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um learning about the city and so um
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meeting as well.
>> Mayor, would you allow the proud parents

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to stand up?
>> Yeah. Parents of a youth council council

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member stand up, recognize you as well.
Yes. [applause]

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» All right. I think that's all the
pictures, guys. Y'all can sit down now.

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» Thank you.
>> Thank you.

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» [clears throat]
>> Now we have a recognition for a West

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Beamis Middle School student.

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Read your speech.
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» You read your speech.
>> Read your speech.

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» Hello, I am Adrian Kunis. I attend West
Beamis Middle School and I am in eighth

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grade honors classes.
A child is not born with a closed fist.

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They are taught to clench it. While
youth is traditionally viewed as a

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period of growth and potential, this
promise is increasingly fractured by the

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reality of youth violence, a complex
public health crisis involving

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individuals aged 10 to 24 who use force
or power to threaten and harm others.

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From the digital harassment of cyber
bullying to the devastating impact of

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physical assault, these acts are rarely
isolated incidents. Rather, there are

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audible echoes of systemic neglect and
unjust trauma.

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This cycle of aggression does not exist
in a vacuum, but is instead fueled by a

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mix of environmental stress, social
pressure, and a lack of accessibility to

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mental health support. In this essay, I
will explain the causes of youth

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violence as well as what people can do
about youth violence. First, all acts of

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youth violence must have a reason. Some
of these can be started by being in a

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stressful situation. These can include
environmental stress, social stress,

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digital status stress, and more. At its
core, youth violence is often an

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explosive reaction to overwhelming
stress. When a young person is under

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constant pressure, whether from
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or the always on world of social media,
their brains stay in a state of high

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alert. without healthy ways to manage
this pressure. The internal way of

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stress eventually boils over into outer
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Another cause of youth violence can be
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Some people have a role model they look
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someone is stuck with the decision of
whether to follow his or her role

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model's footsteps or to choose a
separate way of living, it can cause

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someone to act out of character. When a
youth lacks a mentor to provide a sense

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of security and a vision for the future,
they are more likely to seek validation

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from high-risisk peer groups or gangs
that offer a false sense of family. In

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these environments, aggression is not
just a choice. It becomes a requirement

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for belonging, leaving the individual
trapped in a cycle of harm simply

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because they had no one to show them a
different path. Finally, people must

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find ways to prevent youth violence
before it begins. On an individual

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level, simply being a consistent and
positive presence for a peer can break

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the cycle of aggression. By modeling how
to handle frustration with words instead

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of force, a mentor provides a blueprint
for emotional maturity. Furthermore, we

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can act by advocating for better mental
health resources and after school

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programs that give young people a safe
place to belong. These programs offer a

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constructive outlet than for energy that
might otherwise be spent in conflict.

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Communities must also prioritize
teaching deescalation skills to ensure

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that minor disagreements do not turn
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The most effective tool against violence
is ensuring that no young person feels

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they must fight alone to be heard or
protected. In conclusion, this essay

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explained the causes of youth violence
as well as what people can do about

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youth violence. While youth is
traditionally viewed as a period of

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growth and potential, this promise is
increasingly fractured by the reality of

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youth violence. a complex public health
crisis involving individuals aged 10 to

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24 who use force or power to threaten
and harm others. From the digital

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harassment of cyber bullying to the
devastating impact of physical assault,

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these acts are rarely isolated
incidents. Rather, there are audible

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echoes of systemic neglect and unjust
trauma.

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[applause]

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» [applause]

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» Good morning everyone.
>> Good morning.

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» Adrien Brancumis is a national
ambassador for Do the Right Thing in

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Jackson, Tennessee. Adrian is a student
at at West Phoenix Middle School. He

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traveled to Washington DC this summer
for the National Summit and he

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represented Jackson, Tennessee. Well,
this program has been in Jackson for 19

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years and we he's a published author.
His essay was printed in the Library of

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Congress this summer. And so that essay
was a blessing to everybody that heard

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it and it was also offered solutions to
youth violence. So I'm the local chair

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and we're proud to be here this morning.
Mr. Daryl Wells is his educator. Uh,

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Miss Boys also, would you please stand?
Miss Bo, the educator of West Middle and

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also his mom is here. Miss Jennifer,
would you please stand? And we have an

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autograph copy of this local uh
presentation for Mayor Conger.

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» Oh, thank you.
>> And thank you for your support for this

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program.
>> What about the council? [laughter]

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» We can it be a traveling copy. We'll
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» We'll bring you copies as well.
>> But that's really good. [applause]

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Good job, young man.

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All right, next up we have a audit
committee's annual report.

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Good morning, Mayor Conger, members of
the city council. Uh, I'm Dr. Martha

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Robinson, chair of the audit committee,
and we're pleased to present our annual

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report as um required by our bylaws.
And this is Miss Christy Cruz.

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Uh we wanted to uh just kind of review
the role of the audit committee for

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those of you who might not be as
familiar with it.

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Uh the audit committee and hopefully you
can read that better than I uh but the

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audit committee's uh role is to provide
support to the audit function. uh

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basically helping to ensure that uh the
audits are reviewed in a timely fashion

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and that we look to seek to identify any
findings uh and address those findings

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and so that is a role that we have uh
played over the last few years. We also

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uh this uh position also um oversees the
internal audit uh position.

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Next slide please.
like to uh introduce uh the members of

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the audit committee. Uh as I said, I'm
Martha Robinson. I serve as chair. Uh

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Miss Marta Wallace, who's city council
[clears throat] member. Uh attorney

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Richard Donnell. Mr. Larry Laurant, also
a city council member. Uh Miss Christy

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Cruzen, CPS CPAs. Uh Mr. Gary Jenkins,
who's an entrepreneur, a business

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leader, and a retired military
personnel. And Mr. Ross Perie who is an

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administrator with Jackson Credit uh
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Okay. Uh so over the last year we had a
very successful year and we are very

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appreciative of the support that we
receive from the administration uh and

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from uh our citizens who often um set in
on our meetings. But we have been very

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productive and this report provides a
highlight of our challenges and

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accomplishments for the year. Uh city
council has received a detailed report

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but if you require additional details
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during the year we were busily engaged
in reviewing the audit findings from the

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FY24 audit. We also looked at
identifying solutions for the findings

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that were identified. uh we worked on
reviewing and developing a plan of

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correction uh with the uh office of the
city recorder and we spent quite a bit

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of time surveying those uh impacted
departments those departments that might

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have had some findings uh linked to
them. So we invited them to come to our

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meetings to help identify what those
issues were and to see how we could be

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of assistance in addressing those and so
we felt that we made great progress in

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doing that. The departments were
extremely cooperative and I think by

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working together we came up with some
workable solutions. Uh our overall goal

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is to prevent repeat findings. Um I've
yet to see a clean audit uh anywhere. Uh

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but the goal is to make sure that you
don't have the same findings repeating

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themselves year after year. So that's
what we have been working towards. And

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when we identified those uh findings and
those uh what we looked at as

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contributing factors, we looked to apply
corrective actions so that you know

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again we could help mitigate those
findings. Slide please.

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And so, uh, again, you know, during the
the past fiscal year, we, um,

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looked at, uh, completing, uh, the FY24
audit, uh, and we, uh, helped to develop

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a corrective action plan, which is, you
know, pretty standard. This is what we

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needed to do. Uh, we looked at, uh,
monitoring the progress of, uh,

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resolving any audit findings, uh, and
strengthening those, um, uh, procedures.

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So, we met with uh uh the city recorder
and others monthly to kind of get an

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update on the progress in terms of
reviewing those audit refining those

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audit findings. And we're very pleased
to report that the city recorders office

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has worked diligently to try to resolve
and rectify those findings. Uh we also

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spent time evaluating uh and uh leading
a comprehensive report or review of the

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city's ethics uh ordinance and looking
for uh an opportunity to uh introduce or

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reintroduce a a complaint process that
would be anonymous. We felt it was

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extremely important that employees uh
city employees as well as the general

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public feel comfortable uh lodging any
complaint that they might have without

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fear of reprisal. Uh we also spent time
evaluating and recommending that

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anonymous reporting system and so we're
pleased that uh the committee um voted

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to approve that measure and we're in the
process now of identifying and

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onboarding the firm that we had
identified that would uh uh serve us

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best in this uh area. uh that firm is
very costefficient and we looked at uh

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economies of scale where we would save
additionally by having them work with

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other departments as well. Uh so we're
very pleased with that. We're also uh

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developing uh the city's uh internal
audit uh program where we're looking at

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uh increasing efficiency so that we
operate a little bit more efficiently

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and effectively. uh and so we did a
complete review of that function uh and

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looked at where we needed to augment uh
various uh activities or various

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responsibilities in order uh to give the
best results uh to the city. Uh we also

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worked on uh establishing uh plans um
that would uh help again increase

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accountability and improve uh
transparency because we feel that's

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extremely important. I think this
administration has done an excellent job

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of trying to uh have a transparent uh
governance system and so we're looking

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at ways to further enhance that. Okay.

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[clears throat]
Uh you move to the next spot. Again, we

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felt comfortable with the process that
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Uh we felt that we're on track uh to um
you know get on and maintain a good

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schedule for those reviews. We had a
little catchup to do, but we feel that

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we're in a good position moving forward.
Next slide, please.

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Yeah. Well, at any rate, uh, and I think
that's the crux of the report. We're

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having a few technical difficulties, but
overall, we felt that we had a very, uh,

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productive year. Uh, we felt that we
were able to, um, initiate and implement

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uh, some measures that would not only
increase efficiency, but uh, allow for

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greater transparency. And we think
that's always very important. Uh we will

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continue to work towards you know
reviewing uh preparing again for the

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next audit uh onboarding uh the internal
auditor and working uh collaboratively

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with them and other departments to
ensure greater uh effectiveness and

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efficiency.
Are there questions?

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» Not a question. I just like to just go
on the record to uh commend [snorts] you

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for your leadership of the committee.
You've done an excellent job on it and I

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want everybody to know about it. Thank
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» Thank you very much.
>> Thank you, Dr. Robinson. The audit

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committee had a lot of work ahead of
you. Uh you've come a long way and so we

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appreciate the work that you're doing
and the committee is doing um every

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month.
>> Thank you.

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» Thank you so much. [applause]

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[cheering]

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Next up, we have invitation for public
comment. And I will start with Mr. Paul

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» Good morning, mayor and council. How are
you all this morning?

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» Uh, first I want to recognize and
appreciate the recent work of the

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planning department and the city as
well. uh as they continue their efforts

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to enforce our existing sign code uh and
address old, abandoned, and dilapidated

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signs throughout our community. Those
efforts are important and I appreciate

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the attention being given to improving
the appearance of our commercial

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corridors. Also recognize that portions
of our sign code are dated and need to

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be revised. So my concern this morning
is not about the idea of updating the

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code. My concern is with several
provisions in the amendment before you

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and whether we understand fully their
impact before adopting them. I want to

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focus today particularly on the SC1
planning uh which is a planned

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commercial development district. SC1 is
specifically intended for shopping

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centers and multi-tenant commercial
developments. The current code

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recognized the unique signage needs of
those properties and allows a

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multi-tenant freestanding sign of up to
250 square feet and 35 ft in height. The

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amendment before you, however, places
SC1 in a table showing the maximum sign

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area of only 16 square ft and a maximum
height of 25 ft while at the same time

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referencing the existing SC1 provisions.
That creates a very basic question for

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me. Which standard applies? If the
existing multi-tenant standard remains,

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the ordinance needs to say that clearly.
If the intent is actually to impose the

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16 square foot limitation, then we
should be then we would be making a

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zoning district designed specifically
for shopping centers, one that is more

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restrictive than any commercial district
in Jackson for signage. I think that

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deserves more review before it becomes
our ordinance.

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I'm also concerned about the proposed
design review language. The amendment

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would allow additional requirements or
restrictions beyond the numerical

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standards contained in the code, but it
does not establish a clear objective

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criteria on how those additional
restrictions are to be applied. That

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introduces a significant degree of
subjectivity to what should otherwise be

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a predictable permitting process. In
fact, the existing sign code itself

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recognizes that aesthetics and design
quality can be difficult to regulate

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because of individual opinions and how
they vary. Finally, I previously

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participated in a multi-industry
stakeholder group, which I've emailed

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you before on this topic that reviewed
the city's earlier efforts to revise the

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sign code. That group provided comments
and recommendations to the planning

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department. Uh however, that group has
not uh been made aware of all of these

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changes and has not had an opportunity
to review these uh the amendment that's

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now before you today
uh or evaluate its potential impacts.

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Again, I support updating the sign code
and I appreciate the work that's gone

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into it, but these are substantive
changes that could affect businesses,

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property owners, redevelopment, and
future commercial investment. I would

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respectfully ask that the council table
this amendment today and allow my uh my

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stakeholder group to have an opportunity
to review and complete the proposal uh

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with planning before it comes for
adoption. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

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» Thank you.
>> Almost perfectly three minutes.

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» I know a little.

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Next up, we have Steve Little.

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Hello everyone.
>> Hello.

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» I'm glad you're here.
>> Appreciate the opportunity to speak on

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behalf of the Legends of Tennessee Music
Museum at the Carnegie. And uh we're

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here to address the situation with the
Tourism Museum grant that you guys have

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put out there for an opportunity that we
might be able to to use that. Um uh we

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have some of our board members here. I
want to make sure that everybody knows

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that they're here. We have
representation.

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We uh I only have three minutes. Is that
is that what I got?

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» Okay. Well,
>> we have now now less than that, right?

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We have a we hit a bump in the road with
the museum. Okay. This has been several

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months ago and we've been addressing
that ever since. And once we hit that

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stumbling block or that that bump in the
road, we had to kind of back up and

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reassess the where we were with the
museum. And what we decided was we were

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going to take this as an opportunity,
not as a stumbling block, not as a bump

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in the road, but an opportunity to make
the museum bigger and better and refocus

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what we really wanted in the museum.
when we put that museum together back in

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2015
and the guys the people that are

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representing or were here with me today,
they were a major part of all of that.

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Uh, and there's a couple people that are
not here that had a major part as well.

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So, our goal is to make this museum
bigger and better. We got to be all

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inclusive. We we focus primarily on Carl
Perkins and uh Denise Lasowl and people

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like that. We did the people that were
really rich in the music history, but

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there's it really goes deeper than that.
We had a lot of local groups that

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performed around here in this area for
years, a long, long time. And we're

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going to make sure that we pay attention
to the local groups that made an impact

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on music. And I'm talking to people like
the Jonians,

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uh, uh,
Sunny Boy Williams, which he was early,

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he was back from the 30s, but we're
going to focus on people like that. It's

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going to be an opportunity for us to
share that rich music history with

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everybody. Um, anyway, so I would
appreciate that you would consider

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voting for this this grant. We need it.
We need it in order to be able to put

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the museum back together because it was
kind of disassembled to some extent, but

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uh and I welcome you if you vote on it.
Even if you don't vote on it, we're

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going to put it back together somehow.
And we we appreciate the opportunity to

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talk to you today.
>> What members are here with you? I'd like

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to see what they look like. [laughter]

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» Very close.
>> You know, I'd like to see that, too. I'm

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not sure [laughter] what y'all stand.
I'm not sure where Derek Grit stands.

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» There he is.
>> The board stand. [laughter]

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» Can the board stand?
>> Y'all stand up.

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» They did.
>> They're requesting you to stand again,

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please. There we go.
>> Yeah, they need to stand up. I want to

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make sure everybody knows that.
>> Yeah. We also have Hope McGregor on the

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board and she's a music person.
Everybody is involved in music that's on

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our board. So, they they have a passion
just like uh that I'm trying to express

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to you guys. And so we we all love the
museum and it's a it's a really really

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important for Jackson, Tennessee.
>> Thank you very much.

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» Thank you.
>> Thank you.

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» Thank you.

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» Moving on to first reading. Uh
>> item one is proposed budget amendment to

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recognize and appropriate $1,562
for insurance recovery for the building

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department.
>> So moved. Second.

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» Motion to second. Discussion from
council. Council, please vote.

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Motion pass 9 to zero.
>> Item two is proposed budget amendment to

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recognize and appropriate $22,26.93
cents to insurance recovery for a storm

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water vehicle.
>> Motion.

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» Second. A motion to second. Discussion
from council. Council, please vote.

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» Motion pass 9 to zero.
>> Item three is proposed budget amendment

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to appropriate $20,000 in e from the e
citation fund for software licensing and

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equipment upkeep.
>> Motion.

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a motion to second discussion.
>> Yes, sir. I'd like uh whoever to speak

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on that, please.
>> So, several uh good morning, mayor and

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council, youth, council,
>> morning.

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» Um several uh uh years ago, a couple of
years ago, you guys adopted uh provision

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that uh established a electronic
citation fee on uh certain cases that

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are handled through city court. uh those
fees are split between uh the court and

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the city and the portion that comes to
the city is actually used for the

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maintenance of the electronic citation
system. A special fund was created and

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the only uh use for any of the funds in
uh in that designation are actually for

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the maintenance of that system. And so
those funds have been building up for a

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couple of years. There's about $26,000
in that fund. Uh right now there are I

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understand Chief Corley a couple of
maintenance needs and a couple of

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software upgrades. And so this is
basically appropriating fund balance

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from that special fund for those
purposes.

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» Thank you, sir.
>> Four and a half minutes.

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» Sorry. Any further discussion?
Council, please vote.

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» Thank you.
>> Motion pass 9 to zero.

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» Sorry, I got you all the way up.
>> No, thank you.

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Item four, proposed budget amendment to
appropriate $889,515.72

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in FY26 VCIF grant funds.
>> Motion

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» second.
>> Motion second discussion.

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» Just somebody explain what G VCIF
>> violent crimes intervention fund.

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» All right. Thank you. And I do that for
the benefit of the young people who are

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here today primarily. Yes.
>> But everybody else as well

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» because we already know but they don't.
>> Any further discussion? Council, please

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vote.
>> Motion passed 9 to zero.

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» Item five, consideration of an ordinance
to amend the text the city of Jackson,

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Tennessee sign code ordinance.
[clears throat]

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» Motion

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have a motion.
>> I'm going to second it for purposes of

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discussion.
>> All right.

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» All right. So, um, you had the materials
pertinent to this sign code amendment.

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Um
the

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uh the section that that Paul referred
to was a was a error that we gave you

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the right version uh before in your
packet. So you have it was a cold over

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from the the district in front of it. So
uh as we said in pre-aggenda, we were

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making some housekeeping changes but
weren't changing uh anything uh in the

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sign code. So that was a that was an
error and we corrected that. So that

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we're not applying a 16 square foot
standard to the SC1. It just refers to

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the section that governs the SC1 as it
does now. So that's uh that's not

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changing. Um as outlined in pre-aggenda,
there's there's only a few changes that

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we made. Um I'll just kind of summarize
them. One was um the design review

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section that that Paul referred to. um
that's always been in place since 19

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from from 2024 when y'all adopted design
guidelines for the city of Jackson. So

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that has always been a part of that. So
we're not adding anything. uh that has

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always been. But you can see in that
textual uh change that where we just

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recognize that uh it says May and and
that's just there because there could be

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instances where um there could be some
additional but in most cases the signs

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are judged by the requirements in the
sign code ordinance. So, um, the permit

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fees, they, uh, were changed because we
adjusted all of our fees because we

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hadn't adjusted them in so many years
and they were way behind. Uh, so that

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was a change.
Um there was a change in who was

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responsible in terms of notice on signs
in terms of inspection and that

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basically was just changed uh to uh
recognize that uh it was the uh sign

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owner uh to notify if there was a change
to the administrator. Um there was a

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change to um one change to the signs uh
for future development and that was a

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again um something that is a small
change but not really a change. Uh the

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signs that were out there development
signs that were not on site were

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offremise signs and were illegal anyway.
So, we just basically reiterated that

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when there's future development signs,
as long as they are on the site that's

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being uh advertised for future
development, then that's fine. It's on

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premise. It's not off premise. Um the
table that um that Paul referred to

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where we um basically took the O
standard and put it in SC1 and we made

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that change. Uh that was just a a change
to try to make it look better and to

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organize it better. So, no uh change was
made to the requirements. Um let's see.

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[clears throat]

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Um there was one section where um in the
current sign code it prohibited sandwich

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boards. Well, we have sandwich boards
all over downtown. So, we just basically

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made them permissible. Um temporary
signs, that was the big one. uh because

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as Paul said, we've been going after uh
a lot of this clutter that we had on our

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rideways and uh along in our commercial
developments and temporary signs were

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originally in the exempt uh section
which means they could put them out. We

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wouldn't know when they put them out and
we wouldn't know how long they had been

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there. So now temporary signs have been
moved uh to the permitted side so that

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when they want to put up temporary
signs, they can permit them. We'll know

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when they've been permitted so we can
track how long they've been out so that

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we can then enforce them if they've been
out past the time that they're allowed.

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» Is there a fee for the temporary?
>> Um there would be a sign code. Uh it'd

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be a a fee just like the rest of the
sign code. There would not be uh it

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would not be a huge fee, but it would be
a sign. Okay.

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» Uh I mean it would be a fee. Um under
the old section it wouldn't be because

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we weren't tracking. They weren't
permitted. uh but it's minimal. Um

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we also dealt with election signs
because of changes rulings by the

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Supreme Court and changes
[clears throat] in the law. Um election

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signs are kind of giving a been given a
wide birth when it comes to where they

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can be placed and and and and uh we uh
recognize that because in our sign code

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uh it said that you couldn't have any
signs on the rightway, but when it comes

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to election signs, you can because
they've ruled that is the public square.

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So, so we had to take that and change it
to where election signs weren't bound to

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that. So, uh, all other signs,
commercial speech is different. Uh, if

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you got some furniture for sale, don't
put it on the rightway. Um, but other

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signs in terms of election signs are are
not uh uh restricted in that way. Um,

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the other um
I don't that was the last one that I

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know of. So again, all these were uh
housekeeping measures. They weren't

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intended to make changes to how things
were regulated, but just reflect how

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things are enforced uh the way they are
now and also reflect the design review

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process that already existed and been in
place since 24. So we just wanted to say

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that so that people were clear. I'd be
happy to answer any other questions you

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have.
>> Wallace.

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» Yes. Good morning. Um if you will say
out loud the change first of all the

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amount
of what we changed the the cost

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» in terms of the fee.
>> Yes.

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» Um

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let me get to that section.
>> These are things that I would want to

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know if I was in the public. I've got
three or four of these.

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» All right. So, um you've got
in the in the new section, you've got

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the fee for all signs not exempt from
this fee shall be $15.

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uh plus $1 for the square footage of the
surface display. So it's a $160 per

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square foot. So again, these signs are
not huge outlays there.

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» Okay. And will you say the actual size
of what is permitted now?

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» Um in terms of the size of the the
flags, um it doesn't really regulate um

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temporary signs.
>> Are you talking about the flags council

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member? You talking about talking about
the SC1,

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» right? You had said it was going to be
16

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What is that really going to be?
>> Yeah, the SC1 now just refers to the

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section that governs SC1. Originally, it
had repeated uh the O section right

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above it. Now, it says for requirements
refer to section 1454052,

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which is the signs that regulate the SC1
as we regulate it now. So, uh you can

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see as you see below that um it it keeps
um

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it keeps uh the get to that.
>> Okay. And then

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» the 300 square feet and the height and
all that in the SC1 has remained the

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same.
>> Okay. And then the last question because

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I've seen some emails that we were
trying to do a committee uh get together

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about the signs. What committee is the
signs going to be under? The planning

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commission.
>> The sign code is still administered by

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the building department, but we we
helped them with enforcement.

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» Okay. So, that will not be under the
planning committee because I know at one

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time we were trying to have
>> we're still working toward those the

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future amendments. Uh but right now
we're just trying to to change those

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things that are problematic in the
existing code as it exists today. So, so

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that's what this represents.
>> Okay.

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» Does is Paul Taylor still in the
audience?

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» Paul,
does this answer some of your questions

419
00:33:40,640 --> 00:33:44,120
as a commercial?

420
00:33:44,799 --> 00:33:50,960
» Uh, yes. Glad to hear that we won't be
regulated to a 4x4 sign. No [laughter]

421
00:33:50,240 --> 00:33:56,240
future tense.
>> Yeah. But what I would ask is uh given

422
00:33:53,600 --> 00:34:00,559
that there are errors and that the the
the language that is going to be

423
00:33:58,480 --> 00:34:05,760
considered today was not included on the
on the city's website that you give us a

424
00:34:03,039 --> 00:34:10,960
month to review that uh and and provide
any comments. I I uh Stan knows this.

425
00:34:08,720 --> 00:34:16,079
We've talked quite a bit about all this.
Uh I agree with much of the direction

426
00:34:13,679 --> 00:34:22,240
that this is going. Uh but I would like
to see the final uh revised corrected

427
00:34:19,440 --> 00:34:24,079
document uh before you take it take it
further.

428
00:34:22,879 --> 00:34:27,679
» Dan, is that what we have?
>> That's what you have. I mean basically

429
00:34:25,839 --> 00:34:31,679
the only thing that changed was that
before we for pre-aggenda we got it to

430
00:34:30,240 --> 00:34:38,000
you in the form that it was going to be
addressed today. So um and I I don't

431
00:34:35,440 --> 00:34:42,000
know that um postponing the month's
going to change the fact that we didn't

432
00:34:39,359 --> 00:34:46,879
change anything. So, I mean, we'll be
happy to if that's what you want to do,

433
00:34:44,079 --> 00:34:52,320
but the the text was an error. You got
the error revised before you considered

434
00:34:49,919 --> 00:34:57,440
it today and and basically you haven't
voted on it. So, nothing's been

435
00:34:54,639 --> 00:35:01,520
implemented um in terms of the error
that was made. So, basically what you

436
00:34:59,280 --> 00:35:07,760
have now is that that there's no change.
>> I would move to table it just for the

437
00:35:04,960 --> 00:35:12,480
sake of transparency with the public for
the people like myself. I have a

438
00:35:09,280 --> 00:35:17,760
question. I want to know. You said you
you agree with most of it.

439
00:35:14,720 --> 00:35:21,680
» What do you know from right now that you
don't or that you see to be problematic?

440
00:35:20,640 --> 00:35:24,960
» Well, we'll come back to you. I got a
motion to table. You need to get a

441
00:35:22,880 --> 00:35:28,560
second. You got a second. Okay.
>> Now, we can discuss that. So, go ahead,

442
00:35:26,960 --> 00:35:31,359
» Council. So,
>> one, I I became aware of this last

443
00:35:30,720 --> 00:35:35,359
night.
>> Uh, and so I pulled the document and

444
00:35:33,760 --> 00:35:38,400
obviously the document had an error on
it, right?

445
00:35:36,000 --> 00:35:43,359
» I pulled the document, reviewed it. uh
this group uh that that I have been

446
00:35:41,119 --> 00:35:48,640
working with that reviewed this when
there was a wholesale overhaul that was

447
00:35:45,119 --> 00:35:53,520
proposed uh they are not aware one of
them had notified me so what I would ask

448
00:35:51,119 --> 00:35:58,400
is that we allow them the opportunity to
see the revised corrected document uh

449
00:35:56,800 --> 00:36:02,240
and provide have an opportunity to
provide any input today I just happen to

450
00:36:00,320 --> 00:36:04,320
have time to be able to come up here
today

451
00:36:02,560 --> 00:36:08,880
» was there anything in there that like
the change and cost or anything like

452
00:36:05,920 --> 00:36:12,480
that that you felt No, I I'm fine with
the change in in fees. I think it's been

453
00:36:10,960 --> 00:36:19,200
underassessed
uh lately. It's it's not it's not like

454
00:36:14,960 --> 00:36:23,280
this is an annual assessment. Um the I
agree with a lot of the the temporary

455
00:36:21,359 --> 00:36:27,839
signage and the and what they're doing
in in order to start to regulate that. I

456
00:36:25,599 --> 00:36:32,480
think that will clean up. Uh obviously
there are problematic areas in town

457
00:36:30,320 --> 00:36:35,920
» and as I said in my prepared statement
that

458
00:36:33,280 --> 00:36:39,680
» they have done uh a significant job in
correcting those and they continue to do

459
00:36:37,760 --> 00:36:41,920
that work and it is not easy work.
>> Yeah.

460
00:36:40,000 --> 00:36:44,640
» Uh to call somebody and say you got to
take your sign down because it's

461
00:36:43,280 --> 00:36:48,480
dilapidated or
>> or abandoned. Uh but but they are

462
00:36:46,960 --> 00:36:52,320
working on that. So I commend them on
that. But I would like an opportunity to

463
00:36:50,240 --> 00:36:55,920
share the corrected version with the
group uh to get any other feedback.

464
00:36:54,640 --> 00:37:00,640
Councilman Lawrence,
>> I don't think we're supposed to be

465
00:36:56,960 --> 00:37:05,119
debating us to table something, but we
could if we passed this today and Mr.

466
00:37:02,800 --> 00:37:08,240
Taylor, if you came in had some problems
next meeting, we could revise it next

467
00:37:06,640 --> 00:37:12,320
meeting by just doing those addressing
those issues, right?

468
00:37:09,839 --> 00:37:15,680
» Yeah. I mean, if we again, I have no
problem with tableing a month. I mean,

469
00:37:14,480 --> 00:37:19,280
um, but
>> that's it.

470
00:37:18,240 --> 00:37:22,800
» That's all you got to say. Let
>> them finish. Finish. [snorts] But but

471
00:37:21,200 --> 00:37:26,880
the reason why we didn't bring the
committee together is because we weren't

472
00:37:24,640 --> 00:37:30,480
making any changes that were drastic
like we did before when we were going to

473
00:37:28,720 --> 00:37:34,400
change where it was going to be placed,
who was going to be doing what. This was

474
00:37:32,640 --> 00:37:38,480
just housekeeping things that basically
just put us online so that these

475
00:37:36,800 --> 00:37:43,040
temporary signs that we were battling
day after day after day. Every weekend

476
00:37:40,720 --> 00:37:46,480
we got a new set of them. It gives us
the [clears throat] abilities to now ask

477
00:37:44,480 --> 00:37:51,040
them to permit them so that we can track
them. And so, uh, I don't mind waiting a

478
00:37:49,040 --> 00:37:54,480
month, but again, if we had had
substantal changes, if we were changing

479
00:37:52,720 --> 00:37:58,320
things that were going to impact what
they were being used to, I would have no

480
00:37:56,960 --> 00:38:03,200
problem with it. But again, we were
doing housekeeping things. Changing the

481
00:38:00,320 --> 00:38:05,119
election signs was important. Uh, so
again, it's up to y'all.

482
00:38:04,880 --> 00:38:09,119
» Sure.
>> I got a motion to table. Motion second

483
00:38:06,800 --> 00:38:14,160
to table. Uh, this is the you're voting
on the motion to table right now. So,

484
00:38:10,880 --> 00:38:21,040
council, please vote.
>> Motion pass 8 to one abstain. All right.

485
00:38:17,920 --> 00:38:24,240
That bad thing right there. Okay. Uh
item six is consideration of an

486
00:38:22,640 --> 00:38:27,599
ordinance to amend the text the official
zoning ordinance of the city of Jackson,

487
00:38:25,760 --> 00:38:33,760
Tennessee, article 5, specific district
regulations section 18, office center

488
00:38:31,119 --> 00:38:38,480
district C uses permitted as special
exemptions. Nope. Um I skipped down one.

489
00:38:36,960 --> 00:38:41,839
I'm sorry. Consideration of an ordinance
to amend the tech special zoning

490
00:38:39,599 --> 00:38:44,000
ordinance article 5 specific district
regulations. There we go. Relative to

491
00:38:43,040 --> 00:38:46,960
restaurants.
>> All right. So, uh, you have the

492
00:38:45,760 --> 00:38:52,400
materials pertinent to this text
amendment. Um, all that's changing is

493
00:38:50,000 --> 00:38:57,680
under the current zoning, uh, in the
OC's district, it it allowed

494
00:38:55,359 --> 00:39:02,000
restaurants, but as a special exception,
but it wouldn't allow them to have a

495
00:38:59,520 --> 00:39:06,480
drive-thru. Well, uh, as you know, after
the pandemic, drive-throughs became very

496
00:39:03,839 --> 00:39:12,560
important, and they continue to be a big
portion of restaurants uh, business now.

497
00:39:09,599 --> 00:39:16,560
uh as dining rooms slowly uh get smaller
and drive-throughs become more

498
00:39:14,079 --> 00:39:20,960
important, uh restaurants uh have
decided and have have seen that they

499
00:39:18,720 --> 00:39:25,920
could lower their overhead and and still
do good business. So, we're just uh

500
00:39:23,599 --> 00:39:28,400
reflecting the times and just amending
this to take the exclusion out for

501
00:39:27,599 --> 00:39:30,640
drive-throughs.
>> Motion.

502
00:39:29,760 --> 00:39:35,680
» Have a motion. Second
>> and a second. Discussion. Council,

503
00:39:32,880 --> 00:39:38,240
please vote.
>> Motion pass 9 to zero.

504
00:39:37,359 --> 00:39:42,240
» All right. Thank you, St. Thank you,
mayor and councel.

505
00:39:39,760 --> 00:39:45,960
» Item seven is propose ordinance to amend
city code of ethics.

506
00:39:46,079 --> 00:39:49,119
» See a motion.
>> Second.

507
00:39:47,599 --> 00:39:53,440
» Motion a second.
>> You want to go over what we're amending?

508
00:39:50,880 --> 00:39:58,240
Sure.
>> There we go. Thank you, mayor and

509
00:39:55,040 --> 00:40:02,880
council. Uh this proposed ordinance is
one of the action items that you heard

510
00:40:00,320 --> 00:40:07,599
Dr. Rob Martha Robinson explain in the
audit committee's annual presentation.

511
00:40:05,440 --> 00:40:11,280
Um, as part of the audit committee's
role is the to investigate city

512
00:40:09,440 --> 00:40:16,320
processes and find areas for
improvement. They work with the city

513
00:40:13,200 --> 00:40:20,320
ethics committee to make some tweaks to
your code of ethics ordinance and that

514
00:40:18,400 --> 00:40:26,160
is what is before you. It essentially
does three changes. The first is that it

515
00:40:23,520 --> 00:40:31,680
expands the definition of personal
interest uh to include more

516
00:40:28,560 --> 00:40:37,680
relationships. So the group thought that
in today's day and age we have um more

517
00:40:34,880 --> 00:40:42,720
family living situations and so it
includes grandparents and grandchildren

518
00:40:40,880 --> 00:40:49,359
as a relationship you could have a
personal interest in. Also adds domestic

519
00:40:45,359 --> 00:40:54,320
partner as well. Uh we use the federal I
believe IRS definition for domestic

520
00:40:51,680 --> 00:40:58,560
partner for that. The second is is it
adds a reasonable person standard. Uh I

521
00:40:57,119 --> 00:41:02,640
am not a lawyer so I'm not going to get
into what exactly that means. Maybe uh

522
00:41:00,800 --> 00:41:08,079
Councilman Donell can explain that if
there's more questions. Uh and then the

523
00:41:05,359 --> 00:41:13,440
third is you heard around anonymous
complaints. Uh originally your code of

524
00:41:10,480 --> 00:41:17,599
ethics allowed everyone to do so. Um
there was concerns that allowing anyone

525
00:41:16,160 --> 00:41:21,440
and everyone to do an anonymous
complaint led to kind of abuse and

526
00:41:19,359 --> 00:41:25,520
politicization of that. And so years
ago, you changed the ordinance to

527
00:41:23,520 --> 00:41:30,319
mandate that everyone essentially do a
notorized

528
00:41:27,119 --> 00:41:33,920
um submission. And the group kind of
felt that that the pendulum had swung

529
00:41:32,000 --> 00:41:38,319
too far in the opposite direction. And
so there was an attempt to find a middle

530
00:41:35,599 --> 00:41:41,760
ground between those two extremes. And
what the audit committee recommended to

531
00:41:40,480 --> 00:41:47,200
the ethics committee and the ethics
committee ultimately agreed with was to

532
00:41:43,839 --> 00:41:51,520
allow employees to do so because um
there may have been fear of retribution

533
00:41:49,280 --> 00:41:56,960
as an employee for submitting an ethics
complaint. And so that uh this code this

534
00:41:54,560 --> 00:42:00,640
ordinance change allows employees to
submit anonymous complaints. before we

535
00:41:59,200 --> 00:42:04,240
brought the ordinance before you, we
wanted to make sure that that was

536
00:42:01,680 --> 00:42:08,240
technologically feasible because uh how
could you um there was initial

537
00:42:06,160 --> 00:42:12,160
challenges with verifying someone's an
employee if it's anonymous and so we

538
00:42:10,160 --> 00:42:17,359
found a way to do that and so now that
is why this is before you now.

539
00:42:14,640 --> 00:42:21,920
» Thank you, Ron. Any further discussion?
>> Council, please vote.

540
00:42:19,920 --> 00:42:25,920
» Motion pass 9 to zero.
>> Item eight is a proposed ordinance to

541
00:42:23,760 --> 00:42:29,119
amend title 13 regarding environmental
court.

542
00:42:27,200 --> 00:42:34,000
Thank you, Mayor and Council. Oh, should
I want to wait for a motion? Okay. Um,

543
00:42:32,000 --> 00:42:37,520
this and the next two ordinances all
deal with, you've heard a lot about how

544
00:42:35,839 --> 00:42:42,079
we've moved our code enforcement
department over to HNS and as part of

545
00:42:40,079 --> 00:42:46,960
that are looking to modernize and give
them more tools to address code

546
00:42:44,400 --> 00:42:51,440
violations throughout the city. Uh, this
is the first ordinance as a way to kind

547
00:42:49,359 --> 00:42:56,720
of strengthen and bolster those efforts.
What we are doing is copying Memphis's

548
00:42:54,000 --> 00:43:02,640
code of ordinances around ecort.
Currently, our ordinance says that if

549
00:42:59,680 --> 00:43:09,920
someone um no shows their hearing in
court or fails to remedy the violations,

550
00:43:05,119 --> 00:43:14,880
the judge may issue um a contempt of
court and a violation for that. This

551
00:43:12,079 --> 00:43:20,000
adopts me Memphis's provision where if
someone no shows for their day in court

552
00:43:17,520 --> 00:43:25,599
uh or fails to remedy the order of the
judge, they shall be held in contempt of

553
00:43:23,040 --> 00:43:27,760
court and then assess the fine.
>> Is there a motion?

554
00:43:26,560 --> 00:43:31,520
» So move second.
>> Motion second discussion.

555
00:43:29,119 --> 00:43:38,400
» Yes, sir. The um it appears to me that
by changing this language from

556
00:43:35,680 --> 00:43:41,200
about being held in contempt from shall
be held in contempt rather than may,

557
00:43:39,839 --> 00:43:45,280
you're taking some power away from the
judge. The judge now has the city court

558
00:43:43,920 --> 00:43:50,400
judge now has the discretion to
determine whether or not a person is in

559
00:43:46,720 --> 00:43:53,920
contempt or not. And this language would
take that power from him. And I can

560
00:43:52,000 --> 00:43:57,839
imagine situations where a person cannot
show up in court for legitimate reasons.

561
00:43:56,640 --> 00:44:01,040
You know, now I know some people just
going to come and they just give all

562
00:43:59,040 --> 00:44:05,119
these bogus excuses, but some people do
have legitimate reasons for not being in

563
00:44:02,640 --> 00:44:10,880
court and this would harm them because
they would be held in contempt. And uh I

564
00:44:07,920 --> 00:44:17,440
I I I don't think we ought to take that
discretion from the judge because I

565
00:44:13,599 --> 00:44:20,400
think that one size doesn't fit all. And
I would submit that the judge should

566
00:44:18,720 --> 00:44:24,400
have the discretion to uh determine
whether a person is in contempt or not.

567
00:44:22,400 --> 00:44:28,400
And I wouldn't like to take that power
away from the from the judge.

568
00:44:26,880 --> 00:44:32,720
Thank you for your concerns, Councilman
Donnell. One of the things that um

569
00:44:31,440 --> 00:44:38,000
understanding [clears throat] that what
I've found is that sometimes judges want

570
00:44:35,920 --> 00:44:43,440
that discretion and sometimes it's
helpful for them to be able to say this

571
00:44:39,839 --> 00:44:46,880
is the law. This is what it says. Um and
like I said, Memphis has been very

572
00:44:45,200 --> 00:44:52,640
successful with this provision and we
ran this provision by um city judge. Um

573
00:44:51,040 --> 00:44:56,240
» have you discussed it with our judge?
>> Yes, we did. He was saying he was very

574
00:44:54,640 --> 00:44:58,240
appreciative. He was appreciative of the
effort.

575
00:44:56,720 --> 00:45:01,359
» So, I think I think Councilman, I
understand your concern, but so we get

576
00:44:59,599 --> 00:45:05,599
to environmental court, it's not like a
a traffic ticket. Environmental court,

577
00:45:03,599 --> 00:45:09,200
there's a notice, there's a summon,
there's a 30-day remedy. There's a lot

578
00:45:07,760 --> 00:45:12,400
of steps that go into environmental
court before they get there that they

579
00:45:10,880 --> 00:45:16,400
can remedy before going to court. And
so, it's not a not a citation court date

580
00:45:15,119 --> 00:45:20,240
uh scenario.
>> Yeah. I was just going to say, as mayor

581
00:45:18,480 --> 00:45:25,200
said, they they have multiple
opportunities before they even have to

582
00:45:22,319 --> 00:45:28,079
appear at court to do that. So,
>> and that is a critical

583
00:45:26,880 --> 00:45:31,920
» issue in our city.
>> Mr. Chairman, correct me if I'm wrong,

584
00:45:30,079 --> 00:45:34,880
Ron, you may be able to speak to this,
but would the judge still have the

585
00:45:33,119 --> 00:45:37,520
authority in the event that there is
some legitimate reason why someone

586
00:45:36,400 --> 00:45:41,440
couldn't make it to court that day,
would the judge then have the ability to

587
00:45:39,920 --> 00:45:44,480
wave the fee, the fine, whatever was
assessed.

588
00:45:42,160 --> 00:45:48,480
» Uh, if they reached out to the judge,
they probably could have the hearing

589
00:45:45,680 --> 00:45:51,760
reset, but this is prescriptive. It says
shout. So, if they no show,

590
00:45:50,079 --> 00:45:55,200
» if the judge calls her name in court and
they don't show, then then they're

591
00:45:53,440 --> 00:45:57,680
justifying. call it and get it
reschedled for.

592
00:45:56,000 --> 00:46:02,079
» So there's no remedy in the event that
someone does have legitimate

593
00:45:59,280 --> 00:46:04,319
» emer prescriptive
>> and this environmental court.

594
00:46:03,760 --> 00:46:10,240
» Yes.
>> Only environmental court.

595
00:46:07,680 --> 00:46:15,119
» Any further discussion? Council, please
vote.

596
00:46:13,040 --> 00:46:18,800
» Motion pass eight to one.
>> All right. Item nine is proposed

597
00:46:16,640 --> 00:46:22,480
ordinance to clarify violation of title
12 building codes.

598
00:46:21,119 --> 00:46:27,040
» All right. The next one. Thank you,
mayor and counsel. Um, at the state

599
00:46:25,440 --> 00:46:31,040
legislature, they would commonly refer
to this as a cleanup bill. All we are

600
00:46:28,880 --> 00:46:36,160
doing with this is changing one word
from chapter to title. Um, it is quite

601
00:46:34,079 --> 00:46:42,319
frankly a misprint in your city code of
ordinances. Uh, this is found in title

602
00:46:39,359 --> 00:46:47,760
12 and dealing with violations of that
title. However, it says of that chapter

603
00:46:45,680 --> 00:46:51,280
and so we are just reflecting that the
sections of violating that title, we're

604
00:46:49,920 --> 00:46:56,240
saying any violation found in that
title. That's literally if you look it

605
00:46:53,680 --> 00:46:59,200
is the 14th word. That is all we are
doing.

606
00:46:57,200 --> 00:47:04,079
» So as part of that kind of revamp and
review of all of our code enforcement

607
00:47:01,040 --> 00:47:05,760
ordinances we just noticed this error.
>> Is there a motion?

608
00:47:05,040 --> 00:47:09,280
» Second.
>> Do we have a motion?

609
00:47:06,880 --> 00:47:12,880
» Motion [clears throat] motion second.
>> Any discussion from council? Council,

610
00:47:11,440 --> 00:47:16,480
please vote.
>> Motion pass 9 to zero.

611
00:47:14,880 --> 00:47:20,079
» Item 10 is proposed ordinance to amend
title 13 concerning the collection of

612
00:47:18,400 --> 00:47:23,680
expenses for property maintenance
violations.

613
00:47:22,160 --> 00:47:27,760
Thank you, mayor and council. So, this
is the third one for today that deals

614
00:47:25,440 --> 00:47:31,902
with code enforcement. We have two
titles that deal with code enforcement

615
00:47:30,000 --> 00:47:34,880
in our city. Title 12 is around what
[clears throat] I would call the

616
00:47:32,720 --> 00:47:39,920
structure itself. Uh dilapidated
building, unsafe building. Title 13 is

617
00:47:38,400 --> 00:47:45,440
what I would commonly refers to those
violations outside the home. So, this is

618
00:47:42,079 --> 00:47:50,960
trash in the yard, overgrown lots, uh a
car parked in the yard. Okay. So, in

619
00:47:48,400 --> 00:47:57,680
Title 12, we have the ability to, let's
say someone um refuses to remedy the

620
00:47:54,800 --> 00:48:02,720
violation, uh doesn't pay any kind of
the the fine that they're assessed, we

621
00:47:59,599 --> 00:48:07,760
can go as the city and clean up that
violation,

622
00:48:04,319 --> 00:48:13,520
uh ourselves and then bill the property
owner and we can actually put that bill

623
00:48:11,200 --> 00:48:17,119
on their property tax role. So when they
go to pay their property taxes, they

624
00:48:15,280 --> 00:48:22,160
will see the cost that we have assessed
to them for cleaning up their own

625
00:48:19,280 --> 00:48:27,599
violation. We do not have that ability
in title 13. All this ordinance does is

626
00:48:25,520 --> 00:48:32,400
copies that existing provision in title
12 dealing with violations of the

627
00:48:29,920 --> 00:48:39,920
building itself and adding it to title
13. So I'll give you an example. Let's

628
00:48:34,480 --> 00:48:45,359
say someone um has a yard or trash in
their yard. Uh refuses to clean it up as

629
00:48:42,480 --> 00:48:48,640
part of that code violation process. Uh
they're assessed a fine. They still

630
00:48:46,960 --> 00:48:54,000
don't do it. We say this is becoming a
health and safety vi uh issue. It's

631
00:48:51,119 --> 00:49:00,240
attracting pests, rodents, whatever. We
go as a city and clean it up. Now, what

632
00:48:57,359 --> 00:49:02,960
we can do only if they don't pay uh that
cost once we build it to them is put a

633
00:49:01,760 --> 00:49:07,920
lean on their houses. As you can
imagine, that can take years if not

634
00:49:05,200 --> 00:49:11,359
decades to collect that money. Now, we
would be able to add it on their

635
00:49:09,440 --> 00:49:15,520
property tax bill at the end of every
year. So, we expect it to lead to a

636
00:49:13,760 --> 00:49:20,079
higher collection rate or at least a
faster collection rate.

637
00:49:17,839 --> 00:49:22,079
» All right. Now, help me
>> get a motion in a second. Then we have

638
00:49:21,440 --> 00:49:23,920
motion.
>> Second.

639
00:49:22,480 --> 00:49:31,760
» Motion second. Okay. Councilman,
>> help me help me understand and primarily

640
00:49:27,119 --> 00:49:36,800
uh help um um Miss Charlotte Price, who
is one of my constituents,

641
00:49:33,680 --> 00:49:40,800
» understand what's the timeline of this.
>> Say for instance, if a person, and this

642
00:49:38,640 --> 00:49:44,720
happens in my district a lot,
>> you know, people come to my district and

643
00:49:42,240 --> 00:49:50,960
dump stuff and be trying to catch them,
but uh they dump stuff. It's the

644
00:49:48,240 --> 00:49:55,200
eyesore. It looks real bad. And I'm
trying to look out for the residents who

645
00:49:53,119 --> 00:50:00,000
have to see it every day. Sure. Stay
across the street from it.

646
00:49:56,960 --> 00:50:03,839
» If they call in and say that u this big
pile is there and you come see it and

647
00:50:02,160 --> 00:50:07,839
it's it's awful.
>> What's the timeline, the average

648
00:50:06,319 --> 00:50:11,599
timeline you would imagine? I know you
don't know exactly, but just imagine

649
00:50:09,440 --> 00:50:14,800
from the time that's reported to the
time the city picks it up. Austin

650
00:50:13,520 --> 00:50:17,800
Leilani, one of y'all want to come up
here.

651
00:50:21,359 --> 00:50:29,280
from the time the the person calls in
and say this is horrendous until the

652
00:50:25,440 --> 00:50:34,960
time the city can come and pick it up.
>> Obviously, uh with codes moving under

653
00:50:31,839 --> 00:50:40,160
public works, we're still developing our
processes. Um I would love to give you a

654
00:50:38,079 --> 00:50:45,520
specific answer at this moment, but like
I said, we're still under development of

655
00:50:41,760 --> 00:50:49,680
» All this way. It's been in the past that
uh when a situation would happen like

656
00:50:47,119 --> 00:50:53,119
that, the uh codes department would send
a letter

657
00:50:51,040 --> 00:50:57,440
» and then the letter goes to them and
certified mail or whatever and then it

658
00:50:55,200 --> 00:51:00,240
then it it's not signed and it comes
back

659
00:50:58,160 --> 00:51:04,800
» and that's a week or 10 days.
>> All right. Then it's resent again

660
00:51:02,880 --> 00:51:07,599
» and and and then it something else
happens

661
00:51:06,000 --> 00:51:09,839
» and the neighbors looking at all this
crap

662
00:51:08,480 --> 00:51:14,720
» right in front of their house and
they're tired of it. So now, u based on

663
00:51:12,720 --> 00:51:19,680
some research that was previously done,
uh we're leaving courtesy notices. So if

664
00:51:17,440 --> 00:51:22,720
we identify an issue at a residence, we
hang a door hanger that says, "Hey,

665
00:51:21,200 --> 00:51:26,720
you're in violation of this specific
code or ordinance. You have 5 days to

666
00:51:24,480 --> 00:51:32,079
make correction or else we'll be sending
out official notice to you. Um that

667
00:51:29,440 --> 00:51:36,079
official notice is another fiveday um
timeline. So we're looking at a total of

668
00:51:34,000 --> 00:51:39,920
10 days until that summons." Now, the
reason why we want to do that courtesy

669
00:51:37,599 --> 00:51:42,319
notice is to give people the opportunity
to make those corrections voluntarily.

670
00:51:41,839 --> 00:51:47,119
» Sure.
>> The less people we take to ecort, the

671
00:51:44,079 --> 00:51:49,599
better. We hope to have more compliance
from folks just on a voluntary basis.

672
00:51:49,359 --> 00:51:53,200
So,
>> okay. And help me with this. Another

673
00:51:50,880 --> 00:51:58,720
thing that I was told some time ago that
the the notice of all of this trash

674
00:51:56,720 --> 00:52:02,800
being there, it has to be sent to the
owner. If it's rental property, why

675
00:52:01,119 --> 00:52:06,400
can't we send it to the renter, the one
that's actually in there doing State law

676
00:52:04,720 --> 00:52:09,920
requires us to send it to the property
owner.

677
00:52:08,319 --> 00:52:13,280
» One of the things we will be doing,
council ment,

678
00:52:10,720 --> 00:52:15,119
» why can't we help state law and and send
it to the renter anyway?

679
00:52:14,240 --> 00:52:18,079
» I agree.
>> Why can't we do both? [laughter]

680
00:52:17,520 --> 00:52:22,000
» Can't we do that?
>> Why Why can we not do both? Why can't we

681
00:52:20,000 --> 00:52:24,559
not send it to the owner and then put
another notice to the tenant house?

682
00:52:23,920 --> 00:52:28,480
» Yeah.
>> I know you're doing one notice.

683
00:52:26,000 --> 00:52:33,200
» You can notify the tenant, but the the
state law requires us to notify the

684
00:52:31,359 --> 00:52:36,160
property owner. Now, one of the things
that we will be doing, spoiler alert,

685
00:52:34,800 --> 00:52:40,160
you'll have another ordinance coming to
you next month, is changing what we do

686
00:52:38,559 --> 00:52:44,319
to notice the property from that
certified mail that you mentioned to

687
00:52:42,240 --> 00:52:48,400
regular first class mail. And so, we
expect that will speed things up as well

688
00:52:46,160 --> 00:52:51,440
as lower our costs because you're right,
currently, right now, you know, if you

689
00:52:50,000 --> 00:52:55,680
can't get a hold of that property owner
or they refuse to sign it, be sent back.

690
00:52:53,680 --> 00:52:58,640
Um, and so that leads to delays in the
process. Now, that we can show that,

691
00:52:57,119 --> 00:53:02,000
hey, we mailed this through first class
mail. Um, and that will serve as

692
00:53:00,400 --> 00:53:05,440
effective notice.
mean

693
00:53:02,640 --> 00:53:07,760
» and one more thing go knock on the door
>> and just say look you you you're in

694
00:53:07,040 --> 00:53:12,000
violation
>> now if we have the property owner

695
00:53:10,079 --> 00:53:15,440
specifically
>> to because we're going to have sort of

696
00:53:13,839 --> 00:53:19,599
like a ticket book where we can show up
at the house and physically tell them

697
00:53:17,760 --> 00:53:23,839
sign this you've been notified that is
the best and proper notice that you can

698
00:53:21,920 --> 00:53:26,880
get from a from a but it still has to be
the property owner to remedy that

699
00:53:25,280 --> 00:53:33,200
situation.
Did we not approve an ordinance that if

700
00:53:29,839 --> 00:53:38,000
this is a um
they often this happens very often that

701
00:53:35,359 --> 00:53:40,400
the second time once we do a notice that
we can go and immediately pick up the

702
00:53:39,599 --> 00:53:44,720
garbage then
>> and they're notice one time per calendar

703
00:53:42,000 --> 00:53:48,160
year in a 12 month cycle. Yeah. So this
is it's a repeat offense same property

704
00:53:46,960 --> 00:53:51,680
once that property owner is noticed
once. So we can go do that and then

705
00:53:49,599 --> 00:53:54,800
attach the leans if you all approve this
attach the leans to the property tax

706
00:53:53,280 --> 00:53:57,599
payment.
>> Good.

707
00:53:56,640 --> 00:54:02,400
That'll speed it up.
>> Okay. But I want to make sure I'm clear

708
00:53:59,040 --> 00:54:06,319
on this and I hate to delay this, but
what I hear you saying, and I hope I'm

709
00:54:04,240 --> 00:54:13,119
not I hope I'm hearing you wrong. If
that the notice that you would give,

710
00:54:10,319 --> 00:54:16,000
you won't give it to the renter. You
give it to the property owner who's

711
00:54:14,400 --> 00:54:18,160
often times is out of state.
>> Correct.

712
00:54:16,720 --> 00:54:20,640
» Who says he doesn't know he or she
doesn't know anything about it, but the

713
00:54:19,520 --> 00:54:23,599
renter just
>> gets scot off scotch free.

714
00:54:22,480 --> 00:54:25,920
» The [clears throat] courtesy notice is
now given to whoever's at the property.

715
00:54:25,119 --> 00:54:30,079
If that's the renter,
>> but we don't act though based upon that

716
00:54:28,319 --> 00:54:31,440
cursing notice is given to the renter.
Right.

717
00:54:30,400 --> 00:54:33,520
» Correct. We can't.
>> We don't act on.

718
00:54:32,720 --> 00:54:35,359
» Correct.
>> But there's 10 days.

719
00:54:35,040 --> 00:54:38,079
» Yeah.
>> And it's taken care of.

720
00:54:36,480 --> 00:54:41,520
» Days they have a right to go.
>> Yeah. So the notice the notice change

721
00:54:39,839 --> 00:54:45,359
will be different. So once we send the
mail, then that is considered the start

722
00:54:43,760 --> 00:54:48,960
of the timeline on the notice. You all
get that next month. But state law

723
00:54:47,359 --> 00:54:52,079
requires that we do notice the property
owners. There's no way around that for

724
00:54:50,160 --> 00:54:58,240
us at this point. But we're going to
make contact at the home and we're going

725
00:54:55,119 --> 00:55:02,640
to put out so both people get
>> Yeah. So you will though what you just

726
00:55:00,400 --> 00:55:04,400
said you will still notify the renter.
>> Yes.

727
00:55:03,280 --> 00:55:08,000
» Correct. That's with the courtesy
notice.

728
00:55:04,720 --> 00:55:10,640
» Right. But we are required regardless to
to send notice to the property owner

729
00:55:09,520 --> 00:55:13,200
regardless of where they live.
>> And you will put a little fear in that

730
00:55:12,240 --> 00:55:18,440
renter [laughter]
>> that you're going to do something.

731
00:55:14,480 --> 00:55:18,440
Right. I think you need

732
00:55:20,640 --> 00:55:26,000
» I was going to suggest that we send
Richard to

733
00:55:23,839 --> 00:55:29,920
» let's get him a vest notepad and then go
to and I have done it already.

734
00:55:27,839 --> 00:55:34,800
» We can do [laughter] that. Call me.
>> All right.

735
00:55:32,480 --> 00:55:38,160
» Council, please vote.
>> Motion pass 9 to zero.

736
00:55:37,520 --> 00:55:40,880
» All right.
>> All right. Thank you guys. Move on to

737
00:55:39,440 --> 00:55:44,079
second reading. Item one is proposed
budget amendment to reappropriate

738
00:55:42,319 --> 00:55:48,640
$24,183
to fund FY26 airport capital invoices.

739
00:55:47,440 --> 00:55:52,079
» Motion second.
>> Motion second discussion. Council,

740
00:55:50,400 --> 00:55:55,359
please vote.
>> Motion passed 9 to zero.

741
00:55:53,680 --> 00:56:01,280
» Item two, propose budget amendment to
recognize and appropriate $160,381.31

742
00:55:59,200 --> 00:56:03,200
insurance recovery for sports plex wind
damage.

743
00:56:02,160 --> 00:56:06,160
» Motion second.
>> Motion second. Discussion. Council,

744
00:56:05,200 --> 00:56:10,319
please vote.
>> Motion pass 9 to zero. Item three is

745
00:56:08,960 --> 00:56:16,000
proposed budget amendment to roll
$17,000 in FY26 F bond funds for tennis

746
00:56:14,720 --> 00:56:20,720
court rehab.
>> Motion second. Motion second.

747
00:56:18,319 --> 00:56:24,000
Discussion. Council, please vote.
>> Motion pass 9 to zero.

748
00:56:22,319 --> 00:56:29,040
» Item four is proposed budget amendment
to recognize $25,430

749
00:56:26,400 --> 00:56:37,119
in grant revenue from FY26 and to roll
$78,29211

750
00:56:32,000 --> 00:56:41,440
in unexpended FY26 grant funds to FY27.
So move second motion second discussion.

751
00:56:39,520 --> 00:56:44,680
» Yeah, explain that to somebody. Explain
that please

752
00:56:44,720 --> 00:56:48,200
» for the public.

753
00:56:49,599 --> 00:56:53,160
» That's item four.

754
00:56:56,079 --> 00:57:02,400
» So we had several grants uh that were
awarded in FY26.

755
00:57:00,000 --> 00:57:05,920
Uh some of those grants had actually um
we had received the revenue for them

756
00:57:04,079 --> 00:57:09,920
already. uh and some of the grants we
have not yet received the revenue but in

757
00:57:07,920 --> 00:57:14,880
in all cases those grants you had a
budget amendment in FY26 recognizing the

758
00:57:12,240 --> 00:57:20,960
revenue and appropriating that money uh
for expenditure as as it happened as we

759
00:57:17,520 --> 00:57:24,400
closed out FY26 like I said there was uh
some of that revenue we had received but

760
00:57:22,720 --> 00:57:26,559
had not yet spent which is why the
expenditure is higher than the revenue

761
00:57:25,839 --> 00:57:28,640
recognition
>> all right

762
00:57:26,960 --> 00:57:32,799
» and then in some cases we had not
received the revenue or spent any of the

763
00:57:30,960 --> 00:57:36,000
money which is why there's both revenue
and expenditure on that budget amendment

764
00:57:34,720 --> 00:57:39,760
Okay, I'm satisfied.
>> All right, any further discussion?

765
00:57:37,760 --> 00:57:43,599
Council, please vote.
>> Motion pass 9 to zero.

766
00:57:41,920 --> 00:57:47,760
» Item five, proposed budget amendment to
appropriate 20,000 for repair and

767
00:57:45,359 --> 00:57:52,000
maintenance at fairgrounds. So move. We
have a motion. Second discussion.

768
00:57:50,079 --> 00:57:55,280
Council, please vote.
>> Motion pass to zero.

769
00:57:53,599 --> 00:58:01,200
» Item six, proposed budget amendment to
reappropriate 276,000 for purchase of

770
00:57:58,000 --> 00:58:05,839
mowers and anti- ice upgrades.
>> Motion second. Two motions, two seconds.

771
00:58:03,200 --> 00:58:09,359
Uh discussion. Council, please vote.
>> Motion pass 9 to0.

772
00:58:07,520 --> 00:58:14,559
» Item seven is proposed budget amendment
to recognize and appropriate $86,31.90

773
00:58:12,799 --> 00:58:17,359
insurance recovery for sports flex for
wind damage.

774
00:58:15,839 --> 00:58:20,799
» So move.
>> Motion second. Discussion. Council,

775
00:58:19,359 --> 00:58:24,240
please vote.
>> Motion pass 9 to zero.

776
00:58:22,480 --> 00:58:28,319
» Item eight, proposed budget amendment to
appropriate $95,000 for purchase of

777
00:58:26,480 --> 00:58:30,960
Govwell permitting and code enforcement
software.

778
00:58:30,000 --> 00:58:33,599
» So move.
>> Second.

779
00:58:31,440 --> 00:58:36,960
» Motion second. Discussion. Council,
please vote.

780
00:58:35,280 --> 00:58:41,440
» Motion pass 9 to zero.
>> Item nine is proposed budget amendment

781
00:58:38,720 --> 00:58:45,040
to reappropriate $90,000 from donations
to fire building capital for fire

782
00:58:43,200 --> 00:58:47,520
station one duck work. Motion
>> second.

783
00:58:45,520 --> 00:58:50,799
» Motion second. Discussion. Council,
please vote.

784
00:58:49,040 --> 00:58:54,000
» Motion pass 9 to zero.
>> Item 10 is proposed budget amendment to

785
00:58:52,799 --> 00:58:57,599
amend [clears throat] definition of
gender to comply with public chapter

786
00:58:55,839 --> 00:58:59,760
938.
>> So move.

787
00:58:58,960 --> 00:59:02,319
» Have a motion.
>> Second.

788
00:59:00,400 --> 00:59:06,160
» Second. Discussion. Council, please
vote.

789
00:59:03,440 --> 00:59:09,760
» Motion passes 90 to zero.
>> Move on to new business. Item one's

790
00:59:08,000 --> 00:59:12,880
consideration of a resolution to support
application for Tennessee Department

791
00:59:11,280 --> 00:59:14,240
Tourist Development Tourism Enhancement
Grant.

792
00:59:13,680 --> 00:59:16,000
» So moved.
>> Second.

793
00:59:14,559 --> 00:59:22,000
» Motion second. Discussion.
>> I want discussion.

794
00:59:17,760 --> 00:59:24,160
» Yeah. Um so the the car tell me what
this is going to do.

795
00:59:22,880 --> 00:59:30,559
» Sure.
>> Yes. So the uh plan for this grant is

796
00:59:28,160 --> 00:59:34,880
essentially twoprong. first is to make
some upgrades to the Carnegie Center

797
00:59:32,480 --> 00:59:39,200
that we think will best allow us to uh
better maximalize the space. Right? So,

798
00:59:37,839 --> 00:59:42,559
you spend some time in the Carnegie.
There's obviously the upstairs museum

799
00:59:40,720 --> 00:59:48,400
and then there's the theater downstairs
as well as a classroom. The initial plan

800
00:59:45,280 --> 00:59:54,480
for the funds for this grant is one to
do some needed upgrades to the theater

801
00:59:51,440 --> 00:59:58,160
as well as do a a refresh of that
basement and including building in a

802
00:59:56,480 --> 01:00:03,200
concession stand. So currently, for
example, let's say there's a play, a

803
01:00:00,480 --> 01:00:08,240
theater, or a show down there. Um we
have no way or space to sell drinks,

804
01:00:06,400 --> 01:00:13,920
snacks, popcorn, things like that. This
will be built into that space. Uh and

805
01:00:11,119 --> 01:00:17,920
then the second uh portion is what I
would call is helping to drive foot

806
01:00:15,599 --> 01:00:22,720
traffic to the Carnegie as well as other
places downtown. In May, this body

807
01:00:20,400 --> 01:00:27,680
reviewed and approved uh wayfinding
signage throughout downtown from Jackson

808
01:00:25,280 --> 01:00:31,040
Downtown Development Corporation. And so
part of the funds from this grant will

809
01:00:29,200 --> 01:00:35,119
help to actually pay for those signs
that y'all have already reviewed and

810
01:00:32,880 --> 01:00:39,680
approved. So the idea of this is to
really let's say someone comes in from

811
01:00:37,599 --> 01:00:44,000
another county downtown to the farmers
market. Turn that one hour visit and say

812
01:00:42,400 --> 01:00:48,559
hey they see these wayfinding signage
for things like shopping, retail,

813
01:00:46,240 --> 01:00:52,880
tourist attractions and have them spend
instead of an hour maybe two to three

814
01:00:50,160 --> 01:00:57,440
hours downtown. That turns into maybe a
lunch downtown. And so increasing that

815
01:00:54,880 --> 01:01:01,839
tourism spending dollars one by making
more people aware of what we have to

816
01:00:59,359 --> 01:01:06,319
offer downtown and then also appro uh
improving particularly the Carnegie as a

817
01:01:04,160 --> 01:01:13,440
as an attraction to spend time at.
>> Okay. So I had mentioned before council

818
01:01:08,720 --> 01:01:21,599
to you and u Mr. little um that is a
great entity and sight for the city and

819
01:01:17,359 --> 01:01:27,520
I've been somewhat disappointed with the
there's just to me I thought after we um

820
01:01:24,480 --> 01:01:33,040
brought in Aaron and it's not a knock
against him but that more events and it

821
01:01:30,640 --> 01:01:40,640
would be highlighted and there'd be more
traffic and so I guess my thought is if

822
01:01:37,920 --> 01:01:46,400
we the city council approves this, it's
going to be how much money and am I

823
01:01:43,280 --> 01:01:53,520
going to now be able to see y
>> that you know explosion of tourists and

824
01:01:51,119 --> 01:01:57,280
you know foot traffic because of the
upgrades that you're going to do.

825
01:01:54,799 --> 01:02:01,359
» Yeah, that's a great question. Uh so the
grant funds that we are applying for is

826
01:01:59,119 --> 01:02:05,040
100,000 and then as part of that our
match is 30% which turns out to be about

827
01:02:03,440 --> 01:02:12,079
42,500
and some change. Um that idea of better

828
01:02:09,599 --> 01:02:17,839
maximalizing that venue as well as our
other city venues is totally understood

829
01:02:14,480 --> 01:02:22,319
and that's actually why um took the
opportunity with Mr. Black retiring from

830
01:02:20,000 --> 01:02:26,720
parks and wreck to split tradition what
I would call traditional parks from our

831
01:02:23,920 --> 01:02:31,440
public venues. And so now Jason Compton
is over all of those venues to include

832
01:02:28,799 --> 01:02:36,640
Carnegie, Fairgrounds, Civic Center, the
Ned, and Sportslex to help think more

833
01:02:34,319 --> 01:02:40,160
strategically about how do we maximalize
these assets and I know he's here. He

834
01:02:38,559 --> 01:02:45,760
can talk more about those efforts, but
we now have someone um who's over all

835
01:02:42,720 --> 01:02:49,280
these because you know um Conger Park is
not like the Carnegie, right? They're

836
01:02:47,440 --> 01:02:54,400
they're very different. And so how do we
make sure that we are using those to

837
01:02:51,280 --> 01:02:57,520
drive more tourism in our city? And so
that is we now have [clears throat]

838
01:02:55,599 --> 01:03:00,400
someone whose basically sole focus is
driving that at all of these venues.

839
01:02:59,119 --> 01:03:04,960
» And now we're we're also looking at the
Legends Museum of taking it back to and

840
01:03:02,799 --> 01:03:09,440
then enhancing what what Steve talked
about uh that music history to drive

841
01:03:07,839 --> 01:03:13,760
those tour buses and bring things
downtown.

842
01:03:10,640 --> 01:03:18,400
Didn't the social media actually cease
>> and there hasn't been

843
01:03:16,079 --> 01:03:21,760
» marketing going too and so like this is
going to be part of it to be able to

844
01:03:19,839 --> 01:03:24,319
push this forward because if people
don't know that it exists there's no way

845
01:03:23,520 --> 01:03:25,839
to come in
>> right

846
01:03:25,440 --> 01:03:29,359
» so
>> well you had mentioned that Ron that

847
01:03:27,520 --> 01:03:32,000
part of this was going to help enhance
the marketing too

848
01:03:30,319 --> 01:03:34,720
» absolutely
perfect

849
01:03:32,400 --> 01:03:39,039
» good morning mayor councel um over the
last

850
01:03:35,680 --> 01:03:43,359
» now two months since uh I came into this
role Uh we have been almost immediately

851
01:03:41,760 --> 01:03:48,400
when that started was when this period
of transition kind of started at the at

852
01:03:45,599 --> 01:03:54,640
the Carnegie um and have been able
really to dive into to the the building

853
01:03:51,280 --> 01:03:59,200
itself, but also uh what we can and the
opportunities uh that that we should be

854
01:03:56,720 --> 01:04:03,359
capitalizing on. Um, we've been going
through and we have just hired a new

855
01:04:00,720 --> 01:04:07,359
director. Um, Ebony Taylor, who was at
the NED under David McCall for the last

856
01:04:05,359 --> 01:04:11,839
several years as the office manager and
one of the creative uh, directors there

857
01:04:09,119 --> 01:04:17,359
at the NED is now our new director. Uh,
her first day on the job was yesterday.

858
01:04:14,400 --> 01:04:23,440
Um, so going through that interview
process uh really allowed uh and and and

859
01:04:21,520 --> 01:04:28,400
Ron was able to set in with that along
with Beth Anne Simpson and uh and Miss

860
01:04:25,680 --> 01:04:32,319
Merryweather uh to to really talk about
the ideas that we have for that building

861
01:04:30,640 --> 01:04:37,520
but also for the buildings that for the
ideas that we have for our venues as a

862
01:04:34,000 --> 01:04:42,880
whole as we want more collaboration
especially with our downtown venues. the

863
01:04:40,000 --> 01:04:47,680
the Carnegie itself
uh is a historic I mean it's built in

864
01:04:44,720 --> 01:04:51,760
1901 as one of the Carnegie free
libraries and it and we we're lucky

865
01:04:49,440 --> 01:04:57,039
enough here in Jackson to have that here
and then what the legends of uh music uh

866
01:04:55,359 --> 01:05:03,680
board and the and the Legends of Music
Museum is doing up top and uh the revamp

867
01:05:00,960 --> 01:05:09,359
and and kind of relaunch of it is really
exciting. But what we're able to do in

868
01:05:06,000 --> 01:05:15,440
the basement in that theater, uh I think
uh in as late or as early as just in

869
01:05:12,640 --> 01:05:19,359
June, uh there were four soldout shows
of Matilda that uh Lights Up Theater

870
01:05:18,079 --> 01:05:25,520
Company did in [clears throat] that
basement. I mean, it was an amazing uh

871
01:05:23,200 --> 01:05:31,680
week of shows and it shows what we can
do. Now, there's some TLC with an a

872
01:05:28,400 --> 01:05:35,520
building that is 125 years old and that
and that theater wasn't always a

873
01:05:33,280 --> 01:05:40,559
theater. It was a multi-purpose room uh
that was renovated into a theater uh in

874
01:05:38,240 --> 01:05:46,240
in the recent past. But in just looking
at some things, new curtain and wanting

875
01:05:43,839 --> 01:05:50,720
to utilize that space with a new
projector [clears throat] and a movie

876
01:05:48,079 --> 01:05:55,839
screen that if nothing else, we can show
movies. We can have a lot of things

877
01:05:52,880 --> 01:06:00,480
going on in that space all the time.
Now, it's 72 seats in the theater. So,

878
01:05:58,240 --> 01:06:05,520
it's never going to be something on the
on the same line as the NED or what we

879
01:06:03,680 --> 01:06:10,240
could do at the civic center, but it's
something that can be done in that space

880
01:06:08,559 --> 01:06:14,160
and whether it's a collaboration with
what we're doing there and then they

881
01:06:11,760 --> 01:06:17,839
flow over to the NED and then flow over
to the Carl Perkins Civic Center that we

882
01:06:16,160 --> 01:06:22,240
could do in conjunction with a lot of
different things. Um, and then with

883
01:06:20,000 --> 01:06:26,960
what's going to happen up top, with what
Steve and his group are going to be able

884
01:06:23,680 --> 01:06:31,280
to do to renovate and just relaunch the
Legends of Music Museum. Um, but as Ron

885
01:06:29,440 --> 01:06:36,559
said, I mean, we're talking about, you
know, just some paint and and and some

886
01:06:34,400 --> 01:06:39,839
just a little bit of renovations down
there, an awning or something that we

887
01:06:38,240 --> 01:06:44,160
could do on the outside on the Church
Street entrance that makes it look like

888
01:06:42,240 --> 01:06:48,960
there's a theater there, that something
is going on all the time. And and that's

889
01:06:47,200 --> 01:06:51,920
the goal. not just at the Carnegie, but
for all of our venues.

890
01:06:50,000 --> 01:06:56,160
» And the reason why we chose the Carnegie
to pair um in this grant is kind of what

891
01:06:54,400 --> 01:07:00,240
you mentioned. It is such a unique asset
and kind of underutilized. And so the

892
01:06:58,160 --> 01:07:05,920
whole point of this is how to better
maximalize the space and then also how

893
01:07:03,440 --> 01:07:09,359
to tell people that it's there. And
that's what the wayfinding signage

894
01:07:07,280 --> 01:07:14,319
component is and help drive people to
not only that venue, but other things

895
01:07:11,280 --> 01:07:17,920
downtown, both city venues and um
general restaurant, shopping, things

896
01:07:16,000 --> 01:07:22,640
like that.
This [clears throat] is a kind of a

897
01:07:19,119 --> 01:07:29,280
sidebar. Some things disappeared from
the Carnegie. 125 year old building and

898
01:07:26,720 --> 01:07:33,680
12 25 year old checkout desk. Very
unique.

899
01:07:30,960 --> 01:07:39,520
The checkout desk has disappeared. Other
things have disappeared. Are we able to

900
01:07:36,400 --> 01:07:41,520
find those things that just magically
>> disappeared?

901
01:07:40,880 --> 01:07:47,200
» Disappeared.
>> This is the first I'm hearing of it. So,

902
01:07:43,359 --> 01:07:49,599
I mean, we're working on it. Yeah. Any
further discussion on the item? Go

903
01:07:48,559 --> 01:07:52,400
ahead, Councilman Lawrence.
>> This is an excellent project. We're

904
01:07:50,799 --> 01:07:56,400
lucky to have a great board working on
this, but little housekeeping. Uh,

905
01:07:54,146 --> 01:08:00,000
[clears throat] this is a grant 30%
match, which is $42,000, which was not

906
01:07:58,480 --> 01:08:03,920
budgeted. I mean, I'm going to vote for
this, but why was it not budgeted?

907
01:08:02,240 --> 01:08:06,160
» Uh, to be honest with you, the grant
just opened three weeks ago.

908
01:08:05,280 --> 01:08:08,319
» Good reason.
>> So, we had no clue that it was

909
01:08:07,760 --> 01:08:11,280
available.
>> Yeah, good reason.

910
01:08:09,680 --> 01:08:15,520
» And this would come to from the fund
balance. Yes, we you would have to the

911
01:08:12,880 --> 01:08:20,799
match the 42,500 would be from fund
balance in order to take advantage of

912
01:08:16,960 --> 01:08:24,880
this. Um I will tell you that uh also uh
the deadline was last Friday. So the

913
01:08:23,120 --> 01:08:28,640
state department of tourism enhancement
only had given three weeks to apply for

914
01:08:26,560 --> 01:08:33,279
this. I called and said we have a
potential project. Um our council

915
01:08:31,120 --> 01:08:36,400
wouldn't be able to vote on it prior to
next Friday and so they were willing to

916
01:08:34,799 --> 01:08:41,279
give us an extension to give you all the
opportunity to consider this resolution.

917
01:08:39,040 --> 01:08:44,319
» Any further discussion? Council, please
vote.

918
01:08:42,560 --> 01:08:48,159
» Motion pass line.
>> All right. Thank you, gentlemen. Item

919
01:08:46,640 --> 01:08:52,960
two, consideration of a contract with
Govwell for software services for public

920
01:08:50,560 --> 01:08:55,520
works, building, and planning.
>> So, vote. Motion is there. Second.

921
01:08:55,120 --> 01:08:57,920
» Second.
>> Second.

922
01:08:55,920 --> 01:09:01,839
» Second. Discussion. Council, please
vote.

923
01:09:00,000 --> 01:09:04,799
» Motion passed 920.
>> Item three is consideration of a

924
01:09:03,279 --> 01:09:08,880
temporary lease agreement with Shell's
Barbecue, Soul Food, and More at the

925
01:09:06,400 --> 01:09:11,679
Farmers Market.
>> So, move second. Motion second

926
01:09:10,799 --> 01:09:17,159
discussion.
>> Yes.

927
01:09:13,279 --> 01:09:17,159
» Uh is anyone here?

928
01:09:18,159 --> 01:09:26,640
» You want discuss?
>> She had a question about the lease.

929
01:09:25,192 --> 01:09:29,679
[clears throat]
>> No one from the city here.

930
01:09:28,560 --> 01:09:35,920
» Several people from the city here.
>> I mean from the department.

931
01:09:32,719 --> 01:09:39,719
» Uh Bruce
Zack, you know.

932
01:09:46,719 --> 01:09:52,159
for Zach. Can you give us the
explanation of the contract then let her

933
01:09:51,040 --> 01:09:58,080
speak?
>> So, um Bruce spoke on this at agenda

934
01:09:55,360 --> 01:10:04,080
review. This is just a temporary lease.
Uh there was confu confusion on the

935
01:09:59,920 --> 01:10:07,920
contract term and this is per Bruce,
this is their busiest season of the

936
01:10:05,520 --> 01:10:13,120
summer. So instead of having us an empty
slot, this is a temporary lease with the

937
01:10:10,800 --> 01:10:16,880
existing vendor till wintertime which we
will put out another RFP looking for

938
01:10:14,640 --> 01:10:21,760
another person. So this is just a
temporary thing till the uh next RFP

939
01:10:19,120 --> 01:10:26,640
goes out.
>> Let me ask this. Is my understanding and

940
01:10:23,600 --> 01:10:29,040
and uh you and Miss uh give it I call
her Miss Given. What's the last name?

941
01:10:28,560 --> 01:10:34,239
» Moore.
>> Moore. You can help me out on this. Uh

942
01:10:32,080 --> 01:10:38,320
that was a lease entered into by by
Shell's barbecue with the city for how

943
01:10:36,880 --> 01:10:41,440
long of a period of time? What was the
term?

944
01:10:38,800 --> 01:10:42,480
» Um it's two terms. So two years.
>> For two years.

945
01:10:42,159 --> 01:10:47,520
» Yes.
>> All right. And then at the end of the

946
01:10:45,280 --> 01:10:55,600
second year, toward the end of the
second year, a new lease was prepared by

947
01:10:50,719 --> 01:11:04,320
the city to give to Shell's Barbecue to
enter into a third year. And after that

948
01:11:00,320 --> 01:11:08,159
new lease was signed by the owner, it
was determined by the city that that was

949
01:11:05,920 --> 01:11:14,239
a mistake. That the city should not have
done that uh because the term was up and

950
01:11:11,280 --> 01:11:15,760
and an RFP had to be issued. Is that
right?

951
01:11:14,880 --> 01:11:23,360
» That's correct.
>> Okay. And

952
01:11:19,360 --> 01:11:30,400
by the third lease that was prepared
that was signed by her once that was

953
01:11:26,800 --> 01:11:36,320
signed and she was told that uh that was
a error. It's my understanding ma'am

954
01:11:33,199 --> 01:11:42,719
that you wanted to continue the lease
for a year but the city said let's do it

955
01:11:39,760 --> 01:11:47,360
to October to try to mitigate it to
handle it. Is that right?

956
01:11:44,400 --> 01:11:54,080
» That's correct. Yes. Okay. So, the city
wants to go to October, but you want to

957
01:11:50,239 --> 01:11:56,320
go to next June. Is that right? And then
I'll let you explain, but is that right?

958
01:11:55,760 --> 01:11:57,360
» July.
>> July.

959
01:11:56,960 --> 01:12:00,640
» Yes, sir.
>> All right. That's okay. All right. Now,

960
01:11:58,960 --> 01:12:06,000
anything you want to say?
>> Uh, good morning, mayor, vice mayor, and

961
01:12:02,719 --> 01:12:14,800
council. Um, I have did due diligence at
the location at 70 New Market Street

962
01:12:08,960 --> 01:12:22,880
since 2024 July. Um I um did not have an
notice to vacate uh my premises. I have

963
01:12:19,040 --> 01:12:29,679
uh did the honor of serving the um
farmers market, serving all the amp um

964
01:12:26,640 --> 01:12:37,520
concerts. Uh any other event that's held
in our um park that's adjacent to my uh

965
01:12:33,760 --> 01:12:43,120
restaurant. Uh my busiest peak season
starts in [clears throat] October for

966
01:12:39,840 --> 01:12:51,280
holidays and um knowing that the economy
is where it is now. It's a a a

967
01:12:48,000 --> 01:12:56,400
true death sentence to my business to
not have anywhere to go right now. This

968
01:12:53,360 --> 01:13:01,679
is my livelihood. I've done great by the
city of Jackson. I have no issues or

969
01:12:58,400 --> 01:13:07,760
concerns with anyone uh here. I don't
have any police reports. I do great with

970
01:13:04,320 --> 01:13:13,360
my people all the way from uh South
Africa, uh Europe. I have people that

971
01:13:10,880 --> 01:13:19,199
come all over for my business and I have
nowhere to go right now. And uh this

972
01:13:16,480 --> 01:13:24,320
would do a a a great hardship to my
business to just close up. October is

973
01:13:22,159 --> 01:13:28,880
sufficient for the farmers market and
the amp concerts but is not sufficient

974
01:13:26,800 --> 01:13:34,400
for Shell's barbecue soul food and more
because I still need to uh accommodate

975
01:13:31,679 --> 01:13:40,000
my customers in a timely manner. I have
not seen a lease. I did not agree. I did

976
01:13:37,360 --> 01:13:47,280
not ask for a lease to October. That was
untrue that I saw in agenda meeting. Um,

977
01:13:43,360 --> 01:13:53,040
but I did ask for them to give me at
least a year to find a location for my

978
01:13:50,640 --> 01:13:56,800
business. And I I didn't This is the
first day I've seen Zach probably about

979
01:13:54,960 --> 01:14:01,280
a year and a half, but I've had no
communication with anybody but Mr. Bruce

980
01:13:58,800 --> 01:14:04,640
Bun. And so I would just like you all to
do the right thing by my business,

981
01:14:02,719 --> 01:14:09,040
please.
>> And one other thing, the make sure I got

982
01:14:07,199 --> 01:14:14,320
it right in my mind. preparation of the
lease that was submitted to her that

983
01:14:11,840 --> 01:14:18,000
should not have been done. That was the
city's fault.

984
01:14:15,600 --> 01:14:21,120
» Yes. That's on the farmers market. Yes.
I'm speaking on behalf of them. Yeah. I

985
01:14:19,840 --> 01:14:24,960
was out of the loop of this and just
brought into it.

986
01:14:21,920 --> 01:14:28,239
» Okay. And when it was taken to her, she
signed it

987
01:14:26,640 --> 01:14:32,000
» from what I recall Bruce saying.
>> Did you sign it?

988
01:14:29,920 --> 01:14:34,400
» Yes. I signed it 20 minutes later. He
came back and said Zach said it was

989
01:14:33,840 --> 01:14:38,560
invalid.
>> All right. Thank you.

990
01:14:36,000 --> 01:14:40,880
So, some context and history. So, this
was done as a RFP.

991
01:14:40,320 --> 01:14:45,840
» Okay.
>> The term of that bid was two years.

992
01:14:43,840 --> 01:14:48,480
Bruce
misunderstood the contract term.

993
01:14:47,679 --> 01:14:52,080
» Yeah.
>> Pre-prepared at least to get signed.

994
01:14:50,719 --> 01:14:56,880
Brought it back up to our office and
said there was no more terms to sign. He

995
01:14:54,960 --> 01:15:02,480
had adequate
time to know, hey, this needs to go out

996
01:14:58,880 --> 01:15:06,080
for RFP again. In working with Bruce,
it's his peak season as he stated that

997
01:15:04,560 --> 01:15:10,400
he wanted to do a temporary lease. That
way, it gives her a place to to be, but

998
01:15:08,400 --> 01:15:12,239
in that winter month, we will be putting
it out or if he had to look for another

999
01:15:11,760 --> 01:15:14,719
vendor.
>> Okay.

1000
01:15:13,120 --> 01:15:16,560
» I can't I can't make I can make a
motion, but I would

1001
01:15:16,000 --> 01:15:19,920
» Yeah, I'd like
>> I would encourage a motion to be made to

1002
01:15:18,560 --> 01:15:22,800
extend the lease
>> to the full term since it was presented

1003
01:15:21,440 --> 01:15:25,679
to her and then we can do the RFP.
>> That's where I was going. That's where I

1004
01:15:24,320 --> 01:15:30,080
was going. I make the motion.
>> Okay. Got a motion. to amend to amend

1005
01:15:28,400 --> 01:15:30,880
the lease to the full year as opposed to
October.

1006
01:15:30,640 --> 01:15:32,239
» Yes.
>> Yes.

1007
01:15:31,440 --> 01:15:35,520
» Okay.
>> Yes.

1008
01:15:34,080 --> 01:15:40,960
» Questions on the motion to amend?
>> Yes. Does that satisfy you and help you?

1009
01:15:38,480 --> 01:15:44,640
» It does. I just I just wanted to make
sure my business stays in standing until

1010
01:15:42,880 --> 01:15:47,920
I can find a location.
>> Okay. And

1011
01:15:46,239 --> 01:15:49,120
» that would be lease in July or lease in
June.

1012
01:15:48,640 --> 01:15:52,320
» It
>> end of July or end of June?

1013
01:15:50,400 --> 01:15:54,800
» It's the end of July. July.
>> So I I want to make sure that we're

1014
01:15:53,600 --> 01:15:58,480
clear on that. So we're not
>> So moved to the end of July.

1015
01:15:56,400 --> 01:16:02,400
» Yeah. Thank you, Councilman Lawrence.
>> I'm for this, but can we legally do

1016
01:16:00,239 --> 01:16:06,480
that, Zach?
>> Or should I ask?

1017
01:16:04,080 --> 01:16:10,880
» The initial term came from the RFP and
we're essentially establishing another

1018
01:16:08,159 --> 01:16:16,719
year without competitive procurement.
Um, the terms Bruce came up with the

1019
01:16:14,080 --> 01:16:20,560
temporary till October was kind of a
common sense approach to it. We need to

1020
01:16:18,800 --> 01:16:26,800
have somebody in there for her to run
her business. Um but

1021
01:16:24,480 --> 01:16:31,440
it gives a competitive fair chance to
others to also be part of that that

1022
01:16:28,480 --> 01:16:36,320
vendor. But
>> but the reason why you can do it is

1023
01:16:33,760 --> 01:16:40,000
because you already did it. You extended
it from whenever to October. So you

1024
01:16:38,640 --> 01:16:42,000
established that you can do it.
>> Yes.

1025
01:16:40,400 --> 01:16:43,520
» This would just be establishing the
term.

1026
01:16:42,560 --> 01:16:46,719
» That's correct. You're you're
essentially

1027
01:16:45,199 --> 01:16:50,480
» recommending an update to what that
contract term is till we put it out for

1028
01:16:48,800 --> 01:16:53,360
RFP as well. You're extending the term
of the lease ultimately.

1029
01:16:51,760 --> 01:16:58,239
» Call for questions, Mr. Mayor.
>> All right. Call for questions. All we

1030
01:16:54,960 --> 01:17:02,239
got the motion to amend uh to to the end
of July for the lease for Shell's

1031
01:17:00,560 --> 01:17:04,719
Barbecue. That is that is what is on the
motion to amend the So, we're not voting

1032
01:17:03,760 --> 01:17:08,719
the whole thing. We're just right now
we're just voting to amend the lease

1033
01:17:06,560 --> 01:17:13,040
terms to that and then we'll come back
and vote on the amended one. Okay. So,

1034
01:17:10,719 --> 01:17:15,040
council, please vote.
>> Motion pass 8 to one.

1035
01:17:14,560 --> 01:17:18,239
» Okay. [snorts]
>> A to zero.

1036
01:17:15,920 --> 01:17:22,560
» All right. Yes. Councilman Hold Lisa.
Now we're we're voting on the lease

1037
01:17:20,800 --> 01:17:27,360
agreement as amended is what we're
voting on right now.

1038
01:17:25,600 --> 01:17:30,159
» Council, please vote.
>> Motion pass 8 to zero.

1039
01:17:29,040 --> 01:17:31,840
» All right.
>> Thank you.

1040
01:17:30,880 --> 01:17:33,920
» Thank you, council.
>> Thank you.

1041
01:17:32,560 --> 01:17:37,920
» That explained adequately. Everybody
understand what we voted on? Okay.

1042
01:17:36,159 --> 01:17:42,998
» No mistakes here. Item four is
consideration of a resolution.

1043
01:17:40,640 --> 01:17:45,280
» That's right. Right. Councilman,
[laughter]

1044
01:17:43,120 --> 01:17:50,960
» where's our tasting? Approving
consolidated annual performance and

1045
01:17:46,960 --> 01:17:53,920
evaluation report 20252026.
>> Motion.

1046
01:17:52,560 --> 01:17:57,464
» We have a motion.
>> Second. A second. [clears throat]

1047
01:17:57,520 --> 01:18:01,080
» Come on up here.

1048
01:18:08,560 --> 01:18:13,600
» Good morning.
>> Good morning.

1049
01:18:11,840 --> 01:18:20,640
» Good morning.
Um, as a recipient of HUD funding, we

1050
01:18:16,960 --> 01:18:24,640
are required to submit to HUD um, a
consolidated annual performance and

1051
01:18:22,400 --> 01:18:29,440
evaluation report within 90 days of the
close of our fiscal year, which was June

1052
01:18:26,400 --> 01:18:36,480
30th. So, this report is due to HUD by
September 30th. Uh

1053
01:18:32,800 --> 01:18:42,239
so for the fiscal year um 2526 we
committed it committed and budgeted a

1054
01:18:38,560 --> 01:18:48,080
total of $2.5 million that includes CDBG
funding, home funding, uh car's act

1055
01:18:44,800 --> 01:18:53,800
funding and home art funding. Of that
2.5 million, we expended a total of

1056
01:18:50,800 --> 01:18:53,800
$851,57.

1057
01:18:54,320 --> 01:19:02,080
Uh we expended these monies to work
towards uh accomplishing our goals that

1058
01:18:59,920 --> 01:19:06,400
we uh have in our action plan which are
improved quantity and quality of

1059
01:19:03,440 --> 01:19:10,400
affordable housing, expanding economic
opportunities, providing suitable living

1060
01:19:08,480 --> 01:19:17,440
environments, and expanding the capacity
of homeless providers. With the $851,000

1061
01:19:14,480 --> 01:19:22,960
um dollars expended, we worked with
nonprofit agencies that we subfund

1062
01:19:20,960 --> 01:19:28,239
um such as Boys and Girls Club, RIFA,
West Legal Services, Financial

1063
01:19:25,360 --> 01:19:33,040
Empowerment Center, um Jackson Center
for Independent Living, Joan Affordable

1064
01:19:29,840 --> 01:19:37,600
Housing, Southwest Resource Agency, uh
to provide services and housing

1065
01:19:35,280 --> 01:19:43,040
opportunities to uh the city of
Jackson's low-income individuals and

1066
01:19:40,159 --> 01:19:46,040
households. and we were able to serve
$1,767,

1067
01:19:47,360 --> 01:19:53,920
excuse me, households and individuals
through public services and provide

1068
01:19:51,520 --> 01:20:00,320
housing uh rehab or accessibility
modifications or acquisition to for 25

1069
01:19:56,960 --> 01:20:04,239
housing units um for the year. Any
questions on the report?

1070
01:20:02,080 --> 01:20:07,040
» What is defined as services?
>> Excuse me.

1071
01:20:05,040 --> 01:20:13,679
» What is defined as services? Public
services could be um employment training

1072
01:20:11,120 --> 01:20:18,320
um like Boys and Girls Club. They have
after school and summer programs. Rifle

1073
01:20:16,320 --> 01:20:23,199
does the snack backpack program. Legal
services does advocacy and counseling

1074
01:20:20,239 --> 01:20:26,080
for fair housing, things of that nature.
>> We have another question. Another one.

1075
01:20:24,800 --> 01:20:28,239
» No, I just want to say thank you for
what you're doing. That was really

1076
01:20:27,679 --> 01:20:30,400
great.
>> Thank you. We appreciate you all support

1077
01:20:29,520 --> 01:20:32,719
with it
>> all around the area.

1078
01:20:32,400 --> 01:20:37,285
» Yes.
>> Around Central.

1079
01:20:33,679 --> 01:20:37,285
» Mark, we appreciate you too. [laughter]

1080
01:20:37,440 --> 01:20:43,280
very much.
>> Any further discussion? Council, please

1081
01:20:41,760 --> 01:20:46,159
vote.
>> Motion pass 8 to zero.

1082
01:20:45,679 --> 01:20:49,280
» Thank you.
>> Thank you all.

1083
01:20:46,640 --> 01:20:51,679
» Good work, T. [laughter]
>> You look good.

1084
01:20:50,159 --> 01:20:54,000
» Item five is consideration committee and
board appointments, Jackson Housing

1085
01:20:52,800 --> 01:20:55,920
Authority, reappointment of Mandy
Henderson.

1086
01:20:54,880 --> 01:21:00,560
» So moved.
>> Second. Motion second. Discussion.

1087
01:20:57,920 --> 01:21:03,120
Council, please vote.
>> Motion passes 8 to zero.

1088
01:21:02,000 --> 01:21:05,920
» Housing Commission, the appointment of
Jim Hullbrook and reappointment of Dr.

1089
01:21:04,560 --> 01:21:07,120
Vicky Lake and Adam Johnson.
>> Motion.

1090
01:21:06,719 --> 01:21:08,239
» Second.
>> Motion.

1091
01:21:07,440 --> 01:21:10,239
» Second. Discussion.
>> Quick.

1092
01:21:08,719 --> 01:21:14,080
» Quick. Quick. Quick. [snorts]
>> Do you Do you have to live in Jackson to

1093
01:21:12,239 --> 01:21:17,840
be on the boards?
>> Okay. So, I don't know. I mean, Mr.

1094
01:21:16,080 --> 01:21:20,800
Hullbrook, it shows his address in
Humbult. So, I was just curious, did it

1095
01:21:20,239 --> 01:21:22,719
change?
>> He lives in Madison County at Smith

1096
01:21:22,320 --> 01:21:25,040
Road.
>> That's okay.

1097
01:21:23,199 --> 01:21:29,840
» It's Madison County.
>> And the reason is is he's the CFO for

1098
01:21:27,679 --> 01:21:33,600
JA. And with JA's impact on
infrastructure costs of housing, that's

1099
01:21:31,600 --> 01:21:37,679
why he was nominated. As long as it's
Madison County, that's opportunity.

1100
01:21:36,239 --> 01:21:42,239
» Thank you.
>> Right. Uh council, please vote.

1101
01:21:40,800 --> 01:21:45,520
» Motion pass 8 to zero.
>> All right. Item six, budget amendment

1102
01:21:43,679 --> 01:21:48,960
sunshine less than 10,000. Item seven,
consideration of invoice over 10,000.

1103
01:21:47,520 --> 01:21:52,159
» Motion second. Motion second.
Discussion.

1104
01:21:49,920 --> 01:21:55,280
» Council, please vote.
>> Motion pass 8 to zero.

1105
01:21:54,000 --> 01:21:57,840
» Before we adjourn, I just want to say
thank you. It's a testament to these

1106
01:21:56,480 --> 01:22:00,159
young people, parents. I see a bunch of
parents that started the meeting that

1107
01:21:59,040 --> 01:22:05,001
are finishing the meeting with us. You
didn't leave when youth council was over

1108
01:22:01,520 --> 01:22:07,021
with. So, thank you for that.
[applause]

1109
01:22:07,440 --> 01:22:12,600
» No further business coming before the
council. This meeting is adjourned.