[0:00] shows, but I'm talking about Caring
Place in Florence today. I'm a retired
[0:05] teacher that had to retire early because
my mom had dementia and needed help. So,
[0:11] I made a difference with children when I
was younger and now I'm trying to make a
[0:16] difference with the elderly in the shows
while I'm older also. I'm volunteer with
[0:22] the board of Caring Place. I'm in charge
of fundraising and we are not a lazy
[0:27] board. You can see that we've just had
the tour of homes recently. We pledged
[0:31] to earn a thou $100,000 a year to help
keep Caring Places doors open. I also am
[0:38] the facilitator for the caregiver
support group and grief group and that
[0:43] is free to anybody in the shells area
that needs to come to us. It is not just
[0:48] if you belong to Caring Place. Caring
Place is the only adult day center in
[0:55] Florence or the Scholes area or the
surrounding area. In fact, we're the
[1:00] only adult day center in the United
States with gold certification in
[1:05] monastery techniques to take care of
them. I could do a seminar for you
[1:09] today, but in a nutshell that says that
we're looking for the things that they
[1:13] are capable of still doing instead of
the things they can't accomplish
[1:17] anymore. We take care of people with
dementia and I don't know if you know it
[1:21] or not but there are over 120 different
kinds of dementia with Alzheimer's being
[1:27] the most prevalent of those. Uh the
frail elderly, the caregivers and this
[1:33] will tickle you a little bit. Uh we take
care of the loved ones so that they can
[1:39] get away from the caregivers sometimes
too. You know, you don't think about
[1:43] that. We are open Monday through Friday
from 9 until 5, but we make special
[1:49] exceptions if someone needs help with
some other time. Right now, we're
[1:54] working on some care for the weekends.
Um, I speak to all four city councils. I
[2:01] speak to the two county commissions. And
what I'm telling you is there's not
[2:06] enough for the elderly in our area.
Okay? Um, we have assisted living and uh
[2:13] nursing homes for more advanced cases.
We have senior citizen centers and y'all
[2:19] have a wonderful one in Florence for the
people that are well enough to go. We
[2:25] have Meals on Wheels, which is just
income oriented, so everybody's not even
[2:31] eligible to get that. And we have a
wonderful NIKOG that gives us 25
[2:36] scholarships a year for $2,500
of care for 25 individuals. And that
[2:43] breaks down to about 4 and a half months
of care uh two days a week, four hours a
[2:49] day for them. So that's it. That's all
there is. We have people coming from
[2:55] Huntsville to look at us when they are
um working in Huntsville but want
[3:00] cheaper living. And if they have
elderly, they don't come to us because
[3:05] we don't have the little uh individual
homes that move to assisted living that
[3:12] move on seamlessly to nursing home. We
also have people moving from this area
[3:17] to places like Priceful to get that kind
of [clears throat] care. We're behind,
[3:22] folks.
Uh there have been a lot of emphasis
[3:27] lately on children, battered women, the
homeless, pickle ball, and animals,
[3:34] which are all very important causes. But
the elderly are the people that built
[3:41] this town, paid their taxes, and worked
hard. And it's time for us to help them,
[3:47] too. The first several years that I
visited the council, they gave me
[3:52] $5,000.
And then Hester Ko came onto
[3:55] [clears throat] our board and she took
my hand and said, "We're going to see
[3:59] the mayor and we're going to get
$50,000." And I was like, "I'll come
[4:03] with you, but we won't get $50,000." But
we did that year. We did. The next year
[4:09] we received 25,000 from Florence and
they encouraged um Senator Meltson to
[4:15] give us 25 so that we still had our
$50,000.
[4:19] This year I've requested $50,000 from
y'all because I haven't heard from
[4:23] Senator Meltson even though I've asked
for his help. Um we appreciate
[4:29] everything that's given to us, but we do
need money to keep our doors open. We're
[4:34] one of the few things y'all have right
now in the area for the elderly. We try
[4:39] to give back to the city um because you
help us. We just had the holiday tour of
[4:45] homes which sold about 500 tickets uh
and it spotlighted Florence and Muscle
[4:51] Shows this year.
We usually have between 20 and 25
[4:56] clients at Caring Place and everyone
entering our program has a terminal
[5:02] illness. So we are like a revolving door
with people always um joining and
[5:08] leaving us due to the need for more
skilled care or loss of life. Right now
[5:13] we have 16 people in our group that are
from Lauderdale County.
[5:19] We hope again that you will decide to
earn um to award us money that will help
[5:25] us keep our doors open. And I just
wanted to give you a quick synopsis of
[5:30] what has happened to us because you're a
new board and I don't know that you know
[5:34] that we were in the Brandon Center and
we had invested $350,000
[5:39] in the structure and we read in the
newspaper that uh the hospital had
[5:45] bought that and that we no longer had a
place to go. So, we've been coming back
[5:49] from the dust [clears throat]
since then. From the time the hospital
[5:53] was built until it'll be 3 years uh this
March that we've been open. We have been
[5:59] finding a place that we own, renovating
it. We don't owe anything own it and
[6:05] just trying to keep our doors open. So,
thank you for listening to me. Do you
[6:10] have any questions?
And thank you.
[6:14] » Thank you, Miss Nelly, Mr. Jordan.
[6:27] » Good afternoon. I have one item. It's
item C and we are basically I think Mr.
[6:33] Kun brought this. Hobart has changed
names to Albrand service. So, this is to
[6:39] um do some prevented maintenance on our
ice machines. [snorts] And we have 12
[6:44] and this will be done twice a year for a
total of $590 um at each location for a
[6:50] little over $7,000 for total. Any
questions about that?
[6:58] » Thank you.
>> Thank you,
[7:00] Mr. Batson.
[7:17] I'm here to discuss a project that's
been going on for a long time. Uh
[7:22] I know it was at least
prior to 2015. Uh but it's it's uh a
[7:30] project that is uh being done by the
state and the state's paying the
[7:36] majority a of the funding 80% and the
city will be paying 20%.
[7:42] But the resolution is to approve the
revised utility and construction
[7:46] agreement for a federal aid project,
the addition of a center turn lane and
[7:53] pedestrian facilities on Rickwood Road
from Chisum Road to Helton Drive,
[8:00] including the Tennessee Southern
Railroad
[8:03] crossing between the city and the
between the city of Florence and the
[8:08] state of Alabama. the funding turns out
to be 80% federal money and 20% city
[8:15] money.
Um, you know, so that's basically what
[8:20] we're dealing with. Now, the project is
is going to really widen the street. Um,
[8:29] you know, they're what what the plan is
is they're going to have a 12- foot wide
[8:35] shared use path on one side and on the
other side they're going to have
[8:40] sidewalks and everything. So, uh, uh,
you know, a lot's going into this, but
[8:46] uh, you know, the funding u again is 80%
state and 20% city. Any
[8:58] questions?
>> What's What's the timeline of this bill?
[9:05] » Well, I mean, it's it's going to be a
significant project. I don't know how
[9:08] long it'll take, but uh um
and just for future uh understanding of
[9:16] this when when you deal with the state,
I mean, you know, they uh they're
[9:20] meticulous about it. And um
[clears throat] and I'm not kidding when
[9:26] I when I say that when we first started
working on this, it was before 2015.
[9:32] Uh and they got, you know, got to be
working on it, uh you know, pretty
[9:37] earnestly, but uh still, you know, it's
it's from 2015 to 2025, man. We're up to
[9:44] well, we're getting close to 11 years
right now. So, it's just uh the state
[9:50] the state moves a little bit different
from everybody else.
[9:56] » Bill, is this one of those projects? We
had one that came up last year like this
[10:00] that kind of caught the council off
guard and this being mostly a new
[10:05] council. Um, when we deal with the state
on these 8020s, is this one of those
[10:11] where our 20 will become due when the
state closes out the project
[10:18] » and it could be in future budgets when
that happen?
[10:21] » I don't know how to answer that. I I
really I wished I did, but uh um
[10:27] you know there could be fluctuations in
in cost. Now, I think that's uh the
[10:32] state's usually pretty good about this
being a representative cost, but uh um
[10:38] you know, I just you know, a lot of
these questions I don't know how to
[10:40] answer. Yeah.
>> But I I can tell you that uh because
[10:44] we've got an interest in it and uh
>> you know, there's a lot I mean, we'll be
[10:49] out there checking it every day.
[10:55] Bill, quick question. This is uh this is
like the final phase. We've relocated
[10:59] all the utilities. It was an NPO project
is what it began as, right? Metropolitan
[11:04] Planning Organization. Nik I don't know
Niko administer NPO. Is that how that
[11:08] works? And so it's been through several
phases. They've relocated all the
[11:12] utilities. They've done lots of
preliminary work, engineering work,
[11:16] utility relocation. So this is the final
phase of a project that it didn't just
[11:20] now start. It's had a lot of effort
going into
[11:23] » it's been it's been going on since
before 2015. This is the the the final
[11:28] step to to wrap it up. Right.
>> So, it's not the only work that's been
[11:32] done. It's the final steps, stages of
work.
[11:34] » Yes.
>> Right.
[11:38] » Any other questions?
>> Thank you, Chief
[11:45] Anderson.
>> Good afternoon. I have one item this
[11:50] afternoon. It's 11.
And this is a a pretty standard
[11:54] straightforward. It's a memorandum of of
understanding between the city of
[11:58] Florence and Industrial Emergency
Services. Uh they have basically are
[12:03] needing access for facility usage to our
training center. Uh there's a couple of
[12:08] the props on the drill field. They're
not wanting to use the building itself.
[12:11] They're just wanting access to the
restroom facilities. Uh and a couple of
[12:15] the props that we have on the drill
field. And they're going to be um
[12:19] conducting some training for some
industrial locations in and around the
[12:23] industrial park area. and they have
identified at this point uh two separate
[12:27] weeks, a total of 10 days in the month
of January that they would like to do
[12:31] this and there is a a reimbursement cost
per day to the city uh for their usage
[12:35] of $500 per day. Any questions?
>> Okay, thank you.
[12:41] » Okay, thank you Mr. Cole.
[12:52] » Good afternoon. I have one item on the
agenda. It's item F. It's a contract
[12:56] with Alabama Painting Incorporated. Uh
it's in the amount of 40 $4,500
[13:04] per eight hour shift. Uh we do
anticipate this to take two shifts, so
[13:08] roughly $9,000. And this is for uh the
cleaning of the pump pits um at the
[13:14] Cypress Creek wastewater treatment
facility.
[13:18] Any questions?
>> Thank y'all.
[13:21] » Thank you.
Chief,
[13:28] » good afternoon. I only have one item. It
is item B on the regular agenda.
[13:34] That is a resolution to approve a
contract with Motorola uh solutions to
[13:38] furnish everything that we need uh for
body cam camera and video cloud storage
[13:44] subscription for the city of Florence
Police Department. It's a 5-year
[13:47] contract. Year one is $99,000 which has
been budgeted. Uh years two through five
[13:53] is $125,000
which will be absorbed within my budget
[13:56] as well. Any questions?
[14:02] » Thank you.
>> Okay. Thank you,
[14:05] [clears throat]
>> Mr. Mason.
[14:15] » Good evening. I've got two items on the
agenda. Uh both are emergency repairs to
[14:22] uh pay an invoice for Crouch and Suns
Plumbing. Uh the beginning of October,
[14:27] we had a water leak in the restrooms on
the first, second, and third floor of
[14:31] City Hall. Uh and then at the end of
October, we had a leak in the mechanical
[14:36] room behind the women's restroom on the
first floor that was leaking into the
[14:39] basement. And that those were emergency
repairs that had to be made.
[14:43] » And they all fixed up.
>> All fixed up.
[14:45] » Okay. Any questions?
>> Thank you.
[14:49] » Thank you,
>> Mr. Kils.
[14:56] » Did I miss? Oh, I'm sorry. I'm sorry.
I'm sorry. Sorry, Mr. Collier.
[15:05] [cough]
[clears throat]
[15:08] » Good afternoon.
>> Good afternoon.
[15:12] » Good afternoon.
Well, I'm here uh as a citizen of
[15:18] Florence uh that um don't really live
here much because of the work I do, but
[15:26] I get a lot of calls from citizens of
Florence regarding CDBG.
[15:32] My background is I run a u I'm the chief
executive officer of a nonprofit in
[15:37] Mississippi. I do about $10 million
worth of federal grants every year.
[15:43] Uh, I interface with CDBG programs year
in and year out. And when I get calls
[15:50] in my office in Mississippi from people
in Florence because they feel as if
[15:54] they're not getting
um serviced by CDBG grants. And I'm
[16:01] looking at about $40,000 in resolutions
that will probably be approved this
[16:07] evening. Um it it's a uh there's an
abundance of concern.
[16:14] Uh you know CDBG is is developed by low
lowincome and moderate income
[16:19] communities.
Therefore the monies that are attributed
[16:24] to uh Florence and I think Florence is a
uh municipality that is uh entitled. Is
[16:31] that correct?
Anybody?
[16:36] None of you all know. Okay, thank you.
But I think this is an entitled
[16:41] community and the people who live in
Florence are entitled to give services.
[16:50] I spoke with uh
a couple of citizens just last week that
[16:56] had been sumearily approved to get some
services and then they were told that
[17:02] they couldn't get them. I called your
CDBG director, Miss Bailey.
[17:09] Uh, and she didn't return my call. So,
when you don't call, I come. That's why
[17:14] I'm here.
There's something uh broken
[17:21] broken
in reference to how this program is
[17:25] being operated. And I have several
questions and I'm sure I won't get any
[17:31] answers from the responses I have gotten
thus far. Um, but one thing is there
[17:37] should be a citizens committee. Is there
a citizens committee that heads up CDBG
[17:45] for monthly or quarterly meetings from
the low and moderate income communities?
[17:52] Um maybe you don't know but there should
be a committee that answers to the
[17:59] citizens who actually are
the generators of this entitlement
[18:07] monies namely West Florence
and some parts of East Florence
[18:16] but I don't think it's being done
properly. you know, when I lived here,
[18:21] uh, just transparency for 15 years, I
ran federal programs at Community Action
[18:27] of Northwest Alabama.
So, my my teeth have been cut for the
[18:32] last 30 years all over uh the southeast
and the eastern seabboard running these
[18:40] programs. They're not new to me. So when
I hear people call and say and and I
[18:46] speak with someone from the agency that
does the work and say that I was 99%
[18:52] sure I was going to help this person,
but when I sent it to the CDBG office,
[18:57] it was denied.
Something's wrong.
[19:02] Sometimes people are given too much
power. You agree with that
[19:08] male title?
I think we're in a vacuum in America
[19:12] right now where people have g given too
much power and they're not really being
[19:18] reigned in properly. Now, I know Miss
Bailey has run this uh division for I
[19:26] know at least 20 years. When Mayor I was
in office, she was here. Uh my first
[19:32] encounter was her taking a grant from a
senior computer program in West Florence
[19:40] with no recourse or no feedback to me
when I asked
[19:45] what happened. And so apparently she
still operates the same way. So, council
[19:50] like without uh being uh long winded and
I could I'm I'm simply here to say that
[19:56] you're tasked with doing a job that
serves the city of Florence, not
[20:01] segments of Florence.
And when people are in need,
[20:07] their unit is out, their windows are
leaking, whatever it may be, and they
[20:12] are qualified for these programs, they
should get the service. I don't know if
[20:18] you agree or not, but I think they
should. So, as the the working body that
[20:25] runs this city, you know, I always says
and always have said if Florence worked
[20:31] for everybody, as beautiful as the
landscape is, this would be a great
[20:37] place to live.
But it doesn't.
[20:41] So, I just come and I realize nothing
will change if nothing changes.
[20:47] But it's incumbent upon you all
as the leaders, the fidiciary agents of
[20:53] this city to make sure that all citizens
in this city are treated fairly and even
[21:00] to the point that when they are denied a
service through CDBG programs, they are
[21:07] supposed to get a letter explaining why
they were denied. And every citizen I've
[21:12] asked has never gotten a letter. Now,
you may need training.
[21:19] You may need a workshop. You may need to
go to DC or to Atlanta
[21:26] to become versed and how these programs
operate. You may need me to come and do
[21:33] a workshop with you for a whole day and
give you a particulars of how community
[21:39] development block grants work. Now, I
see she's given about $40,000 out and
[21:45] the least amount is to the most needed,
the homeless, $3,000.
[21:51] Something wrong with that picture.
So, as I take my seat,
[21:58] I'm going to ask you all to search
within yourselves.
[22:02] And if you know anything about Matthew
25:34-42,
[22:09] you should attempt
as the leaders of this city to
[22:15] understand
that it says, "When I was hungry, you
[22:20] fed me. When I was clotheless, you
clothed me. When I was without a place
[22:26] to live, you housed me. When I was sick,
you came to see about me.
[22:33] And the question will be asked, well,
when did we do this? Y'all know the
[22:37] scripture. I'm sure some of you. He
said, when you did it unto the least of
[22:41] these, you did it also unto me.
And visav he will say the same thing to
[22:47] those who didn't do anything.
But the end is depart from me, you
[22:52] workers of iniquity.
and there will be a continual fall into
[22:58] the abyss. Bless you all. Have a good
evening. I hope somebody heard what I
[23:02] said and began to treat the citizens of
Florence with equity no matter who they
[23:07] are, where they live, and what they look
like.
[23:10] » Thank you.
[23:14] » And just a a clarification, it we wasn't
ignoring you. We just don't have
[23:18] dialogue back and forth. Okay, Mr.
Coons.
[23:28] Good afternoon. I have four things on
the agenda. The first two are service
[23:31] contracts with Thompson Tractor Company
to come to first one solid waste and
[23:36] recycle. The second one is street
department to work on our machinery. Uh
[23:40] they we do this every year kind of
general services contract what they're
[23:44] going to charge. They go up on us about
every year. So these are just general
[23:48] contracts to come out work on the stuff.
A lot of our caterpillar stuff we use
[23:51] every day. Any questions on those two?
Okay. The next item 11K is a contract
[23:58] with CSG40 Payments, Inc. We had a
Square at the landfill, that little
[24:02] thing that you put on an iPad to take
credit cards for tipping fees at the
[24:06] landfill. We've had a lot of trouble
with it. We've gone through three of
[24:08] them. Uh connectivity is bad. So, we got
with it and came up with a new system
[24:13] here with our software company, which is
the one that's on this um
[24:19] agenda item here. And it's just a way
for people to charge at the landfill.
[24:23] This one will be hardwired. It'll be
about a $450 machine. It should work a
[24:27] lot better than what we've had.
Questions on that one?
[24:30] » Yes.
>> Will it capture the fees for us?
[24:34] » It will. Yeah.
>> Okay.
[24:36] » Yeah, they'll do everything and then
they're charging a 3.2% credit card
[24:40] usage fee.
>> Perfect. Thank you.
[24:42] » To the consumer or whoever's using it.
Other questions? And then finally, item
[24:48] 12 C regular agenda is the purchase of a
2024 air burner from the city of
[24:51] Gadston. City of Gadston has bought this
machine uh to use. They lost their place
[24:57] to put it and so it is they declared it
through their council a surplus piece of
[25:02] equipment. I had budgeted in our solid
waste budget $260,000 for this machine.
[25:07] They're going to sell it to us for
$28,000. I will still have to pay about
[25:11] $78,000 to move it here by the local guy
that'll go pick it up and set it up in
[25:17] Industrial Park at the Starky Drive
property. We're saving quite a bit of
[25:21] money buying this thing. It's still
under warranty. It's in good shape. It
[25:23] has eight hours on it. Um and so we
followed the code, went through Mr.
[25:28] Muskro and made sure we did everything
right. So, uh it is under is less than
[25:32] fair market value. So, uh saves quite a
bit of money on what is a practically
[25:37] new machine. But this will go at Starky
Drive. We have already received the
[25:40] permit from ADM to operate it and it it
came through the public works committee
[25:44] the other day. Any questions on that
item?
[25:49] » Thank you very much.
>> Thank you.
[26:06] » How are you all this afternoon? Are you
ready for me, Katrine?
[26:13] » Yes.
[26:19] » I'm sorry. I didn't I didn't have the
other page.
[26:22] » You're good. I have a few items on the
agenda tonight. The first one is 11 L.
[26:29] And this is a non-disclosure agreement
between the city of Florence,
[26:34] Toyota, and TVA. This is concerning our
Mercury solar project that we're doing
[26:39] with the other 11 local power companies.
And this is just kind of the next step
[26:44] the project for TVA. We've signed a
flexibility agreement and this is just
[26:47] the next step for TVA.
Any questions about that?
[26:53] Okay. Next, I have this is kind of a
yearly contract that we do. Um, North
[26:59] Alabama Drillin.
This is just a contract to continue
[27:04] services with them for any locations
that we do not have the equipment to do
[27:08] drill through solid rock and so they
have the equipment to do that. So this
[27:13] is a we contract with them there. We
don't use them but a few times a year
[27:16] but we like keeping it in place because
when we need it we need it and we don't
[27:21] want to have to wait to get the contract
signs. This is just a yearly thing that
[27:23] we do every year to keep in place as
needed.
[27:29] Next I have
um Geosource. We have a our old
[27:35] warehouse building. We've just had some
issues with some of the
[27:41] people staying sick all the time. So we
are going to perform an air quality
[27:47] test on this building and they are
handling all that for us. Then after we
[27:51] get that back, we can evaluate it and
determine what to do next. But this is
[27:55] just the initial air quality test.
And the last two are kind of the same
[28:01] thing. These are kind of our yearly
agreements. Um, Robert Potsman
[28:05] businesses all brand. This is for our
ice machines. This is just our yearly
[28:08] renewal for them to do maintenance on
our ice machines that are out of
[28:12] warehouse. And then maintenance plus the
same. Our yearly renewal for them to do
[28:18] maintenance on our HVAC units as needed.
We are getting a lot of these at the end
[28:23] of the year. [laughter]
Any questions?
[28:28] » Okay. Thank you.
>> Thank you,
[28:32] » Miss Bailey.
[28:53] What questions can I answer for you
regarding the contracts for community
[28:56] development block grant?
[29:01] You and I had a conversation a few years
back and I was asking about the
[29:06] flexibility of those grants and you said
in the application process that
[29:11] generally those are earmarked and
required to be used based on the grant
[29:16] application.
Did I interpret that correctly? So, for
[29:20] the contracts that you are approving
tonight or will take up for um
[29:25] consideration tonight, those are public
service contracts. Public services are
[29:30] capped at 15% of the overall grant that
we receive, which is $320,000 this year.
[29:36] Remember that CUBG is a formula grant,
which means that annually that um
[29:42] formula grant could change, but
generally it sits between 320 and
[29:47] $325,000.
It's based on your low moderate income
[29:51] population of your entire city, not a
particular section of your city. Some of
[29:56] you probably know that all districts
have low moderate income individuals
[30:03] residing in them. Low moderate income
areas generally speaking lie within the
[30:09] West Florence, East Florence, and North
Florence areas.
[30:14] As far as public services go, that 15%
cap hits at exactly $48,000.
[30:21] This year, these applicants received
100% of what they requested.
[30:34] Any other questions?
[30:40] Anything?
[30:43] Please, I invite you to to ask all the
questions that you have. Ju
[30:47] » just for point of clarification, you did
receive some money for some housing
[30:51] redevelopment or re um I'm using the
wrong word there. It's
[30:56] » rehabilitation.
>> Yes, housing rehabilitate or residential
[30:59] rehabilitation
>> and and for the leadbased housing
[31:02] rehabilitation. Are we under contract
with community action to administer
[31:06] those grants?
>> We are both of those grants. So the lead
[31:10] hazard grant is approximately 1.4
million and the residential
[31:16] rehabilitation portion of CDBG is
100,000.
[31:21] Both of those contracts are administered
by community action agency as they do
[31:26] have the staff and the experience in
residential rehab. If you look at their
[31:33] weatherization program, if you look at
the lie program,
[31:37] um you can see that their their talent
and expertise matches those programs as
[31:42] they do with residential rehab for this
particular well actually for last year,
[31:49] this year, and the next two years. At a
minimum, the $100,000 in residential
[31:56] rehabilitation money which was presented
to you as a contract in November is the
[32:03] required match to that lead hazard
grant, the 1.2 million. Therefore,
[32:11] residential rehab clients must meet the
qualifications for both the residential
[32:17] rehab program and the leadbased hazards
program. Those qualifications are set by
[32:25] federal law, not by Melissa Bailey, not
by the department, not by the city, not
[32:31] by you all, by the federal government.
>> And it the money is primarily for homes
[32:38] built prior to 1978
that may have leadbased paint in them.
[32:43] » That is correct. The healthy homes
initiative was brought forward in 2023.
[32:48] In the summer, July of 2025, the current
administration, the Trump
[32:53] administration, changed the way that
those funds could be expended, narrowing
[32:59] the requirements, narrowing the
recommendations that could be made,
[33:03] which is why we are required and
subsequently community action as a
[33:08] subreient
must not only qualify their applicants
[33:13] as residential rehabilitation
applicants, but also as lead hazard
[33:19] eligibility
>> and I met with them they because we're
[33:23] under contract with them and they're
they are determining the qualifications
[33:27] and who's qualified for that.
>> Correct.
[33:29] » They they get audited by federal
auditors because of this money.
[33:33] » Correct. We do as well
>> and and it's my understanding from them
[33:36] that that they score very well among the
highest if not the highest for community
[33:42] action equivalents across the state.
That's correct. In their in their
[33:44] audits.
>> That is correct.
[33:46] » Okay. Uh the same for the balance of the
program which is also audited on a
[33:52] annual basis through our department by
the department of HUD
[33:57] » and if they were to be outside the the
the lines or the parameters the
[34:01] restriction they they can they can be
disqualified from future being a
[34:06] subreient of future grants.
>> It's actually worse. Not only would they
[34:10] be disqualified and we would we
potentially would be as well, but there
[34:16] is immediate payback for violating any
rule that is outlined in the code of
[34:22] federal regulations or CFR.
>> I have nothing else. I
[34:26] » I do have a question. Uh speak just to
piggy back off what Mr. Collier said.
[34:31] When someone is denied, do they receive
a letter or could they receive a letter
[34:35] as to why?
>> When they are if they are denied,
[34:41] » they do receive correspondence. That
could be a phone call.
[34:44] » Okay.
>> Um, it could be any manner of
[34:50] consideration.
>> So, does that come from your office or
[34:53] does it come from uh is it community
action?
[34:56] » It does not. It comes from community
action agency.
[35:00] They are our subreient,
>> right?
[35:06] » Anybody else have any questions for her?
>> No. Okay. I would invite you all to
[35:14] contact our office at any time. I would
also invite you and anyone in the
[35:18] audience and anyone listening to visit
the city's website where you can find a
[35:23] copy of our consolidated plan which is a
five-year non-fiscally constrained plan
[35:29] that is required by the office of HUD.
You will also find the annual action
[35:33] plan which is fiscally constrained for
each of the budget years. That budget
[35:38] year begins on May the 1st and ends on
April 30th. You will also find the caper
[35:43] which is our end of the year report. All
of those required by HUD.
[35:51] Anything else?
>> Anything?
[35:55] » Thank you.
>> Thank you,
[35:57] » Mr. Lighty.
[36:13] Good evening. I have two items on the
regular agenda, items D and E, and they
[36:18] are both alcohol
beverage license applications. One for
[36:23] the operation
of a special retail with on premises
[36:27] liquor, beer, and wine by Compass Group
USA incorporated doing business as
[36:31] Chartwells
located at 701 North Pine Street,
[36:35] Florence, Alabama.
which is Flowers Hall on the UNA campus.
[36:40] So, they're looking for special events
to have alcohol there. And and my
[36:46] understanding is going forward
at a later date, they're looking at also
[36:52] the football stadium and possibly the
baseball stadium is what I'm what I'm
[36:59] being told.
[37:03] Um, the other one is a resolution
proving alcohol beverage license
[37:07] application for the operation of a full
menu restaurant with on premises liquor,
[37:11] beer, and wine by Logan's Roadhouse
Enterprises LLC doing business as
[37:16] Logan's Roadhouse 312 located at 2890
Florence Boulevard, Florence, Alabama.
[37:23] And this is a change of ownership.
[37:28] » All right. Thank you.
>> Thank you.
[37:31] Mr. Bowling.
>> Yes. Um on the regular agenda item 12A,
[37:39] uh it's just this is uh this was on the
previous agenda uh that did not receive
[37:44] immediate consideration. This is a
extension for the Reverb Hotel. Um their
[37:51] contract was ending the 31st of this
month. So it is a contra an eight-month
[37:57] extension to that contract.
[38:04] Thank you,
Mayor Tyler.
[38:09] Thank you, Miss Sim. It's just one item.
It is 11 W and this is a resolution to
[38:16] approve an agreement between the city of
Florence and uh Make Music Day. This is
[38:24] uh for a total of $350. I think this is
a uh
[38:30] a partnership that we engage in,
participate in last couple of years. And
[38:34] what happens is on summer solstice day
that you connect communities through
[38:41] free public music events and we
participate with the Florence Academy of
[38:44] Fine Arts from Florence City Schools and
downtown Florence Alliance, Florence
[38:48] Lauderdale Public Library, UNA and some
other local musicians. So, for a
[38:52] contribution of $350
to this, it helps uh with the website
[38:57] platform, promotes local events, manages
some of the listings, and encourages
[39:00] people to come out and and enjoy this
music that will happen in the summer.
[39:03] So, it will happen uh Sunday, June 21st
for a $350
[39:08] contribution.
>> Great. Thank you.
[39:14] » That's all we have. At least that's all
I have. Am I missing anything?
[39:18] » No, that's it.
>> Okay.
[39:21] Okay. Council, [laughter]
do y'all have anything else to add?
[39:25] Okay, that's all we have right now for
the work session and we will take a
[39:29] break and start back probably at 5:00
pm.