[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.

TOWN OF EATONVILLE Council Meeting 8-4-2026

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