[0:06] September the 1st,
we're getting started with parts. Start
[0:12] us off with prayer and we get we're
going to get on with the agenda. folks.
[0:19] » God, our father, grant us wisdom that we
make uh good decisions that were that
[0:25] will be just for uh the people of our
community, all people in our community.
[0:30] Um give us blessings going forth that we
may continue um the trajectory of New
[0:36] Albony that it may continue to grow and
that the lives of all New Albany
[0:40] citizens may improve. We pray all these
things in Jesus name. In the name of the
[0:44] Father and of the Son of the Holy
Spirit. Amen.
[0:46] » Amen.
[0:51] » All right. First item on the agenda
tonight.
[0:56] I had a opportunity from the public uh
for the budget for 2026 27
[1:28] And we do have copies that somebody
might anybody want a copy of it, feel
[1:33] free.
[1:38] We have now we have till with Reagan
September 15th to finalize it.
[1:44] Um if I'm not mistaken. So believe that.
Yep.
[1:57] I think just highlighting just the
budget for this year. Uh one thing that
[2:02] we added that we didn't have last year
um and we've been I think meaning to do
[2:06] it is just kind of have a uh as we can
all test to the ice storm fern this past
[2:14] year is the the need for a rainy day
fund. So, we're going to start a uh the
[2:20] board start a reserve fund so we'll be
able to to fund it this year and
[2:26] hopefully for the next several years get
that built up so we could have some uh
[2:33] cash in reserve in case you know
unfortunate case of of winter storm or
[2:38] any kind of tragedy or dis disaster.
[2:45] Does anybody from Buffet have any
questions about the budget?
[2:57] » All right. If not, we'll move on to
Department of Business and Bill Maddox,
[3:02] you are the first on the scene.
Have a few items tonight
[3:08] pay request on our gas land replacement
project. This is the CESA grant project.
[3:14] we we've been working on for the last
couple of years. The pay request are one
[3:18] day a B construction about $156,53.95
[3:24] that that's for their actual
construction work and material they
[3:26] purchased during the last month.
$11,4390
[3:31] to Engineering for construction
inspection and $11,33125
[3:37] to Cruise Engineering for project
management. here at this time.
[3:43] » I got I got a motion by Will and second
by Keith. Any further questions?
[3:48] » All in favor say I. Any oppose? Motion
carries. Keep on on the same project.
[3:55] This project um this is part of the $5
million grant that we got a couple years
[4:00] ago. Um the the first part of the
project u about three and a half
[4:04] million. So we had money left over. So
then we started going west on the
[4:08] project and we we designed enough we
thought would you know use up the rest
[4:11] of the money on the project bids came in
for the can in loan. So we still have 61
[4:18] $16,1540
that we need to spend to finish out this
[4:22] grant. Uh our uh construction contractor
AMB construction has agreed to honor
[4:28] their prices. They're they're doing the
change order to extend the the footage
[4:31] on this project so we can uh extend the
fund. So, you know, we have another $7
[4:36] million grant coming after this that
that'll get our that pipe change out all
[4:40] the way. You know, our most hot springs
most of the way up there anyway. So,
[4:45] anyway, every every uh foot we can get
out of this is going to be a help. So,
[4:50] what I'm asking for is a change order.
Uh this is is kind of crazy, but it's uh
[4:55] part 3B. It's phase one part 3B and
it'll be the uh change order number one
[5:00] A and B construction to allow them to uh
continue work. We can spend the rest of
[5:04] our grant funds.
>> I got a motion by Drew. Second by
[5:10] Prenita. Any further questions? All in
favor say I.
[5:13] » Any oppose? Motion carries.
>> Okay. The next one is engineering
[5:17] services agreement with AG engineering
for AB engineers out of Starkville. Uh
[5:22] this is through the engineering work on
our electric system projects associated
[5:25] with MDA uh grant we have that's for the
SCADA system and our uh uh outage
[5:31] management system that would like
>> motion by Keith second by Parks. Any
[5:37] further questions? All in favor say I.
I.
[5:40] » Any oppose? Motion carries.
The last item we discovered this in a
[5:45] recent electric system audit we had the
last couple weeks uh during uh the
[5:50] winter storm burn. We went into
emergency purchasing mode a few days
[5:54] before that storm that you know that
allows us to not have to uh material we
[6:00] can just make the purchases that we need
you know during that time we stayed
[6:03] under that emergency um u guidelines
through the end of February. the 1st of
[6:09] March when we came out uh we brought all
the items that we had bought and you
[6:13] know presented those three notes in the
minutes. It's was an emergency purchase.
[6:17] Uh this one we we did not have on the
list. So we need to add this to our our
[6:22] list of item that we our purchase order
that we issued during
[6:26] this one is to Steuart Irby $195,2859
[6:32] and this was for material to uh repair
and rebuild our fiber system. Okay.
[6:39] Motion by Drew second by Will. Any
further questions? All in favor say I.
[6:45] Any oppose? Motion carries. Thank you.
>> Thank you. Thank you. Thanks, Bill.
[6:50] » All right, Billy Jean.
[6:54] » Um,
>> she wants them back. I got
[6:58] » Oh, yes. I um I mailed you my big report
with Kenny's earlier uh this week, but
[7:03] uh I did want to share with you the um
product of a grant through Mississippi
[7:07] Heritage Hills uh for tourism
collateral. And um those are the pieces
[7:13] that were created. It was a $12,000
grant um uh through them. And these will
[7:18] go to the museum, to our welcome center,
at the trail head, to the library, and
[7:23] to all the state approved welcome
centers across the state. Um, but I
[7:28] think it was a a nice uh product that
was produced there. So, um, also I put
[7:35] on the um on your uh
area uh our community theater is trying
[7:42] to kick back off again with the
community Christmas program. Um, this is
[7:46] going to be directed by Victoria Brown
who's an elementary school teacher and I
[7:51] love theater, but this is triyouts
October the 3. Um, for adult rows and
[7:57] children rows, and I think it's going to
be good. So, I wanted to share that with
[8:01] you as well. U, I had another agenda
item, but I think the mayor and I were
[8:05] going to tail that
>> later. We won't go over the first down
[8:10] tonight. We'll progress. We do
regroup. Thank you.
[8:16] » Jill, great to have you here today.
>> It's good to be here.
[8:21] » Um, well, we started our fall
programming with youth and adults. Um,
[8:26] we've got a grant from the arts
commission to do our literary fest again
[8:30] this year. And we've got a mystery
dinner theater that we're hosting on
[8:35] November the 6th and the 7th. And it's a
rainy night. And we're partnering with
[8:40] the Blue Mountain Christian University
theater players. And we've commissioned
[8:44] uh Christie to write a play about the
life and death Paul Rainy. Did he die on
[8:49] the steamer
or did the Russians kill him? Well,
[8:54] you'll decide to come and find out. It's
a fundraiser uh for the museum and it'll
[8:59] be two nights.
Um we've got our 2026 state historic
[9:04] marker
um that has been shipped from the
[9:07] foundry for the Mayweather Lewis final
journey. It tells the story of him
[9:12] traveling from uh St. Louis down the
Mississippi River
[9:17] um to what became Memphis and then he
crosses the Talahhatche River on his way
[9:21] to the Chickasaw agency that would now
be located near the Ponttop Chicksaw
[9:27] County mine and um this was the journey
where he was murdered or killed himself.
[9:33] So um he did that in October of 1809. So
we'll probably try to place it in
[9:39] October
to uh be close to that anniversary.
[9:44] Regarding the galleries under
renovation, um y'all are welcome to step
[9:49] stop by anytime and see them. Uh the
muralist has completed her work in the
[9:53] Hunt Gallery. She's still got work to do
in the Discovery Zone. Uh the remaining
[9:59] installation will be done um in the
creative spirits this Friday, I hope, if
[10:05] everything works out. We've got the
cases all designed and our digital
[10:10] archive has about 150 people in it.
So, um, our usual adult classes will be
[10:16] through the month that you got in my
report. Um, we have the Greenfield Farm
[10:21] exhibit on vapor soil that'll open on
September the 17th.
[10:26] And this year, our liberty lunchon is on
the 25th, which is father's birthday. It
[10:30] just kind of worked out that way. But
we've got 13 countries and 43 states
[10:36] represented this year. And if you don't
have your duck tickets, see you later. I
[10:43] can hook you up.
>> Thank you, Jill.
[10:45] » Thank you, Jill.
[10:48] » All right, Chief.
>> Mr. Mayor, how y'all doing tonight?
[10:53] » Doing good.
>> Lit.
[11:01] » So, three and four can go off, correct?
>> Yes, they're going on table.
[11:05] » Okay. Um,
so
[11:12] » we're going work on it later in the week
with the niche.
[11:16] Uh, so
first things up is the wireless
[11:21] communication. All right. So
we have what our tickets and fines.
[11:29] We have one little supplements go to the
wireless communications fund. Over time
[11:36] that fund increases and as we need
radios and wireless communication
[11:43] equipment we call down there and
basically send them the invoice and and
[11:48] they approve what we want to buy.
Basically how it works. So
[11:55] we have uh asked for the approval from
them of six cam wood walkie talkies two
[12:01] charging stations the total amount
$14,258.94.
[12:09] They did approve the purchase. They did
send the check. Miss Megan has gotten
[12:14] the check and it's deposited in the drug
task force fund. So we have that money
[12:19] on hand. The wireless communications did
approve it. I'm asking for the board
[12:23] permission to use the money to purchase
the radios.
[12:28] » Second,
>> got a motion by Park, second by Fernita.
[12:31] Any questions for Chief? I got a
question. This is not the tech our tech
[12:36] fund. This is a separate fund.
>> This is a separate fund.
[12:38] » What and is it through?
>> This goes as part of the assessments.
[12:42] There's a list of assessments we have on
our citations and fines.
[12:46] » Some apply to all like the uh core tech
fund is all. This one is a little bit
[12:51] more specific, but there's several
tickets and things come through. We
[12:55] tagged a suspect, too. And it's it's
been that way for money.
[13:00] » The state have the money.
>> The state holds the money.
[13:02] » Okay.
>> They So the court and what happens is
[13:05] court takes the money in, separates it
out, sends it to the state, state holds
[13:09] it, and we have to send down what we
want and then approve it, which is what
[13:14] has happened here.
>> Gotcha.
[13:17] Thank you. Okay. All in favor say I. Any
opposed? Motion carries. Chief.
[13:23] » All right. Uh, second thing is emergency
hires of um
[13:30] I asked the board if we could hire go
ahead and hire Eric Welch and Eli
[13:35] Russell.
Both of them uh one lives in the city
[13:39] and one both of them Union County
residents. Eric is a uh certified police
[13:43] officer. So he's basically plug and play
for us. He's from New Albi. He's lived
[13:48] here long enough for about 10 years. His
wife works one of the local clinics. Uh
[13:53] so they're established here and then Eli
is about 23. He is also born and raised
[13:59] in this community and we'll have send
him the cabinet to be to be certified.
[14:05] So we pro discuss this but by nominated
put
[14:11] do we need to do each individually or
can we do them both?
[14:14] » Okay. All right. Okay. I got a motion by
Will, second by Keith. Any other
[14:21] questions for Chief? All in favor say I.
>> Any oppose? Motion carries.
[14:26] » All right. This came in today. It was
not in so I was not able to get it on
[14:30] the agenda. Uh but 2026 2027 DPS LEO
grant was approved today for us. That's
[14:39] kind of a separate grant we applied for
and I actually get did most of the leg
[14:43] work on it. It's a 50% match grant. What
we asked for in this grant is basically
[14:49] six ballistic vests and uh two uh 2026
Ford SUV interceptors. The grant has
[14:56] been approved.
Uh the grant request was 101,41,416.
[15:05] The reimbursement approved is $50,78
and $78. And I have a paperwork that
[15:12] I'll submit to the clerk on that we've
discussed tonight. So it's not really a
[15:17] board action. I just kind of want to
make you aware of it that that came in
[15:21] today.
>> Hey, Mr. Mayor. That's all I have.
[15:25] » All right. Thank you. Any other question
for Chief?
[15:30] » Okay. Thanks, Chris.
[15:36] All right. Chase, you got anything, my
friend?
[15:44] How you thank Mr. May board? Um I
emailed our board. Uh got some updates
[15:49] on disc golf course. Uh the baskets came
in last week. We started assembling them
[15:53] today. Uh all the team pad signs are up.
Um youth and adult co-ed kickball
[15:59] registrations going on. Uh youth soccer,
we ended up with over 460 kids. Um and
[16:05] tonight's the 4v4 adult soccer
championship. I think it's team advers
[16:10] team ICI.
>> So that's that that'll finish up
[16:14] tonight. Unless you have any questions,
that's all I got.
[16:17] » Well, hey Chase, I do have something for
you. I just want to just let the board
[16:21] know know that what a great job you did
on the USA tennis tournament out there.
[16:25] Was it two weekends ago?
>> But uh I've heard nothing but good
[16:29] things and appreciate you guys working
on that.
[16:31] » Yes, sir. Thank you.
>> Thank you.
[16:35] » All right, Chief. Uh, you got my report.
That's all I have for the board.
[16:41] Any questions for Chief Whitide?
[16:49] If no, we'll pass on to building the
Inspector.
[16:57] I report
uh we didn't have a zoning meeting.
[17:02] » So that was good.
>> Then we had a hearing for the reszoning
[17:07] of 503 bridge highway 30 west from SM8
to SM5.
[17:13] Uh the owner was unable to make it but
she's available on phone if I can answer
[17:18] any questions on it. It's the uh it's
Holly Will height the daycare the home
[17:25] 30 there the wise after school day
there's a reason from SNA to SM5
[17:33] so she could turn that into duplex you
know the back building was built and
[17:38] that didn't work out so turn the house
be the house and then the building in
[17:43] the back which they wouldn't have to do
much to it to turn it into a duplex so
[17:48] it just
too. Not not the back you see, but the
[17:53] house in the back building
[17:58] just need a
>> So everything far as it already zoned.
[18:03] Is there nothing?
>> No, we need a vote to reszone it from
[18:07] SNF.
>> Tonight's the public hearing
[18:16] board.
[18:20] Okay, take a motion by T second by will.
Any other questions for
[18:27] all in favor say I.
>> Any oppose? Motion carries for resone 3
[18:32] highway 30 from SN.
[18:36] Got it.
[18:40] » We got a property
which is 211 East Main Street.
[18:48] Thank all we all know which one it is.
So we sent out all the notices and I
[18:54] spoke of braing about it yesterday. So
we just need
[19:00] a motion to condemn that.
>> Okay. Hold on.
[19:05] Part of the condemnation you're you're
referring to both the house and also
[19:09] clean up the yard.
>> Yes. To be able to mow it. So he's
[19:13] asking not just condemn the art but also
write a re-entry to that event so he can
[19:19] look multiple times.
[19:24] » Have you had any communication the
owner?
[19:27] » No, not the owner. We sent letters and
they all come back. We sent letters to
[19:32] the mortgage holder and a property
maintenance company. the property
[19:37] maintenance company actually transferred
it to a different property maintenance
[19:41] co company and I've been in contact
email with them the whole time there has
[19:46] been people try to buy the property one
person is very interested in it but they
[19:52] can't I mean it's I don't know all the
details but it's a lot of stuff on this
[19:58] house so
>> well it's definitely an eyesore
[20:02] » way past due but that we thanks for work
I make the motion to condemn the
[20:08] property.
>> Okay. Got a motion by parks.
[20:11] » What other words I need to add to that?
>> Yeah.
[20:14] Other aspect we always add to that.
First of all, the right of re-entry for
[20:17] the arts, but we always add to that to
demolish it after 30 days if they
[20:23] haven't done so themselves. So, we don't
have time to set for that. We don't do
[20:27] it for at least 30 days. He may wait
longer on this. That's usually part of
[20:32] the motion.
>> Okay. I make a motion to condemn using
[20:36] the language that Reagan just used that
language.
[20:41] Smart man.
I got a motion by Parks,
[20:46] » second by Keith. Any further questions?
All in favor say I.
[20:50] » Any oppose? Motion carries.
>> All right, we'll turn the adjudication
[20:54] over to Joe.
[20:59] » Good evening, board.
>> One second. expired.
[21:09] » All right, we'll start updates on the
last hearings we did of 500 Court
[21:14] Street.
[21:24] I spoke with Miss Genie. I've been
working with her. She's
[21:29] her health has been giving her issues
this recently.
[21:34] number of doctor's visits today. And I
mean, we
[21:38] she's made progress. I've offered for us
to come help her,
[21:44] you know, bring trucks and help her
clean up. She thinks she can get it if
[21:48] we give her a little more time. She's
been taking a little bit out every day
[21:51] and partner's been picking it up. Um,
this is what it looks like today. This
[21:56] is her back patio.
Uh, she has made progress.
[22:05] We're our 30 days is up. We could
supposed to go in and clean it or we
[22:09] were
[22:18] what do we got proof coding it last? I
mean clean it last time.
[22:23] » We gave her 30 days to do it or so.
>> All right. So
[22:28] one thing you could do rather than just
Rose is going out and approve cleaning
[22:33] and but don't let it be at his
discretion if she's making progress
[22:37] doing it all.
[22:42] Like I said, I talked with her. I tried
to call for help. She don't really want
[22:46] the help. She thinks she can do it, but
I'm not going to get her other way.
[22:53] I mean,
>> I do see progress, but I mean
[23:00] Chris has been going and picking it up.
[23:05] » I've been driving by. He has
>> help neighbors help.
[23:16] » They still complain, but she's trying.
[23:22] something
for the whole month.
[23:26] » She's been she's been having some health
issues.
[23:28] » Well, she's got a lot.
>> That's for that big Wasn't there a big
[23:31] box right there with that?
>> Yeah, there were there were four crates
[23:34] there that had shoes and pots and pans.
>> Yeah. So, there's some basic progress.
[23:42] » So, was your recommendation to I
>> I kind of like Reggie's idea. Let's go
[23:47] ahead and put tooth clean it for her and
let her
[23:53] Try and I'll just work with her.
Continue to work with her.
[23:59] » You're good with that?
>> You want?
[24:02] » Yeah. I got a motion by
>> second by Drew. Any other questions? All
[24:08] » say I oppose. Motion carries.
>> All right. Next on the is uh 118 T.
[24:19] this no change at all. The owner, Mr.
Clayton, has started the eviction
[24:26] process
and he's fixing to go to court to have
[24:31] him evicted. So, I mean, that should
take care of itself.
[24:39] You know, after court date, after they
serve these papers, do it through the
[24:43] legal process, they take
several weeks.
[24:50] It won't take long.
[24:57] » Do you want to do the same type of
format to where we go ahead? You think
[25:00] right just to get a motion?
>> Yeah, go ahead and adj.
[25:08] » I got a motion by Keith.
Second my parts. Any other questions
[25:14] about uh 118 tape?
All in favor say I.
[25:19] » Any opposed? Motion carries.
>> On a good note.
[25:23] » 706 Shady Grove.
>> Okay.
[25:27] » Has made improvements.
>> Wow.
[25:30] » So, I think we would be good there. Like
I said, I've been working with him as
[25:33] well. He still got a broke down a lot
more on his carport, but we're working
[25:38] with that. So
>> must have done a lot of work yesterday
[25:42] because Saturday it went.
>> Yeah, he was as far as this afternoon.
[25:49] » Yeah, he's he's trying
[25:54] last minute kind of guy. He's I think
>> maybe just works better under pressure.
[25:58] » Yeah, it must be.
So that that's updates on the previous
[26:04] ones. Current
public hearing for 2011 Sycamore Drive.
[26:11] Uh he is not here. They call you know
[26:17] Perez.
[26:25] » What is that first name?
>> I don't have that on this.
[26:52] Is this another situation where the
owner is renting this or
[26:56] » there's the owner? The owner.
>> The owner.
[27:00] » Jose. Jose.
[27:09] » So, is this similar to last month what
we the motion we need to make on this?
[27:15] » Yeah,
there's a a plan and building materials
[27:22] and he was given that
it is a health safety
[27:29] risk.
clean up
[27:36] » last month.
That's what we did. Typically,
[27:41] » have you been in communication with him?
>> Not recently. Um, Mr. Eric talked to me
[27:49] last time. He had an injury and he
bought some hust.
[28:00] » I would still go ahead and authorize the
clean up
[28:04] » rather than have another
motion by
[28:11] motion by second by Drew.
>> Any other questions? All in favor say I.
[28:17] Any opposed? Motion carries.
[28:22] And the last public hearing um
204 Highway 15 South
[28:29] Gregory Parish.
This was this morning.
[28:35] Um still overflowing into the travel
[28:42] and he is wearing a shirt.
[28:53] The garage has been
cluttered for a long time, but it's
[29:00] still out into the driveway and now it's
visible from the highway. Um,
[29:05] » have you had a phone call or anything?
Any community has not contacted
[29:11] » and all these properties we've been
dealing with, but
[29:14] » a number of years.
>> Yeah.
[29:16] This one not as long as some of them,
but yeah, these it's been at least a
[29:21] year
[29:26] plus one.
Give him 30 days. Okay. So, all right.
[29:31] Got a motion by key.
[29:35] » Second.
>> Second by Drew. Any other questions? All
[29:38] in favor say I.
>> Any oppose? Motion carries.
[29:43] » All right. So, next step would be set a
public hearing for 806 Fifer Street.
[29:51] Do all
>> Okay. Awesome.
[29:53] » Well, they're a little different. Is is
a clean home.
[30:05] » Well, there there is whether you're
tearing down or cleaning. So, you still
[30:10] set them.
>> Okay. All
[30:11] right.
>> Uh 806 Fiber Street,
[30:18] 512 Booker Street, which is a grass lot.
603 Baker Street, a grass lot. 511
[30:27] Hopper Street, grass lot.
[30:31] I'm going to set it here. You've been
noticed.
[30:35] » So that one's Fifer right there. This is
five.
[30:40] And this is one that's been going on
since
[30:43] like 2018 was the first time I noticed.
[30:50] And it just gets it cleans up and gets
worse. Cleans up and gets worse.
[30:55] » Okay. So, we can do all four of them
together.
[30:58] » So, we got 806 Viper Street, 512 Booker
Street, 603 Baker Street, 511 Hopper
[31:04] Street.
>> Yes, sir.
[31:06] and then the grass lot. So, I'll show
you pictures.
[31:28] » What's the middle of the board? We got a
motion by Keith.
[31:34] Second. Second by Drew. Any other
questions? All in favor say I.
[31:40] » Any oppose? Motion carries. Well,
that'll be all of my time. Thank you.
[31:46] Okay.
on 706 Shady Grove. Are we just going to
[31:50] kind of monitor just kind of or is he
kind of off the
[31:56] » Okay,
[32:02] good job, y'all. Thank you.
>> All right, on to consent agenda. Any
[32:08] questions on the U
August item?
[32:17] And then the far as the August 4th,
August 14th, August 27th minutes
[32:28] before we go to the um
[32:37] I guess we'll go with entertaining the
idea for litigation purposes for
[32:40] executive session.
And I got a motion by truth.
[32:46] » Second by will.
>> All in favor say I.
[32:50] » Motion carries.