[0:00] um learning about the city and so um
they're going to be here for the council
[0:04] meeting as well.
>> Mayor, would you allow the proud parents
[0:08] to stand up?
>> Yeah. Parents of a youth council council
[0:11] member stand up, recognize you as well.
Yes. [applause]
[0:21] » All right. I think that's all the
pictures, guys. Y'all can sit down now.
[0:25] » Thank you.
>> Thank you.
[0:36] » [clears throat]
>> Now we have a recognition for a West
[0:38] Beamis Middle School student.
[1:02] Read your speech.
>> Okay.
[1:03] » You read your speech.
>> Read your speech.
[1:06] » Hello, I am Adrian Kunis. I attend West
Beamis Middle School and I am in eighth
[1:11] grade honors classes.
A child is not born with a closed fist.
[1:15] They are taught to clench it. While
youth is traditionally viewed as a
[1:19] period of growth and potential, this
promise is increasingly fractured by the
[1:24] reality of youth violence, a complex
public health crisis involving
[1:28] individuals aged 10 to 24 who use force
or power to threaten and harm others.
[1:34] From the digital harassment of cyber
bullying to the devastating impact of
[1:38] physical assault, these acts are rarely
isolated incidents. Rather, there are
[1:44] audible echoes of systemic neglect and
unjust trauma.
[1:48] This cycle of aggression does not exist
in a vacuum, but is instead fueled by a
[1:53] mix of environmental stress, social
pressure, and a lack of accessibility to
[1:59] mental health support. In this essay, I
will explain the causes of youth
[2:03] violence as well as what people can do
about youth violence. First, all acts of
[2:08] youth violence must have a reason. Some
of these can be started by being in a
[2:12] stressful situation. These can include
environmental stress, social stress,
[2:18] digital status stress, and more. At its
core, youth violence is often an
[2:22] explosive reaction to overwhelming
stress. When a young person is under
[2:27] constant pressure, whether from
dangerous neighborhood, family problems,
[2:30] or the always on world of social media,
their brains stay in a state of high
[2:35] alert. without healthy ways to manage
this pressure. The internal way of
[2:39] stress eventually boils over into outer
regression.
[2:45] Another cause of youth violence can be
the absence of positive role models.
[2:49] Some people have a role model they look
up to or are a role model themselves. If
[2:53] someone is stuck with the decision of
whether to follow his or her role
[2:56] model's footsteps or to choose a
separate way of living, it can cause
[3:01] someone to act out of character. When a
youth lacks a mentor to provide a sense
[3:05] of security and a vision for the future,
they are more likely to seek validation
[3:09] from high-risisk peer groups or gangs
that offer a false sense of family. In
[3:15] these environments, aggression is not
just a choice. It becomes a requirement
[3:19] for belonging, leaving the individual
trapped in a cycle of harm simply
[3:24] because they had no one to show them a
different path. Finally, people must
[3:28] find ways to prevent youth violence
before it begins. On an individual
[3:32] level, simply being a consistent and
positive presence for a peer can break
[3:36] the cycle of aggression. By modeling how
to handle frustration with words instead
[3:41] of force, a mentor provides a blueprint
for emotional maturity. Furthermore, we
[3:46] can act by advocating for better mental
health resources and after school
[3:50] programs that give young people a safe
place to belong. These programs offer a
[3:56] constructive outlet than for energy that
might otherwise be spent in conflict.
[4:01] Communities must also prioritize
teaching deescalation skills to ensure
[4:05] that minor disagreements do not turn
into phys physical altercations.
[4:09] The most effective tool against violence
is ensuring that no young person feels
[4:13] they must fight alone to be heard or
protected. In conclusion, this essay
[4:18] explained the causes of youth violence
as well as what people can do about
[4:21] youth violence. While youth is
traditionally viewed as a period of
[4:24] growth and potential, this promise is
increasingly fractured by the reality of
[4:29] youth violence. a complex public health
crisis involving individuals aged 10 to
[4:34] 24 who use force or power to threaten
and harm others. From the digital
[4:39] harassment of cyber bullying to the
devastating impact of physical assault,
[4:44] these acts are rarely isolated
incidents. Rather, there are audible
[4:48] echoes of systemic neglect and unjust
trauma.
[4:52] [applause]
[5:01] » [applause]
[5:06] [applause]
[5:14] » Good morning everyone.
>> Good morning.
[5:16] » Adrien Brancumis is a national
ambassador for Do the Right Thing in
[5:20] Jackson, Tennessee. Adrian is a student
at at West Phoenix Middle School. He
[5:25] traveled to Washington DC this summer
for the National Summit and he
[5:29] represented Jackson, Tennessee. Well,
this program has been in Jackson for 19
[5:33] years and we he's a published author.
His essay was printed in the Library of
[5:37] Congress this summer. And so that essay
was a blessing to everybody that heard
[5:42] it and it was also offered solutions to
youth violence. So I'm the local chair
[5:46] and we're proud to be here this morning.
Mr. Daryl Wells is his educator. Uh,
[5:50] Miss Boys also, would you please stand?
Miss Bo, the educator of West Middle and
[5:54] also his mom is here. Miss Jennifer,
would you please stand? And we have an
[5:59] autograph copy of this local uh
presentation for Mayor Conger.
[6:04] » Oh, thank you.
>> And thank you for your support for this
[6:06] program.
>> What about the council? [laughter]
[6:11] » We can it be a traveling copy. We'll
share. [laughter]
[6:14] » We'll bring you copies as well.
>> But that's really good. [applause]
[6:24] Good job, young man.
[6:30] All right, next up we have a audit
committee's annual report.
[6:51] Good morning, Mayor Conger, members of
the city council. Uh, I'm Dr. Martha
[6:56] Robinson, chair of the audit committee,
and we're pleased to present our annual
[7:00] report as um required by our bylaws.
And this is Miss Christy Cruz.
[7:11] Uh we wanted to uh just kind of review
the role of the audit committee for
[7:15] those of you who might not be as
familiar with it.
[7:21] Uh the audit committee and hopefully you
can read that better than I uh but the
[7:25] audit committee's uh role is to provide
support to the audit function. uh
[7:31] basically helping to ensure that uh the
audits are reviewed in a timely fashion
[7:37] and that we look to seek to identify any
findings uh and address those findings
[7:43] and so that is a role that we have uh
played over the last few years. We also
[7:49] uh this uh position also um oversees the
internal audit uh position.
[7:57] Next slide please.
like to uh introduce uh the members of
[8:02] the audit committee. Uh as I said, I'm
Martha Robinson. I serve as chair. Uh
[8:07] Miss Marta Wallace, who's city council
[clears throat] member. Uh attorney
[8:11] Richard Donnell. Mr. Larry Laurant, also
a city council member. Uh Miss Christy
[8:17] Cruzen, CPS CPAs. Uh Mr. Gary Jenkins,
who's an entrepreneur, a business
[8:22] leader, and a retired military
personnel. And Mr. Ross Perie who is an
[8:28] administrator with Jackson Credit uh
with Leaders Credit Union.
[8:40] Okay. Uh so over the last year we had a
very successful year and we are very
[8:45] appreciative of the support that we
receive from the administration uh and
[8:49] from uh our citizens who often um set in
on our meetings. But we have been very
[8:55] productive and this report provides a
highlight of our challenges and
[9:00] accomplishments for the year. Uh city
council has received a detailed report
[9:04] but if you require additional details
we'll be happy to supply those. Uh
[9:08] during the year we were busily engaged
in reviewing the audit findings from the
[9:13] FY24 audit. We also looked at
identifying solutions for the findings
[9:18] that were identified. uh we worked on
reviewing and developing a plan of
[9:23] correction uh with the uh office of the
city recorder and we spent quite a bit
[9:29] of time surveying those uh impacted
departments those departments that might
[9:34] have had some findings uh linked to
them. So we invited them to come to our
[9:38] meetings to help identify what those
issues were and to see how we could be
[9:43] of assistance in addressing those and so
we felt that we made great progress in
[9:47] doing that. The departments were
extremely cooperative and I think by
[9:51] working together we came up with some
workable solutions. Uh our overall goal
[9:55] is to prevent repeat findings. Um I've
yet to see a clean audit uh anywhere. Uh
[10:02] but the goal is to make sure that you
don't have the same findings repeating
[10:06] themselves year after year. So that's
what we have been working towards. And
[10:11] when we identified those uh findings and
those uh what we looked at as
[10:16] contributing factors, we looked to apply
corrective actions so that you know
[10:21] again we could help mitigate those
findings. Slide please.
[10:26] And so, uh, again, you know, during the
the past fiscal year, we, um,
[10:34] looked at, uh, completing, uh, the FY24
audit, uh, and we, uh, helped to develop
[10:40] a corrective action plan, which is, you
know, pretty standard. This is what we
[10:43] needed to do. Uh, we looked at, uh,
monitoring the progress of, uh,
[10:49] resolving any audit findings, uh, and
strengthening those, um, uh, procedures.
[10:55] So, we met with uh uh the city recorder
and others monthly to kind of get an
[11:01] update on the progress in terms of
reviewing those audit refining those
[11:06] audit findings. And we're very pleased
to report that the city recorders office
[11:10] has worked diligently to try to resolve
and rectify those findings. Uh we also
[11:16] spent time evaluating uh and uh leading
a comprehensive report or review of the
[11:23] city's ethics uh ordinance and looking
for uh an opportunity to uh introduce or
[11:31] reintroduce a a complaint process that
would be anonymous. We felt it was
[11:35] extremely important that employees uh
city employees as well as the general
[11:40] public feel comfortable uh lodging any
complaint that they might have without
[11:45] fear of reprisal. Uh we also spent time
evaluating and recommending that
[11:51] anonymous reporting system and so we're
pleased that uh the committee um voted
[11:56] to approve that measure and we're in the
process now of identifying and
[12:01] onboarding the firm that we had
identified that would uh uh serve us
[12:06] best in this uh area. uh that firm is
very costefficient and we looked at uh
[12:12] economies of scale where we would save
additionally by having them work with
[12:15] other departments as well. Uh so we're
very pleased with that. We're also uh
[12:21] developing uh the city's uh internal
audit uh program where we're looking at
[12:27] uh increasing efficiency so that we
operate a little bit more efficiently
[12:31] and effectively. uh and so we did a
complete review of that function uh and
[12:36] looked at where we needed to augment uh
various uh activities or various
[12:41] responsibilities in order uh to give the
best results uh to the city. Uh we also
[12:47] worked on uh establishing uh plans um
that would uh help again increase
[12:54] accountability and improve uh
transparency because we feel that's
[12:58] extremely important. I think this
administration has done an excellent job
[13:01] of trying to uh have a transparent uh
governance system and so we're looking
[13:07] at ways to further enhance that. Okay.
[13:15] [clears throat]
Uh you move to the next spot. Again, we
[13:18] felt comfortable with the process that
our uh external audit uh review process.
[13:24] Uh we felt that we're on track uh to um
you know get on and maintain a good
[13:30] schedule for those reviews. We had a
little catchup to do, but we feel that
[13:34] we're in a good position moving forward.
Next slide, please.
[13:39] Enter.
[13:49] Yeah. Well, at any rate, uh, and I think
that's the crux of the report. We're
[13:53] having a few technical difficulties, but
overall, we felt that we had a very, uh,
[13:57] productive year. Uh, we felt that we
were able to, um, initiate and implement
[14:03] uh, some measures that would not only
increase efficiency, but uh, allow for
[14:08] greater transparency. And we think
that's always very important. Uh we will
[14:12] continue to work towards you know
reviewing uh preparing again for the
[14:17] next audit uh onboarding uh the internal
auditor and working uh collaboratively
[14:24] with them and other departments to
ensure greater uh effectiveness and
[14:29] efficiency.
Are there questions?
[14:33] » Not a question. I just like to just go
on the record to uh commend [snorts] you
[14:36] for your leadership of the committee.
You've done an excellent job on it and I
[14:39] want everybody to know about it. Thank
you.
[14:41] » Thank you very much.
>> Thank you, Dr. Robinson. The audit
[14:43] committee had a lot of work ahead of
you. Uh you've come a long way and so we
[14:48] appreciate the work that you're doing
and the committee is doing um every
[14:51] month.
>> Thank you.
[14:54] » Thank you so much. [applause]
[14:58] [cheering]
[15:06] Next up, we have invitation for public
comment. And I will start with Mr. Paul
[15:12] Taylor.
[15:20] » Good morning, mayor and council. How are
you all this morning?
[15:24] » Uh, first I want to recognize and
appreciate the recent work of the
[15:27] planning department and the city as
well. uh as they continue their efforts
[15:31] to enforce our existing sign code uh and
address old, abandoned, and dilapidated
[15:36] signs throughout our community. Those
efforts are important and I appreciate
[15:40] the attention being given to improving
the appearance of our commercial
[15:43] corridors. Also recognize that portions
of our sign code are dated and need to
[15:48] be revised. So my concern this morning
is not about the idea of updating the
[15:52] code. My concern is with several
provisions in the amendment before you
[15:57] and whether we understand fully their
impact before adopting them. I want to
[16:02] focus today particularly on the SC1
planning uh which is a planned
[16:06] commercial development district. SC1 is
specifically intended for shopping
[16:10] centers and multi-tenant commercial
developments. The current code
[16:14] recognized the unique signage needs of
those properties and allows a
[16:18] multi-tenant freestanding sign of up to
250 square feet and 35 ft in height. The
[16:24] amendment before you, however, places
SC1 in a table showing the maximum sign
[16:28] area of only 16 square ft and a maximum
height of 25 ft while at the same time
[16:34] referencing the existing SC1 provisions.
That creates a very basic question for
[16:39] me. Which standard applies? If the
existing multi-tenant standard remains,
[16:44] the ordinance needs to say that clearly.
If the intent is actually to impose the
[16:48] 16 square foot limitation, then we
should be then we would be making a
[16:52] zoning district designed specifically
for shopping centers, one that is more
[16:56] restrictive than any commercial district
in Jackson for signage. I think that
[17:00] deserves more review before it becomes
our ordinance.
[17:04] I'm also concerned about the proposed
design review language. The amendment
[17:08] would allow additional requirements or
restrictions beyond the numerical
[17:12] standards contained in the code, but it
does not establish a clear objective
[17:17] criteria on how those additional
restrictions are to be applied. That
[17:22] introduces a significant degree of
subjectivity to what should otherwise be
[17:26] a predictable permitting process. In
fact, the existing sign code itself
[17:31] recognizes that aesthetics and design
quality can be difficult to regulate
[17:35] because of individual opinions and how
they vary. Finally, I previously
[17:40] participated in a multi-industry
stakeholder group, which I've emailed
[17:43] you before on this topic that reviewed
the city's earlier efforts to revise the
[17:47] sign code. That group provided comments
and recommendations to the planning
[17:51] department. Uh however, that group has
not uh been made aware of all of these
[17:56] changes and has not had an opportunity
to review these uh the amendment that's
[18:00] now before you today
uh or evaluate its potential impacts.
[18:05] Again, I support updating the sign code
and I appreciate the work that's gone
[18:10] into it, but these are substantive
changes that could affect businesses,
[18:14] property owners, redevelopment, and
future commercial investment. I would
[18:18] respectfully ask that the council table
this amendment today and allow my uh my
[18:23] stakeholder group to have an opportunity
to review and complete the proposal uh
[18:27] with planning before it comes for
adoption. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
[18:31] » Thank you.
>> Almost perfectly three minutes.
[18:32] » I know a little.
[18:41] Next up, we have Steve Little.
[19:01] Hello everyone.
>> Hello.
[19:03] » I'm glad you're here.
>> Appreciate the opportunity to speak on
[19:09] behalf of the Legends of Tennessee Music
Museum at the Carnegie. And uh we're
[19:15] here to address the situation with the
Tourism Museum grant that you guys have
[19:21] put out there for an opportunity that we
might be able to to use that. Um uh we
[19:28] have some of our board members here. I
want to make sure that everybody knows
[19:30] that they're here. We have
representation.
[19:33] We uh I only have three minutes. Is that
is that what I got?
[19:37] » Okay. Well,
>> we have now now less than that, right?
[19:40] We have a we hit a bump in the road with
the museum. Okay. This has been several
[19:47] months ago and we've been addressing
that ever since. And once we hit that
[19:52] stumbling block or that that bump in the
road, we had to kind of back up and
[19:58] reassess the where we were with the
museum. And what we decided was we were
[20:02] going to take this as an opportunity,
not as a stumbling block, not as a bump
[20:07] in the road, but an opportunity to make
the museum bigger and better and refocus
[20:14] what we really wanted in the museum.
when we put that museum together back in
[20:18] 2015
and the guys the people that are
[20:21] representing or were here with me today,
they were a major part of all of that.
[20:26] Uh, and there's a couple people that are
not here that had a major part as well.
[20:31] So, our goal is to make this museum
bigger and better. We got to be all
[20:37] inclusive. We we focus primarily on Carl
Perkins and uh Denise Lasowl and people
[20:44] like that. We did the people that were
really rich in the music history, but
[20:48] there's it really goes deeper than that.
We had a lot of local groups that
[20:53] performed around here in this area for
years, a long, long time. And we're
[20:58] going to make sure that we pay attention
to the local groups that made an impact
[21:04] on music. And I'm talking to people like
the Jonians,
[21:09] uh, uh,
Sunny Boy Williams, which he was early,
[21:14] he was back from the 30s, but we're
going to focus on people like that. It's
[21:19] going to be an opportunity for us to
share that rich music history with
[21:23] everybody. Um, anyway, so I would
appreciate that you would consider
[21:29] voting for this this grant. We need it.
We need it in order to be able to put
[21:34] the museum back together because it was
kind of disassembled to some extent, but
[21:40] uh and I welcome you if you vote on it.
Even if you don't vote on it, we're
[21:43] going to put it back together somehow.
And we we appreciate the opportunity to
[21:48] talk to you today.
>> What members are here with you? I'd like
[21:52] to see what they look like. [laughter]
[21:57] » Very close.
>> You know, I'd like to see that, too. I'm
[21:59] not sure [laughter] what y'all stand.
I'm not sure where Derek Grit stands.
[22:04] » There he is.
>> The board stand. [laughter]
[22:08] » Can the board stand?
>> Y'all stand up.
[22:10] » They did.
>> They're requesting you to stand again,
[22:13] please. There we go.
>> Yeah, they need to stand up. I want to
[22:15] make sure everybody knows that.
>> Yeah. We also have Hope McGregor on the
[22:19] board and she's a music person.
Everybody is involved in music that's on
[22:25] our board. So, they they have a passion
just like uh that I'm trying to express
[22:29] to you guys. And so we we all love the
museum and it's a it's a really really
[22:34] important for Jackson, Tennessee.
>> Thank you very much.
[22:37] » Thank you.
>> Thank you.
[22:38] » Thank you.
[22:42] » Moving on to first reading. Uh
>> item one is proposed budget amendment to
[22:48] recognize and appropriate $1,562
for insurance recovery for the building
[22:54] department.
>> So moved. Second.
[22:56] » Motion to second. Discussion from
council. Council, please vote.
[23:01] Motion pass 9 to zero.
>> Item two is proposed budget amendment to
[23:04] recognize and appropriate $22,26.93
cents to insurance recovery for a storm
[23:10] water vehicle.
>> Motion.
[23:11] » Second. A motion to second. Discussion
from council. Council, please vote.
[23:17] » Motion pass 9 to zero.
>> Item three is proposed budget amendment
[23:20] to appropriate $20,000 in e from the e
citation fund for software licensing and
[23:26] equipment upkeep.
>> Motion.
[23:29] a motion to second discussion.
>> Yes, sir. I'd like uh whoever to speak
[23:33] on that, please.
>> So, several uh good morning, mayor and
[23:35] council, youth, council,
>> morning.
[23:37] » Um several uh uh years ago, a couple of
years ago, you guys adopted uh provision
[23:42] that uh established a electronic
citation fee on uh certain cases that
[23:48] are handled through city court. uh those
fees are split between uh the court and
[23:54] the city and the portion that comes to
the city is actually used for the
[23:58] maintenance of the electronic citation
system. A special fund was created and
[24:02] the only uh use for any of the funds in
uh in that designation are actually for
[24:08] the maintenance of that system. And so
those funds have been building up for a
[24:11] couple of years. There's about $26,000
in that fund. Uh right now there are I
[24:15] understand Chief Corley a couple of
maintenance needs and a couple of
[24:18] software upgrades. And so this is
basically appropriating fund balance
[24:22] from that special fund for those
purposes.
[24:25] » Thank you, sir.
>> Four and a half minutes.
[24:30] » Sorry. Any further discussion?
Council, please vote.
[24:35] » Thank you.
>> Motion pass 9 to zero.
[24:36] » Sorry, I got you all the way up.
>> No, thank you.
[24:40] Item four, proposed budget amendment to
appropriate $889,515.72
[24:46] in FY26 VCIF grant funds.
>> Motion
[24:50] » second.
>> Motion second discussion.
[24:52] » Just somebody explain what G VCIF
>> violent crimes intervention fund.
[24:56] » All right. Thank you. And I do that for
the benefit of the young people who are
[25:00] here today primarily. Yes.
>> But everybody else as well
[25:04] » because we already know but they don't.
>> Any further discussion? Council, please
[25:08] vote.
>> Motion passed 9 to zero.
[25:14] » Item five, consideration of an ordinance
to amend the text the city of Jackson,
[25:17] Tennessee sign code ordinance.
[clears throat]
[25:22] » Motion
[25:25] have a motion.
>> I'm going to second it for purposes of
[25:29] discussion.
>> All right.
[25:32] » All right. So, um, you had the materials
pertinent to this sign code amendment.
[25:36] Um
the
[25:43] uh the section that that Paul referred
to was a was a error that we gave you
[25:48] the right version uh before in your
packet. So you have it was a cold over
[25:53] from the the district in front of it. So
uh as we said in pre-aggenda, we were
[25:59] making some housekeeping changes but
weren't changing uh anything uh in the
[26:04] sign code. So that was a that was an
error and we corrected that. So that
[26:08] we're not applying a 16 square foot
standard to the SC1. It just refers to
[26:12] the section that governs the SC1 as it
does now. So that's uh that's not
[26:17] changing. Um as outlined in pre-aggenda,
there's there's only a few changes that
[26:23] we made. Um I'll just kind of summarize
them. One was um the design review
[26:28] section that that Paul referred to. um
that's always been in place since 19
[26:33] from from 2024 when y'all adopted design
guidelines for the city of Jackson. So
[26:39] that has always been a part of that. So
we're not adding anything. uh that has
[26:44] always been. But you can see in that
textual uh change that where we just
[26:49] recognize that uh it says May and and
that's just there because there could be
[26:55] instances where um there could be some
additional but in most cases the signs
[27:00] are judged by the requirements in the
sign code ordinance. So, um, the permit
[27:07] fees, they, uh, were changed because we
adjusted all of our fees because we
[27:11] hadn't adjusted them in so many years
and they were way behind. Uh, so that
[27:15] was a change.
Um there was a change in who was
[27:20] responsible in terms of notice on signs
in terms of inspection and that
[27:25] basically was just changed uh to uh
recognize that uh it was the uh sign
[27:32] owner uh to notify if there was a change
to the administrator. Um there was a
[27:38] change to um one change to the signs uh
for future development and that was a
[27:45] again um something that is a small
change but not really a change. Uh the
[27:50] signs that were out there development
signs that were not on site were
[27:55] offremise signs and were illegal anyway.
So, we just basically reiterated that
[28:00] when there's future development signs,
as long as they are on the site that's
[28:04] being uh advertised for future
development, then that's fine. It's on
[28:08] premise. It's not off premise. Um the
table that um that Paul referred to
[28:15] where we um basically took the O
standard and put it in SC1 and we made
[28:19] that change. Uh that was just a a change
to try to make it look better and to
[28:24] organize it better. So, no uh change was
made to the requirements. Um let's see.
[28:32] [clears throat]
[28:34] Um there was one section where um in the
current sign code it prohibited sandwich
[28:41] boards. Well, we have sandwich boards
all over downtown. So, we just basically
[28:45] made them permissible. Um temporary
signs, that was the big one. uh because
[28:50] as Paul said, we've been going after uh
a lot of this clutter that we had on our
[28:55] rideways and uh along in our commercial
developments and temporary signs were
[29:00] originally in the exempt uh section
which means they could put them out. We
[29:04] wouldn't know when they put them out and
we wouldn't know how long they had been
[29:08] there. So now temporary signs have been
moved uh to the permitted side so that
[29:14] when they want to put up temporary
signs, they can permit them. We'll know
[29:17] when they've been permitted so we can
track how long they've been out so that
[29:21] we can then enforce them if they've been
out past the time that they're allowed.
[29:25] » Is there a fee for the temporary?
>> Um there would be a sign code. Uh it'd
[29:30] be a a fee just like the rest of the
sign code. There would not be uh it
[29:34] would not be a huge fee, but it would be
a sign. Okay.
[29:39] » Uh I mean it would be a fee. Um under
the old section it wouldn't be because
[29:44] we weren't tracking. They weren't
permitted. uh but it's minimal. Um
[29:49] we also dealt with election signs
because of changes rulings by the
[29:53] Supreme Court and changes
[clears throat] in the law. Um election
[29:57] signs are kind of giving a been given a
wide birth when it comes to where they
[30:01] can be placed and and and and uh we uh
recognize that because in our sign code
[30:07] uh it said that you couldn't have any
signs on the rightway, but when it comes
[30:11] to election signs, you can because
they've ruled that is the public square.
[30:15] So, so we had to take that and change it
to where election signs weren't bound to
[30:19] that. So, uh, all other signs,
commercial speech is different. Uh, if
[30:24] you got some furniture for sale, don't
put it on the rightway. Um, but other
[30:28] signs in terms of election signs are are
not uh uh restricted in that way. Um,
[30:36] the other um
I don't that was the last one that I
[30:41] know of. So again, all these were uh
housekeeping measures. They weren't
[30:45] intended to make changes to how things
were regulated, but just reflect how
[30:49] things are enforced uh the way they are
now and also reflect the design review
[30:55] process that already existed and been in
place since 24. So we just wanted to say
[30:59] that so that people were clear. I'd be
happy to answer any other questions you
[31:03] have.
>> Wallace.
[31:05] » Yes. Good morning. Um if you will say
out loud the change first of all the
[31:10] amount
of what we changed the the cost
[31:15] » in terms of the fee.
>> Yes.
[31:18] » Um
[31:21] let me get to that section.
>> These are things that I would want to
[31:26] know if I was in the public. I've got
three or four of these.
[31:29] » All right. So, um you've got
in the in the new section, you've got
[31:35] the fee for all signs not exempt from
this fee shall be $15.
[31:40] uh plus $1 for the square footage of the
surface display. So it's a $160 per
[31:45] square foot. So again, these signs are
not huge outlays there.
[31:50] » Okay. And will you say the actual size
of what is permitted now?
[31:55] » Um in terms of the size of the the
flags, um it doesn't really regulate um
[32:03] temporary signs.
>> Are you talking about the flags council
[32:05] member? You talking about talking about
the SC1,
[32:07] » right? You had said it was going to be
16
[32:10] What is that really going to be?
>> Yeah, the SC1 now just refers to the
[32:14] section that governs SC1. Originally, it
had repeated uh the O section right
[32:20] above it. Now, it says for requirements
refer to section 1454052,
[32:26] which is the signs that regulate the SC1
as we regulate it now. So, uh you can
[32:31] see as you see below that um it it keeps
um
[32:39] it keeps uh the get to that.
>> Okay. And then
[32:45] » the 300 square feet and the height and
all that in the SC1 has remained the
[32:49] same.
>> Okay. And then the last question because
[32:51] I've seen some emails that we were
trying to do a committee uh get together
[32:58] about the signs. What committee is the
signs going to be under? The planning
[33:04] commission.
>> The sign code is still administered by
[33:08] the building department, but we we
helped them with enforcement.
[33:12] » Okay. So, that will not be under the
planning committee because I know at one
[33:16] time we were trying to have
>> we're still working toward those the
[33:20] future amendments. Uh but right now
we're just trying to to change those
[33:24] things that are problematic in the
existing code as it exists today. So, so
[33:28] that's what this represents.
>> Okay.
[33:31] » Does is Paul Taylor still in the
audience?
[33:36] » Paul,
does this answer some of your questions
[33:40] as a commercial?
[33:44] » Uh, yes. Glad to hear that we won't be
regulated to a 4x4 sign. No [laughter]
[33:50] future tense.
>> Yeah. But what I would ask is uh given
[33:53] that there are errors and that the the
the language that is going to be
[33:58] considered today was not included on the
on the city's website that you give us a
[34:03] month to review that uh and and provide
any comments. I I uh Stan knows this.
[34:08] We've talked quite a bit about all this.
Uh I agree with much of the direction
[34:13] that this is going. Uh but I would like
to see the final uh revised corrected
[34:19] document uh before you take it take it
further.
[34:22] » Dan, is that what we have?
>> That's what you have. I mean basically
[34:25] the only thing that changed was that
before we for pre-aggenda we got it to
[34:30] you in the form that it was going to be
addressed today. So um and I I don't
[34:35] know that um postponing the month's
going to change the fact that we didn't
[34:39] change anything. So, I mean, we'll be
happy to if that's what you want to do,
[34:44] but the the text was an error. You got
the error revised before you considered
[34:49] it today and and basically you haven't
voted on it. So, nothing's been
[34:54] implemented um in terms of the error
that was made. So, basically what you
[34:59] have now is that that there's no change.
>> I would move to table it just for the
[35:04] sake of transparency with the public for
the people like myself. I have a
[35:09] question. I want to know. You said you
you agree with most of it.
[35:14] » What do you know from right now that you
don't or that you see to be problematic?
[35:20] » Well, we'll come back to you. I got a
motion to table. You need to get a
[35:22] second. You got a second. Okay.
>> Now, we can discuss that. So, go ahead,
[35:26] » Council. So,
>> one, I I became aware of this last
[35:30] night.
>> Uh, and so I pulled the document and
[35:33] obviously the document had an error on
it, right?
[35:36] » I pulled the document, reviewed it. uh
this group uh that that I have been
[35:41] working with that reviewed this when
there was a wholesale overhaul that was
[35:45] proposed uh they are not aware one of
them had notified me so what I would ask
[35:51] is that we allow them the opportunity to
see the revised corrected document uh
[35:56] and provide have an opportunity to
provide any input today I just happen to
[36:00] have time to be able to come up here
today
[36:02] » was there anything in there that like
the change and cost or anything like
[36:05] that that you felt No, I I'm fine with
the change in in fees. I think it's been
[36:10] underassessed
uh lately. It's it's not it's not like
[36:14] this is an annual assessment. Um the I
agree with a lot of the the temporary
[36:21] signage and the and what they're doing
in in order to start to regulate that. I
[36:25] think that will clean up. Uh obviously
there are problematic areas in town
[36:30] » and as I said in my prepared statement
that
[36:33] » they have done uh a significant job in
correcting those and they continue to do
[36:37] that work and it is not easy work.
>> Yeah.
[36:40] » Uh to call somebody and say you got to
take your sign down because it's
[36:43] dilapidated or
>> or abandoned. Uh but but they are
[36:46] working on that. So I commend them on
that. But I would like an opportunity to
[36:50] share the corrected version with the
group uh to get any other feedback.
[36:54] Councilman Lawrence,
>> I don't think we're supposed to be
[36:56] debating us to table something, but we
could if we passed this today and Mr.
[37:02] Taylor, if you came in had some problems
next meeting, we could revise it next
[37:06] meeting by just doing those addressing
those issues, right?
[37:09] » Yeah. I mean, if we again, I have no
problem with tableing a month. I mean,
[37:14] um, but
>> that's it.
[37:18] » That's all you got to say. Let
>> them finish. Finish. [snorts] But but
[37:21] the reason why we didn't bring the
committee together is because we weren't
[37:24] making any changes that were drastic
like we did before when we were going to
[37:28] change where it was going to be placed,
who was going to be doing what. This was
[37:32] just housekeeping things that basically
just put us online so that these
[37:36] temporary signs that we were battling
day after day after day. Every weekend
[37:40] we got a new set of them. It gives us
the [clears throat] abilities to now ask
[37:44] them to permit them so that we can track
them. And so, uh, I don't mind waiting a
[37:49] month, but again, if we had had
substantal changes, if we were changing
[37:52] things that were going to impact what
they were being used to, I would have no
[37:56] problem with it. But again, we were
doing housekeeping things. Changing the
[38:00] election signs was important. Uh, so
again, it's up to y'all.
[38:04] » Sure.
>> I got a motion to table. Motion second
[38:06] to table. Uh, this is the you're voting
on the motion to table right now. So,
[38:10] council, please vote.
>> Motion pass 8 to one abstain. All right.
[38:17] That bad thing right there. Okay. Uh
item six is consideration of an
[38:22] ordinance to amend the text the official
zoning ordinance of the city of Jackson,
[38:25] Tennessee, article 5, specific district
regulations section 18, office center
[38:31] district C uses permitted as special
exemptions. Nope. Um I skipped down one.
[38:36] I'm sorry. Consideration of an ordinance
to amend the tech special zoning
[38:39] ordinance article 5 specific district
regulations. There we go. Relative to
[38:43] restaurants.
>> All right. So, uh, you have the
[38:45] materials pertinent to this text
amendment. Um, all that's changing is
[38:50] under the current zoning, uh, in the
OC's district, it it allowed
[38:55] restaurants, but as a special exception,
but it wouldn't allow them to have a
[38:59] drive-thru. Well, uh, as you know, after
the pandemic, drive-throughs became very
[39:03] important, and they continue to be a big
portion of restaurants uh, business now.
[39:09] uh as dining rooms slowly uh get smaller
and drive-throughs become more
[39:14] important, uh restaurants uh have
decided and have have seen that they
[39:18] could lower their overhead and and still
do good business. So, we're just uh
[39:23] reflecting the times and just amending
this to take the exclusion out for
[39:27] drive-throughs.
>> Motion.
[39:29] » Have a motion. Second
>> and a second. Discussion. Council,
[39:32] please vote.
>> Motion pass 9 to zero.
[39:37] » All right. Thank you, St. Thank you,
mayor and councel.
[39:39] » Item seven is propose ordinance to amend
city code of ethics.
[39:46] » See a motion.
>> Second.
[39:47] » Motion a second.
>> You want to go over what we're amending?
[39:50] Sure.
>> There we go. Thank you, mayor and
[39:55] council. Uh this proposed ordinance is
one of the action items that you heard
[40:00] Dr. Rob Martha Robinson explain in the
audit committee's annual presentation.
[40:05] Um, as part of the audit committee's
role is the to investigate city
[40:09] processes and find areas for
improvement. They work with the city
[40:13] ethics committee to make some tweaks to
your code of ethics ordinance and that
[40:18] is what is before you. It essentially
does three changes. The first is that it
[40:23] expands the definition of personal
interest uh to include more
[40:28] relationships. So the group thought that
in today's day and age we have um more
[40:34] family living situations and so it
includes grandparents and grandchildren
[40:40] as a relationship you could have a
personal interest in. Also adds domestic
[40:45] partner as well. Uh we use the federal I
believe IRS definition for domestic
[40:51] partner for that. The second is is it
adds a reasonable person standard. Uh I
[40:57] am not a lawyer so I'm not going to get
into what exactly that means. Maybe uh
[41:00] Councilman Donell can explain that if
there's more questions. Uh and then the
[41:05] third is you heard around anonymous
complaints. Uh originally your code of
[41:10] ethics allowed everyone to do so. Um
there was concerns that allowing anyone
[41:16] and everyone to do an anonymous
complaint led to kind of abuse and
[41:19] politicization of that. And so years
ago, you changed the ordinance to
[41:23] mandate that everyone essentially do a
notorized
[41:27] um submission. And the group kind of
felt that that the pendulum had swung
[41:32] too far in the opposite direction. And
so there was an attempt to find a middle
[41:35] ground between those two extremes. And
what the audit committee recommended to
[41:40] the ethics committee and the ethics
committee ultimately agreed with was to
[41:43] allow employees to do so because um
there may have been fear of retribution
[41:49] as an employee for submitting an ethics
complaint. And so that uh this code this
[41:54] ordinance change allows employees to
submit anonymous complaints. before we
[41:59] brought the ordinance before you, we
wanted to make sure that that was
[42:01] technologically feasible because uh how
could you um there was initial
[42:06] challenges with verifying someone's an
employee if it's anonymous and so we
[42:10] found a way to do that and so now that
is why this is before you now.
[42:14] » Thank you, Ron. Any further discussion?
>> Council, please vote.
[42:19] » Motion pass 9 to zero.
>> Item eight is a proposed ordinance to
[42:23] amend title 13 regarding environmental
court.
[42:27] Thank you, Mayor and Council. Oh, should
I want to wait for a motion? Okay. Um,
[42:32] this and the next two ordinances all
deal with, you've heard a lot about how
[42:35] we've moved our code enforcement
department over to HNS and as part of
[42:40] that are looking to modernize and give
them more tools to address code
[42:44] violations throughout the city. Uh, this
is the first ordinance as a way to kind
[42:49] of strengthen and bolster those efforts.
What we are doing is copying Memphis's
[42:54] code of ordinances around ecort.
Currently, our ordinance says that if
[42:59] someone um no shows their hearing in
court or fails to remedy the violations,
[43:05] the judge may issue um a contempt of
court and a violation for that. This
[43:12] adopts me Memphis's provision where if
someone no shows for their day in court
[43:17] uh or fails to remedy the order of the
judge, they shall be held in contempt of
[43:23] court and then assess the fine.
>> Is there a motion?
[43:26] » So move second.
>> Motion second discussion.
[43:29] » Yes, sir. The um it appears to me that
by changing this language from
[43:35] about being held in contempt from shall
be held in contempt rather than may,
[43:39] you're taking some power away from the
judge. The judge now has the city court
[43:43] judge now has the discretion to
determine whether or not a person is in
[43:46] contempt or not. And this language would
take that power from him. And I can
[43:52] imagine situations where a person cannot
show up in court for legitimate reasons.
[43:56] You know, now I know some people just
going to come and they just give all
[43:59] these bogus excuses, but some people do
have legitimate reasons for not being in
[44:02] court and this would harm them because
they would be held in contempt. And uh I
[44:07] I I I don't think we ought to take that
discretion from the judge because I
[44:13] think that one size doesn't fit all. And
I would submit that the judge should
[44:18] have the discretion to uh determine
whether a person is in contempt or not.
[44:22] And I wouldn't like to take that power
away from the from the judge.
[44:26] Thank you for your concerns, Councilman
Donnell. One of the things that um
[44:31] understanding [clears throat] that what
I've found is that sometimes judges want
[44:35] that discretion and sometimes it's
helpful for them to be able to say this
[44:39] is the law. This is what it says. Um and
like I said, Memphis has been very
[44:45] successful with this provision and we
ran this provision by um city judge. Um
[44:51] » have you discussed it with our judge?
>> Yes, we did. He was saying he was very
[44:54] appreciative. He was appreciative of the
effort.
[44:56] » So, I think I think Councilman, I
understand your concern, but so we get
[44:59] to environmental court, it's not like a
a traffic ticket. Environmental court,
[45:03] there's a notice, there's a summon,
there's a 30-day remedy. There's a lot
[45:07] of steps that go into environmental
court before they get there that they
[45:10] can remedy before going to court. And
so, it's not a not a citation court date
[45:15] uh scenario.
>> Yeah. I was just going to say, as mayor
[45:18] said, they they have multiple
opportunities before they even have to
[45:22] appear at court to do that. So,
>> and that is a critical
[45:26] » issue in our city.
>> Mr. Chairman, correct me if I'm wrong,
[45:30] Ron, you may be able to speak to this,
but would the judge still have the
[45:33] authority in the event that there is
some legitimate reason why someone
[45:36] couldn't make it to court that day,
would the judge then have the ability to
[45:39] wave the fee, the fine, whatever was
assessed.
[45:42] » Uh, if they reached out to the judge,
they probably could have the hearing
[45:45] reset, but this is prescriptive. It says
shout. So, if they no show,
[45:50] » if the judge calls her name in court and
they don't show, then then they're
[45:53] justifying. call it and get it
reschedled for.
[45:56] » So there's no remedy in the event that
someone does have legitimate
[45:59] » emer prescriptive
>> and this environmental court.
[46:03] » Yes.
>> Only environmental court.
[46:07] » Any further discussion? Council, please
vote.
[46:13] » Motion pass eight to one.
>> All right. Item nine is proposed
[46:16] ordinance to clarify violation of title
12 building codes.
[46:21] » All right. The next one. Thank you,
mayor and counsel. Um, at the state
[46:25] legislature, they would commonly refer
to this as a cleanup bill. All we are
[46:28] doing with this is changing one word
from chapter to title. Um, it is quite
[46:34] frankly a misprint in your city code of
ordinances. Uh, this is found in title
[46:39] 12 and dealing with violations of that
title. However, it says of that chapter
[46:45] and so we are just reflecting that the
sections of violating that title, we're
[46:49] saying any violation found in that
title. That's literally if you look it
[46:53] is the 14th word. That is all we are
doing.
[46:57] » So as part of that kind of revamp and
review of all of our code enforcement
[47:01] ordinances we just noticed this error.
>> Is there a motion?
[47:05] » Second.
>> Do we have a motion?
[47:06] » Motion [clears throat] motion second.
>> Any discussion from council? Council,
[47:11] please vote.
>> Motion pass 9 to zero.
[47:14] » Item 10 is proposed ordinance to amend
title 13 concerning the collection of
[47:18] expenses for property maintenance
violations.
[47:22] Thank you, mayor and council. So, this
is the third one for today that deals
[47:25] with code enforcement. We have two
titles that deal with code enforcement
[47:30] in our city. Title 12 is around what
[clears throat] I would call the
[47:32] structure itself. Uh dilapidated
building, unsafe building. Title 13 is
[47:38] what I would commonly refers to those
violations outside the home. So, this is
[47:42] trash in the yard, overgrown lots, uh a
car parked in the yard. Okay. So, in
[47:48] Title 12, we have the ability to, let's
say someone um refuses to remedy the
[47:54] violation, uh doesn't pay any kind of
the the fine that they're assessed, we
[47:59] can go as the city and clean up that
violation,
[48:04] uh ourselves and then bill the property
owner and we can actually put that bill
[48:11] on their property tax role. So when they
go to pay their property taxes, they
[48:15] will see the cost that we have assessed
to them for cleaning up their own
[48:19] violation. We do not have that ability
in title 13. All this ordinance does is
[48:25] copies that existing provision in title
12 dealing with violations of the
[48:29] building itself and adding it to title
13. So I'll give you an example. Let's
[48:34] say someone um has a yard or trash in
their yard. Uh refuses to clean it up as
[48:42] part of that code violation process. Uh
they're assessed a fine. They still
[48:46] don't do it. We say this is becoming a
health and safety vi uh issue. It's
[48:51] attracting pests, rodents, whatever. We
go as a city and clean it up. Now, what
[48:57] we can do only if they don't pay uh that
cost once we build it to them is put a
[49:01] lean on their houses. As you can
imagine, that can take years if not
[49:05] decades to collect that money. Now, we
would be able to add it on their
[49:09] property tax bill at the end of every
year. So, we expect it to lead to a
[49:13] higher collection rate or at least a
faster collection rate.
[49:17] » All right. Now, help me
>> get a motion in a second. Then we have
[49:21] motion.
>> Second.
[49:22] » Motion second. Okay. Councilman,
>> help me help me understand and primarily
[49:27] uh help um um Miss Charlotte Price, who
is one of my constituents,
[49:33] » understand what's the timeline of this.
>> Say for instance, if a person, and this
[49:38] happens in my district a lot,
>> you know, people come to my district and
[49:42] dump stuff and be trying to catch them,
but uh they dump stuff. It's the
[49:48] eyesore. It looks real bad. And I'm
trying to look out for the residents who
[49:53] have to see it every day. Sure. Stay
across the street from it.
[49:56] » If they call in and say that u this big
pile is there and you come see it and
[50:02] it's it's awful.
>> What's the timeline, the average
[50:06] timeline you would imagine? I know you
don't know exactly, but just imagine
[50:09] from the time that's reported to the
time the city picks it up. Austin
[50:13] Leilani, one of y'all want to come up
here.
[50:21] from the time the the person calls in
and say this is horrendous until the
[50:25] time the city can come and pick it up.
>> Obviously, uh with codes moving under
[50:31] public works, we're still developing our
processes. Um I would love to give you a
[50:38] specific answer at this moment, but like
I said, we're still under development of
[50:41] » All this way. It's been in the past that
uh when a situation would happen like
[50:47] that, the uh codes department would send
a letter
[50:51] » and then the letter goes to them and
certified mail or whatever and then it
[50:55] then it it's not signed and it comes
back
[50:58] » and that's a week or 10 days.
>> All right. Then it's resent again
[51:02] » and and and then it something else
happens
[51:06] » and the neighbors looking at all this
crap
[51:08] » right in front of their house and
they're tired of it. So now, u based on
[51:12] some research that was previously done,
uh we're leaving courtesy notices. So if
[51:17] we identify an issue at a residence, we
hang a door hanger that says, "Hey,
[51:21] you're in violation of this specific
code or ordinance. You have 5 days to
[51:24] make correction or else we'll be sending
out official notice to you. Um that
[51:29] official notice is another fiveday um
timeline. So we're looking at a total of
[51:34] 10 days until that summons." Now, the
reason why we want to do that courtesy
[51:37] notice is to give people the opportunity
to make those corrections voluntarily.
[51:41] » Sure.
>> The less people we take to ecort, the
[51:44] better. We hope to have more compliance
from folks just on a voluntary basis.
[51:49] So,
>> okay. And help me with this. Another
[51:50] thing that I was told some time ago that
the the notice of all of this trash
[51:56] being there, it has to be sent to the
owner. If it's rental property, why
[52:01] can't we send it to the renter, the one
that's actually in there doing State law
[52:04] requires us to send it to the property
owner.
[52:08] » One of the things we will be doing,
council ment,
[52:10] » why can't we help state law and and send
it to the renter anyway?
[52:14] » I agree.
>> Why can't we do both? [laughter]
[52:17] » Can't we do that?
>> Why Why can we not do both? Why can't we
[52:20] not send it to the owner and then put
another notice to the tenant house?
[52:23] » Yeah.
>> I know you're doing one notice.
[52:26] » You can notify the tenant, but the the
state law requires us to notify the
[52:31] property owner. Now, one of the things
that we will be doing, spoiler alert,
[52:34] you'll have another ordinance coming to
you next month, is changing what we do
[52:38] to notice the property from that
certified mail that you mentioned to
[52:42] regular first class mail. And so, we
expect that will speed things up as well
[52:46] as lower our costs because you're right,
currently, right now, you know, if you
[52:50] can't get a hold of that property owner
or they refuse to sign it, be sent back.
[52:53] Um, and so that leads to delays in the
process. Now, that we can show that,
[52:57] hey, we mailed this through first class
mail. Um, and that will serve as
[53:00] effective notice.
mean
[53:02] » and one more thing go knock on the door
>> and just say look you you you're in
[53:07] violation
>> now if we have the property owner
[53:10] specifically
>> to because we're going to have sort of
[53:13] like a ticket book where we can show up
at the house and physically tell them
[53:17] sign this you've been notified that is
the best and proper notice that you can
[53:21] get from a from a but it still has to be
the property owner to remedy that
[53:25] situation.
Did we not approve an ordinance that if
[53:29] this is a um
they often this happens very often that
[53:35] the second time once we do a notice that
we can go and immediately pick up the
[53:39] garbage then
>> and they're notice one time per calendar
[53:42] year in a 12 month cycle. Yeah. So this
is it's a repeat offense same property
[53:46] once that property owner is noticed
once. So we can go do that and then
[53:49] attach the leans if you all approve this
attach the leans to the property tax
[53:53] payment.
>> Good.
[53:56] That'll speed it up.
>> Okay. But I want to make sure I'm clear
[53:59] on this and I hate to delay this, but
what I hear you saying, and I hope I'm
[54:04] not I hope I'm hearing you wrong. If
that the notice that you would give,
[54:10] you won't give it to the renter. You
give it to the property owner who's
[54:14] often times is out of state.
>> Correct.
[54:16] » Who says he doesn't know he or she
doesn't know anything about it, but the
[54:19] renter just
>> gets scot off scotch free.
[54:22] » The [clears throat] courtesy notice is
now given to whoever's at the property.
[54:25] If that's the renter,
>> but we don't act though based upon that
[54:28] cursing notice is given to the renter.
Right.
[54:30] » Correct. We can't.
>> We don't act on.
[54:32] » Correct.
>> But there's 10 days.
[54:35] » Yeah.
>> And it's taken care of.
[54:36] » Days they have a right to go.
>> Yeah. So the notice the notice change
[54:39] will be different. So once we send the
mail, then that is considered the start
[54:43] of the timeline on the notice. You all
get that next month. But state law
[54:47] requires that we do notice the property
owners. There's no way around that for
[54:50] us at this point. But we're going to
make contact at the home and we're going
[54:55] to put out so both people get
>> Yeah. So you will though what you just
[55:00] said you will still notify the renter.
>> Yes.
[55:03] » Correct. That's with the courtesy
notice.
[55:04] » Right. But we are required regardless to
to send notice to the property owner
[55:09] regardless of where they live.
>> And you will put a little fear in that
[55:12] renter [laughter]
>> that you're going to do something.
[55:14] Right. I think you need
[55:20] » I was going to suggest that we send
Richard to
[55:23] » let's get him a vest notepad and then go
to and I have done it already.
[55:27] » We can do [laughter] that. Call me.
>> All right.
[55:32] » Council, please vote.
>> Motion pass 9 to zero.
[55:37] » All right.
>> All right. Thank you guys. Move on to
[55:39] second reading. Item one is proposed
budget amendment to reappropriate
[55:42] $24,183
to fund FY26 airport capital invoices.
[55:47] » Motion second.
>> Motion second discussion. Council,
[55:50] please vote.
>> Motion passed 9 to zero.
[55:53] » Item two, propose budget amendment to
recognize and appropriate $160,381.31
[55:59] insurance recovery for sports plex wind
damage.
[56:02] » Motion second.
>> Motion second. Discussion. Council,
[56:05] please vote.
>> Motion pass 9 to zero. Item three is
[56:08] proposed budget amendment to roll
$17,000 in FY26 F bond funds for tennis
[56:14] court rehab.
>> Motion second. Motion second.
[56:18] Discussion. Council, please vote.
>> Motion pass 9 to zero.
[56:22] » Item four is proposed budget amendment
to recognize $25,430
[56:26] in grant revenue from FY26 and to roll
$78,29211
[56:32] in unexpended FY26 grant funds to FY27.
So move second motion second discussion.
[56:39] » Yeah, explain that to somebody. Explain
that please
[56:44] » for the public.
[56:49] » That's item four.
[56:56] » So we had several grants uh that were
awarded in FY26.
[57:00] Uh some of those grants had actually um
we had received the revenue for them
[57:04] already. uh and some of the grants we
have not yet received the revenue but in
[57:07] in all cases those grants you had a
budget amendment in FY26 recognizing the
[57:12] revenue and appropriating that money uh
for expenditure as as it happened as we
[57:17] closed out FY26 like I said there was uh
some of that revenue we had received but
[57:22] had not yet spent which is why the
expenditure is higher than the revenue
[57:25] recognition
>> all right
[57:26] » and then in some cases we had not
received the revenue or spent any of the
[57:30] money which is why there's both revenue
and expenditure on that budget amendment
[57:34] Okay, I'm satisfied.
>> All right, any further discussion?
[57:37] Council, please vote.
>> Motion pass 9 to zero.
[57:41] » Item five, proposed budget amendment to
appropriate 20,000 for repair and
[57:45] maintenance at fairgrounds. So move. We
have a motion. Second discussion.
[57:50] Council, please vote.
>> Motion pass to zero.
[57:53] » Item six, proposed budget amendment to
reappropriate 276,000 for purchase of
[57:58] mowers and anti- ice upgrades.
>> Motion second. Two motions, two seconds.
[58:03] Uh discussion. Council, please vote.
>> Motion pass 9 to0.
[58:07] » Item seven is proposed budget amendment
to recognize and appropriate $86,31.90
[58:12] insurance recovery for sports flex for
wind damage.
[58:15] » So move.
>> Motion second. Discussion. Council,
[58:19] please vote.
>> Motion pass 9 to zero.
[58:22] » Item eight, proposed budget amendment to
appropriate $95,000 for purchase of
[58:26] Govwell permitting and code enforcement
software.
[58:30] » So move.
>> Second.
[58:31] » Motion second. Discussion. Council,
please vote.
[58:35] » Motion pass 9 to zero.
>> Item nine is proposed budget amendment
[58:38] to reappropriate $90,000 from donations
to fire building capital for fire
[58:43] station one duck work. Motion
>> second.
[58:45] » Motion second. Discussion. Council,
please vote.
[58:49] » Motion pass 9 to zero.
>> Item 10 is proposed budget amendment to
[58:52] amend [clears throat] definition of
gender to comply with public chapter
[58:55] 938.
>> So move.
[58:58] » Have a motion.
>> Second.
[59:00] » Second. Discussion. Council, please
vote.
[59:03] » Motion passes 90 to zero.
>> Move on to new business. Item one's
[59:08] consideration of a resolution to support
application for Tennessee Department
[59:11] Tourist Development Tourism Enhancement
Grant.
[59:13] » So moved.
>> Second.
[59:14] » Motion second. Discussion.
>> I want discussion.
[59:17] » Yeah. Um so the the car tell me what
this is going to do.
[59:22] » Sure.
>> Yes. So the uh plan for this grant is
[59:28] essentially twoprong. first is to make
some upgrades to the Carnegie Center
[59:32] that we think will best allow us to uh
better maximalize the space. Right? So,
[59:37] you spend some time in the Carnegie.
There's obviously the upstairs museum
[59:40] and then there's the theater downstairs
as well as a classroom. The initial plan
[59:45] for the funds for this grant is one to
do some needed upgrades to the theater
[59:51] as well as do a a refresh of that
basement and including building in a
[59:56] concession stand. So currently, for
example, let's say there's a play, a
[1:00:00] theater, or a show down there. Um we
have no way or space to sell drinks,
[1:00:06] snacks, popcorn, things like that. This
will be built into that space. Uh and
[1:00:11] then the second uh portion is what I
would call is helping to drive foot
[1:00:15] traffic to the Carnegie as well as other
places downtown. In May, this body
[1:00:20] reviewed and approved uh wayfinding
signage throughout downtown from Jackson
[1:00:25] Downtown Development Corporation. And so
part of the funds from this grant will
[1:00:29] help to actually pay for those signs
that y'all have already reviewed and
[1:00:32] approved. So the idea of this is to
really let's say someone comes in from
[1:00:37] another county downtown to the farmers
market. Turn that one hour visit and say
[1:00:42] hey they see these wayfinding signage
for things like shopping, retail,
[1:00:46] tourist attractions and have them spend
instead of an hour maybe two to three
[1:00:50] hours downtown. That turns into maybe a
lunch downtown. And so increasing that
[1:00:54] tourism spending dollars one by making
more people aware of what we have to
[1:00:59] offer downtown and then also appro uh
improving particularly the Carnegie as a
[1:01:04] as an attraction to spend time at.
>> Okay. So I had mentioned before council
[1:01:08] to you and u Mr. little um that is a
great entity and sight for the city and
[1:01:17] I've been somewhat disappointed with the
there's just to me I thought after we um
[1:01:24] brought in Aaron and it's not a knock
against him but that more events and it
[1:01:30] would be highlighted and there'd be more
traffic and so I guess my thought is if
[1:01:37] we the city council approves this, it's
going to be how much money and am I
[1:01:43] going to now be able to see y
>> that you know explosion of tourists and
[1:01:51] you know foot traffic because of the
upgrades that you're going to do.
[1:01:54] » Yeah, that's a great question. Uh so the
grant funds that we are applying for is
[1:01:59] 100,000 and then as part of that our
match is 30% which turns out to be about
[1:02:03] 42,500
and some change. Um that idea of better
[1:02:09] maximalizing that venue as well as our
other city venues is totally understood
[1:02:14] and that's actually why um took the
opportunity with Mr. Black retiring from
[1:02:20] parks and wreck to split tradition what
I would call traditional parks from our
[1:02:23] public venues. And so now Jason Compton
is over all of those venues to include
[1:02:28] Carnegie, Fairgrounds, Civic Center, the
Ned, and Sportslex to help think more
[1:02:34] strategically about how do we maximalize
these assets and I know he's here. He
[1:02:38] can talk more about those efforts, but
we now have someone um who's over all
[1:02:42] these because you know um Conger Park is
not like the Carnegie, right? They're
[1:02:47] they're very different. And so how do we
make sure that we are using those to
[1:02:51] drive more tourism in our city? And so
that is we now have [clears throat]
[1:02:55] someone whose basically sole focus is
driving that at all of these venues.
[1:02:59] » And now we're we're also looking at the
Legends Museum of taking it back to and
[1:03:02] then enhancing what what Steve talked
about uh that music history to drive
[1:03:07] those tour buses and bring things
downtown.
[1:03:10] Didn't the social media actually cease
>> and there hasn't been
[1:03:16] » marketing going too and so like this is
going to be part of it to be able to
[1:03:19] push this forward because if people
don't know that it exists there's no way
[1:03:23] to come in
>> right
[1:03:25] » so
>> well you had mentioned that Ron that
[1:03:27] part of this was going to help enhance
the marketing too
[1:03:30] » absolutely
perfect
[1:03:32] » good morning mayor councel um over the
last
[1:03:35] » now two months since uh I came into this
role Uh we have been almost immediately
[1:03:41] when that started was when this period
of transition kind of started at the at
[1:03:45] the Carnegie um and have been able
really to dive into to the the building
[1:03:51] itself, but also uh what we can and the
opportunities uh that that we should be
[1:03:56] capitalizing on. Um, we've been going
through and we have just hired a new
[1:04:00] director. Um, Ebony Taylor, who was at
the NED under David McCall for the last
[1:04:05] several years as the office manager and
one of the creative uh, directors there
[1:04:09] at the NED is now our new director. Uh,
her first day on the job was yesterday.
[1:04:14] Um, so going through that interview
process uh really allowed uh and and and
[1:04:21] Ron was able to set in with that along
with Beth Anne Simpson and uh and Miss
[1:04:25] Merryweather uh to to really talk about
the ideas that we have for that building
[1:04:30] but also for the buildings that for the
ideas that we have for our venues as a
[1:04:34] whole as we want more collaboration
especially with our downtown venues. the
[1:04:40] the Carnegie itself
uh is a historic I mean it's built in
[1:04:44] 1901 as one of the Carnegie free
libraries and it and we we're lucky
[1:04:49] enough here in Jackson to have that here
and then what the legends of uh music uh
[1:04:55] board and the and the Legends of Music
Museum is doing up top and uh the revamp
[1:05:00] and and kind of relaunch of it is really
exciting. But what we're able to do in
[1:05:06] the basement in that theater, uh I think
uh in as late or as early as just in
[1:05:12] June, uh there were four soldout shows
of Matilda that uh Lights Up Theater
[1:05:18] Company did in [clears throat] that
basement. I mean, it was an amazing uh
[1:05:23] week of shows and it shows what we can
do. Now, there's some TLC with an a
[1:05:28] building that is 125 years old and that
and that theater wasn't always a
[1:05:33] theater. It was a multi-purpose room uh
that was renovated into a theater uh in
[1:05:38] in the recent past. But in just looking
at some things, new curtain and wanting
[1:05:43] to utilize that space with a new
projector [clears throat] and a movie
[1:05:48] screen that if nothing else, we can show
movies. We can have a lot of things
[1:05:52] going on in that space all the time.
Now, it's 72 seats in the theater. So,
[1:05:58] it's never going to be something on the
on the same line as the NED or what we
[1:06:03] could do at the civic center, but it's
something that can be done in that space
[1:06:08] and whether it's a collaboration with
what we're doing there and then they
[1:06:11] flow over to the NED and then flow over
to the Carl Perkins Civic Center that we
[1:06:16] could do in conjunction with a lot of
different things. Um, and then with
[1:06:20] what's going to happen up top, with what
Steve and his group are going to be able
[1:06:23] to do to renovate and just relaunch the
Legends of Music Museum. Um, but as Ron
[1:06:29] said, I mean, we're talking about, you
know, just some paint and and and some
[1:06:34] just a little bit of renovations down
there, an awning or something that we
[1:06:38] could do on the outside on the Church
Street entrance that makes it look like
[1:06:42] there's a theater there, that something
is going on all the time. And and that's
[1:06:47] the goal. not just at the Carnegie, but
for all of our venues.
[1:06:50] » And the reason why we chose the Carnegie
to pair um in this grant is kind of what
[1:06:54] you mentioned. It is such a unique asset
and kind of underutilized. And so the
[1:06:58] whole point of this is how to better
maximalize the space and then also how
[1:07:03] to tell people that it's there. And
that's what the wayfinding signage
[1:07:07] component is and help drive people to
not only that venue, but other things
[1:07:11] downtown, both city venues and um
general restaurant, shopping, things
[1:07:16] like that.
This [clears throat] is a kind of a
[1:07:19] sidebar. Some things disappeared from
the Carnegie. 125 year old building and
[1:07:26] 12 25 year old checkout desk. Very
unique.
[1:07:30] The checkout desk has disappeared. Other
things have disappeared. Are we able to
[1:07:36] find those things that just magically
>> disappeared?
[1:07:40] » Disappeared.
>> This is the first I'm hearing of it. So,
[1:07:43] I mean, we're working on it. Yeah. Any
further discussion on the item? Go
[1:07:48] ahead, Councilman Lawrence.
>> This is an excellent project. We're
[1:07:50] lucky to have a great board working on
this, but little housekeeping. Uh,
[1:07:54] [clears throat] this is a grant 30%
match, which is $42,000, which was not
[1:07:58] budgeted. I mean, I'm going to vote for
this, but why was it not budgeted?
[1:08:02] » Uh, to be honest with you, the grant
just opened three weeks ago.
[1:08:05] » Good reason.
>> So, we had no clue that it was
[1:08:07] available.
>> Yeah, good reason.
[1:08:09] » And this would come to from the fund
balance. Yes, we you would have to the
[1:08:12] match the 42,500 would be from fund
balance in order to take advantage of
[1:08:16] this. Um I will tell you that uh also uh
the deadline was last Friday. So the
[1:08:23] state department of tourism enhancement
only had given three weeks to apply for
[1:08:26] this. I called and said we have a
potential project. Um our council
[1:08:31] wouldn't be able to vote on it prior to
next Friday and so they were willing to
[1:08:34] give us an extension to give you all the
opportunity to consider this resolution.
[1:08:39] » Any further discussion? Council, please
vote.
[1:08:42] » Motion pass line.
>> All right. Thank you, gentlemen. Item
[1:08:46] two, consideration of a contract with
Govwell for software services for public
[1:08:50] works, building, and planning.
>> So, vote. Motion is there. Second.
[1:08:55] » Second.
>> Second.
[1:08:55] » Second. Discussion. Council, please
vote.
[1:09:00] » Motion passed 920.
>> Item three is consideration of a
[1:09:03] temporary lease agreement with Shell's
Barbecue, Soul Food, and More at the
[1:09:06] Farmers Market.
>> So, move second. Motion second
[1:09:10] discussion.
>> Yes.
[1:09:13] » Uh is anyone here?
[1:09:18] » You want discuss?
>> She had a question about the lease.
[1:09:25] [clears throat]
>> No one from the city here.
[1:09:28] » Several people from the city here.
>> I mean from the department.
[1:09:32] » Uh Bruce
Zack, you know.
[1:09:46] for Zach. Can you give us the
explanation of the contract then let her
[1:09:51] speak?
>> So, um Bruce spoke on this at agenda
[1:09:55] review. This is just a temporary lease.
Uh there was confu confusion on the
[1:09:59] contract term and this is per Bruce,
this is their busiest season of the
[1:10:05] summer. So instead of having us an empty
slot, this is a temporary lease with the
[1:10:10] existing vendor till wintertime which we
will put out another RFP looking for
[1:10:14] another person. So this is just a
temporary thing till the uh next RFP
[1:10:19] goes out.
>> Let me ask this. Is my understanding and
[1:10:23] and uh you and Miss uh give it I call
her Miss Given. What's the last name?
[1:10:28] » Moore.
>> Moore. You can help me out on this. Uh
[1:10:32] that was a lease entered into by by
Shell's barbecue with the city for how
[1:10:36] long of a period of time? What was the
term?
[1:10:38] » Um it's two terms. So two years.
>> For two years.
[1:10:42] » Yes.
>> All right. And then at the end of the
[1:10:45] second year, toward the end of the
second year, a new lease was prepared by
[1:10:50] the city to give to Shell's Barbecue to
enter into a third year. And after that
[1:11:00] new lease was signed by the owner, it
was determined by the city that that was
[1:11:05] a mistake. That the city should not have
done that uh because the term was up and
[1:11:11] and an RFP had to be issued. Is that
right?
[1:11:14] » That's correct.
>> Okay. And
[1:11:19] by the third lease that was prepared
that was signed by her once that was
[1:11:26] signed and she was told that uh that was
a error. It's my understanding ma'am
[1:11:33] that you wanted to continue the lease
for a year but the city said let's do it
[1:11:39] to October to try to mitigate it to
handle it. Is that right?
[1:11:44] » That's correct. Yes. Okay. So, the city
wants to go to October, but you want to
[1:11:50] go to next June. Is that right? And then
I'll let you explain, but is that right?
[1:11:55] » July.
>> July.
[1:11:56] » Yes, sir.
>> All right. That's okay. All right. Now,
[1:11:58] anything you want to say?
>> Uh, good morning, mayor, vice mayor, and
[1:12:02] council. Um, I have did due diligence at
the location at 70 New Market Street
[1:12:08] since 2024 July. Um I um did not have an
notice to vacate uh my premises. I have
[1:12:19] uh did the honor of serving the um
farmers market, serving all the amp um
[1:12:26] concerts. Uh any other event that's held
in our um park that's adjacent to my uh
[1:12:33] restaurant. Uh my busiest peak season
starts in [clears throat] October for
[1:12:39] holidays and um knowing that the economy
is where it is now. It's a a a
[1:12:48] true death sentence to my business to
not have anywhere to go right now. This
[1:12:53] is my livelihood. I've done great by the
city of Jackson. I have no issues or
[1:12:58] concerns with anyone uh here. I don't
have any police reports. I do great with
[1:13:04] my people all the way from uh South
Africa, uh Europe. I have people that
[1:13:10] come all over for my business and I have
nowhere to go right now. And uh this
[1:13:16] would do a a a great hardship to my
business to just close up. October is
[1:13:22] sufficient for the farmers market and
the amp concerts but is not sufficient
[1:13:26] for Shell's barbecue soul food and more
because I still need to uh accommodate
[1:13:31] my customers in a timely manner. I have
not seen a lease. I did not agree. I did
[1:13:37] not ask for a lease to October. That was
untrue that I saw in agenda meeting. Um,
[1:13:43] but I did ask for them to give me at
least a year to find a location for my
[1:13:50] business. And I I didn't This is the
first day I've seen Zach probably about
[1:13:54] a year and a half, but I've had no
communication with anybody but Mr. Bruce
[1:13:58] Bun. And so I would just like you all to
do the right thing by my business,
[1:14:02] please.
>> And one other thing, the make sure I got
[1:14:07] it right in my mind. preparation of the
lease that was submitted to her that
[1:14:11] should not have been done. That was the
city's fault.
[1:14:15] » Yes. That's on the farmers market. Yes.
I'm speaking on behalf of them. Yeah. I
[1:14:19] was out of the loop of this and just
brought into it.
[1:14:21] » Okay. And when it was taken to her, she
signed it
[1:14:26] » from what I recall Bruce saying.
>> Did you sign it?
[1:14:29] » Yes. I signed it 20 minutes later. He
came back and said Zach said it was
[1:14:33] invalid.
>> All right. Thank you.
[1:14:36] So, some context and history. So, this
was done as a RFP.
[1:14:40] » Okay.
>> The term of that bid was two years.
[1:14:43] Bruce
misunderstood the contract term.
[1:14:47] » Yeah.
>> Pre-prepared at least to get signed.
[1:14:50] Brought it back up to our office and
said there was no more terms to sign. He
[1:14:54] had adequate
time to know, hey, this needs to go out
[1:14:58] for RFP again. In working with Bruce,
it's his peak season as he stated that
[1:15:04] he wanted to do a temporary lease. That
way, it gives her a place to to be, but
[1:15:08] in that winter month, we will be putting
it out or if he had to look for another
[1:15:11] vendor.
>> Okay.
[1:15:13] » I can't I can't make I can make a
motion, but I would
[1:15:16] » Yeah, I'd like
>> I would encourage a motion to be made to
[1:15:18] extend the lease
>> to the full term since it was presented
[1:15:21] to her and then we can do the RFP.
>> That's where I was going. That's where I
[1:15:24] was going. I make the motion.
>> Okay. Got a motion. to amend to amend
[1:15:28] the lease to the full year as opposed to
October.
[1:15:30] » Yes.
>> Yes.
[1:15:31] » Okay.
>> Yes.
[1:15:34] » Questions on the motion to amend?
>> Yes. Does that satisfy you and help you?
[1:15:38] » It does. I just I just wanted to make
sure my business stays in standing until
[1:15:42] I can find a location.
>> Okay. And
[1:15:46] » that would be lease in July or lease in
June.
[1:15:48] » It
>> end of July or end of June?
[1:15:50] » It's the end of July. July.
>> So I I want to make sure that we're
[1:15:53] clear on that. So we're not
>> So moved to the end of July.
[1:15:56] » Yeah. Thank you, Councilman Lawrence.
>> I'm for this, but can we legally do
[1:16:00] that, Zach?
>> Or should I ask?
[1:16:04] » The initial term came from the RFP and
we're essentially establishing another
[1:16:08] year without competitive procurement.
Um, the terms Bruce came up with the
[1:16:14] temporary till October was kind of a
common sense approach to it. We need to
[1:16:18] have somebody in there for her to run
her business. Um but
[1:16:24] it gives a competitive fair chance to
others to also be part of that that
[1:16:28] vendor. But
>> but the reason why you can do it is
[1:16:33] because you already did it. You extended
it from whenever to October. So you
[1:16:38] established that you can do it.
>> Yes.
[1:16:40] » This would just be establishing the
term.
[1:16:42] » That's correct. You're you're
essentially
[1:16:45] » recommending an update to what that
contract term is till we put it out for
[1:16:48] RFP as well. You're extending the term
of the lease ultimately.
[1:16:51] » Call for questions, Mr. Mayor.
>> All right. Call for questions. All we
[1:16:54] got the motion to amend uh to to the end
of July for the lease for Shell's
[1:17:00] Barbecue. That is that is what is on the
motion to amend the So, we're not voting
[1:17:03] the whole thing. We're just right now
we're just voting to amend the lease
[1:17:06] terms to that and then we'll come back
and vote on the amended one. Okay. So,
[1:17:10] council, please vote.
>> Motion pass 8 to one.
[1:17:14] » Okay. [snorts]
>> A to zero.
[1:17:15] » All right. Yes. Councilman Hold Lisa.
Now we're we're voting on the lease
[1:17:20] agreement as amended is what we're
voting on right now.
[1:17:25] » Council, please vote.
>> Motion pass 8 to zero.
[1:17:29] » All right.
>> Thank you.
[1:17:30] » Thank you, council.
>> Thank you.
[1:17:32] » That explained adequately. Everybody
understand what we voted on? Okay.
[1:17:36] » No mistakes here. Item four is
consideration of a resolution.
[1:17:40] » That's right. Right. Councilman,
[laughter]
[1:17:43] » where's our tasting? Approving
consolidated annual performance and
[1:17:46] evaluation report 20252026.
>> Motion.
[1:17:52] » We have a motion.
>> Second. A second. [clears throat]
[1:17:57] » Come on up here.
[1:18:08] » Good morning.
>> Good morning.
[1:18:11] » Good morning.
Um, as a recipient of HUD funding, we
[1:18:16] are required to submit to HUD um, a
consolidated annual performance and
[1:18:22] evaluation report within 90 days of the
close of our fiscal year, which was June
[1:18:26] 30th. So, this report is due to HUD by
September 30th. Uh
[1:18:32] so for the fiscal year um 2526 we
committed it committed and budgeted a
[1:18:38] total of $2.5 million that includes CDBG
funding, home funding, uh car's act
[1:18:44] funding and home art funding. Of that
2.5 million, we expended a total of
[1:18:50] $851,57.
[1:18:54] Uh we expended these monies to work
towards uh accomplishing our goals that
[1:18:59] we uh have in our action plan which are
improved quantity and quality of
[1:19:03] affordable housing, expanding economic
opportunities, providing suitable living
[1:19:08] environments, and expanding the capacity
of homeless providers. With the $851,000
[1:19:14] um dollars expended, we worked with
nonprofit agencies that we subfund
[1:19:20] um such as Boys and Girls Club, RIFA,
West Legal Services, Financial
[1:19:25] Empowerment Center, um Jackson Center
for Independent Living, Joan Affordable
[1:19:29] Housing, Southwest Resource Agency, uh
to provide services and housing
[1:19:35] opportunities to uh the city of
Jackson's low-income individuals and
[1:19:40] households. and we were able to serve
$1,767,
[1:19:47] excuse me, households and individuals
through public services and provide
[1:19:51] housing uh rehab or accessibility
modifications or acquisition to for 25
[1:19:56] housing units um for the year. Any
questions on the report?
[1:20:02] » What is defined as services?
>> Excuse me.
[1:20:05] » What is defined as services? Public
services could be um employment training
[1:20:11] um like Boys and Girls Club. They have
after school and summer programs. Rifle
[1:20:16] does the snack backpack program. Legal
services does advocacy and counseling
[1:20:20] for fair housing, things of that nature.
>> We have another question. Another one.
[1:20:24] » No, I just want to say thank you for
what you're doing. That was really
[1:20:27] great.
>> Thank you. We appreciate you all support
[1:20:29] with it
>> all around the area.
[1:20:32] » Yes.
>> Around Central.
[1:20:33] » Mark, we appreciate you too. [laughter]
[1:20:37] very much.
>> Any further discussion? Council, please
[1:20:41] vote.
>> Motion pass 8 to zero.
[1:20:45] » Thank you.
>> Thank you all.
[1:20:46] » Good work, T. [laughter]
>> You look good.
[1:20:50] » Item five is consideration committee and
board appointments, Jackson Housing
[1:20:52] Authority, reappointment of Mandy
Henderson.
[1:20:54] » So moved.
>> Second. Motion second. Discussion.
[1:20:57] Council, please vote.
>> Motion passes 8 to zero.
[1:21:02] » Housing Commission, the appointment of
Jim Hullbrook and reappointment of Dr.
[1:21:04] Vicky Lake and Adam Johnson.
>> Motion.
[1:21:06] » Second.
>> Motion.
[1:21:07] » Second. Discussion.
>> Quick.
[1:21:08] » Quick. Quick. Quick. [snorts]
>> Do you Do you have to live in Jackson to
[1:21:12] be on the boards?
>> Okay. So, I don't know. I mean, Mr.
[1:21:16] Hullbrook, it shows his address in
Humbult. So, I was just curious, did it
[1:21:20] change?
>> He lives in Madison County at Smith
[1:21:22] Road.
>> That's okay.
[1:21:23] » It's Madison County.
>> And the reason is is he's the CFO for
[1:21:27] JA. And with JA's impact on
infrastructure costs of housing, that's
[1:21:31] why he was nominated. As long as it's
Madison County, that's opportunity.
[1:21:36] » Thank you.
>> Right. Uh council, please vote.
[1:21:40] » Motion pass 8 to zero.
>> All right. Item six, budget amendment
[1:21:43] sunshine less than 10,000. Item seven,
consideration of invoice over 10,000.
[1:21:47] » Motion second. Motion second.
Discussion.
[1:21:49] » Council, please vote.
>> Motion pass 8 to zero.
[1:21:54] » Before we adjourn, I just want to say
thank you. It's a testament to these
[1:21:56] young people, parents. I see a bunch of
parents that started the meeting that
[1:21:59] are finishing the meeting with us. You
didn't leave when youth council was over
[1:22:01] with. So, thank you for that.
[applause]
[1:22:07] » No further business coming before the
council. This meeting is adjourned.