of heaven. Um we're [clears throat]
excited. We just completed our hurricane
[51:44] preparing event. Um we were able to get
our children
[51:49] to come out speak
[51:54] maintain having a safe home
after a hurricane.
[52:00] Uh we'll continue to to monitor that as
well utilizing not just our patrol units
[52:05] but our code
see any residents that have
[52:11] things that nature that become miss
during a storm or weather ask removed um
[52:19] and move forward in that manner
accordingly. uh we are ready and
[52:23] preparing ourselves for f October 14th
and 15th security measures uh at the
[52:29] proper place that they'll be placed in.
Uh we're excited 15th will be our third
[52:35] annual collaboration of what's your
anti-drug right at the boys
[52:46] at the Boys and Girls Club. We'll
continue that. That'll be going on all
[52:49] that'll be all excited on September
19th. October 13th is National Night Out
[52:56] in we're going to be doing that again.
This time we'll be in the Hungerford
[53:00] Field uh from 6 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Uh we
have various vendors that will be out
[53:06] there. Uh seniors will be also giving
away free clothing uh etc. Uh uh BA will
[53:12] be out there with anybody for breath
assistance. uh some of the uh local uh
[53:19] um health center uh personnel will be
there as well. That'll be from 6:00 p.m.
[53:23] to 8:00 p.m. We're excited about that as
we continue to move forward and work
[53:28] schedule uh towards u things that will
be coming up during the holiday season.
[53:32] Our kids are back to school Tuesday, so
we'll be welcoming them back to
[53:37] Hungeroot Elementary. Uh we're excited
about them coming in, their course being
[53:41] taken care of. We continue
[53:48] as any question
on the 19th of September.
[53:55] » What happened?
[54:02] » Any other questions or comments for
Chief?
[54:08] » Thank you.
>> Thank you.
[54:18] reg
[54:23] apologize for the latit but um within
the next two weeks a lot
[54:28] of finance working on the budget. Um
also looking at some new software to be
[54:36] that help the residents help the council
and weather that
[54:43] and also getting Daniels but he also has
set up the um
[54:50] consultant for that.
We'll be working on it.
[54:58] Do we have any questions for
>> the same
[55:02] question from
>> Thank you.
[55:11] » No enforcement.
>> Say again.
[55:14] » No code enforcement.
>> He's a training
[55:20] town.
[55:26] When I start to call back up,
[55:32] I just have a question like code
enforcement. What can I speak to? Um,
[55:39] » code code enforcement
um in terms of an ordinance that I think
[55:44] I don't really have it, but I just have
a question for um code enforcement and
[55:49] how we uh proceed in doing our business
here in the community. I know it's about
[55:54] community policing and my ask is that um
we are considerate of business owners
[56:02] doing business here in the town of
Edenville and how we conduct ourselves.
[56:07] I did speak to chief and I have talked
to CEO but um I just want to I hope that
[56:15] we're able to
do better business when it comes to
[56:20] dealing with our business owners in the
town of Beatville. That's just my
[56:24] comment as chief and I would like to set
up an appointment a meeting with um you
[56:30] all at some point please. Thank you.
[56:35] Thanks. Thank you.
>> Go ahead, Miss
[56:42] » Um, good evening, mayor, council, and um
community residents. The clerk's
[56:49] updates. I'm going to start with the
Ruth and Winnie Mouse scholarship
[56:53] program updates. Um we have a total of
six submissions that were submitted by
[57:00] the July 31st deadline, which is
currently in the preliminary review.
[57:06] process. The next step is for the review
committee to review and give final
[57:12] recommendations.
Our goal is to make all presentations at
[57:17] the next council
meeting.
[57:23] I want to give you the names of those
who have submitted. We have five high
[57:29] school um candidates. We have Zakaria,
Edy,
[57:35] Brian Porter,
Jamari Brown,
[57:40] Soul Williams,
Kuran
[57:45] Victor, and I hope I pronounced their
names. We have one returning
[57:50] um candidate is Railen Daniels who have
completed her first year college. So,
[57:57] she will be going into her sophomore
year. So, we have a total of six um
[58:03] applicants. After we complete the final
review, we will determine if any or all
[58:09] of them have met all of the requirements
and uh will be considered recipients.
[58:16] Do anybody have any questions about the
Bruce and Winnie Mouse scholarship?
[58:23] there is $5,000 that will be um awarded
and depending on those who meet all the
[58:30] eligibility and requirements, we will
divide that up between those um
[58:36] recipients. Okay. Any other
administrative costs will come out of
[58:42] promotions.
For example, we always um presented with
[58:47] a presentation check and then we wanted
to give the pictures with the frame um
[58:53] that was donated as an artist, but there
is some administrative cost um to get
[58:58] the framing and get that prepared for
them, but that would not be taken from
[59:02] the 5,000 um dollars. Okay. Um, other
updates in the clerk's office, uh, we
[59:09] are working on the upgrade of the
chambers's microphone system and, um, I
[59:15] hope tonight is an indication that we do
need a lot of upgrades here at the
[59:19] Denton Johnson Center. Um, not only with
the microphones, but with the acoustics
[59:24] and bringing them up in the technology.
So hopefully that will be a priority
[59:29] going into the new year. Um, as
supervisor of election here in the town
[59:35] of Eatenville, we have come alongside
Orlando Orange County supervisor of
[59:40] election assisting them with the early
voting and the election day that's
[59:44] currently taking place now. So, if you
have not um voted,
[59:50] now's the time to um vote. We do have
our um chamber being um a precinct where
[59:56] you can get your voting done early.
Also, um the clerk office has submitted
[1:00:02] and it is in preliminary review their
2026 2027 budget package. So, we're all
[1:00:09] geared up for our upcoming
um budget workshops as well as budget
[1:00:15] hearings. In front of you, there is a
copy of the budget calendar um to give
[1:00:22] you um the dates for our upcoming
workshops as well as our hearings. That
[1:00:26] information has also been provided to
you by email and as well placed in your
[1:00:32] uh mailboxes. Also, our next project now
that we have pretty much completed our
[1:00:39] um retention and uh record um
dispositions of our records. We are
[1:00:47] going to the next project which is
creating policies and standards that
[1:00:52] speak to the operations of the clerk
office which will be cross cross
[1:00:56] departmental pre procedures as well. So
those will be coming to the council in
[1:01:02] draft form for consideration and
approval u before the close out of this
[1:01:08] year.
updates on our public records request as
[1:01:12] a result of our technology next request
as well as bringing on Marissa who is
[1:01:18] the gatekeeper for the public record
process. We have currently 26 open
[1:01:24] public record requests. Of those 26, 10
of them are overdue. Eight are pending
[1:01:31] due to payment. one is pending EPA
review of bid sheets and there are three
[1:01:37] that are coming up um that's due soon
and four newly open requests. So out of
[1:01:44] all of our public records requests we
only have 26 that are open. That is a a
[1:01:50] dramatic change from having 72. Now
we're at 26. Um I think that completes
[1:01:57] my updates. If you have any questions if
I can answer them at this time.
[1:02:03] Do we have any questions for the
[1:02:07] Thank you Miss King?
>> Yes.
[1:02:14] » Right. We are now ready for citizen
participation.
[1:02:20] We have Joyce Arby. If you can come to
the podium.
[1:02:27] Joyce Arby is yielding her time to Ryan
Novik.
[1:02:31] You can come to the podium. You have
five minutes.
[1:02:45] » Mayor members of the community. I guess
it kind of works out that I didn't speak
[1:02:49] downward to this microphone as read my
notes tonight. So, I want to speak on
[1:02:54] two items. Resolution 2026-41.
I absolutely support open government,
[1:03:00] but I'm going to ask the council read
section three of this resolution closely
[1:03:04] before voting. Its heading is
endorsement of SPLC lawsuit.
[1:03:11] And it says that the town council
expresses its public support and legal
[1:03:16] action initiated by the association
reserved for communities against the
[1:03:22] school board.
That's not stated.
[1:03:27] That is the town taking a sign in a case
that has not yet decided.
[1:03:32] Two things follow
the same resolution pass to work
[1:03:38] collaboratively with the family
and this council will eventually slick
[1:03:45] quite logistical goal and land use
applications for the Hford site. So my
[1:03:50] question is this. When the town has to
act as a neutral decision maker on this
[1:03:55] property later, does a formal
endorsement one party's lawsuit make
[1:03:59] that harder to defend? On item number
five, resolution 2026-45
[1:04:05] absolutely in favor of a heritage
tourism district. This is an amazing
[1:04:10] idea. Each bill should be a destination
but section 8 direct staff to prepare
[1:04:16] eight separate plans within 180 days
covering the sufficient data is not
[1:04:22] applicable. No funding source no cost
estimates go through the patent.
[1:04:28] Three of those eight already have
issued. 1997 in the redevelopment plan
[1:04:33] called for a streetcape master point25
CR plan update is wave funding signage,
[1:04:39] historic preservation and cultural
heritage tourism as program items.
[1:04:45] The four high. What would these new
plans contain that those documents don't
[1:04:51] always say?
isn't Atlanta or Montgomery and Atlanta
[1:04:56] compared to sweet Auburn or the VJI
campus direct but what those places
[1:05:02] share is an institutional anchor
connected to the rest of downtown by a
[1:05:07] walkable interpretive infrastructure not
just markers but recent to walk from one
[1:05:13] stop to the next section five is signage
gateways and public art what it doesn't
[1:05:19] identify is the anchor the uh binding
that those elements are supposed to
[1:05:24] connect to the Humberford redevelopment
uh the Humberford redevelopment Dr.
[1:05:30] village charities has described is a
place that could serve that role which
[1:05:34] is exactly on section five infra should
he plan to reach it not stand alone I'd
[1:05:40] ask for two changes section eight first
conditional plans on a separate
[1:05:45] appropriation so the council can vote on
money that as its own decisions second a
[1:05:52] safety procurement act the town's
purchasing policy order requires council
[1:05:56] principle and competitive selection
above $25,000
[1:06:00] I'm asking that on item two, the council
consider submission three separately and
[1:06:05] on item five that it adopt the district
with those amendments and plan the
[1:06:10] connected infrastructure that sites.
Thank you.
[1:06:17] » Um we have no more. That's the last one.
>> Right.
[1:06:22] We are now ready for councel discussion.
[1:06:29] So after we finished
law,
[1:06:47] do we have any other questions or
discussions for TG Law as the applicant
[1:06:52] for general counsel?
[1:06:56] I didn't really have any uh questions
with them. I really did appreciate their
[1:07:00] presentation. Um but my ask and I don't
know if it's the proper time or not is
[1:07:06] if we could send it back out for R&B. I
would like to see if we could possibly
[1:07:10] get uh another applicant
[1:07:16] and [clears throat] and I know we
talking about TG uh law right now.
[1:07:20] asking my same request for the
magistrate just because we only have one
[1:07:24] for each of those firms and I and I
think in uh
[1:07:29] fairness if we could put the RP out and
see if we can get
[1:07:35] you know another another firm or other
you know nothing against uh TG law that
[1:07:42] sounds like u the middle
>> you know I knew it was too much when I
[1:07:47] said that TG law but that That that is
my discussion that I'd like to have. If
[1:07:52] anybody else have any thoughts in terms
of that from the council, but that's
[1:07:56] that's my report.
>> Um on the back of Council Jordan for
[1:08:00] comments, um Mr. Davis, can you talk
about the RFP process that we've
[1:08:06] experienced
since we put these on?
[1:08:14] » So, mayor and council, um ask a
question. These RFPs will amount of
[1:08:19] time. Uh we did have other people that
was reviewing it but only
[1:08:28] two talk about magistr
[1:08:32] » with the magistrate as well as with top
council legal. You had the one firm each
[1:08:38] that applied for um it went out through
um demand start. it went out uh other
[1:08:46] people were calling and you know they
were viewing it. I think we got a total
[1:08:51] of about five people that actually
viewed it.
[1:08:56] » So about eight people viewed it but
these were the only individuals that
[1:09:00] actually applied to the RFP.
>> Okay. I'm a little confused to say the
[1:09:06] magistrate but what about the legal
services? You're talking about both of
[1:09:11] them.
>> We're talking about Yeah. So we can see
[1:09:13] how many people actually view it. But
for the legal services there was one
[1:09:17] applicant. For the magic there was one
applicant.
[1:09:21] » He said they [clears throat] was on
demand side.
[1:09:23] » Demand side. That's what we use for our
procurement. That's um what we utilize
[1:09:27] to put our procurement.
>> Do we use any other or are we permitted
[1:09:32] as municipalities to utilize any other
advertising services?
[1:09:38] We
utilize our normal avenues that we have
[1:09:42] been utilizing.
>> Nothing more. No more.
[1:09:44] » No. And then when it went out, so to
tell you when you put those out on
[1:09:48] demand star and all that, same way we do
anything else, you can select the
[1:09:53] groups. So this went out um if I recall
it was 45 to 60 log firms that
[1:10:00] automatically receive this through
demand store. So you can go through and
[1:10:05] select the roof. So if it's building
homes, if it's legal services, it's
[1:10:10] whatever it is, you can select a group
also that it'll automatically send to
[1:10:13] them. So it ain't like they have to go
looking for it actually
[1:10:18] to the mass and they're in the system.
>> What other systems are besides the
[1:10:26] stuff? We don't have to use it because
we've always been using that. So what
[1:10:30] what other systems that are available?
>> So we have been talking about C as well
[1:10:36] but our finance department open that's a
lot of miss
[1:10:41] open gov so those are opportunities and
generally those people um are in the
[1:10:49] same group so if somebody set up a
demand most likely open go all of them
[1:10:54] they're receiving all of those
>> and also if they do post on their
[1:10:59] outside
[1:11:10] and the grand
[1:11:14] description in there like said it was a
lot of people look at it um just to say
[1:11:20] I hold that submit
>> I'm just going to have other
[1:11:28] small aent
I could have had a chance to
[1:11:34] just one
[1:11:38] » of them at one time.
>> How many of them actually
[1:11:43] coming back?
>> Just one.
[1:11:45] » Yes, ma'am.
[1:11:52] » Do we have any other questions or
comments for you as the applicant for
[1:11:57] general
[1:12:03] concern though
[1:12:06] this process statistic discussion
>> yes ma'am discussion
[1:12:10] » okay um I don't know like I said
[1:12:18] but my concern was whether or not other
council members have had an opportunity
[1:12:24] to talk to the law pri
today.
[1:12:29] Um they um I know I did on the 27th I
believe it was and um I guess this is
[1:12:36] the selection person that actually
respond to the um the request to RFP. So
[1:12:45] it doesn't give us much leverage
um to maybe to go out and seek another
[1:12:53] round of to see who would be interested.
I I just don't know how that could work
[1:12:57] right now.
>> So, council woman, um, everyone was
[1:13:01] afforded that opportunity.
>> So, as in talking with the current
[1:13:06] council, attorney Jackson of procurement
staff went through their procurement
[1:13:12] process first and then we released it to
you all afterwards and that was only
[1:13:16] because of conence and all those things
to keep it fair and then you all were
[1:13:20] notified that you all could talk with
them and that was at your size.
[1:13:27] » Thank you for the verifying that.
[1:13:32] » All right. No other questions or
comments being heard. We can move on.
[1:13:35] I'm sorry.
>> No, you don't want discussion on master.
[1:13:39] » Yeah, we move on to discussion master.
>> That was the same thing for me in terms
[1:13:45] of the manage as well. uh to if we could
uh send the RP back out again and see if
[1:13:53] we get any other hits on it. Um that is
you know that's that is my ask and I
[1:13:59] don't know if I make a motion right now
during this time but maybe council
[1:14:08] » would you still like to hear from the
one
[1:14:11] now or it's up to you all you all are
the decision makers
[1:14:16] » I think we should
opportunity we were going to do it in
[1:14:22] workshop anyway so we can open it up Um,
attorney Jackson.
[1:14:38] » My name is Greg
served as
[1:14:42] for approximately 14 years. also had the
state of service
[1:14:48] attorney
[1:14:54] took me back to uh 2013. Uh 2013 is when
I first uh came to the town of I always
[1:15:02] heard about Tomville graduated from
college.
[1:15:08] Uh and when I came to Eatville, I came
at the invitation of then mayor Bruce
[1:15:14] and Bruce M would had a an event where
he would walk every Monday and Wednesday
[1:15:20] the streets of Beville and I had a
chance to meet people like
[1:15:25] your current woman
actually met her alone who's not walking
[1:15:31] the streets of what that showed me
during that time when I walk this
[1:15:37] community uh and specifically what were
some of the needs in this community uh
[1:15:42] and so the distinct opportunity in 2014,
actually in October 2014 when there was
[1:15:48] a meeting for a CRA attorney and I
actually sat in the old hungry cafeteria
[1:15:55] uh where they had a council or a CRA
meeting that night. Uh and from the from
[1:16:00] the diet uh the question was asked if
there was anyone that was able and
[1:16:05] available to serve in that capacity. Uh
and from that night until sometime later
[1:16:11] I served in that capacity. In addition
to serving on the on the CRA board as
[1:16:17] the general counsel, I've also been
involved in government for a number of
[1:16:21] years. Uh started in law school actually
as a matter of fact when I worked at the
[1:16:25] department of correction as well as
department of special regulations. Uh
[1:16:29] from there I went to work with a law
firm where we did government contracts.
[1:16:33] We also dealt with special issues such
as hospital districts representing
[1:16:38] hospital districts things of that nature
and also represented individuals and
[1:16:42] businesses as relates to code
enforcement issues that they came uh
[1:16:45] into contact with in operating their
business. In addition to that, I also
[1:16:50] have served on a number of municipal and
and multi-jurisdictional boards. One of
[1:16:55] which was Metro Plan Orlando. Uh the
other was the facilities boards for
[1:16:59] Orange County as well as the city of
Orlando. And most recently, I served on
[1:17:04] the board of adjustments for Orange
County where I served as chair for two
[1:17:08] out of the six years that I sat on that
board. while senator on that board and
[1:17:11] they qualify
has the opportunity to work in
[1:17:15] conjunction with other department some
of which were uh code enforcement not
[1:17:21] just for city for Atlanta but also for
Orange County and being able to look at
[1:17:26] and to make determination based off of
what code states also what Florida
[1:17:30] statute states as to the appropriate way
uh to assess issues or address issues as
[1:17:36] it relates to code violations what's
code violation what's not code viol
[1:17:41] and been able to go strictly by the law
in what he told compels me in terms of
[1:17:46] what's allowed was appropriate. Uh and
so in looking at this position uh and
[1:17:50] I've always said this uh to anyone that
has asked I've always been willing and
[1:17:54] willing and able to assist the time be
in any way possible. And one of the ways
[1:18:00] that I saw assist this fine community is
through the various um development
[1:18:05] that's going to be taking place in this
community. This community is going to be
[1:18:09] consistent uh in a a process of dealing
with code enforcement issues, not just
[1:18:15] violations, but code enforcement issues
where there is some consistency in how
[1:18:20] rings are brought about and how
decisions are made about whether or not
[1:18:24] there violations, not a violation. how
you deal with uh multi violations and
[1:18:28] different things of that nature. at one
of the meetings during the department
[1:18:31] heading there was a report by course I
believe it was save approximately
[1:18:36] $500,000 I haven't assessed the terms
fines but there hasn't been any uh any
[1:18:42] collection of no revenues this year and
so I believe that working as a special
[1:18:48] would allow the opportunity to put a
better system or to put a system in
[1:18:52] place where those things can go through
uh appropriately uh and in a manner that
[1:18:57] will be b to the students because again
development is coming and you don't want
[1:19:03] to treat a reser
[1:19:08] just recently as the mayor was also
saying what if our business uh property
[1:19:12] rights and those are things you have to
understand those things and as you all
[1:19:18] know having
some I strictly I go out tell me I go
[1:19:25] out what the tells me uh and being able
to provide
[1:19:29] recommendations for decisions that
should not have issues with standing
[1:19:36] law.
So, um if you have any questions for me,
[1:19:45] » do we have any questions for Jackson?
[1:19:51] » I would like to say thank you for your
service.
[1:19:55] » Thank you, ma'am.
[1:19:59] All right, we are now ready for council
vision. Um, we will go in order.
[1:20:05] Actually, I apologize. We did move the
consent agenda item down. It's okay with
[1:20:11] you all. I will add that to the top and
we will go in chronological order with
[1:20:16] first being the approval of resolution
2026-44.
[1:20:20] Miss K.
[1:20:37] Resolution number 2026-44,
a resolution of the town council of the
[1:20:43] town of Eatenville, Florida, approving
partnership with the beautiful gate
[1:20:47] cancer support and resource center for
the annual
[1:20:52] event providing for conflict
acceptability and an effective date.
[1:20:59] » Was there a motion
second
[1:21:03] questions? Um my only question is for
CEO Daniels. Um based off the way the uh
[1:21:11] resolution it is asking for is it annual
support or annual collaboration?
[1:21:19] And then I know that this was councilman
Randolph's so can maybe you're the
[1:21:24] better person to ask. busy for annual
fiscal support because I know that
[1:21:29] request
is
[1:21:37] anyone health
[1:21:46] the big company they travel to
last year was the first year that
[1:21:56] actually was involved. It was really
success. We had about 33.
[1:22:02] Um we had more than about 40 that were
actually
[1:22:09] people that actually
was very successful. So
[1:22:16] the health care organization
on their list is annual
[1:22:24] continuation. So whether or not I'm here
or someone here
[1:22:31] and they chose the day
last year, September 12th. So um these
[1:22:39] funds for this event um actually um is
from the wood foundation.
[1:22:46] » Yes, correct.
>> Yes,
[1:22:49] » that's some of my question actually.
Yes.
[1:23:10] be a nice designation for this type of
commission. So we also
[1:23:17] position so that
I wanted to add to that um if it's okay
[1:23:22] to announce Councilwoman Randolph is
herself a survivor and represents a
[1:23:27] group of constituents in our town that
have fought. um some we've lost and some
[1:23:33] we still have to the breast cancer
fight. So, it's an amazing initiative
[1:23:38] and what looks to be an amazing
partnership. I know that the Robert Wood
[1:23:43] Foundation was the line item that we
were using this time, but the reason
[1:23:46] that I brought that up is because I want
us to be intentional. like you said,
[1:23:50] it's not a council person thing as much
as it is an eatville thing, especially
[1:23:55] when we think about some of the other
contributing factors like level of
[1:23:59] health care that we receive as
African-Americans or underserved
[1:24:03] communities. So, it is very um it's very
important, it's intentional, and it's
[1:24:08] strategic to make sure that we
prioritize health and wellness in
[1:24:12] Eatenville. um I don't want it to be put
to the wayside because of funding for a
[1:24:18] temporary program. So what I would like
in support in in addition to the support
[1:24:24] for tonight's resolution is for us to be
mindful especially walking into budget
[1:24:28] about how we can prioritize events like
this so that something that is as
[1:24:33] temporary as the Robert Bullet
Foundation award does not stop us from
[1:24:39] moving forward. So just so you know, I
do support um but I do want us to be
[1:24:44] mindful. I know that there are a number
of um initiatives that are being
[1:24:48] proposed to the town and so we want to
be fiscally responsible and um we want
[1:24:54] to be intentional. So um those are the
only questions and comments I had. Are
[1:24:57] there any other questions before we move
on to the vote?
[1:25:03] I would like to reread the preamble to
ensure that it provides that language
[1:25:08] that was clarified
[1:25:14] and I believe attorney I can read it
without them doing another motion. Okay.
[1:25:19] All right. Resolution number 2026-44
resolution of the town council of the
[1:25:25] town of Eatenville, Florida approving
approving partnership with the beautiful
[1:25:31] gate cancer support and resource center
for the annual mass breast health
[1:25:36] screening event provided for conflict
severability and an effective date.
[1:25:42] » Thank you for the clarity. I saw a few
words in mind but I think I I caught the
[1:25:46] gist of it.
>> Yep.
[1:25:48] » All right. You have heard the motion.
It's been moved and second. All in favor
[1:25:51] of the approval of resolution 2026-44,
please signify with I.
[1:25:56] » I.
>> All oppose. Motion passes.
[1:26:01] We are now ready for
the approval of resolution 2026-41.
[1:26:10] This came with three.
[1:26:14] Resolution 2026-41,
a resolution of the town council of the
[1:26:21] town of Edenville, Florida, for clarity
affirming the town's commitment to
[1:26:25] government, transparency, and expressing
support for the legal action taken to
[1:26:31] enforce adherence to the Florida
Sunshine Law and protect the historic
[1:26:37] hunger for property, providing for
conflict, for severability, and provided
[1:26:42] for an effective
Thank you, Miss King. You percept
[1:26:56] second. Do we have any questions or
discussion?
[1:27:00] Hearing nobody or comments.
[1:27:05] It's just this is just to support
um and I think this this has been on the
[1:27:11] agenda several times.
uh just in support of the organization
[1:27:17] and in their fight for the lawsuit.
[1:27:23] Yeah, I stay
>> I'm stay
[1:27:26] » and if I'm I think I I'm stating that
I've heard it five times
[1:27:31] » and then this portion will be um as I
stated before and I know we went ahead
[1:27:38] and um move for approval whether it goes
up or down but I would like to also
[1:27:43] table
before
[1:27:46] that way
um
[1:27:50] you won't get anywhere.
So I would like to um motion table
[1:27:58] versus voted up or down.
That's my stats.
[1:28:04] Um I acknowledge the request council
man. I'm going to grab the rest of the
[1:28:10] comments and then we can address Jackson
on moving forward. Council Ren, thank
[1:28:16] you very much. All right. Um
This is probably time we have brought us
[1:28:22] to the um table for the legislation on
this council members.
[1:28:31] Um last meeting that we had two weeks
ago. Um we went through the language and
[1:28:40] according to
information from mayor that you have
[1:28:44] provided for some of the problems. So
those problems out so back
[1:28:55] again
still was a problem. So everything you
[1:29:01] have mentioned
students some some language some of
[1:29:07] those word Indian lines have been
eliminated from this. So um I do want to
[1:29:15] say that
[1:29:18] however um based upon what we see here
there has been some other
[1:29:25] um decisions that were made that's based
upon revolutionary will be today. Um,
[1:29:32] I'm not too sure if you may be aware of
the uh the case today if I can insert
[1:29:39] that so that we have a better understand
[1:29:55] law center
attorney today late today.
[1:30:06] There was a question about hearing
earlier.
[1:30:23] » So attorney
[1:30:28] So, Councilman M, she was saying that
she attended the hearing this morning
[1:30:32] and she feels like the information that
she received late this afternoon might
[1:30:35] provide additional insight to help us
make a decision.
[1:30:39] » She before we before we move to Attorney
Jackson, let us um hear the rest of the
[1:30:46] council.
>> Okay.
[1:30:47] » And if it is appropriate through um we
can address that.
[1:30:55] So, there still requests to take. So I I
will agree with council me because if
[1:31:01] that's the hearing and you got it late
and he has to review it to tell us he
[1:31:06] can tell us at the next meeting is what
if you want to bring this back because
[1:31:11] it whatever the attorney say bring up
questions that we still may have
[1:31:16] concerns about. So I will agree to table
it and bring it back versus
[1:31:23] So I I I understand you attend the
hearing. So let the attorney do it. Give
[1:31:28] us a copy of that as well so we can
review it as well. But to try to say
[1:31:34] attorney, you read it and you explain it
to to us. I don't want you to explain
[1:31:39] anything to me. I want to read it for
myself and then let me get my
[1:31:42] understanding and then the attorney can
bring back his interpretation.
[1:31:46] » Well, I I I object to that.
I have the attorney to to
[1:31:53] get a copy of it bring it back next time
questions but this changes to this
[1:31:59] particular resolution this happened it's
very important that people here know
[1:32:04] exactly what happened
here let me sneak in before you come
[1:32:10] back um so
again the ability to
[1:32:17] adequately assess a situation is
imperative to making responsible
[1:32:21] decisions. Um, and again, I did read the
amendments to the resolution, they do
[1:32:28] not address the issues that I brought
up. The issues that I brought up where
[1:32:32] about the wording and um, after hearing
comments in this section tonight,
[1:32:38] there's still confusion about exactly
what this what this resolution
[1:32:42] represents. I'm hearing that it's a fact
that this repres resolution does in fact
[1:32:48] support a party in that zoo. Um I know
last council meeting
[1:32:54] my statements were centered around the
lack of a need for a resolution. If it
[1:32:59] is in fact about or if the context or
the subject matter of the resolution is
[1:33:04] support for Florida sunshine law. There
is in in my opinion, my comments were
[1:33:10] about the fact that as elected officials
who took an oath that includes the
[1:33:16] compliance with Florida Sunshine law, it
is almost redundant or unnecessary to
[1:33:20] sign a resolution that will either
assist or hurt any party in any lawsuit
[1:33:28] that we are not a party in. So, for
example, in the last whereas before the
[1:33:33] resolution, term support is in there and
you doubt find it necessary to advocate.
[1:33:41] Um, I mean,
it's sitting up here doesn't say that we
[1:33:45] support Florida sunshine. I don't know
what does down in section two under
[1:33:50] support for government transparency. I
see that it was crossed out for the full
[1:33:54] moral and political support. Um, and I
see that the support for the enforcement
[1:33:59] of Florida sunshine and their
reaffirming dedication to the
[1:34:02] principles. Again, for me, not
necessary. Sitting up here should tell
[1:34:07] everybody I shouldn't have to have a
document in any one situation because if
[1:34:12] that's the case, then I need to go
through every lawsuit that is addressing
[1:34:16] Florida Sunshine and submit a resolution
that says that I support government
[1:34:20] transparency. It wasn't necessary. Then
down in section three, again just the
[1:34:26] titling of the section was problematic
for me. The endorsement of the lawsuit
[1:34:31] of the STLC lawsuit because it specifies
STLC and again the public support
[1:34:37] initiated by the association to preserve
the bill community against the school
[1:34:42] board.
[1:34:45] It's still public support. It's still us
taking a side. Even if you say, "Hey, we
[1:34:50] support governmental transparency.
people will stand on that side. Um,
[1:34:56] so I know that there was the attempt to
try to um bring ease to my mind and I
[1:35:02] appreciate the attempts and the efforts,
but my sentiment, my comments remain the
[1:35:07] same. The lack of a resolution of that
situation
[1:35:11] and us getting in the middle of it in
any capacity other than the
[1:35:15] administration of business um is
irresponsible to me. So while the
[1:35:21] resolution was amended, it does not
address the issues that I have. I still
[1:35:25] have issues. And then after hearing the
facts for tonight, it sounds like this
[1:35:30] is in support of PEC. And again, no one
party if if if PEC turns out to not be
[1:35:37] able to make their case. I mean, what
are we saying as a community? Um so that
[1:35:41] was me. Additionally, um, with the new
information that you're providing to us
[1:35:46] tonight, I also support tableabling this
this item if it means that additional
[1:35:51] information will allow us to make more
educated decision. We talk all the time
[1:35:56] about walk-on items and how we don't
have an opportunity to review all or
[1:36:01] relevant information. This is that 101.
That's all comments that I have. Vice
[1:36:06] Mayor Oh, I'm sorry. I did acknowledge
Council Matthew and Vice Mayor Thomas.
[1:36:10] Yes, I'm kind of piggybacking on what
you said. U I think we definitely need
[1:36:14] to make good changes up there. I know if
anybody don't feel good about a lot of
[1:36:19] things that have came down the pipeline,
it's definitely me. But I'm willing to
[1:36:25] um look at a lot of different factors
that have played a major part in turning
[1:36:29] that new leaf for. So um I think we do
need to make great educated decisions
[1:36:35] before moving forward with um just
making decisions. And I can tell you for
[1:36:40] sure, Councilwoman Lov, I brought items
back several times
[1:36:46] several and pretty sure everybody can
attest to that. Um, but I think with
[1:36:52] this particular item right here, it's
just um being so sensitive and
[1:36:56] everything that's, you know, having to
do with it. And I kind of um definitely
[1:37:01] um relate what may just stated with us,
you know, not want to seem like we're
[1:37:08] taking sides because I think if we
continue building great relationships
[1:37:12] with people that we're going to
potentially be working with um in the
[1:37:15] future anyway regardless if that's you
know um
[1:37:20] yes,
um I don't feel good about a lot of
[1:37:24] things that have taken,
like I stated before in our last meeting
[1:37:28] before we move forward with making a
decision when I asked to take this item
[1:37:33] also and I know we got some moving
reports on whatever it is that had taken
[1:37:37] place today during a hearing. Um I I'm
I'm not aware of that. So, I definitely
[1:37:44] would consider listening to what the
attorneys judge said, but I would
[1:37:48] definitely um like to also be more me
and to, you know, make my own decision
[1:37:55] on how I want to move forward with make
any decision up here. And my decision
[1:38:00] right now is to take this. I think
that'll be the best educated decision to
[1:38:04] do versus sitting here going off a cuff
and just holding up her down. I think
[1:38:08] that's clearly irresponsible if you ask
me personally. And I don't want this
[1:38:12] item to come back before us
um in a way that it has tonight because
[1:38:19] I think this is this is like fifth
fourth or fifth time and I'm not
[1:38:23] knocking that because I have bought it.
Um they got through because you know I'm
[1:38:29] very persistent just like you are. So I
get the legality of how you're going
[1:38:34] about doing it. But I think if you can
for the sake of um just getting us up
[1:38:42] the bar on what we need to be educated
on in terms of what happened today,
[1:38:46] let's tie it. Let's let's go ahead and t
this item. That would be my suggestion.
[1:38:51] Um I'm only going to vote, but um it's
your decision, but I think it would
[1:38:56] probably be in our best interest for the
sake of everything that's taking place
[1:39:00] to take this item and then come back and
address it. There is that need to
[1:39:04] address. That's my take on that's my
status.
[1:39:07] » All right. Thank you, Councilman Mack,
for that. There's a motion on the floor.
[1:39:11] So, what are we going to do? That's my
>> That's a question.
[1:39:15] » That's not a question. That's a
statement. That's a motion on the floor.
[1:39:18] We're going to vote it up, vote it down,
or we're going to withdraw. Let's just
[1:39:22] move it on because we've already had
conversations and we're going to keep
[1:39:26] going back and forth. So, what are we
going to do with this motion? There was
[1:39:29] a request to table that would require an
extension of the second and motion
[1:39:36] » resend my second if we're going looking
at table
[1:39:40] first.
>> It was moved by council
[1:39:46] » to to move the request to table in order
to do so.
[1:39:55] » Right.
You have to resend your motion in order
[1:39:58] for us to table.
>> Second.
[1:40:00] » Okay. So, the second has been rescended
as well as the motion. We will now
[1:40:04] entertain a motion to table this item
being resolution 2026-41.
[1:40:12] » So, move
is moved and second. All in favor of the
[1:40:15] tableabling of resolution of the
approval of resolution 2026-41, please
[1:40:20] say. I I
[1:40:26] table.
That's what it's titled. Approval of
[1:40:29] resolution. I said the motion to table
the approval of resolution.
[1:40:36] Let me let me
[laughter]
[1:40:42] entertain a motion
to table the approval of resolution
[1:40:48] 2026-41
mo. This is the motion to table the
[1:40:53] approval as written in the agenda. Is
there a motion to move? Second. It is
[1:40:59] moved in second. All in favor, please
signify with I. All oppose.
[1:41:06] » Roll call, please. Is it just?
>> All right. So, vote table of we are now
[1:41:13] ready. We all ready? I I do have a
question, but at what time will we hear
[1:41:17] from attorney Jackson or get some
question?
[1:41:25] » Can I get a quick update, please?
>> Yes, ma'am. So today with regards to the
[1:41:29] motion by student
[1:41:44] whether or not
conversations
[1:41:47] the school board and other other
individuals uh the judge in essence
[1:41:52] denied the motion. So basically all
three counts which included the aspect
[1:41:58] of the program compensations were um
were dis
[1:42:04] were denied by the court. So that means
that the lawsuit can continue to report
[1:42:08] just so that this board knows if I was
looking at trial order
[1:42:13] trial in this case set for October 11th
of
[1:42:18] um I don't know uh what's going to
happen in terms of any taken
[1:42:34] faces that are
Most times do not go until the court is
[1:42:39] back until a year or so later. So
there's a very possibility unless
[1:42:43] there's some motion to expl2.
[1:43:00] So the course is 2022 cases first. So
the point I'm making is that 2025 case
[1:43:06] may be roll until sometime the future
when that is I don't know whe
[1:43:18] » thank you.
[1:43:21] » All right we are now ready for
the approval of the request proposal.
[1:43:30] We have
involved
[1:43:35] um administration. You want to before we
[1:43:42] may council um
I just want to say it's imperative that
[1:43:47] we know that legal is very important
right now. um not only for the aspects
[1:43:54] of contracts and all that but we got a
lot of boards and everything on these
[1:43:59] are the boards we got infrastructure um
items that ready to come down pipeline
[1:44:05] so it's a lot of contract a lot of items
so it's imperative that we have legal
[1:44:11] set in place as well as um when it comes
down to the management we have cases
[1:44:18] that um coming up on timelines and as
you all know like 118 with
[1:44:24] we had to reset that because we missed
deadlines and we didn't go through the
[1:44:29] proper thing. So it's imperative that we
understand that we should have legal
[1:44:33] representation
[1:44:37] » right there is a recommendation and a
request to approve however there was a
[1:44:43] request earlier to resubmit. you want to
address that. Now,
[1:44:48] » I would like to address the same thing
if we could uh either take the item or I
[1:44:54] can make a motion to
uh to request to send the RFP back out
[1:44:59] again uh to see if we get any other
takers. Uh
[1:45:06] yeah, that's the motion. That's my
motion. The motion is to resubmit the
[1:45:11] RFP for general counsel
or
[1:45:18] if I have a question. I mean, if if we
table it, can we table and still send it
[1:45:23] out for RFP or do we have to or do I
have to make a because my my motion what
[1:45:28] I would really like to see happen is to
send the RFP back out.
[1:45:35] Attorney.
>> So please assist me with making this
[1:45:39] question. Attorney Jackson.
>> Yes.
[1:45:53] signal
request
[1:46:00] circumstances
that should be your motion on the table.
[1:46:05] What should be for?
[1:46:10] So, I'd like to make a motion to
uh send the RFP back out uh for
[1:46:20] other legal count.
[1:46:25] It's been moved. Is there a second or
two? Are are you second?
[1:46:31] » He can't. He just No.
Who moved
[1:46:39] it? Right.
She motion. She made the motion.
[1:46:43] » Are you moving or move? You're moving.
No.
[1:46:46] » Is there a second
[1:46:50] one?
D second. Did you want to make your your
[1:46:56] comment before we
>> I'm going to actually concur with um
[1:47:00] council woman Jordan because at the end
of the day, I think if we do put it back
[1:47:05] out for us and we don't get any hits on
it,
[1:47:10] going to go with um the firm. Um but you
know, like I said, I do believe in
[1:47:16] fairness. I um
I'm the one that submitted an
[1:47:21] application. We had 60 people that um
actually review said we had no hits on
[1:47:28] it. That's that's that's atrocious.
We got somebody that's willing to come
[1:47:34] in our community and be safe to fit to
actually sitting that capacity in terms
[1:47:40] of a legal perspective to do the job
that we need to do. And at the end of
[1:47:44] the day, if they're not doing job, then
we can get rid of them. But I would like
[1:47:48] to look at the contractual um issue of
it also. I don't know exactly how that
[1:47:52] looks, but I know according to the
charter, we highly fine at the end of
[1:47:57] the day. So, I would definitely um
consider giving this firm an opportunity
[1:48:02] to come in and do what we need because
we need some legal guidance right now
[1:48:08] being that we haven't had one in some
well besides all the transactions doing
[1:48:13] sensational but I know he referenced to
um doing the magistry but I I want to do
[1:48:21] whatever the board want to do um if if
we could I know he spoke about not being
[1:48:27] able to favorite item and the RP just
failed because of the lack of second.
[1:48:34] What do we do right now? You know what
I'm saying? Like cuz if we hold it down,
[1:48:39] we're going to be right back in the same
position that we was in before where
[1:48:44] Ashton has to do another RFP and this
could potentially be the same firm that
[1:48:50] put the RFP out and here we are again.
So it's like
[1:48:55] what are we doing?
I thought I heard
[1:49:03] » Yeah, make it make sense to me because
that's my question.
[1:49:06] » What I thought I heard Council say is
that she wanted to send it out for RFP.
[1:49:12] » Yes. I heard that you made a motion to
resend out, right? But then there was no
[1:49:19] » way
made that she wanted to go back out.
[1:49:25] So,
>> right. So, this puts us back in position
[1:49:30] to now put it back out to RFP because
it doesn't that motion that I'm talking
[1:49:40] about just in general. We got to put it
on RFP.
[1:49:44] » Well, that's where you can accept what
you have.
[1:49:48] » Yeah. It's still on the table,
>> right? That's what I'm saying. So, like
[1:49:52] I think sitting up here as leaders and
and decision making like we we're the
[1:49:57] voice of the forceful right we're the
ones real estate owners we're the ones
[1:50:02] that's got to make the tough decision
not a tough decision they know what I'm
[1:50:06] saying it's not an easy thing but I
don't think this is a tough decision but
[1:50:11] I do respect my colleagues and want to
get more information if that makes sense
[1:50:19] um that's why I move forward to table so
table is going to come back to us anyway
[1:50:25] Right. Bush is here doing a RFP and it's
going to fail because of the second
[1:50:30] length of second with a particular item.
Guess what? If I miss council meeting,
[1:50:34] they're going to be sitting right back
in the same spot. And if there's the
[1:50:37] one, no one else because the RP window
has closed, right? And I think this will
[1:50:44] give us opportunity to really digest and
understand
[1:50:48] and um the position that we're standing
in in terms of getting legal and seeking
[1:50:54] legal um counsel that we need for this
town.
[1:51:00] What are we positioning ourselves to do
right now? Right. If it fail because of
[1:51:05] a lack of second to do
So if I sit here and say let's table the
[1:51:10] item, this same firm is going to be
right back before hopefully they're back
[1:51:15] for us during our next council meeting
because if they're not, they're going to
[1:51:18] be right back at the door of trying to
find some money to potentially serve in
[1:51:25] this capacity which you will be attorney
because you've been sitting there some
[1:51:30] months now. Um,
I'm I'm just somewhat public on on on
[1:51:36] the position that we're in right now and
I'm trying to wrap my head around it
[1:51:41] also and trying to make educated
decisions on how we can move forward
[1:51:46] because it's only one firm that's
that's committed themselves canelves
[1:51:52] this time. So, like I said, whatever you
guys want to do, um, you know, let's
[1:51:57] let's make, you know, good decisions
over here.
[1:52:09] I have a question.
[1:52:13] » No, for clarity want to make sure that's
so the motion was by Councilwoman Jordan
[1:52:21] to put it back on RP.
>> Yes.
[1:52:25] » Yes.
because
[1:52:29] I moved
[1:52:33] it.
[1:52:38] So
thought he
[1:52:41] think that council member second.
>> Yes. So that that's what council backed
[1:52:49] your motion but you thought that you
motion that you stated you actually
[1:52:56] motion to based on what you said then
someone has to second that motion but no
[1:53:01] [clears throat] one seconded that motion
in
[1:53:08] so that means this motion is still after
the initial
[1:53:12] » right
>> but you're not the right The approval
[1:53:17] the approval of the RP.
>> Correct.
[1:53:19] » That's how you ask.
>> Yes.
[1:53:25] » If I go too far, bring me back.
>> That's correct.
[1:53:28] » There is a potential conflict and a
potential void if we move on one item
[1:53:36] and not the other tonight. Is that
correct?
[1:53:41] This confidence
[1:53:44] you have right now
[1:53:49] that motion cannot brought back up. Your
question is it cannot
[1:53:54] subsequ
[1:54:19] if if I'm number three Under council
decisions, the the approval of the RFP
[1:54:24] by TG law is not approved.
>> And item number four
[1:54:31] » is a
[1:54:35] table.
>> It's still a conflict.
[1:54:38] » So I understand the desire to table.
However, the desire to table does not
[1:54:43] alleviate the potential conflict
>> because we will be without general
[1:54:47] counsel again. potentially we have the
potential to be without general counsel
[1:54:52] in one of these two items that's passed.
[1:54:58] I am notice
[1:55:07] if
because
[1:55:12] then we still have the opportunity to
vote
[1:55:15] » because she didn't make so why we going
back and forth because
[1:55:20] » because the request was to table and or
to resubmit the RFP both of which are
[1:55:25] completely valid. However, they have
consequences. So, I want
[1:55:28] » So, before we make another decision, I
want us to be aware of any adverse
[1:55:33] action that could happen as a result of
passing one, passing both, passing none,
[1:55:37] and what holes that still leaves open.
We have code enforcement concerns. We
[1:55:42] have legal counsel concerns. So, if one
of those is filled, we leave a gap
[1:55:46] somewhere else. So, I just want to make
sure that we're aware.
[1:55:49] » I understand what she said. So, let's
stop speaking around. So if we pass for
[1:55:54] attorney Jackson to be mag, we don't
have counsel. So you get to choose an
[1:55:58] attorney. So let's vote. So if they say
no, then you you choose the attorney. If
[1:56:03] we vote yes for them, then they are our
attorney. So either way go
[1:56:10] » I I think the discussion back and forth
and I'm going to say my opinion is the
[1:56:16] biggest waste of time. Let's vote and
let's make it happen or not happen. if
[1:56:21] he's if he's voting for me. Oh, well,
guess what? You get to choose the
[1:56:26] attorney this time. And then he goes
back out for RFP. If they don't like it
[1:56:30] again, then you get to choose the
attorney again. So, let's vote it. Let's
[1:56:34] stop talking about it and discussing
about simple things that can be if we
[1:56:40] are supposed to do what's best for the
town of Ed according to the you took and
[1:56:45] you raised your hand and you sworn that.
What seems so hard about making a
[1:56:50] decision?
That is my issue.
[1:56:54] And if if it's a personal thing, go talk
to your counselor. But you you got you
[1:57:00] told God and that Bible and us that you
was going to do what's best for the town
[1:57:05] bill. So let's do a motion and let's
vote. Let's stop playing around and
[1:57:10] let's get it done. If you don't want us
to have council, that's your problem.
[1:57:15] Then we will put it back out for RP. But
this back and forth talking talking jaw
[1:57:21] jabing getting nothing done nothing said
let's make a vote
[1:57:26] let's let's just move and let's just get
it done
[1:57:30] » I I understand what you're trying to
notate
[1:57:35] my suggestion would be to table the man
and that way he'll still be the attorney
[1:57:43] temporarily
on the injury until he can say, "Okay,
[1:57:49] because at the end of the day, it failed
because of nothing left, but they're
[1:57:53] still on the agenda, right? We still got
to put an RP on it, which doesn't make
[1:57:57] no sense to me, but we got to do what we
got to do. We already have an attorney.
[1:58:01] It's not like we don't have an attorney
at this present time." Okay? And I know
[1:58:06] a lot of people don't like to talk up
here, but that's what your job is. Sit
[1:58:09] up here.
[1:58:19] All right. All right. All right. And
according to the
[1:58:23] » If I can say this,
>> you got you got the right to get up and
[1:58:27] lead a meeting if that's what she
>> just like.
[1:58:31] » But I don't want to leave.
>> I don't So let's vote.
[1:58:34] » And you can't force anybody to vote on
what they don't vote on either. the
[1:58:38] right just like you did.
>> Attorney Jackson.
[1:58:43] I just I'm just thinking that right now
and the fact of the matter is that we're
[1:58:48] making very bad decisions up here.
>> I agree with that. Go ahead.
[1:58:55] So, so the only
two
[1:59:03] issue is
to land to vote to table. The option
[1:59:11] that you have for the special is to
either vote to table to approve it or
[1:59:17] vote.
[1:59:31] If that fail, you cannot bring that
motion back up until it's
[1:59:38] so you have right now
is to vote to table or vote to accept.
[1:59:44] Three options that you have for the
special is to vote to accept, vote to
[1:59:52] Jacksonville send out RP.
>> My my option would be to take both
[1:59:59] that way to be right back where we
started at the drawing group, right? And
[2:00:03] that give us an opportunity to uh
perhaps even speak to each individual
[2:00:09] one on one because I haven't had an
opportunity to speak to them other than
[2:00:12] going out into the audience because I
want to, you know, speak to them. But I
[2:00:16] think if we want to really get down to
really getting to know this firm, let's
[2:00:21] let's meet with them individually,
right? And then we got another meeting
[2:00:25] in two weeks and then we can make
ultimate decision on whether we want to
[2:00:29] keep them or or don't keep them, right?
But I think for me personally, I I would
[2:00:35] keep them. That's my opinion from what
I've got. Now, do I want to sit down and
[2:00:40] continue speaking with them? Yes, of
course. because I know all of the data.
[2:00:43] I know everything that's coming down the
pipeline. I've been dealing with so much
[2:00:46] right now, right? And I've been sitting
up here going on 11 years and I'm
[2:00:50] telling you, I'm seeing a whole lot of
things that have occurred and happened
[2:00:54] and making bad decisions that hurt the
town. And I don't want to put it to the
[2:00:58] detriment on the spot because it was
already atrocious on what's going on
[2:01:01] right now. You ask me first, you know,
and people don't want to hear what
[2:01:05] people got to say because people don't
want to hear the truth. The truth of the
[2:01:08] matter is that we need to make better
decisions up here. and the decision that
[2:01:12] we're making up here and we can't sit up
here and keep bickering and moaning
[2:01:15] about it. I got to be up at 12:00
tonight to be to work at 1:00.
[2:01:21] » Okay, good.
[2:01:26] » Like I said though, we can have a
buster. Hey, we can sit in here all
[2:01:30] night for a long, sir. And you got that
right to get up and leave out of here if
[2:01:34] you want to.
>> And you do, too.
[2:01:37] council
we get ready to vote. There is an item
[2:01:41] on the agenda. It is the approval of the
request for proposal submitted by TV law
[2:01:46] for hire as general legal services for
the town of Edenville. I will entertain
[2:01:50] a motion.
>> Second.
[2:01:52] » It's been moved and second. All in favor
of the approval of the RFP submitted by
[2:01:56] TG Law signify I. All oppose.
The eyes have it. We have movement.
[2:02:09] for a minute.
[2:02:13] » All right, we are ready for the next
item on the agenda. It is the approval
[2:02:16] of the request for proposal submitted by
attorney Greg Jackson for hire as
[2:02:21] special magistrate
services for code enforcement hearings.
[2:02:26] I will entertain a motion.
>> It has been moved. Is there a second?
[2:02:31] » It has been moved and second. All in
favor of the appro of the approval of
[2:02:35] the RFP submitted by Tony Jackson for
magistrate services, please signify as I
[2:02:41] all oppose
the eyes have it. We now have council.
[2:02:46] » Madame Mayor
[2:02:50] » for the for the record um Councilwoman
Jordan stepped out and was not a part of
[2:02:55] that vote. So it passed
[2:03:01] or
40,
[2:03:03] » right? But I wanted it to be on the
record that she said step out. Okay.
[2:03:07] » All right. We are ready for the approval
of resolution 2026-45
[2:03:16] Heritage District. This came the
preamble.
[2:03:34] Okay,
[2:03:42] Madame Mayor. Resolution
number 2026-45,
[2:03:50] resolution of the town council of the
town of Edenville, Florida, establishing
[2:03:54] the Eatenville Heritage Tourism
District, providing legislative
[2:03:59] findings,
defining district boundaries,
[2:04:03] identifying tourism, historic
preservation, economic development, and
[2:04:09] infrastructure improvement objectives.
directing
[2:04:14] the preparation of a district master
plan, providing for implementation,
[2:04:20] providing for conflict, providing for
seability, and providing for an
[2:04:24] effective date.
>> You have heard the preamble. Is there a
[2:04:28] motion?
>> It's been moved. Is there a second?
[2:04:33] » I second this motion. We have any
questions or comments?
[2:04:37] » Yes. I actually would like to hear from
Mr. John, you think you can meet us at
[2:04:42] the left dragon? In the meantime, vice
mayor, a question.
[2:04:45] » Yes, I do.
[2:04:58] She motion
[2:05:12] she made a motion about some of the
things that have been thrown up.
[2:05:19] from somebody
[2:05:23] works
[2:05:32] until
[2:05:42] um thank you M
to elaborate
[2:05:46] Um like we said this is in support of
the initiative that the CRA um has
[2:05:55] started with their application to the
TC.
[2:05:59] Um in my review
[2:06:04] in my review of the resolution um I saw
it as framework or a foundation. I know
[2:06:12] that a similar item has come before the
previous council before as a tourism
[2:06:17] master plan. It was tabled and was never
brought back for discussion. Um and I
[2:06:23] think now is a good time is as good a
time as ever for the town to take and
[2:06:28] make a statement about how it values it
historic tourism opportunity. Um it also
[2:06:36] in my opinion Mr. Johnson you can
correct me if I'm wrong. It provides
[2:06:41] another avenue of revenue which we so
desperately need commercially speaking.
[2:06:46] Um
I don't have any questions. I know there
[2:06:49] was a comment about I believe it was
section 8 in regard to staffing. Um can
[2:06:55] you speak to what the culmination or the
or the creation of the master plan will
[2:07:02] entail? I do see that it says staff. I
know that we do have staff members who
[2:07:06] work in some capacity, maybe indirectly
as it pertains to tourism or cultural
[2:07:11] heritage or historic preservation. I
know that we also have our historic
[2:07:16] preservation board that I do not see as
um a part of that section. But I know I
[2:07:22] can imagine that it would be impossible
to create this district without some
[2:07:27] input from them in some capacity,
whether it be recommendation or
[2:07:32] participation. So can you speak to the
staffing requirements
[2:07:37] and and how he plans to attack them?
>> We were speaking toward towards session
[2:07:41] » session. Correct. So first of all,
[2:07:56] the capital improvement plan.
[2:08:01] All those things that
[2:08:11] are as
possible
[2:08:29] to walk us
portions of each one of these. There's
[2:08:35] already
[2:08:39] there's already
um that
[2:08:48] um needs to be presented to the board
[2:08:54] that's plan to create
all that. So some of that does not
[2:09:00] necessarily have to go through the c
participation process the branches for
[2:09:07] um we're kind of doing that right now.
Um in our presentation tomorrow we've
[2:09:12] already um looked at two videos
um that
[2:09:20] helps us with our
[2:09:26] depth.
[2:09:30] So things control
administration
[2:09:38] plan. Um
that's some of that work has already
[2:09:43] been done
[2:09:46] properties and stuff.
[2:09:51] process down.
So [clears throat]
[2:09:55] once we did
their
[2:10:00] so we can actually follow what we
[2:10:11] already
[2:10:20] strategy that's something that started
[2:10:25] purchase
[2:10:34] that original supposed
[2:10:44] need to be done.
[2:10:54] » Thank you, Mr. Johnson.
>> Johnson. So, this has been a
[2:10:57] collaborative approach. Um,
there's been a lot of talks going on and
[2:11:02] we're going to keep it short between the
CR and time. We're working
[2:11:06] collaborative. We're going through it.
We're making a lot of these things come
[2:11:10] to light. But when it come to life, it's
taking us time to get policies and
[2:11:14] procedures in place in order to make it
happen. So a lot of funding and
[2:11:19] opportunities that we have not been
afforded in the past because the
[2:11:23] collaboration and feasibility studies
and all that, but all those things right
[2:11:27] now I can tell you all are in full
straddle mode right now. Even besides
[2:11:33] TDT, TDT is going to be a sweet on top
of it. But there's a lot of
[2:11:37] opportunities, but we just got to put
this historic district in place in order
[2:11:42] to make it happen.
[2:11:47] » Do we have any questions for Mr. Johnson
over council
[2:11:57] saw this before
[2:12:01] St. state in the church
>> was the founding entity for this town
[2:12:06] 1881
six years before the town. Is there any
[2:12:10] reason other than
churches being a religious institution
[2:12:16] that is not included in your tourism
brought this to I believe I brought this
[2:12:22] to your attention before
[2:12:30] basically
[2:12:39] I don't I don't have a problem.
[2:12:44] » Yeah, but you don't.
[2:12:48] » Yeah, but I promise you there's there's
[2:12:55] not
no
[2:12:59] but I'm saying
It doesn't help people but just the list
[2:13:04] that St. Thomas Church
>> because so many people can get back off
[2:13:11] of St. Mar
[2:13:24] » right so we're going to make sure that
that's there and that that was a part of
[2:13:28] when M
I talked about the historic district
[2:13:32] that's why we started and what we ended
with you know part of now going to ask
[2:13:39] also council woman when it come down the
historical markers and all of the
[2:13:43] national parks and all that stuff so all
these things
[2:13:47] all
this is a working document this is just
[2:13:51] a landing muscle start but this is
definitely a work project and then we m
[2:13:57] we talked last week that we're going to
thank all of the nonprofits and the
[2:14:01] entities that go along with this
district together to give you input
[2:14:06] because we need the input from you all
to really make this a more robust um
[2:14:10] historic district.
>> And I would like to add to that because
[2:14:14] um my concern when this topic of
discussion came before the last council
[2:14:19] was the inventory of assets that listed
and my push back to what was proposed
[2:14:26] then was ownership. So even if you creep
at the time the master plan was listing
[2:14:31] assets that do not belong to the town
and so to force those entities into
[2:14:37] something without having those
discussions first was premature and
[2:14:40] inappropriate. So this gives us a chance
to lay a foundation on a generic basis
[2:14:46] and then build from there because as as
historic and as significant as St.
[2:14:51] Lawrence AM is so is Macedonia
Missionary Baptist. They are dear Park
[2:14:55] and then so is Life Center and so are so
is Open Door. There are um a number of
[2:15:02] entities that are um we know to be
historically significant that are not
[2:15:06] listed in detail, but this is really
just the groundwork. So if we're going
[2:15:11] to list St. wants, then we better go
through and list every church that is in
[2:15:15] the historic district that is a
contributing dwelling to this district
[2:15:19] in addition to all other assets whether
owned by the town or not that contribute
[2:15:24] to this historic tourism district. But
instead of restricting ourselves in a
[2:15:29] resolution, my personal opinion is that
it is more appropriate to be broad so
[2:15:34] that we are not stuck with only St.
Lawrence or only the Mosley House or
[2:15:39] only Club Eden. It's it's really more of
a foundation than it is anything. And
[2:15:43] again, like vice mayor brought out,
there is opportunity to enhance this.
[2:15:47] But what it does is it supports some of
the initiatives that we already have
[2:15:50] going that you're aware of in the CRA as
well as their their application to the
[2:15:55] TDT as well as the collaboration between
both the entities.
[2:16:00] » Also, you're saying um once you this
resolution passes, there still has to be
[2:16:07] a
[2:16:10] district. So that's
how
[2:16:20] it will
[2:16:33] » and additionally if I can also add to
your point council woman the historic
[2:16:37] preservation board and I know you're the
only one I see in the meetings with me
[2:16:41] But no shade y'all. Um the historic
planning board has completed their um
[2:16:47] their survey. So the draft of that is
out which I think plays right into this.
[2:16:52] So some of those ones that we did not
list individually. They have covered in
[2:16:57] their um survey. I know they're I know
they have a draft of it right now. So
[2:17:01] it's not final. I know that final
conversation is coming from them. So
[2:17:04] that's why I said that collaboration
with like the CRA and the historic
[2:17:09] preservation will be key so that we can
identify those components and add them
[2:17:13] to our asset base and inventory base for
for that district. But just as a
[2:17:18] groundwork,
>> I got more comment than anything.
[2:17:22] » First of all, thank you Mr. Johnson for
all your leadership and all your
[2:17:25] continuous um progress that you continue
bringing to the town, man. especially
[2:17:30] with protecting the um legacy of our
town. Man, I think it's important that
[2:17:35] you get um everything in place and I
know how Denny been working on this
[2:17:40] particular project right here to get it
done and I'm glad that it got approved.
[2:17:44] But we got so much more to do um with
this particular um feature right here.
[2:17:49] So hopefully we can move forward with
doing something that's going to make
[2:17:52] sense um for our kids kids kids and you
know get bright in the future of going
[2:17:57] to town really especially with
everything that's coming down the
[2:17:59] pipeline man it's going to help us
significantly man so thank you for
[2:18:04] everything that u man that you will
continue appreciate you
[2:18:10] » all right if there are no other comments
or questions we the uh motion has been
[2:18:15] moved and second all in favor of the
approval of resolution 2026 6-45 please
[2:18:20] state I
>> I all oppose
[2:18:24] motion passes we are now ready for
reports CA
[2:18:35] um thank you u mayor council thank you
for the hard work tonight to get us to
[2:18:40] another level um I'm just going to say
hi a couple things it's been a long
[2:18:44] night um I'm going start off with some
information so everybody can hear it.
[2:18:50] First thing is um this upcoming Friday,
August 7th, U will be the last day for
[2:18:58] Lieutenant Lampin.
He has decided um he's still going to be
[2:19:03] around with us. U Chief and I have been
having some conversation. Still going to
[2:19:07] be around with us, but he's moving to um
be a reserve deputy. That's number one.
[2:19:14] Number two
on
[2:19:18] Yesterday morning um I received an email
and after 25 years of dedicated service
[2:19:24] to the historic town
our finance register Katrina Gibson has
[2:19:29] decided to retire and her last day will
be August 23rd. So thank you Miss Gibson
[2:19:34] for all you have done and endured this
time.
[2:19:49] Um with all that being that um we did
have money that was placed aside in the
[2:19:55] budget that we had already been working
along with along with Miss Gibson
[2:20:02] um Goldman Wolf who were referred to us
by cars in England who was our aud
[2:20:09] They they recommended Goldman Wolf
because we have a piggyback situation
[2:20:14] that's happening right now. They're
going I mean to help us with financial
[2:20:17] services with budgets and everything. So
that's already in play. They're updating
[2:20:22] our chart of accounts. So they will be
sitting down with me and Miss Gibson on
[2:20:26] Thursday and that'll be ready for um
workshop on next Tuesday.
[2:20:34] Uh also during this time um with Miss
Gibson we have also now officially have
[2:20:40] hired a tax payable position. That
position now is filled. It has been over
[2:20:48] two and a half years
[2:20:52] somewhere around there. So that feel
some exciting news. Uh we're looking at
[2:21:00] insurance right now. We know that's one
of the biggest things that all that. So
[2:21:04] we are in talks with a new carrier um
dealing with property and casualty and
[2:21:10] benefits and preliminarily right now
with um
[2:21:16] what they are offering
same amount of coverage and some if the
[2:21:22] property tax thing was to pass on this
one line item alone we've already saved
[2:21:27] that money.
So that's huge.
[2:21:30] if that was to take place and also Miss
Monday's already going we've already
[2:21:36] talked about the town center how it has
went through the rig process of
[2:21:40] permitting um kind of fire and all those
things.
[2:21:44] Those are motions and that's
[2:21:55] just to
[2:21:59] I don't know, but
[2:22:20] the other thing I want to do I want to
thank is uh the council for allowing me
[2:22:24] to
[2:22:27] attorney
[2:22:32] for a number of years just to be able to
help and guide this uh this this town
[2:22:37] even for a short time a short period
[2:22:44] uh to help with this town uh to put
together uh plans and implement
[2:22:51] uh procedures that are going to be going
to worthy of his talent and the
[2:22:56] development that will be taking place in
the years to come and working with us to
[2:23:01] do that. And lastly, I've known Miss
Gibson for the past 12 years.
[2:23:08] She's given me trouble, but at the end
of the day, great person, great
[2:23:12] resource. Uh, and she's sorting this not
by you all, by
[2:23:21] [clears throat] my chair.
>> [laughter]
[2:23:28] » Ruth King.
>> Thank you. Just a couple of reminders.
[2:23:33] Um get out and vote. This is um time for
early voting. And then also um just want
[2:23:39] to remind council by consensus you all
did um agree that we will have our first
[2:23:44] budget workshop on August the 11th which
is next Tuesday at 5:30.
[2:23:50] Um, so you will get some information,
but I know that you all know that it
[2:23:54] will take place here at the Denton
Johnson Center, uh, due to the early
[2:23:58] voting. And then also, um, I will be
getting with you, Councilwoman Jordan,
[2:24:03] so we can do our final review of our,
um, scholarship program. Um, with that
[2:24:10] being said, you all have a good night.
>> Thank you, Miss G. I'm coming back.
[2:24:17] » Um, yeah, thank you everybody for coming
out this evening. I really appreciate
[2:24:20] everybody coming out days and counsel
and um town business. Um top of my list,
[2:24:25] I would like to give my condolence to
anybody that have suffered in the law
[2:24:28] school so far. I know there's someone
very close to me that have passed in
[2:24:33] this um community. His name is um Kurt
Sap where he buried him on um this
[2:24:38] weekend coming um he's going to be truly
missed man. and I had an opportunity to
[2:24:43] grow with him, grow up with him all my
life as a childhood friend and um my my
[2:24:48] heart and prayer go out to the south
family if you're watching
[2:24:54] and also um early voting like um said
early voting man take advantage of it
[2:24:59] man it's our opportunity get out make
your vote count don't make excuses
[2:25:03] especially when things are not going the
way that you want to go so this is your
[2:25:07] chance to go out and make that
opportunity to to you know turn on new
[2:25:11] them less if that's what you want to
see. It's your choice. Uh also thanks to
[2:25:15] all the presentations tonight. Um Dr.
Phillips as usual. I really appreciate
[2:25:19] everything that you guys bring um and
updating us. Um also all the department
[2:25:24] heads. Um thank you. Um I think every
department head does a sensational job
[2:25:30] with what they um do on a daily basis
considering you know how tough their
[2:25:34] jobs are can be at times. Um so I got a
great appreciation for everything that
[2:25:39] they do and post They're supposed to
make a presentation, but um
[2:25:45] like I said, uh we we got a business to
come back here. And if Manny is watching
[2:25:49] right now, uh I got to continue holding
you accountable, you know, especially
[2:25:54] when you've been, you know, um doing
construction in this community for some
[2:25:58] time now and have have yet to um come to
a completion. You can give us a OC on um
[2:26:05] when you're going to be um completed. So
uh please, if you're watching, we need
[2:26:10] to sleep with you. we need you to come
to these meetings that you think you're
[2:26:13] going to come to and give us um some
kind of clarity on on what we need to
[2:26:17] know because I got a lot of questions.
And uh speaking of host D, I know we got
[2:26:22] some infrastructure issues that we need
to deal with. I won't these are the
[2:26:26] questions that I asked um the um CEO,
but I'll get them at a later date, but
[2:26:31] these are important issues that we need
to tackle sooner than later. And also um
[2:26:37] congratulations to the six um applicates
and hopefully all of them can be
[2:26:42] recipients of getting the scholarship
learning. And I must say my son opted
[2:26:46] out because he would like to see the
kids that are in college that are not in
[2:26:51] school like he is. He's on school
scholarship free of charge don't pay for
[2:26:55] anything. So he would like to open that
window for other kids to get more money.
[2:27:00] So that's big of him to do that. So, I
got a great appreciation for him taking
[2:27:04] the stands on um doing that also. And um
I know Miss Money is not here, but I
[2:27:09] gotta thank her and God bless um um
former mayor for making us um sidewalk
[2:27:16] project happen the way that's been
happening in this community. It was his
[2:27:20] that was his day. And if he if he's if
his kids or family is watching, man, you
[2:27:27] know, that that's that's him. And and it
makes me feel good knowing that he did
[2:27:31] it, man, because I know how much he
loved the community and he would love to
[2:27:35] see that. He's not here, but he would
have loved to see installs and I know
[2:27:40] how passionate he was about it. So, um,
thanks to the company that did it.
[2:27:45] Thanks, Miss Money for filling the need
of just, you know, just hiring along to
[2:27:49] make that happen. Also, also, um, the
update, Chief, um, you don't have to
[2:27:55] give it to me now. um with the DOJ um
police building down in Catalina Park. I
[2:28:01] know we spoke about it on last meeting
in terms of when it's going to be in
[2:28:05] completion. Um I don't know where we're
at with that. Maybe you can kind of
[2:28:10] speak on it a little bit if you can.
[2:28:17] » Yes, sir. There was a fire washing need
to be completed.
[2:28:22] the county uh with all that. So as far
as money, we're moving forward. So we
[2:28:27] should have a date here short. That was
the hold up with part of the county.
[2:28:32] » Okay. Thanks so much. Appreciate.
>> Okay. It'll be um pretty brief here,
[2:28:36] guys. Um Father's Day, I know Mayor go
ahead and discuss that. Looking forward
[2:28:41] to hearing her report when it come to um
founders day. Looking forward to u
[2:28:46] participating
being involved with that also. And also
[2:28:50] um I think we need to move forward with
selecting someone to sit on the board
[2:28:55] that I had opportunity to sit on not
only as a board member but I I'm the
[2:29:00] first elected official from the county
region bill to actually chair that board
[2:29:03] which is the community action board
which is um the Orange County. I think
[2:29:07] it's a very prestigious board to sit on.
I think we need to get one of our
[2:29:10] members up here, select someone to go
and sit on the board because it's
[2:29:14] soformational that go over there and get
so much um details on what we can bring
[2:29:19] back here to strengthen our community as
well such as the Orange County thing. So
[2:29:24] um I had an opportunity to bring a lot
of different things back um to this
[2:29:28] platform and give to my um citizen and
to help my ministry. So it would
[2:29:32] definitely be um a great fit if we get
someone up here whoever it is because I
[2:29:37] had an opportunity to sit on there five
years and share for five years that I
[2:29:41] sat up there. So hopefully you guys can
move in the same direction that I moved
[2:29:44] in and u bring that information back to
our community. So let's move forward
[2:29:48] with you know possibly um going in the
direction of selecting someone to do
[2:29:52] that. And congratulations to uh TG Law.
Um I I I
[2:30:00] believe in giving people an opportunity
and you guys sold stuff to me. Um and
[2:30:05] you know I I got a great appreciation
for it and but what the the neat thing
[2:30:09] about it is
you know we are in the position right
[2:30:14] now to love albums with people and go
out there and create relationships
[2:30:19] that's going to be longlasting. I'm I'm
good friends with a lot of people that I
[2:30:24] went to school with 40 years ago and I'm
still great friends with them. So I
[2:30:27] think if we can collaborate and collect
come together and work together, we're
[2:30:31] better we're better together as a part
and one thing about a house divided
[2:30:36] house will fall. So I want to make sure
that we're moving forward. We're doing
[2:30:39] things that's going to be likeminded. I
know we're not going to agree on
[2:30:41] everything and we do make tough
decisions up there as legislators and as
[2:30:45] leaders. Um I've been doing it for the
last several years, man, and I will
[2:30:48] continue doing it. Um,
and I I'll just leave that like that.
[2:30:53] So, um, also congratulations to Attorney
Jackson for becoming the magistrate. Um,
[2:30:59] I think you do a sensational job for
just, you know, giving us all the
[2:31:03] details that we need to know on the
other side CRA, which we got a great
[2:31:08] appreciation for. And now you're serving
as management, making sure that we're
[2:31:12] going to move forward with getting
things done in a timely manner and not
[2:31:16] just timely manner, but getting things
done correctly. So, thank you. And I
[2:31:20] know this something that we've been
positioning ourselves to have for some
[2:31:22] time now, but we never got over that
hump of doing it. And I have to give my
[2:31:27] kudos to Mayor Cole again. God bless him
for um being one of the main ones that
[2:31:33] are initiated. You know what I'm saying?
But it came to full fruition now and I'm
[2:31:37] grateful and thankful that we are in
position right now to have a magistrate
[2:31:40] while we can't get some things done from
a code enforcement perspective. So,
[2:31:44] thank you. Congratulations. And also,
um, last but not least, man, um, I can't
[2:31:49] say enough words. Um, there up here in
the 25 years that she's been working for
[2:31:55] this town. Um, I can't, man, I could say
can't think of a better person to
[2:32:02] serve as a financial director, as an
employee, as someone that I
[2:32:09] got great respect for. You're going to
be truly um, good luck with all your
[2:32:15] endeavors. um moving forward. Um I wish
you the best. I know it wasn't an easy
[2:32:19] thing for you to do, but um with that
being said, I wish you the best in
[2:32:24] everything that's um coming at you. I
know God is going to continue blessing
[2:32:28] you as always. And um if all if all
minds and hearts are clear, that's my
[2:32:33] report. You have a great evening.
[2:32:38] » I would like to thank everybody for
coming out and giving us business. I
[2:32:43] like my mic on my outside voice. Uh, but
I want to uh again, Mrs. Jibson, I
[2:32:50] certainly appreciate all your hard work
and dedication that you have had um with
[2:32:55] the town of Edenville. Hopefully, I'll
see her before uh she moves on. I'd like
[2:33:02] to congratulate TT Law and I'm
definitely looking forward to working
[2:33:06] with you all uh here and also to uh
attorney. So, I really do uh appreciate
[2:33:12] the work we got and I'm super excited to
see what we have that we can continue uh
[2:33:17] down the road. Um
very happy to see the town and the CRA
[2:33:24] uh have this collaborative effort as we
move forward uh in terms of um these uh
[2:33:31] historic coal historic district and also
tomorrow I know you guys are going to
[2:33:38] present for the uh PT by the test. So,
best of luck. Although that pleasation
[2:33:44] tomorrow, I feel like um we are
positioning ourselves very well
[2:33:50] um to be successful here in the town.
Thank you uh Miss King for the update
[2:33:55] with the uh groups and winning mount
scholarships. I'm going to look forward
[2:33:59] to meeting with that and uh to the all
of the department heads. Uh I really
[2:34:05] appreciate all your hard work. Uh Mr.
Washington part of them. You know, I
[2:34:09] just got a love for recreation. Um, I
could say nothing personal what it is.
[2:34:14] You heard
it is. I just have a love and
[2:34:18] appreciation for it and the kids and the
senior just a just a group of people
[2:34:24] that are near and dear to my heart. And
again, if there's anything that I could
[2:34:29] do in that, you know, uh, arena, please
let me let me know. Don't hesitate. I'm
[2:34:35] here for it all. And uh that as far as
[2:34:52] she's gone, she's been here for a while.
I want to thank her for time and
[2:34:55] services.
Congratulations to both legal partners
[2:35:00] here representing the town. really
appreciate um your efforts and look
[2:35:04] forward to working with you. All right,
a couple of things. Um I wanted to find
[2:35:10] out and talk about budget.
Um I'm going to get um
[2:35:20] CEO, do you need any
council council members for the budget
[2:35:27] that we need to send to you?
Actually,
[2:35:32] yes, Councilwoman. Um, any of your
legislative objectives or anything that
[2:35:36] you would like to see? Um, definitely
get that sent over to us. What we're
[2:35:40] doing now process what it's already
done. We look at the last three years
[2:35:47] to give us a baseline and then looking
at that towards the main as tonight as
[2:35:54] we talked about the Wildwoods as the
mayor talked about this is the perfect
[2:35:57] time for you all to tell us if you can
put those to prevail. So there will be
[2:36:01] no constraints on board.
>> Okay.
[2:36:06] Um also I just want to mention that um
the town of Eden Hill celebrated the
[2:36:12] 13th
anniversary St. Lawrence celebrating 125
[2:36:18] years. We're doing it on the same
weekend because that's the way the the
[2:36:23] dates were back then 1881 1887.
um because it was a new of the same some
[2:36:31] of the same people as far as the
beginning of the town and at St.
[2:36:37] Lawrence our anniversary is going to be
on
[2:36:40] » uh Saturday we will have a display there
I just want to make sure that you
[2:36:45] invited in the town council the whole
town we will have a display of St.
[2:36:51] artifacts from the past for everyone to
come and see that at the church. It's
[2:36:56] located at 549 East Kennedy Boulevard.
Uh that will be from 10 to 2:00 and I'll
[2:37:03] be sure that we can also get the
information by email. On that Sunday, we
[2:37:09] will have 140
anniversary um service on that
[2:37:15] particular day. So, we want to invite
everyone to come out for that. uh a new
[2:37:21] discovery, a new addition to the
artifacts of the town, the beginning of
[2:37:25] the town. And I don't know if Miss King
can pull that up. If not, uh we have a
[2:37:30] church veil that barriers and that's my
love. I've been working on this project
[2:37:38] for a little over two years. And this
church bell is the symbol of the town.
[2:37:45] It was brought to Eatenville by Lewis
Barnes who um actually a dead property
[2:37:51] of wealthy man who donated acres of land
to uh St. Barnes as well as to others.
[2:37:59] So this bail is a new um addition to the
historic Eville. It was the beginning of
[2:38:07] the town, the beginning of the church
and um I'm working on some projects and
[2:38:12] get some other individuals to see if we
can get that funded so we can long the
[2:38:16] bail. So we're going to put a lot of on
it because people would like to come and
[2:38:21] see the bail. This is going to be almost
the Liberty B.
[2:38:28] So, you know, so it's going to bring
people here as well. So, just want to
[2:38:32] make sure you all aware of that. If you
like to be a part of the project, we
[2:38:35] just let you know. Uh I do have a
concern and now I understood the other
[2:38:42] day what um council
Thomas had mentioned about logo
[2:38:48] I was headed down the street and
something is going on with our logo.
[2:38:53] I've seen two incidents this week
logo like this is on the side of the
[2:39:00] building. Want to know how did that
building get this size logo on the side
[2:39:07] you know?
>> It's a painting.
[2:39:11] » Oh, it's a painting.
>> Correct.
[2:39:13] » Okay. It's not really all physical love
from the town. But I'm saying here, let
[2:39:20] me just say as a question if I'm getting
ahead of myself.
[2:39:24] Are others permitted to use our logo? I
saw someone today that had a logo inside
[2:39:31] of the car. So if if those kind of
things are going on that people are
[2:39:36] painting our logo on their private
property,
[2:39:40] then that could be um because that would
indicate that that particular helper
[2:39:47] could be a service helper for the town
and that would be very misleading. And I
[2:39:54] will admit that that would not be that
would be something that I think will be
[2:39:59] not a very safe measure because when
people see an official needle but a
[2:40:04] local one without even checking
[2:40:10] that's how things happen. All right. Um
so I was asking a question what are we
[2:40:16] doing to protect all of the vote? Yeah.
My my instruction was my alley was
[2:40:21] coming to attorney Jackson while I was
still here. I know this came up at the
[2:40:24] last council meeting and not to take
over council woman, but I know this was
[2:40:29] brought up at the last one and there was
conversation about an ordinance that was
[2:40:33] passed. Um, and I believe copyright was
a part of that conversation. Do we have
[2:40:38] all that information to speak on that at
this time?
[2:40:45] » Do we know?
>> But but I will say this trademark
[2:40:53] concern someone is posting official
photo of the town certain
[2:41:22] digging. um councilwoman just to find
out exactly what we had in code and the
[2:41:28] the trademark and copyright
conversation. So I didn't want to speak
[2:41:33] prematurely. I'll leave that to the
jury. Dr.
[2:41:36] that we passed by resolution
but what happened was we didn't have the
[2:41:42] procedures in place
>> implemented okay
[2:41:44] » that's what it was
[2:41:56] You can do this way.
[2:42:11] » So if you haven't taken steps
on your process.
[2:42:21] Can you collaborate with our attorney to
get an update where it's come from and
[2:42:26] then bring that back before us in case
there's any additional action we need to
[2:42:29] take?
>> I just thank you council woman. Please
[2:42:33] continue.
[2:42:38] Okay. Now, um the comments that Cole
signed, uh I just want to say that um
[2:42:44] they have to be fully accountable.
>> Um and we have to make sure that not,
[2:42:50] you know, we work
to succeed and open.
[2:42:55] » We have to be very careful and make sure
that we're following all of the the
[2:43:04] user friendly say, okay, you know, this
is my
[2:43:08] wants
you to be very
[2:43:13] met requirements that accountability,
but they should not give a seat.
[2:43:19] Um, also I wanted to know also whether
or not the board would be interested in
[2:43:25] council with them in a restores
preservation presentation. Miss Melissa
[2:43:31] um just from the National Trust when she
came the last time she was not
[2:43:39] to uh present um the historic
preservation but since we're talking
[2:43:43] about tourism and heritage we're moving
forward without a lot of education about
[2:43:49] what historic preservation
so
[2:43:53] that we can all feel aware of things we
should know
[2:44:00] time will
um see
[2:44:07] Oh, one more. No, I don't need to
announce that.
[2:44:11] » Okay.
>> Okay. Other than that, that's it. Thank
[2:44:13] you all very much and have a wonderful
blessed day and I hope to see you at the
[2:44:18] church for the celebration in our lesson
time. Thank you. Thank you, Councilman.
[2:44:23] Black man.
I just want to thank everyone for
[2:44:27] coming.
[2:44:34] Thank you, Mayor.
Um, okay. I'll keep mine short since
[2:44:39] everybody else did. Um, I'm going to
start with condolences. I know there are
[2:44:44] two significant ones at least for me.
Um, and to Tom Eatenville. Timman's
[2:44:49] family and the great house family both
have suffered losses this week. Um,
[2:44:53] personally, the Timmans family um they
are eating billions and so their loss is
[2:45:00] in fact our loss. our hearts of prayer
most assuredly go out with to them as
[2:45:06] well as to Miss Great Cross. We just
suffered a loss of her family. We love
[2:45:09] her dearly and she is very civically
engaged and so um very sorry to hear
[2:45:16] about the loss of her family. Our
thoughts and prayers uh do go out to
[2:45:21] them. Um, in the spirit of loss,
uh, everyone's favorite Lieutenant
[2:45:27] Lampkin
and everyone's favorite, uh, Miss
[2:45:31] Gibson, some longtime Eatenville
servants and their presence will be
[2:45:38] their lack of presence will not only be
missed, it will be felt. It will be
[2:45:43] impactful. Um, Miss Gibson for me is so
much more than a finance director.
[2:45:50] if she'd been here 25 years. I won't
tell you how long it stands by the dead
[2:45:53] of my community service hours in her
office. Um, but
[2:46:00] just the contribution that she has made
to the town of Eatenville through so
[2:46:04] many administrations and so many
different personalities is a testament
[2:46:08] to her loyalty. And so that ace in the
hole that ram in the bush that she is
[2:46:16] I mean she could have gave me a year
where she decided to pack up and leave
[2:46:20] but I won't hold that against a fellow
wrestler. Um and then uh Lieutenant
[2:46:26] Lampin. I mean talk about a day one and
somebody who
[2:46:32] has earned his strengths in this
community earned the respect that he uh
[2:46:37] receives. I know some stories are
friendlier than others depending on what
[2:46:41] side of your interactions you've been in
with him, but um even prior to taking on
[2:46:47] the responsibility of mayor cracked the
character and so the um the loss of his
[2:46:54] his presence will be felt. I know Chief
has some shoes to fill over there and uh
[2:47:01] so I'm excited to see um you know who
comes in, who moves up the ranks, who's
[2:47:06] next in line to uh to serve this
community. Um KG Law, welcome to the
[2:47:13] town of Eatenville.
Um, [laughter]
[2:47:17] on the administrative side, I'm glad
you're here. Um, to handle some of those
[2:47:23] administrative uh, weights that we that
we deal with on a daily basis. I think
[2:47:27] your resume spoke for itself, the
diversity in your firm and what you
[2:47:32] bring to the table from experience. I
think uh, attorney Joel, you said that
[2:47:38] it is your life experience that that
makes you guys the most qualified and I
[2:47:43] strongly agree. um in a community where
we are self-governed. We are people
[2:47:47] first and politicians second. And so to
have that and to couple that with the
[2:47:54] legal guidance that your board certified
attorneys can provide is priceless. So I
[2:48:00] am very excited to have you on board. Um
and then attorney Jackson
[2:48:07] this whole time anyways town. So welcome
again.
[2:48:14] I'm glad to have that position um
filled. I know we have some voids in the
[2:48:18] code enforcement department um and so to
be able to address some of those
[2:48:22] concerns that this council has brought
up on a number of occasions will be um
[2:48:27] definitely productive. Very excited
about that. Um early voting like you
[2:48:32] have heard a number of time you guys
have an early voting location there are
[2:48:36] no lines there. I mean you can get in
and get out. The ladies that hold us
[2:48:41] down every single year are doing an
amazing job. They are burn. I mean, from
[2:48:46] the moment you walk into the door to the
salad to the way back out, they are they
[2:48:51] are so warm. Um, and and such a pleasure
to have them here. Again, those hours
[2:48:55] are 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. through early
voting.
[2:48:59] » Yes.
>> 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. up until the
[2:49:01] 16th, which is a Sunday. So even after
you go worship, you can come put in your
[2:49:06] work in the in the in the ballot box or
in the in the voting booth. Um
[2:49:12] » on election,
>> yes,
[2:49:13] » on election day is 7 to 7.
>> On election day, which is also during
[2:49:17] the time bill 77, make sure when you go
your shouts out, I voted
[2:49:24] I voted early. Go and tell them folks
that y'all okay and y'all voted right
[2:49:28] here in the town of Edenville. Thank you
to the supervisor of elections for
[2:49:30] thinking in our rivalry to make it
convenient for us to do our civic duty
[2:49:35] and vote. There would be no Eatenville
if there was no voter. So, thank you so
[2:49:40] much to them for that. Um, speaking of
Eatenville, we do have Founders Day on
[2:49:45] the horizon. Make sure you tell a
friend. Y'all forgive us. We had some
[2:49:49] issues with the website and so the
ability to effectively and efficiently
[2:49:54] communicate with the community has been
somewhat dampened. But spread the word.
[2:49:59] Don't know why we are. We are word of
mouth individuals. Tell everybody next
[2:50:02] weekend. And it sounds like we have a
full day of events. We did condense the
[2:50:06] festival to be from 4 pm to 7:00 p.m.
But I'm glad we did that because the
[2:50:11] Edgewater football team, if I'm not
mistaken, they're the Eatenville
[2:50:16] Edgewater football team. So, shout out
to to both of those. And um starting at
[2:50:21] 9:00 a.m. and then you can come right on
over to St. Lawrence at 10:00 and hang
[2:50:25] out for a bit. And then you can miss the
2:00 afternoon showers and come on back
[2:50:29] out at 4:00 for a good time on the lawn.
Friday night we are doing dust tracks on
[2:50:34] the boulevard. So if you are familiar
with our infamous Zor no hur you will
[2:50:38] know that her autobiography of 1942 is
titled dust tracks on a road and so
[2:50:44] we're taking a spin on that. All of our
activities will be in the hunger field.
[2:50:48] If you are not already aware there was a
save the date that came out in the water
[2:50:52] fields today. You should have seen that.
There will also be more information.
[2:50:56] Miss Faith has done a good job in
getting that website. Um all those kinks
[2:51:00] worked out. So there will be volunteers
sign up, vendors sign up, send some
[2:51:04] sponsors this way. Help them uh help us
have a good time. Um but Friday night
[2:51:09] will be if you guys remember chill in
the bill, that kind of vibe, you know,
[2:51:13] um some poetry, some comedies, some live
bands, um just a little bit of light
[2:51:19] bites and and some free fun. So, um,
tell a friend, tell a neighbor, tell a
[2:51:25] visitor, come on out. We're going to
celebrate 139 years of the town of
[2:51:29] Eatenville. And I'm going to throw this
out. I said I wasn't going to do it
[2:51:32] tonight, but I'm going to throw this
out. Um, we are preparing, we are
[2:51:36] looking at the 140th anniversary. And
the theme of this year, while we are
[2:51:41] honoring our past and building our
future, is very much the road to 140. So
[2:51:46] you will be hearing more. You will be
asked for feedback on what you would
[2:51:49] like to see next year as we go big. So
it's a little appetizing this year, but
[2:51:54] we going we saving some room for next
year. We've got some big plans that we
[2:51:58] want to see happen in celebration of
such a milestone. So as you celebrate
[2:52:02] with us this year, keep that in mind as
well. Um meet and greet Macedonia 5:30.
[2:52:09] Perfect time to pull up and ask some
questions. The hard ones too. I mean
[2:52:13] they're putting Dr. is putting
themselves out there. This is a perfect
[2:52:16] time to hold their feet to the fire and
ask some of them questions that we have
[2:52:21] had um at the dinner table, at the
Domino's table underneath the tree.
[2:52:25] Let's come on out. I heard they feed us.
Let's go on out at 5:30 to take
[2:52:31] advantage of that. And
[2:52:36] oh, first day of school. Um and I'm
pointing at Oh, gee. I'm praying that
[2:52:43] Councilwoman Jordan because our babies
are going back to school. Her babies
[2:52:47] going back to school, too. So, shout out
to our educator right here on this
[2:52:50] council. We wish you and our students an
amazing and productive year. Um, don't
[2:52:56] let them drive you crazy. We know you
going to get right.
[2:53:00] [laughter]
>> And then us tonight on this note. Um
[2:53:06] uh in response to your comment, Council
Member Randolph, about the National
[2:53:10] Trust. Um and again, I know you and I
sit in those meetings and find great
[2:53:15] pleasure in it. There have been
administrative conversations with the
[2:53:19] National Trust. Like I said, we know
that they are about halfway through the
[2:53:22] grant that we've received from them. So,
they are ready for the next phase. We're
[2:53:26] getting everything together for them to
do that, which is why the survey was
[2:53:30] such a big deal. So, I can assure you
that there will be some collaboration
[2:53:34] and um once the historic preservation
board has a chance to thoroughly review
[2:53:38] that, you can guarantee that they will
be invited to speak to us. And I invite
[2:53:43] the council to pull up on second
Thursdays at 6:00.
[2:53:47] » First Thursday,
>> first Thursdays in a second, first
[2:53:50] Thursdays 6:00.
>> This Thursday,
[2:53:53] » this Thursday here at Vent Johnson as
well to come out and hear the business
[2:53:58] of the historic preservation board. it
does have a direct impact on what we're
[2:54:01] doing. Um, and being able to balance
historic preservation with economic
[2:54:05] development for the future of this
community is going to take some some
[2:54:09] leadership from this council. So, I
encourage us all to come and get
[2:54:12] educated. With that being said, that is
my report.
[2:54:16] If there's no other business, I move for
second. All in favor of journey, please
[2:54:23] come to I.
>> Right. It is 10:27. We are journal.