[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.

Dec 16, 2025: Florence Work Session

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