[0:01] All right, it's six o'clock. We'll get
started and uh I'll call the meeting to
[0:06] order. We have the pledge of allegiance
and invocation. Miss Pam will do the
[0:09] invocation and Miss Willie will do the
pledge of allegiance. Everybody stand,
[0:13] please.
>> I pledge algiance to the flag
[0:19] of Americy [clears throat]
[0:27] and justice for all. Let's pray. Father,
we just thank you for the opportunity to
[0:32] get together this evening and gather as
a community to make decisions for the
[0:37] the good of our citizens here in Mount
Pleasant. Let's pray for you be with
[0:41] those that are not with us tonight. And
we just thank you for all the blessings
[0:46] that you poured upon this town. In your
name we pray.
[0:49] » Amen.
>> Thank you, ladies. Roll call, please.
[0:52] Ma'am,
[0:57] » Mr. Davis is out. Um, Miss Nolles is
attending virtually.
[1:03] » Mayor White.
>> She's watching virtually. She's not a
[1:07] participant for today, but
>> correct.
[1:09] » Hello.
>> She's just listening to the virtually.
[1:11] Yes.
>> Laura, if you can hear us.
[1:15] [clears throat]
>> She can hear you all because I double
[1:17] checked with her. She can hear us. She
can listen. Um, good.
[1:20] » Mayor White
>> here.
[1:23] » Alderson
>> here.
[1:24] » Miss Johnson
>> here.
[1:26] » Thank you. pretty present.
>> Do have a approval and correction of
[1:33] minutes from prior meetings. We've got
two sets of study session of June the
[1:36] 11th and the regular meeting of June the
16th. Once you've had an opportunity to
[1:41] review those, entertain a motion for
approval.
[1:44] » I make a motion we approve the study
session from June 11th and the regular
[1:47] meeting minutes from June 16th.
>> Got a motion. Do we have a second?
[1:51] » Second.
>> Got a second. All those in favor?
[1:54] » I
>> I oppose. Motion carries. awards,
[1:57] presentations, and appointments. Mayor's
appointment communication committee.
[2:00] Phillip.
>> Um, yeah. Mayor, commissioners, Miss
[2:03] Brenda Ferson agreed to uh to sit on the
communication committee.
[2:07] » Okay. Um, we need a motion and a vote on
that. Correct.
[2:13] » She's she came from
>> um
[2:17] » Miss Lori, one of Okay.
>> Okay. So, I'd entertain a motion for
[2:24] » Brenda Frierson. Brenda Frierson to uh
fill Lor's u communication committee.
[2:31] » Make a motion for Brenda Frierson to
fill a seat open on Lori no
[2:35] communication committee.
>> Got a second. All those in favor?
[2:40] » I opposed. Motion carries. Mayor's
appointment board of zoning appeals.
[2:46] » Mayor Commissioner Miss Marily Misski
has decided that um she would like to
[2:51] sit on that board.
>> Thank you. Florida's voting bills.
[2:55] » Uh,
Mayor Lee's been a big active part of
[3:00] this community. Thank you.
>> We appreciate to entertain a motion for
[3:04] that.
>> Make a motion we um add Maril Lee
[3:07] Macheski on to the board of zoning
appeals.
[3:11] » Got a motion. Do we have a second?
>> Second.
[3:12] » Got a second. All those in favor? I
opposed. Motion carries. Completion and
[3:18] review of unfinished business. Ordinance
2026-1141.
[3:24] Public hearing. And this will be the
final reading. Ordinance repealing and
[3:27] replacing title 14 zoning and land use
control chapter 2 zoning ordinance of
[3:32] the Mount Pleasant Municipal Code.
Corey.
[3:35] » Yes, mayor and commissioners. This is
one we've talked about uh quite a bit
[3:39] over the past several months. There is
no substantive change from the first
[3:44] reading of this ordinance. However, it
does look different because the numbers
[3:48] are different. So, the numbers
throughout the whole zoning text are
[3:53] changed to coordinate with our current
municipal code. So, if you right now, if
[3:58] you go on uh MUN code, you look in the
zoning ordinance comes up and appendix B
[4:04] and it does that because the numbers
that are in our current zoning don't
[4:07] match with the numbers that we had in
the old zoning and the rest of the MUN
[4:12] code. So what we've done is again no
substantive change. There's been nothing
[4:17] as far as the words that have changed,
but all the numbers are different. We've
[4:20] also removed the reference to chapter 2
from the title and throughout because
[4:25] this will repeal and replace all of
title 14. So which was the intent all
[4:31] along and probably why it was in
appendix B in the first place. So
[4:36] » any questions for Corey Phillip?
He none entertain a motion. Excuse me.
[4:43] This is a public hearing and a final
reading. Would anyone care to speak?
[4:48] Please let the minutes reflect no one
care to entertain a motion for approval.
[4:53] » I make approve a motion to approve
ordinance 2026-1141.
[4:58] » Motion. Do we have a second?
>> Second.
[5:00] » All those in favor?
>> I opposed. Motion carries. Monthly
[5:05] report from mayor. I'll be brief. Uh
last uh Saturday afternoon evening we
[5:11] had a farmers market here and it was
well attended. There were 16 vendors
[5:16] along with three or four food trucks and
it was uh the first one. There's another
[5:22] one scheduled for August
and I think as we continue to grow that
[5:27] it'll get bigger. Uh, and then not this
Friday, but next f Friday is finally
[5:32] Friday again and it'll be the shop
hopping and there is going to be a
[5:36] cruise in as well with it for the cars.
The first one that we did, I think we
[5:40] wound up with 87 cars. Uh, a number of
food trucks,
[5:48] people hearing more about it. I'm
hearing more and more calling me about
[5:51] it. So, I think that's just going to
grow. So, that's all I've got. monthly
[5:55] financial budget report
[6:00] the preliminary financials out on
Friday. Um, usually in June, the June
[6:05] financials that I present to y'all in
July are preliminary because we are
[6:09] still closing the books. Everything I
presented to y'all is going to
[6:12] definitely change in the next 60 days or
at this point probably 45 days. Um,
[6:17] we're working on closing the books for
June 30th. So, we'll have a final set of
[6:21] financials for you probably in September
and then of course audited financials
[6:25] for this fiscal year will come from the
audit hopefully in January to try to
[6:29] stay on track with this new audit firm
that we have. Um, our budget was
[6:33] approved by the controllers's office. We
submitted it on September uh June 26 and
[6:37] it was approved on June we submitted it
on June 22nd. It was approved on June
[6:41] 26th. That's probably the quickest our
budget has been approved. But the only
[6:47] issue, I had emailed you all the
approval letter and I had checked with
[6:50] them. We had no questions, no issues.
The only thing is because we were under
[6:54] that gas notice last year, we have done
our rate increase, but now they're going
[6:59] to watch us for two years cuz it took us
two years to get in the whole they're
[7:02] going to watch us for two years to come
out of that, make sure that we keep
[7:05] doing what they want us to do. So, we
won't uh get any awards or anything this
[7:10] year just because of they're going to as
long as we're under that, we won't. But
[7:13] they told us two years. This is our
first year. They'll probably watch 2027
[7:17] as well. And then we'll see how we go
from there. And then we're working on
[7:20] audit at at the moment. Just our
everyday stuff and audit. So if you all
[7:24] have any questions,
>> yeah, get ready for that one.
[7:29] Uh but uh here again, nobody take that
wrong about the uh being looked at for
[7:36] two years on the gas because we borrowed
money from ourselves because it was a
[7:40] whole lot cheaper than going to a banker
on the open bond market to get it
[7:44] » and we needed to adjust our rates. I
don't think we do 10 years. So we did a
[7:48] lot of changes. I think we updated all
of that in the November commission
[7:51] meeting. So,
>> so I just always want to make that clear
[7:55] » because they do a great job on that
budget.
[7:58] » Yep.
>> Any questions for Schiffer?
[8:02] » Hearing none. Entertain a motion to
approve the financial and budget report.
[8:06] » Make a motion we approve the monthly
financial budget report as presented.
[8:09] » Got a motion. How about a second?
>> Second.
[8:12] » Got a second. All those in favor?
>> I opposed. Motion carries. Monthly
[8:16] report from city manager Philip.
>> Mayor, commissioners, uh, don't have a
[8:20] lot of things this month. Um, just to
start with, our side loader garbage
[8:24] truck is in Nashville for repair the
steering boxes out. Should be back in a
[8:28] week or so. Therefore, we've having to
take two additional employees to help
[8:31] pick up trash and so we're behind on
grass cutting. Um, may work a little
[8:36] overtime to catch back up because
there's been a lot of rain and
[8:39] everything's green.
Yeah. Um, starting the process of car
[8:44] engineering from Mount Joy Road. I hope
to have that bid out and um bids in by
[8:49] next next meeting. hope to that's pretty
proactive,
[8:52] » but I just want you to know that we're
starting that process. And then lastly,
[8:56] um employee spotlight on page two.
Impressive young man, firefighter Caleb
[9:02] Clayton. He's been full-time since 2024.
He holds a bachelor's from UT Southern
[9:06] in public health education and is
pursuing his masters in business
[9:09] administration. If you read, he's pretty
accomplished in trap shooting. I think
[9:13] it says something about number one in
the nation. So, get a chance to read
[9:17] that. Yeah, pretty impressive. But
wanted to spotlight him this month for
[9:20] employee spotlight.
>> Good. That's awesome.
[9:25] Anything else, Philip?
>> Not for the city managers.
[9:27] » All right. Special reports from other
departments or committees. Wastewater.
[9:31] » Wastewater. Um, I'd like to be able to
take this off one day, but I don't have
[9:34] to change that ordinance, but I just
want to follow up from the uh study
[9:38] session. There's still a few bugs at the
wastewater treatment plant. And when I
[9:41] was talking about Thursday night, it was
a blown fuse for the compressor. So,
[9:44] they traced it down. And there's a few
other things electrical wise uh but
[9:49] other than that um they fix those
issues.
[9:52] » Okay. Good. Gas system.
>> Gas. I forgot to put my note in here,
[9:56] but we're still in the uh process of the
EDA grant for the high pressure gas u
[10:02] gate station. Um I am meeting with Zach
sometime. It may be tomorrow just other
[10:07] options. It may not be grant related,
but I didn't want to just see what that
[10:10] where that goes. There may be some
avenues through the company to be able
[10:13] to get that in if we don't if this
doesn't happen in a timely manner. I
[10:16] think it's good for us to explore all
avenues.
[10:19] » Okay.
>> And that's all I have for gas.
[10:21] » Anybody got any questions for Philip on
that?
[10:24] » No.
>> All right. Hearing none, we'll move into
[10:26] new business. Ordinance 2026-1146.
This will be a first reading. An
[10:32] ordinance of the city of Mount Pleasant,
Tennessee, amending title 4, chapter six
[10:36] of the Mount Pleasant minister code
relating to travel rules, regulations,
[10:40] and procedures. Corey,
>> purpose of this ordinance is to update
[10:43] your travel policy. So, um, your travel
policy is in the municipal code. That's
[10:48] why it's an ordinance. Um but the only
change is to change the definition of
[10:53] travel to include 35 miles from here
because um a lot of staff's continuing
[11:01] education courses are now in Franklin.
So they're wanting to include that as
[11:05] travel as well. It goes from 55 to 35
mile. That's the only change.
[11:10] » Good.
Any questions? We talked about this
[11:13] Thursday night, but I mean the travel
trying to get back and forth north or
[11:17] south at any time of morning or evening
and it's just hard for these people when
[11:22] they have to go to that training to get
back. So, I'm fine with this.
[11:27] » Yeah, it's I've done I do this a lot.
>> Yeah, that's right. um you know it may
[11:32] even at 35 miles it may take you an hour
depending on what's going on and they'll
[11:35] shut down roads and when you've got
employees that have been there all day
[11:38] or late and
>> yeah I think that's that's a very smart
[11:43] thing for us to do. Yeah, absolutely.
All right. Any other comments or
[11:47] questions? Hearing none, entertain a
motion for the first reading.
[11:51] » I make a motion that we accept ordinance
2026-1146.
[11:56] » Got a motion. Do we have a second?
>> Second.
[11:58] » Second. All those in favor?
>> I opposed. Motion carries. Ordinance
[12:03] 2026-1147.
Again, another first reading. Amending
[12:08] titles chapter mending title 17. Chapter
three of the Mount Pleasant Municipal
[12:14] Code relating to open burning. Philip
and Corey.
[12:18] » So, this is a comprehensive review and
revision to your open burning policy
[12:24] which is part of municipal code. Um, it
basically just goes in line with best
[12:29] practices. Ben is here to speak to the
technical part or Philip can whoever.
[12:37] Um,
>> y'all here for Ben? Yeah. Ben, would you
[12:40] like to come up? You
>> mind?
[12:46] So, this ordinance updates modernizes
our open burning ordinance, which has
[12:52] not been updated since 2013. The
proposed changes align the ordinance
[12:56] with current Tennessee law. Tde
regulations and modern fire service
[13:00] practices while giving fire department
uh clearer authority to protect the
[13:05] public. None of these changes prohibit
responsible open burning. They provide a
[13:10] better safeguard, clearer enforcement
authority and more flexible flexibility
[13:15] to address changing conditions. Some
quick points. It will prohibit the
[13:19] burning of leaves and yard waste.
Unauthorized commercial burning. It
[13:24] updates our cost recovery.
uh strengthens our enforcement, expands
[13:30] burnban authority, clarifies permanent
authority,
[13:34] and while our current ordinance has
served us well, it no longer reflects
[13:39] the current state regulations, best
practices or the operational needs of
[13:43] the department. These updates improve
the public safety, reduce liability, and
[13:48] provide clear enforcement authority, and
ensure we can make sound uh decisions
[13:53] during periods of elevated fire danger.
Okay.
[13:58] » Any questions? Pam, you got any? You
weren't here when they talk through
[14:02] this, but it's uh
>> Yeah, I met with Philip and talk through
[14:05] it, but it to me it just makes sense. I
think I'm not a lawyer, but from a
[14:09] liability standpoint, if we're not up to
what the state standards are and we have
[14:13] a catastrophic event, that's going to
come back on us. And so, I think just
[14:17] for the protection of the citizens and
to just do the right thing, we need to
[14:20] be at least at state standards. And you
know, we've got like True Rail is a
[14:24] commercial in the middle of all
residential homes and if they were to
[14:29] they wouldn't, but if somebody was in
there and they did a big fire and it got
[14:32] out of control, they could that could be
really catastrophic. So, I think it's
[14:36] just a smart thing for us to do as a
city.
[14:39] » Great.
Anything else you want to add to that?
[14:43] » No, we talked about it pretty good
Thursday,
[14:46] » so I'm good with it.
>> Okay.
[14:50] We'll entertain a motion for approval of
ordinance 2026-1147.
[14:55] » Make a motion we approve ordinance
2026-1147
[14:59] as presented.
>> Got a motion. Do we have a second?
[15:02] » Second.
>> Second. All those in favor? I opposed.
[15:06] Motion carries. Ordinance 2026-1148.
Again, this will be a first reading. An
[15:13] ordinance amending title 14 zoning and
land use control of Mount Pleasant
[15:17] Municipal Code. The same being the
zoning ordinance for the city of Mount
[15:20] Pleasant, including the misal zoning map
incorporated therein by reszoning a
[15:25] property from low dis low density
residential R1 to highway commercial CH
[15:31] approved reszone. This is located at
1681 North Main Street. Corey,
[15:37] » so the purpose of this ordinance is to
reszone the property at North Main from
[15:41] R1 to Highway Commercial. This is a
change to the zoning map. Um, it will be
[15:47] under the new zoning ordinance that just
passed, but there has been no change to
[15:50] highway commercial or or in the change
that you just passed. Um, the planning
[15:56] commission held a public meeting last
Tuesday
[15:59] » and they recommended this reszone. U,
Miss Johnston can speak to it more, but
[16:05] I think the general rationale was that
it used to be commercial and there's
[16:10] commercial right beside it. Um the
planning commission's worksheet and the
[16:15] resolution that they passed is in your
packet as an exhibit. And this will be
[16:21] it's not the it's the orange card, but
the orange card will have new numbers on
[16:25] it when you see it next next month.
>> Uh I'll speak on this very briefly. I
[16:32] got a phone call this afternoon from the
owner of this property, Nolan Bone, and
[16:38] they are covered up. Uh this company uh
puts up silk fencing in large commercial
[16:45] locations. Um this property is a house
that they are leaving is residential and
[16:51] then the property next door to it has
always been zoned residential, but it
[16:55] was a car lot for years. So actually
what we're getting now is the property
[17:00] zoned the way it ought to be zoned
because of what they're going to be
[17:03] doing with it. There's not going to be a
lot of traffic there. It'll just be as
[17:06] trucks in and out. Uh, and that's what
it is. And he wanted to let everybody
[17:11] know he got a big job and he said, "I
need to stay on it before this rain so
[17:16] that I can get some rain on this." So,
um, made a lot of sense. So, uh,
[17:22] anything anybody else would like to add
to this?
[17:27] Hearing nothing else, entertain a
motion. Make motion we approve. Mayor,
[17:32] » do you have a list? Is there anyone
signed up to talk about these? Okay.
[17:38] Okay. I make a motion we approve
ordinance 2026-148
[17:42] as presented. Okay.
>> Got a motion. We have a second.
[17:45] » Second.
>> All those in favor?
[17:48] » I opposed. Motion carries. Good. Move
into the resolutions. Resolution
[17:53] 2026-38,
a resolution adopting a revised capital
[17:58] improvement plan for the city of Mount
Pleasant, Tennessee for fiscal year 2023
[18:03] through fiscal year 2031.
who wants to take care of that one. The
[18:09] » caption pretty much says it, but
>> yeah, it does. Man,
[18:12] » commissioners, this was actually a
10-year plan that's from 21 to 31. Last
[18:16] time we revised it was in 23. So, it
hasn't been res revised since I've been
[18:20] here. But I will say this falls in line
with the strategic plan that we went
[18:24] through this year and was adopted. So,
they should mirror each other. And a lot
[18:27] of things have changed, but we'll try we
will update this every year we should as
[18:31] as needed. So that's just a re revision
of the 10-year plan that you
[18:35] established.
>> And on the attachment, we tried to color
[18:39] code it. We didn't remove the items we
completed. So on your attachment, the
[18:43] items that are green are actually
already completed. So like the downtown
[18:48] project, the bomb street firewall,
>> uh radio system upgrades, police officer
[18:52] security updates, again, radio system
upgrade for the police. So those are
[18:57] some of the items like there's park was
a huge item that we finished with the
[19:00] pavilion and the basketball court.
Aramman's restrooms, purchase of the
[19:04] back truck, grey link, Kanan Road. So I
mean it goes over everything that we
[19:08] have completed in the last three years
and then ads and everything that we are
[19:12] going to do in the future and also is in
line with the budget that we passed
[19:15] because some of this was all of this was
in Philip strategic plan meeting that he
[19:20] did with y'all a few months ago before
the budget and we try to tie everything
[19:24] into the budget as well. So all these
documents between the strategic plan,
[19:28] the budget and this tie in together.
Now, we wanted to bring this to you
[19:32] after the budget passed because the
budget didn't pass the way it was, then
[19:35] we would probably have to make changes
to this document.
[19:39] » Any questions?
>> Hearing none, entertain a motion for
[19:43] resolution 2026-38.
[19:48] » I make a motion that we accept
resolution 2026-38
[19:52] as presented.
>> Second.
[19:53] » Got a motion and a second. All those in
favor?
[19:56] » I opposed. Motion carries. Resolution
2026-39,
[20:02] a resolution by the city of Mount
Pleasant, Tennessee, authorizing a
[20:05] payment in lie of taxes for the Mount
Pleasant power system for fiscal year
[20:10] 2627
[20:14] Rory Shipra.
>> Um that's we do three resolutions every
[20:19] year
of taxes for government entities. Of
[20:23] course, this is all controlled by TCAs
and things like that in the background.
[20:26] The power company is budgeted about 400
some thousand in our budget this year.
[20:31] Uh the numbers I base them off of is
last year's estimate. The power company
[20:35] usually gives us a new estimate in
October once the tax rule comes out.
[20:39] They know what the and their audit is
done. So all three of the next items
[20:44] that's kind of like each one has its own
separate calculation done between the
[20:47] power company does their own, the uh
housing authority does theirs and then I
[20:52] do the one for the gas uh gas for our
city.
[20:57] All right. Again, this happens every
year. These are just uh
[21:01] » Do we do them together? No.
>> No. Have to do them separately. Any
[21:06] questions on this?
>> No.
[21:08] » Entertain a motion for resolution
2026-39.
[21:12] » I would make a motion that we approve
resolution 2026-39
[21:17] as as presented.
>> Got a motion. Do we have a second?
[21:20] » Second.
>> All those in favor? I
[21:23] » opposed. Motion carries. Resolution
2026-40,
[21:28] resolution by the city of Mount Pleasant
authorizing payment in lie of taxes for
[21:32] Mount Pleasant gas department.
>> I make a motion we accept resolution
[21:36] 2026-40
for the taxes on the gas department.
[21:42] » Got a motion. We have a second.
>> Second.
[21:44] » Got a second. All those in favor?
>> I opposed. Motion carries. Resolution
[21:50] 2026-41,
a resolution approving agreement payment
[21:55] in lie of taxes to Mount Pleasant
Municipal Housing Authority.
[22:00] » Make a motion we approve resolution
2026-41
[22:03] as presented for the uh municipal
housing authority.
[22:07] » Got a motion. Do we have a second?
>> Second.
[22:09] » All those in favor?
>> I.
[22:13] Resolution 2026-42,
a resolution to obligate LSTBG
[22:20] funds for 272925
the downtown revitalization project.
[22:26] Chipper
>> um this is um we discussed this last
[22:29] year last month meeting and uh it was
for the STG funds. We've been obligating
[22:34] the last few years to the downtown
project. We had thought maybe this year
[22:38] we wouldn't have to since the project
was almost done, but we found out from
[22:42] Laura Lee who as our grant manager and
then the state people that we may have
[22:46] invoices that we have already paid in
the prior years that they may be able to
[22:50] go back and recoup funds on. So since we
have these funds and they these are very
[22:54] restricted funds, we can only use them
for certain things. So they don't really
[22:59] give you enough to as a city to do a
project on its own usually. So this
[23:02] actually helps us with the grant project
with the completion of downtown. So, we
[23:07] just the state just wanted a resolution
this year, so I'm going to send this to
[23:10] them. So, we just wanted to get it done
today.
[23:12] » Okay. Just as a quick side note, I spoke
with Brooksie Carlton. Brooksie is the
[23:17] assistant commissioner of Tennessee
Department of Economic and Community
[23:21] Development uh yesterday and invited her
down to come see what their money has
[23:27] done for us. And she's coming down. She
said she'd heard that the revitalization
[23:31] of the square had led to a lot of new
vendors and she really wanted to see
[23:36] what it looked like. So, she's going to
be out. So, it'll be nice to have her
[23:39] be.
>> So, any other questions on uh
[23:44] revitalization stgs?
[laughter]
[23:50] » Yeah. Anybody?
>> Local state transportation block grant.
[23:55] » Yes. It's it's a bunch.
>> Very good. [laughter] Entertain
[23:59] a motion.
>> Make a motion we accept resolution
[24:02] 2026-42
as presented.
[24:05] » Got a motion. Do we have a second?
>> Second.
[24:07] » Second. All those in favor?
>> I opposed. Motion carries. Resolution
[24:13] 2026-43,
a resolution approving change order
[24:17] number two to the engineering contract
with civil and environmental consultants
[24:22] for the water meter replacement project.
Mayor, commissioners, we had this on the
[24:26] agenda last night and or not last last
month. You remember me scratching my
[24:30] head that they was increasing it even
though we weren't going to spend all the
[24:33] quantities and the money that's
allocated for it. So, I got them to see
[24:36] it my way this month. So, we're reducing
the contract by uh $45,000.
[24:42] Um this is to replace the line on
Scotttown Road that we know is leaking
[24:46] and we're tired of repairing it. So,
we're going to replace the whole dag on
[24:48] line. Sorry, I should have said don. But
um I get excited about water and and
[24:53] getting it in the pipes.
>> Um and I apologize for that. But the
[24:57] value of this is $10,000 and that's
approved in that contract.
[25:01] » Change order. Sorry.
>> Uh stopping leaks. That's what's most
[25:05] important.
>> Any questions?
[25:10] Hearing none. Entertain a motion.
>> Yeah. Coming [laughter] to accept this
[25:15] resolution um 2026-43
as presented.
[25:19] » Got a motion. Do we have a second?
>> Second.
[25:21] » All those in favor? I
>> I.
[25:23] » Motion carries. Resolution 2026-4244.
[25:29] Resolution to approve the contract with
Sam Sarah for the camera system for the
[25:35] sanitation truck.
>> So, this approves the three-year
[25:39] contract with Sam Sarah for the camera
system. Um,
[25:46] this actually
replaces the one that you did last year
[25:50] because uh, last year's was just a
continuation of year three. So,
[25:56] obviously that year's already been paid,
but this [snorts] is a three years
[25:59] starting from now. So, they only go in
three-year contracts before y'all
[26:02] because of the length of the contract.
>> Any questions on that?
[26:12] » Hearing none. Entertain a motion for
resolution 2026-44.
[26:16] » Make a motion we approve resolution
2026-44 as presented.
[26:21] » Got a motion. Do we have a second?
>> Second.
[26:24] » All those in favor?
>> I opposed. Motion carries. Resolution
[26:30] 2026-45,
a resolution approving the engineering
[26:34] contract with civil and environmental
consultants for the Mount Pleasant
[26:38] Halong Avenue project.
The purpose of this resolution is to
[26:42] approve a contract with CDC consultants
to do a topographic survey related to
[26:47] the storm water and roadway improvements
on Halong. The propo the proposal for
[26:52] professional services was in your packet
and is attached as an exhibit to the
[26:56] resolution. The cost of the services is
$93,500.
[27:01] The deliverable here is a survey and the
project will take two months weather
[27:06] permitting. Uh Philip might be able to
speak to why we need this.
[27:10] Mayor Commissioner. Um, this actually
was in the strategic plan about the
[27:14] starting the process on Halong. We just
doing it a little quicker than we
[27:17] anticipated. So, this will encompass
from North College all the way down
[27:21] Halong and up Good Low. And it's going
to it's going to take a survey of
[27:24] sidewalks and all all the way down. Um,
this is directly related to the hole
[27:29] that's in the in the street right now
and storm water. And we're learning more
[27:32] and more each day about that. And uh so
over the next few months uh being able
[27:35] to see that water that's been under
[clears throat] the street for 50 years
[27:40] and then where it's coming out on good
low it's it's opened a lot of eyes for
[27:43] me. So we're going to do a lot of
camering and GIS and G and coordinances
[27:48] with everything that we have storm water
related cuz the last thing I want to do
[27:51] is come back you guys in a few months
and ask you to approve a whole design
[27:55] that's going to be very costly and not
understand what we're doing. So, uh,
[27:59] this is a per first part of the storm
water program that you've established
[28:04] and I think we're already going to be in
the hole a little bit.
[28:09] Our budget is 75,000 in engineering this
year for uh, water already with part of
[28:16] us setting up the new fund. So, this is
already so when we amend when I bring a
[28:20] budget amendment in
winter months in January to all, we'll
[28:25] have to amend it for this already. So,
but it's got to be done.
[28:30] » Halong has prioritized itself.
>> Yes. [laughter]
[28:33] Sadly,
>> it's in the top of the list. Yeah.
[28:35] Because I don't think it was originally
on the top of the list for water. So,
[28:40] » I can tell you this. I've been involved
in it since the morning it opened up.
[28:44] And I want to compliment our staff.
>> They have worked at this. I mean, guys,
[28:51] it's I mean, when you got a community as
old as this one is, they've dug back in
[28:56] old
[28:59] deeds and old site maps and stuff and
found stuff that, frankly, I don't think
[29:04] anybody in this room knew existed back
then. I mean, there was a uh there was a
[29:09] water system for all the city right down
here next door to where the library is.
[29:14] I never knew that.
and uh there was uh places to tie up
[29:20] your horses.
So, I mean it it's been very eye opening
[29:25] of what we have up through there.
I mean, I can't talk enough about all of
[29:30] the staff that's been a part of this. It
has been it's been excellent.
[29:36] So, any other comments, Willie? I know
you've had a chance to ride with them
[29:40] some, too, and get a look at it.
blowing my mind.
[29:47] » I think I'm going to add to that, we
don't understand it yet, but we will
[29:50] understand it. And I would agree with
Cy. We've never had a storm water
[29:52] program. I think we've had a spring.
>> I think we have I think that's probably
[29:57] true.
>> And I I just appreciate the fact that
[30:01] we're not just blowing ahead with the
whole program until we understand that
[30:05] because if what we think is true is
true, that really changes everything,
[30:09] the whole thing. So, I mean I to me
that's just a great blessing that that
[30:13] whole opened up and um and I and staff
has just been incredible in all the work
[30:18] they've done. So,
really appreciate it.
[30:23] » All right. Hearing anybody got any other
comments on entertain a motion on
[30:28] resolution 2026-45.
>> I make motion we approve 2026-45
[30:35] as presented for the engineering and
civil environment consultants. Got a
[30:40] motion. Do we have a second?
>> Second.
[30:42] » All those in favor? I
>> opposed. Motion carries. CT form
[30:46] downtown grant anticipation note
extension.
[30:51] » This is just a FYI item. We approve the,
you know, downtown
[30:56] grant anticipation note in 2025, June of
2025. It just keeps getting extended
[31:02] till the downtown project closes. We
have $250,000 left to return to the
[31:06] general fund. So once we return those
funds, this will be done. So this is
[31:11] just the debt report that was approved
by the controller's office saying
[31:14] they're good with our extension to
continue on.
[31:17] » Yes.
[31:20] » Oh, and it extends us to January
>> January the 29th 27.
[31:25] » Yep.
>> Okay.
[31:28] This is no action needed, but we felt
like this was important at $250,000 for
[31:33] everybody to hear. And I'm required the
controllers's office requires me to let
[31:37] you all know what steps they like they
they approved it. So required to
[31:42] present.
>> All right. General comments from
[31:45] citizens. Will we anybody sign up out
there for it? All right. Anybody care to
[31:50] speak?
Mary Lee, we appreciate you
[31:53] [clears throat] serving. Thank you very
much.
[31:58] Lots went on. Short period of time.
Uh, thanks everybody for being here and
[32:04] try to stay cool. Maybe we're going to
get a little better weather. I I
[32:07] hopefully we don't get the storms
tonight that are possible, but uh the
[32:12] rain will make it feel a little better.
>> Uh, Philip.
[32:16] » Yeah, I forgot this in the my city
manager report, but um this is a book
[32:20] over at the museum. If you had a chance
to go to the museum, go in there. It's
[32:24] uh for sale. It's When Dirt Turns to Go,
the story of phosphate in Middleton city
[32:27] from 1888 to 1991. and by Miss Sherry
Hartson. So, just wanted to say that's
[32:33] available.
>> I got something.
[32:35] » Yeah, was my next move.
>> I thought you were shutting us down.
[32:38] » No, [laughter] Bam.
>> Um, I just want to remind everybody that
[32:43] Music on the Porch is this Saturday
night and uh we're going to have a great
[32:47] band. What's wrong? [laughter]
[32:52] Um, and also I just I heard there was a
comment at the discussion meeting about
[32:58] maybe
uh the commission not doing putting in
[33:01] the work but I mean the fact of all the
things that were that the staff has done
[33:06] to make sure just from getting
coordinating all these things that have
[33:09] been in the wrong numbers and the app
attendances and and getting everything
[33:14] to drive up and so that everything is
coordinated and it's right and we're
[33:18] doing all these things in the last few
years to just make the city as it moves
[33:22] forward all these things that have been
neglected all these years are being are
[33:25] being taken care of so that as it grows
we now have a consist resistance system
[33:30] and um you know thank god we passed the
budget so that you know we already you
[33:36] know should have should have charged
more but I'm I'm just so I just want to
[33:40] say thank you to everybody on staff and
um a lot of what we have to do is is
[33:45] made easier by the fact that we've got
[clears throat] incredible staff that
[33:48] put it all together and give it to us
and and let us ask questions and
[33:51] challenge them on it and so I just
really appreciate that
[33:55] » Miss Willie
>> I just want to remind everybody like
[33:58] Bejo said our final Fridays. If you can
come out and support our small business,
[34:03] we really will appreciate it. And I also
want to thank the staff for everything
[34:07] they've done. We've had water leaks.
Rain just came in here, busted up pipes.
[34:13] So, I do appreciate every staff member
we have. Y'all go above and beyond.
[34:18] Makes my job easier. And I just want to
say thank you.
[34:23] » Okay.
I don't have anything. Anybody else
[34:28] entertain a motion?
>> I'll make a motion that
[34:32] out of here.
>> Second.
[34:36] » All those in favor of
>> everybody have a safe evening again.
[34:42] » Dad gummy. Get out of here.