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we'll refresh we'll refresh when it's
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to yeah that way if any here you
know okay good evening everybody it is

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5:30 it is uh December 10th uh 2024 and
at this time I will call our city

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council meeting to order uh and then we
will do pledge allegiance and invocation

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will be given by our second war council
member and vice mayor Mr Freddy

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Dancy Mr E sign

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himself i al to the flag of the United
States of America and to the Republic

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for which it stands one nation under God
indivisible with liberty and justice

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can you hear me out there thank you
thank you so uh as this year come to an

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end I just like uh everyone to you know
think about this past year uh 2024 it's

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a lot of things went on throughout this
country throughout this uh United States

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of America look look at those who uh had
difficulties um with we had a lot of

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tornadoes a lot of weather hurricane so
those who lost a lot and uh keep those

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in your prayer keep those people in your
prayer for the loss they had some lost

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family members during that time so I
just want you to keep those in your

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prayer and think about all those who who
who had difficulties let's pray dear

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dear heavenly father the holiday season
can be quite a trial and even a deep

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sadness to many people especially those
that are alone at this time perhaps

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having a lost having lost a loved one
through death or divorce or for some

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other reason draw very close we pray to
those that are long and lonely over with

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this holiday time may they discover
closeness in their relationship with uh

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you that perhaps they did not enjoy
enjoy before thank you that you can that

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you are a God who is able to sympathize
with all others weaknesses

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disappointments and difficulties knowing
that you have walked this Earth before

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before us and have been tested in
similar ways so that you understand what

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it it means to be alone and isolated
Comfort the lonely console The Grieving

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support the weak give Grace To The
Afflicted and reassure those who have

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allowed fear to invade this their peace
with the certainty that you are their

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every present help in time of trouble
this we ask in Jesus name amen amen

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and uh Madam
clerk think we have some other business

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to take care

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of chrisy May Davis will you come

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down please raise your right hand do you
solemnly swear to support the

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Constitution of the United States the
Constitution of this state and

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Faithfully perform the duties of fifth W
council person in and for the city of

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Jackson the county of Jackson and the
state of Michigan to the best of your

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ability so help you guide yes I do
congratulations thank you you're

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[Applause]
welcome welcome to the other side of the

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podium at this time we will move to item
number four uh Madam clerk if you'll

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proceed with a roll call please mayor
Daniel Mahone present council member

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Arlene Robinson present
vice mayor Freddy Dancy

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present council member anal tun present
council member Conor wood present

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council member chrisy May Davis present
council member will

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forgrave thank you madam clerk uh next
I'll be looking for a motion in support

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for an adoption of the
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second it's been moved and supported any
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favor say I I all oppose the

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same and sounds like the motion
passes that will bring us down to item

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number six presentation presentations
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proclamations and we have none
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number seven uh we have no public
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number eight which is citizen
comments and I will start as we always

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do which is with uh reading the rules
for speaking before the city council uh

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number one each speaker will state their
name and address prior to addressing

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Council number two each speaker is
limited to up to three minutes before

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addressing the council excuse me before
the citizen comment portion of the

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meeting council members will not debate
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three each speaker should be polite and
courteous to the council and members of

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the public in attendance while any
member is while any speaker is free to

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express his or her opinion on any
subject no speaker may direct personal

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attacks at any member of the staff or
Council unrelated to the manner in which

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they perform their duties use obscene
language while addressing the city

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council or engage in disruptive or
disorderly behavior during a council

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meeting number four should any speaker
cause a breach of the piece through

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their conduct the mayor May declare the
speaker out of order number five if a

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speaker is declared out of order by the
mayor and refuses to cease and assist

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from disruptive or disorderly conduct
the mayor May order the person removed

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from the meeting number six each speaker
may speak once under public comment and

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may not yield their time two
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Smith sorry sorry goad okay my name is
Joel Smith 1038 South grenell Street and

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I'm a Jackson Community member here to
speak on the results of the past

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election with the election of President
like Donald Trump I'm scared for the

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rights of both myself and those I care
for that they will be taken away I'm

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scared for my trans and queer friends
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May face increased discrimination as a
result of the doctrine I suppose ideal

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uh project 2025 which will permit
discrimination on the basis of gender

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identity and sexual orientation I'm
scared for my friends who are in unions

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and who work on minimum wage as the
proposed exemptions to labor laws like

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those that cover minimum wage and the
right to form a union could be suspended

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under certain state and local wide
exemptions I am scared for really the

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city of Jackson there is proposed cuts
to both the EPA and funding for you know

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projects that help keep us safe like
replacing the lead service lines which

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are still in place which carry our water
today like for instance reclassifying

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the pasas forever chemicals which have
horrifying effects on like people should

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they be even in proximity reclassified
as non-hazardous substances which would

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also delay the clean up of them and I'm
simply scared for the rights and dignity

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of everyone in town that will be
violated and ripped away should any of

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these policies go into place so the
question I ask to you council is what

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are you going to do to protect us what
is your goal in keeping Jackson safe

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that's

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all Mr John C

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King thank you Mr Mayor John King 233
Street here in the city um as far as

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that comment um what happened in the
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Administration compared to the Biden
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Clinton prosecuted with a bunch of fake
charges and stuff like President Trump

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was no um I mean there's just so much
stuff uh the January 6 stuff was you

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know there's still going to be Fallout
from there so um you know I've heard

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that comment multiple times uh the last
couple of meetings that people oh I'm so

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scared for the people that I love and
stuff and uh uh there are a lot of

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people that uh on the um January 6 uh
commission that a lot of them probably

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should be looked into now the the
they're saying oh maybe they'll all get

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pardons from Biden and um I I was
wondering why the time change uh why it

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wasn't put on Facebook or in more uh on
the website more Vi uh displayed where

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everyone could see it um it it's finally
nice that there's an elected official in

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the Fifth Ward um I had talked about
that uh the Third Ward uh couple

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meetings ago mentioned oh I started
December 1st well she started a new term

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so you know there's why this stuff the
City attorney polls is nonsense you know

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uh oh doesn't make sense if this and
that um I had done a

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foer uh about shelanda Hunt's like uh um
her all the uh signings that she had

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pretty much all the information was uh
Whited out now if you remember when

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Derek does did his thing be careful what
you sign um then eventually a bunch of

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people uh got set nasty things so that
was an illegal thing done there um I

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mean I I even talked with Deb no she
said oh I'll email you she never did so

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I think the city attorneys off must have
taken the um summer off and so now but

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now the current uh council member was
glad to start in

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December uh you know I was told she's
got John King uh A derangement

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syndrome um you know even on uh ke
Hamilton had posted

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something uh where I made the comment
that a lot of the athletic facilities at

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the school were
donated and kha said not entirely my

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council member now liked it
just and there was no truth to what

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Kesha said so you I think maybe my uh
council member is a stupid white woman

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at times I it's just really bad thank
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uh Laura

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schuy in case you don't know me I'm
Laura Schley 759 West Michigan Avenue

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welcome to the other side of the podium
I know thank you it's kind of nice over

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here Freddy did a really nice meeting on
last night it was very informative thank

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you
Freddy there was a nice program that the

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city has that I as a landlord am hoping
to take advantage

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of uh but my main reason is to
congratulate Christie you did a nice job

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on your campaign I think I've seen a lot
of follow through and I hope it

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continues I like the detail and uh your
presence and your attention to the

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people within your ward so thank you for
running and congratulations on your win

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that's all thanks

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I think that concludes our citizen
comments uh brings us down to item

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number nine our consent calendar looking
for a motion and

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support got fast out here it's been
moved and seconded uh any

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discussion seeing or hear none the clerk
will call Ro mayor Mahoney yes council

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member Robinson yes yes vice mayor Dancy
yes council member gun yes council

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member wood yes council member Davis yes
council member for grave

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yes consent calendar pass brings us down
to other business of which we have none

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brings us down to item number 11 new
business item a looking for a motion in

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support to approve a resolution to
exercise the city's right of refusal

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under excuse me under PA 123 of
1999 by

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declining 809 South Blackstone

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Street it's beenin moved and supported
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discussion seeing or hearing none clerk
will call the role councilman member

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Robinson yes vice mayor Dancy yes
council member gun yes council member

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wood yes council member Davis yes
council member forgrave yes mayor

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yes okay uh that brings us down to uh
council member comments uh we will start

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with the uh vice

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mayor thank you Mr Mayor just uh com
holiday seasons be safe enjoy family

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friends loved ones um thank each and
everyone for coming out 24 was a I

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believe was a good year was a great year
I think 25 is going to be even better uh

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so I look forward hopefully to see
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January I don't know the date M January
14th happy New Year Merry Christmas

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you're not supposed to say Merry
Christmas Merry Christmas to all and to

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all a good

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night council member

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Robinson bouncing around on us okay um I
don't have much but I do want to wish um

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all Jackson residents uh happy
holidays um be safe enjoy your

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family um and thank you to the staff and
um all of

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my peers here uh I think we had a pretty
good year 2024 as far as conducting our

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business but many thanks and happy
holidays to everyone thank

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you council member
G thank you Mr Mayor so welcome christe

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it's nice to have you here and I look
forward to working with you and um I

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really appreciate your comments tonight
about your invocation actually and I

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have thought that's been heavy on my
mind too all the people who are lonely

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have experienced lost have um don't have
people to celebrate with and um you know

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that if we just keep those folks in your
thoughts reach out to somebody that you

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haven't talked to in a while um and
happy holidays to everybody from council

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member

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gun council member wood thank you Mr
Mayor um Christie welcome it's good to

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see you up here um happy Hanukkah merry
Christmas happy New Year that's all

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thank you Mr mayor council member for
grave thank you Mr Mayor uh first I'm

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sorry I was late today actually if I
wouldn't have sped on the way here I

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might have missed the whole thing at
this rate but um

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sorry Mr invocation but I'm excited to
work with you um Christy so welcome and

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Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas to
everybody council member

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Davis thank you very much I am super
excited to be here um Merry Christmas

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Happy New Year to everybody I do have
some family and friends if I can say

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something real quick about that that
came to support me tonight um got my of

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course my beautiful daughter my parents
my sister

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got a couple from my church um and my
old pastor and his wife um lots of other

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people I've grown up with several people
that have supported me and I super want

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to appreciate um officer Brendan trip
that is here in the back row um he

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suffered through a very long 12-hour
shift one night this summer uh having me

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tag along in the car and I just I really
appreciate it and I really appreciate

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all my friends and family and community
coming to support me tonight so thank

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you very

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much all right um so
uh vice mayor very very good Ward

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meeting um I agree the information was
great uh the questions were great um it

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is always good to hear our uh citizens
perspective and ideas on uh the

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decisions that we make or should be
making and uh some ideas are are good

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some ideas are not uh but it's always
good to hear them um thank everybody out

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there for coming uh tonight thank you
for being here uh Christy uh welcome

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council member Davis um and look forward
to serving with you and I just want to

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reiterate again how how much of a
pleasure it is to be able to uh serve

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with all of you guys uh I hope that each
and every one of your families has as a

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uh phenomenal holiday season uh whatever
holiday you choose to celebrate uh our

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household celebrates Christmas so I will
too say Merry Christmas um but I'll also

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say happy K Quanza um celebrate all of
the holidays I look forward to the New

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Year look forward to serving with each
and every one of you in this upcoming

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year um and hope that everybody has a
safe uh and wonderful uh holiday and

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see y'all next year Mr city manager yeah
councilwoman Davis it's going to be an

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honor to work with you work for you
serve you as you um uh serve the

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residents of the Fifth Ward it's nice to
go from strength to strength of the

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citizens of the Fifth Ward um will be
will be greatly served by that and as

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you learn your role and get information
please do not hesitate to ask questions

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ask followup questions ask questions
you've asked before but already forgot

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gotten we are here to serve you hey it
it happens you're as a as a as a council

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person you have a lot coming at you all
the time um but we are here we have your

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back we're here to support you and we
want to make sure you have a successful

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term as fifth W council member thank you
is this your parents right here in the

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front row yes so uh myself mom and uh
John Willis all got the memo that

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tonight was burgundy night um
nobody else is able to be included in

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tonight's picture except for us three um
at this time uh looking for a motion to

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adjourn see y'all next

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year oh wait don't don't go home yet
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and as Jonathan said earlier you are
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