[3:57] 26 board of alderman meeting which is
[3:59] hereby called to order. I'm going to ask
[4:02] our pastor Paul Bryant from Cross Creek
[4:05] Church to come forward and lead our
[4:06] invocation followed by the pledge of
[4:08] allegiance which I will lead. Please
[4:10] stand.
[4:15] » Father, we thank you for your good, your
[4:17] mercies endure forever. We thank you for
[4:20] creating us in your image, creating us
[4:22] to live in community with one another.
[4:25] We thank you for our community, for our
[4:27] branch, for our neighbors that are
[4:28] gathered here tonight, for our city
[4:30] officials, for our elected leaders.
[4:32] Lord, we pray that you would give us
[4:33] wisdom and we pray that you would give
[4:35] us courage to do what is right in
[4:36] everything we do and say this evening in
[4:38] Jesus name we pray. Amen.
[4:40] >> Amen.
[4:44] I aliance to the flag of the United
[4:47] States of America and to the rep for it
[4:50] stands one nation under God indivisible
[4:54] with justice for all.
[4:57] >> Thank you. Be seated. Thank you, Pastor
[4:59] Bryant.
[5:01] Mr. Stewart, would you conduct roll call
[5:03] of the board?
[5:13] here.
[5:16] >> Here
[5:23] » all the board is present. Uh board also
[5:26] the services of city attorney city
[5:29] attorney is going to be uh online. He's
[5:31] going to be able to hear what's taking
[5:33] place and if you have any questions for
[5:34] him. If there's a question from the
[5:36] board, you'll hear me ask the city
[5:38] attorney on the phone and then I'll
[5:40] repeat his answer out loud so everybody
[5:41] can hear the answer. We may have no
[5:43] questions for the city attorney, but uh
[5:45] he is going to be dialing in remotely uh
[5:48] tonight
[5:52] board. You have before you the the
[5:54] minutes from the special call meeting on
[5:56] October, excuse me, yeah, August 18th,
[5:58] which was our budget planning meeting.
[6:00] Any questions, comments, or motion to
[6:03] approve those minutes?
[6:05] Motion to approve.
[6:06] >> Motion to approve by Mr. Wallace. Is
[6:08] there a second?
[6:09] >> Second.
[6:10] Miss Alders. Any discussion? All
[6:13] in favor?
[6:14] >> I.
[6:14] >> All oppose. Motion carries.
[6:18] Next, you have the minutes from our
[6:20] regular meeting on August the 18th,
[6:22] which fell just shortly after the budget
[6:24] meeting that evening. Uh questions,
[6:27] comments, or motions on those particular
[6:29] items? Those?
[6:30] >> Motion to approve.
[6:31] >> Miss Hamilton. Motion to approve.
[6:34] Is there a second?
[6:36] >> Second.
[6:37] Mr. Collins. All in favor?
[6:39] >> I.
[6:40] >> All oppose. Motion carries.
[6:43] Mr. Turney, can you hear me?
[6:55] » Under public comments. Following the
[6:57] agenda, we may have Miss Lorie Barnes,
[6:59] the director of First Regional Library
[7:01] and Olive Branch. her and her team to
[7:03] provide a port report to the board uh
[7:06] the library's annual report to us. Good
[7:08] evening.
[7:09] >> Good evening everyone. It's always a
[7:11] pleasure to be with you here to talk
[7:13] about one of our favorite topics which
[7:15] is the library of course. I'm Lori
[7:18] Barnes as the mayor said and uh I'm here
[7:20] tonight with my team of staff. Jennifer
[7:23] Stevenson who is a assistant director
[7:25] for public services, Nancy Anderson
[7:27] who's finance manager and well we also
[7:30] have some of our friends here. friends,
[7:32] would you please wave? Library
[7:34] supporters, we couldn't make it without
[7:35] our friends. They're awesome. I just
[7:37] wanted to begin by thanking you because
[7:40] we could not do all that we're doing at
[7:41] the Olive Branch Library, the BJ Chain
[7:44] Library without your support. And we're
[7:45] just always so grateful to you for that
[7:48] ongoing continued support. And I'm here
[7:50] to tell you tonight, you have a
[7:52] wonderful public serving library in your
[7:55] community that's doing incredible things
[7:57] every day. Uh you I hope that you're all
[8:00] very proud of that library because I
[8:01] know I certainly am. It's one of the
[8:03] very best libraries in the state of
[8:05] Mississippi. It's at least the second or
[8:07] third highest used library in the state
[8:09] of Mississippi. And uh it's just
[8:12] incredible all the things that that
[8:13] amazing staff does day in and day out to
[8:16] serve your constituents. At this time, I
[8:18] want to give you a little update on some
[8:19] positives that we've got going on. We
[8:22] measured continued high levels of
[8:23] library usage as is indicated by the
[8:25] number of items checked out. We've had
[8:28] high visitation in our libraries from
[8:30] the patrons coming in the library. We're
[8:33] providing even more library programs for
[8:35] all ages with increased attendance.
[8:38] We're having great success in the area
[8:39] of outreach services with partnering
[8:41] with local organizations. We've updated
[8:44] our technology, including our computers
[8:46] and software, and we continue to offer
[8:49] that 247 Wi-Fi service that people
[8:52] really enjoy and love to take advantage
[8:54] of. At this time, I'm going to turn over
[8:56] to Jennifer Stevenson, and she's going
[8:58] to give you an update for about
[8:59] statistics for the library. Thank you.
[9:03] >> Good afternoon. Thank you so much for
[9:05] having us, Mayor Adams, board of
[9:07] alderman, and alder women. I get to be
[9:09] the fun statistics person every year,
[9:12] but I like to talk about numbers, and we
[9:15] have some great numbers to brag on. As
[9:17] you'll see in your handout, we have one
[9:19] side that is the BJ Chain Public Library
[9:22] statistics and the other side which is
[9:25] First Regional Library. And it shows
[9:27] that last fiscal year we had over 94,000
[9:31] visitors just to the VJ Chain Public
[9:34] Library. And we had over 193,000
[9:38] items checked out just from the Olive
[9:41] Branch. And we had over 400 total
[9:44] programs and o almost 16,000 people
[9:48] attended programs just at our Olive
[9:50] Branch BJ Chain Public Library.
[9:54] So what does that all mean? because I
[9:56] like to kind of compare things. Well,
[10:00] last year we had almost 18% increase
[10:04] just in our summer reading programs.
[10:07] We've even built higher this this year
[10:09] for our summer reading program. We had
[10:12] an 18.48%
[10:15] increase over last year's number. So, we
[10:17] are steadily providing more and more
[10:19] services, more and more programs. The
[10:22] attendance has gone up 37%
[10:25] this year compared to last year of how
[10:29] many people attended. Just for our
[10:31] summer reading program, we had over
[10:32] 7,500 people in your library.
[10:37] I also want to compare and give you some
[10:39] bragging rights. You know, Lori said
[10:41] that Olive Branch was in the top three.
[10:44] Well, we're number one. First regional
[10:47] is number one in the state. Okay. We
[10:51] have with Olive Branch, they constitute
[10:54] 21% of our circulation
[10:57] and 13.8% of our FRL
[11:02] uh patron computer usage. But in the
[11:04] state of Mississippi,
[11:06] compared to the latest published fiscal
[11:09] year from the Mississippi Library
[11:11] Commission, FRL had 582,977
[11:18] visits that year compared to over 4
[11:21] million in the state. So for the state
[11:23] of Mississippi, First Regional Library
[11:26] represents 13.5%
[11:29] of all the people in this state walking
[11:31] into a public library.
[11:34] Now, as far as our circulation, again,
[11:37] First Regional Library is number one.
[11:40] We constitute over 900,000 checkouts,
[11:44] which is 15
[11:46] 15.7%
[11:48] of the entire state's checkouts in a
[11:52] public library. So, we work very hard
[11:54] and we're not satisfied with that. Every
[11:56] year, we try to do better. We try to do
[11:59] better not just for our library and our
[12:01] staff, but for your constituents. So, we
[12:04] very much appreciate everything that you
[12:06] do for the library and we will try to
[12:09] pay that back by always making you proud
[12:12] of what we're doing.
[12:15] >> We certainly are proud. I'm curious on
[12:16] those statistics. Uh the electronic
[12:19] devices or electronic medium versus hard
[12:22] copy good old books, how's that trending
[12:24] one versus the other? Well, certainly
[12:26] book circulation is highest. People most
[12:29] a lot of people that we serve still want
[12:31] that book in their hand, which we're
[12:33] happy to provide and we do provide. But
[12:36] I will tell you, it seems like the trend
[12:38] is more people are beginning to embrace
[12:42] uh electronic resources like ebooks. Uh
[12:45] our usage is higher uh than it's been at
[12:48] any point in time since we've offered
[12:50] ebooks. Uh we do have I I was sharing
[12:53] with another uh board of alderman uh
[12:55] earlier this summer. We do have some
[12:57] problems with that because uh first of
[13:00] all they're very expensive. You know we
[13:02] can buy a book a lot cheaper than we can
[13:04] typically buy an ebook. Also the
[13:06] publishing houses are very proprietary
[13:09] with their ebooks. They only let us
[13:11] circulate them so many times and then
[13:13] they take them away from us and if we
[13:15] want it to circulate more or we have
[13:17] demand for it more, we have to buy it
[13:19] again. So, we we do have those things
[13:21] that we contend with, but usage is very
[13:24] high. And I know because I'm the one who
[13:26] measures all the troubleshooting uh that
[13:28] goes on with our patrons. They'll
[13:29] contact me saying, "Hey, I need to get
[13:31] my pen or I need this or I need that."
[13:33] Our patrons are actually contacting me
[13:35] directly because I like to monitor that
[13:37] and the usage there is just really
[13:39] growing tremendously. So, um but I hope
[13:42] that answers your question, Mary.
[13:43] >> It does. It does.
[13:44] >> Yeah.
[13:44] >> Well, thank you very much. Anything
[13:46] else? I just wanted to to close by
[13:48] saying that for fiscal year 2027, we are
[13:52] requesting $452,230
[13:55] from the city of Olive Branch. We just
[13:57] want to you to know how much we
[13:58] appreciate every dollar and we hope that
[14:01] you know that we try really really hard
[14:04] to stretch those dollars and and give
[14:06] you the your your citizens the most for
[14:08] their tax money. That's very important
[14:10] to me. It's very important to the board
[14:11] of trustees and it's very important to
[14:13] the First Regional Library staff. So,
[14:15] thank you again. Uh, does anyone have
[14:17] any other questions or anything at this
[14:19] time?
[14:21] >> I do want to thank you and your friends
[14:23] of the library. Y'all do an amazing job.
[14:25] >> Yes. One more little point, Mayor, if I
[14:28] might. We are going to miss very much
[14:29] our precious manager, Suzanne Argo.
[14:32] Yesterday was her last day. In fact, she
[14:34] worked till last night. You know, that's
[14:36] just Suzanne for you. We're going to
[14:38] miss her terribly. Uh we are conducting
[14:40] a search for her replacement and we hope
[14:43] to have that position filled as soon as
[14:45] we possibly can. But I just want to
[14:47] throw that out as well.
[14:48] >> Well, thank you very much.
[14:49] >> Thank you again and it's great to see
[14:50] all of you.
[14:51] >> We will miss Miss Argo as well and she
[14:53] won't be replaced. We'll just have to
[14:54] backfill the position, right?
[14:56] >> She's great lady and thank y'all very
[14:58] much everyone. Good night
[14:59] >> friends as well for what y'all do.
[15:02] >> Thank you.
[15:05] Following the agenda, I'm going to uh
[15:08] relocate to the microphone on the on the
[15:10] floor.
[15:22] [snorts]
[15:29] And I'd like to call up Lieutenant
[15:32] Magnapinto,
[15:34] firefighter Jackson Neim,
[15:36] firefighter Anthony McGregor, and
[15:38] firefighter Coleman Dael. Please come
[15:40] forward.
[15:56] The board and staff know this is one of
[15:58] the
[15:59] favorite parts of the job for me. I
[16:02] don't want to say most fun, but it is
[16:03] most fun. And it's one of my favorites.
[16:05] We get to award different employees with
[16:07] monies that are not from taxpayer
[16:09] dollars because we can't give away
[16:11] taxpayer dollars, but some citizens and
[16:13] businesses step up to let us recognize
[16:15] employees that go above and beyond in
[16:17] serving our citizens. And uh it was
[16:19] tough this time. The boards got all the
[16:20] recommendations. There were five
[16:23] recommendations and all of them were
[16:25] very very worthy. Uh but the winner at
[16:27] this time are these four gentlemen and
[16:30] submitted by division chief Kohia and he
[16:34] goes as follows. I respectfully submit
[16:36] this memorandum to nominate OBFD truck 2
[16:39] B shift Lieutenant John Magnapinto,
[16:41] firefighter Jackson Nimik, firefighter
[16:44] Anthony McGregor, and firefighter
[16:45] Coleman Dowel for the mayor's award in
[16:47] recognition of their exceptional
[16:48] service, dedication, and actions that
[16:51] went above and beyond the call of duty
[16:54] in service to the citizens of Olive
[16:55] Branch. On Saturday, July the 4th, the
[16:58] city of Olly Branch experienced a severe
[17:00] storm event that caused widespread
[17:03] damage throughout the community,
[17:04] including significant destruction at the
[17:06] city park. During this incident, Truck 2
[17:09] was a key company in the emergency
[17:11] response and played a critical role in
[17:13] assisting and rescuing citizens impacted
[17:15] by the storm. The crew operated under
[17:18] hazardous and challenging conditions
[17:20] while demonstrating outstanding
[17:22] professionalism, teamwork, and
[17:23] commitment to public safety. Their
[17:26] service continued beyond the immediate
[17:28] emergency response following the storm.
[17:30] The Olive Branch Emergency
[17:32] Communications E91 dis E 911 dispatch
[17:36] center experienced a failure of its
[17:37] communication system. Although local
[17:40] resources were able to restore limited
[17:42] dispatch operations and radio
[17:44] communications using a temporary backup
[17:47] system. What does that mean? Handheld
[17:48] radio.
[17:50] >> That's usually a backup system. Okay. A
[17:52] backup system. Full repairs were
[17:54] expected to take up to 5 days. This
[17:56] created a significant challenge for
[17:58] emergency operations and the continued
[18:00] ability to provide reliable services to
[18:02] the citizens of O branch. After
[18:04] receiving the request for assistance,
[18:06] Lieutenant John Magnapinto and the Truck
[18:09] 2 crew responded to the OBBC facility
[18:12] utilizing the ladder truck. The crew
[18:15] assessed an antenna approximately 75 ft
[18:18] above the ground and successfully reset
[18:20] the equipment. Their actions were
[18:22] directly responsible for restoring the
[18:23] city's communication system to full
[18:25] operational capacity, significantly
[18:28] reducing the impact of outage and
[18:30] ensuring emergency responders had
[18:32] reliable communications. After
[18:34] completing this critical assignment,
[18:36] Trump 2 returned to service and
[18:38] continued responding to emergency calls
[18:40] and protecting the citizens of Olive
[18:42] Branch throughout the remainder of their
[18:43] shift. The actions of Lieutenant
[18:44] Magnapinto, firefighter Nimchek,
[18:47] firefighter McGregor, and firefighter
[18:49] Dao represent the very best qualities of
[18:51] public service. I agree. Their
[18:53] willingness to respond wherever they
[18:55] were needed, utilize their specialized
[18:57] equipment and training, and assist
[18:59] beyond their normal responsibilities had
[19:01] a direct and positive impact on the
[19:04] safety and well-being of the community.
[19:06] Their professionalism, initiative,
[19:08] teamwork, and dedication to the citizens
[19:09] of Olive Branch make them highly
[19:11] deserving of the mayor's award. I
[19:13] respectfully recommend that Olive Branch
[19:15] Fire Department Truck 2 Bshift recognize
[19:18] this recognition for their exceptional
[19:21] service and commitment to the community.
[19:23] So, Lieutenant, you see when you make
[19:25] division chief, how much longer you have
[19:27] to write more detailed and precise but
[19:30] very well-written document. Uh, so it is
[19:34] my pleasure to award you with
[19:41] four Chris $100 bills each.
[19:47] Thank you very much for
[19:51] appcate.
[20:02] » [applause]
[20:20] » And and just a side note, we may have
[20:22] individuals here that are expecting to
[20:24] hear the application for an industrial a
[20:28] planned industrial development on Craft
[20:30] road north of Church Road. That
[20:33] application has been withdrawn from the
[20:35] city of Olive Branch. It has been pulled
[20:37] and withdrawn. You obviously welcome to
[20:39] stay. We want you here as long as you
[20:40] want to be here, but that is not going
[20:42] to be heard tonight uh nor any night
[20:44] that I'm aware of because it has been
[20:45] withdrawn and that means that it would
[20:48] have to start all over again at step one
[20:50] if that happens. So, it was totally
[20:52] withdrawn.
[20:54] Following the budget, excuse me,
[20:56] following the agenda board, you have the
[20:58] consent agenda items
[21:02] 1 through 24.
[21:05] Any questions, comments, or motions on
[21:07] these administrative in nature items?
[21:09] >> So move.
[21:11] >> Mr. Gamage motion. Is there a second?
[21:14] >> Second.
[21:15] Mr. Dearheart. Any discussion?
[21:18] Hearing none. All in favor?
[21:20] >> All opposed? Motion carries. [snorts]
[21:23] in the planning commission old business
[21:25] is item number one is the one that has
[21:28] been withdrawn by the property owner and
[21:30] the applicant. Item two planning hearing
[21:33] date for consideration and action on the
[21:35] motion declaring the condition of the
[21:37] following properties to be a minutes to
[21:39] the public health and safety and
[21:41] directing either the city staff or
[21:42] contract labor to clean the property
[21:44] forth with. It was tabled for meeting
[21:47] this date on August 18th. It was tabled
[21:50] to be heard on tonight's agenda.
[21:57] So, Mr. Andrew Hawkinsmith.
[22:01] » Yes, sir. Thank you.
[22:04] So, the first one is at 6436 Nesting
[22:08] Dub. Um, as you can see, this property
[22:11] has been cut. Um, next up is 9282
[22:16] Railroad Avenue. Uh, this property has
[22:19] been taken care of as well. Um, 9320
[22:23] Railroad Avenue. This property has been
[22:25] cleaned. Here's the front and here's the
[22:27] side. The grass has been cut. Um, next
[22:31] is 8020 Camptown Lane. This grass has
[22:36] been cut.
[22:38] Um, next up 7384 Hunter Forest Drive.
[22:42] This property has been cleaned.
[22:45] 98 96 Tmont Drive. This property has
[22:50] been cleaned. 9063
[22:53] Champlain Drive. This property has been
[22:56] cleaned as well. 7198 Fox Trot Cove.
[23:01] This property has been cleaned. Um this
[23:05] was on the agenda uh to be cleaned.
[23:08] However, planning staff is um requesting
[23:11] this item to be tabled. This is at the
[23:15] northeast corner of Alexander Road and
[23:17] Dotto Road. It's 63 acres.
[23:20] >> So, so just for visibility of the board,
[23:22] what is being looked at? Obviously, you
[23:23] can tell this is a large field. It's 64
[23:25] acres and grass height on a 64 acre
[23:29] field is different than grass height for
[23:32] dense residential subdivision. So,
[23:35] planning is looking at how we can
[23:37] separate that. Don't know the intentions
[23:39] of this land owner. They may be going to
[23:40] bail hay. don't know what they're doing
[23:42] with it, but a field that large is
[23:44] different than resi residential. So,
[23:47] we're going to work toward that and
[23:48] bring you back some recommendations for
[23:50] the two because they absolutely should
[23:52] be different. Continue.
[23:54] >> Thank you. Um and then this property
[23:57] here, this is 9218 Railroad Avenue. Um
[24:01] the applicant has um submitted um some
[24:06] correspondence with the city on
[24:09] requesting for um a time extension to
[24:12] get this property cleared up. They've
[24:13] taken care of their other properties and
[24:16] so uh planning staff is uh wishing to
[24:19] honor that request for an extension. So
[24:22] we are uh requesting for this one to be
[24:25] tabled as well. And so um for the old
[24:28] business items um our recommendation is
[24:31] to table those two properties
[24:34] >> and table them to a date certain as in
[24:37] the next meeting or
[24:39] >> um we are looking at October 6th but um
[24:42] that that's just our
[24:43] >> board's comfortable with October 6.
[24:45] They've cleaned two of the three lots.
[24:46] So
[24:47] >> mayor one says on a
[24:49] >> Oh, does it the 18th?
[24:53] » If the board's comfortable with that.
[24:54] Well, maybe we take this one away from
[24:57] the others.
[25:02] » So, any is there a motion to continue
[25:04] these two October the 6 meeting for a
[25:07] followup?
[25:09] >> Motion to
[25:11] >> Got a motion second. Dickerson Wallace.
[25:14] All in favor?
[25:15] >> I.
[25:15] >> All oppose. Motion carries.
[25:18] >> No action needed on the ones.
[25:20] >> No actions needed on the ones cleaned,
[25:22] but there may be some actions needed on
[25:24] these. Correct, Mr. Hawkins Smith.
[25:26] >> Yes, sir.
[25:26] >> This is a separate set of properties.
[25:30] >> Go ahead.
[25:30] >> Yes, sir. Thank you. These ones in
[25:33] particular are the new business items.
[25:35] Um, so these have been added since the
[25:37] last board meeting. Um, so first we have
[25:41] 4218 Becky Sea. Um, and since it was put
[25:45] on the agenda, the property owners have
[25:48] uh very nicely taken care of this
[25:51] property. Um, next we have 8409 Club
[25:55] View Tri Club View Drive. Um, this
[25:58] property was taken care of. Um, 6282
[26:02] Saddle Trail Drive. This property has
[26:05] been nicely cleaned as well. Uh, 10659
[26:09] Pan View Drive. This property has been
[26:11] cut. Um, now we have lot three of First
[26:16] Revision Greenwood Place commercial
[26:17] subdivision. Um, this property owner,
[26:20] um, Ranch of Mississippi LLC has not
[26:23] cleaned this property.
[26:26] And at 6450
[26:28] Nesting Dove, um, SRMZ2
[26:32] LLC has not cleaned this property. As
[26:35] you can see, the grass is very high.
[26:38] And then at 6130
[26:41] Goodman Road East, this property owner
[26:43] has not cleaned their property. And all
[26:46] of these pictures here, as you can see,
[26:48] uh these were taken at um today. All of
[26:51] these pictures um on for these three
[26:54] properties, uh this one, this one, and
[26:56] this one, these were all taken this
[26:57] morning. And same with this one, uh this
[27:00] picture taken this morning at 7490 Craft
[27:04] Goodman Frontage Road. Vicram Patel um
[27:08] has not cut this grass as of today. And
[27:11] so for these four properties, um we are
[27:15] recommending uh declaring them to uh be
[27:19] menace to the public health and safety
[27:21] and um direct either city staff or
[27:24] contract labor to clean these
[27:25] properties.
[27:28] >> Thank you, Mr. Hawkins Smith. Is there
[27:30] anyone here on behalf of these four
[27:33] properties that are listed? Anyone here
[27:35] on behalf of them? That's your property.
[27:37] It's your neighbor. you want to speak on
[27:39] these properties for or against them
[27:42] being required to clean them up
[27:45] here. Seeing and hearing none, public
[27:46] comment section is closed. So, you're
[27:49] asking the board for consideration.
[27:50] Board, any questions? Do you need to see
[27:52] any of these four again?
[28:03] » Mr. Wallace, motion to declare a minutes
[28:05] for to be cleaned up. Is there a second?
[28:08] >> Second.
[28:08] Mr. Collins. Any discussion? All
[28:12] in favor?
[28:13] >> All oppose? Motion carries.
[28:16] >> Old business. Consideration of bids
[28:18] opened August the 24, 2026 for the new
[28:21] hangar development area taxi lines for
[28:24] OV.
[28:31] » Yes. Thank you,
[28:32] >> Ryan. uh the engineering department and
[28:34] Michael Riker I will invite to comment
[28:37] um if there are further questions is
[28:39] requesting approval and notice of award
[28:41] to A&B construction um for the new
[28:44] hangar development area taxi lanes uh at
[28:46] the branch airport at a total price of
[28:49] $934,000
[28:52] $934,637.90
[28:57] um which is a total price including the
[29:00] two additive alternates
[29:03] Mr. Rod Alrod, thank you. So, anything
[29:06] to add COO RER, chief operating officer
[29:09] Riker to this? I would just say we had
[29:12] three total bids and they came in
[29:18] and we
[29:20] construction
[29:24] the grant. Okay. And is this accurate
[29:27] even though that's a large number and it
[29:29] certainly is based on the grants that
[29:32] the city have received. We'll either pay
[29:35] 5% of that amount or 2.5% of that amount
[29:38] only. Is that right?
[29:39] >> That's correct. So the rest of it, a
[29:41] grant will pay for the rest of it, which
[29:42] is awesome.
[29:45] Thank you.
[29:48] » Any questions, board? [clears throat]
[29:49] >> Our our cap is two and a half%.
[29:51] >> On one grant it is, and on one grant
[29:53] it's five. We're trying to see where it
[29:55] fits.
[29:55] >> So it's not on the total necessarily.
[29:57] It's depending on the grant.
[29:59] >> It would the maximum it would be would
[30:01] be 5% of that number was 600 and
[30:03] something.
[30:03] >> Okay.
[30:04] >> 5% of that max.
[30:05] >> Okay.
[30:08] certain things fit under certain grants
[30:09] and others don't fit in. So, we're
[30:11] trying to work our way through that. But
[30:13] worst case, no more than 5% of that
[30:15] number and best case, 2.5%
[30:19] of the total number. What's the number
[30:21] again, Mr. Elrod?
[30:23] >> The total number for the A and B
[30:25] construction contract is 934,637.90.
[30:31] » Okay. So 5% or two and a half
[30:34] >> 45,000ish give or take depending on the
[30:36] grant.
[30:37] >> Right.
[30:37] >> Okay.
[30:38] >> Thank you.
[30:41] » Any questions, discussion or motions?
[30:44] >> I'll make a motion to approve.
[30:45] >> Second.
[30:46] >> Mr. Hart motion to approve. Second, Miss
[30:48] Hamilton. All in favor?
[30:50] >> All opposed. Motion carries. Item two,
[30:53] consideration of bids opened on August
[30:55] the 10th, 2026 for the public works
[30:58] supplies for FY 2027.
[31:02] Board, uh, you have a list of those
[31:04] items. I don't think you want, Mr. Lrod
[31:07] reading each one of them. We certainly
[31:08] can. I know you've seen the number, but
[31:10] it's for different supplies needed
[31:12] different times throughout the year.
[31:14] This is a term bid so we can go and buy
[31:16] those supplies that are needed at the
[31:18] rate that we've been quoted uh to do
[31:21] business with those companies.
[31:24] >> Yes, sir.
[31:25] >> Make a motion to approve.
[31:27] >> Mr. Wallace, motion to approve.
[31:29] >> Second.
[31:29] Mr. Gamage. Any discussion? All
[31:32] in favor?
[31:33] >> All opposed? Motion carries.
[31:37] Is there a motion to leave regular
[31:38] session with the intentions of going
[31:40] into executive session to discuss items
[31:43] one through five, personnel items one
[31:45] through five? So move.
[31:47] >> Motion from Mr. Collins. Is there a
[31:49] second?
[31:50] >> Second.
[31:50] Mr. Gamage. All in favor?
[31:52] >> All opposed? Motion carries. Is there a
[31:54] motion to go into executive session to
[31:57] discuss personnel matter in the fire
[31:58] department, gas maintenance department,
[32:01] police department, planning department,
[32:02] and administration department to go into
[32:05] executive session for those five items?
[32:08] >> Motion.
[32:09] >> Mr. Gamage. Motion.
[32:11] >> Second.
[32:12] Mr. Collins. All in favor?
[32:14] >> All opposed. before we go into executive
[32:16] session. Uh this is a tad out of
[32:19] sequence, but we will then go back live
[32:22] on the YouTube channel. Uh we'll go,
[32:25] this is an executive session, so it will
[32:27] be turned off during this session for
[32:29] streaming, but it'll come back live as
[32:31] we come out of executive session for the
[32:33] board to make uh their vote on the final
[32:36] budget for FY27.
[32:40] So, we're in executive session at this
[32:41] time.
[1:05:58] back live. John, okay, we're back in
[1:06:00] regular session board. uh this
[1:06:04] consideration for resolution of setting
[1:06:06] our tax millage rate for fiscal year
[1:06:08] 2026 and 2027 based on the budget about
[1:06:13] to adopt. Anything CFO may to add to
[1:06:16] that? Uh no increase in the millage rate
[1:06:19] for our residents. Anything else to to
[1:06:21] add?
[1:06:22] >> No sir.
[1:06:23] >> Okay.
[1:06:24] >> Flat rate.
[1:06:25] >> Flat flat rate no change. If any
[1:06:28] discussion or is there a motion to adopt
[1:06:30] the millage rate for a flat rate to our
[1:06:32] citizens?
[1:06:34] >> Collins motion. Collins
[1:06:37] >> motion.
[1:06:37] >> Second.
[1:06:38] Earheart. All in favor?
[1:06:41] >> All opposed. Motion carries. Is there a
[1:06:43] motion to approve the budget as is with
[1:06:48] the condition of the
[1:06:50] salaries that were just discussed and
[1:06:52] approved by the board? Is there a motion
[1:06:53] to approve the budget condition upon
[1:06:56] those salaries that were just discussed
[1:06:57] and approved?
[1:06:59] >> Motion to approve based on those
[1:07:00] salaries we approved in executive
[1:07:02] session.
[1:07:02] >> Mr. Gamage motion. Is there a second?
[1:07:05] >> Second.
[1:07:05] Mr. Dickerson. All in favor?
[1:07:07] >> I.
[1:07:08] >> All opposed. Motion carries. There's
[1:07:11] nothing else before this honorable
[1:07:12] board. Is there wh Let's do our claims
[1:07:14] docket.
[1:07:14] >> Pay the bill.
[1:07:16] >> Yes, sir. Items one, two, and three on
[1:07:19] the claims docket. Our warrant report.
[1:07:22] Any questions or motions on those to pay
[1:07:24] the bills?
[1:07:29] » Motion to pay them.
[1:07:31] >> Mr. Gam's motion, Mr. Wallace. Second.
[1:07:33] All in favor?
[1:07:34] >> All oppose? Motion carries. Now, if
[1:07:36] there's no further business, is there a
[1:07:38] motion to adjurnn?
[1:07:40] >> Mr. Wallace motion. Is there a second?
[1:07:44] >> Second.
[1:07:45] Mr. Hart. All in favor?
[1:07:48] >> All oppose? We arejourned. Thank you,
[1:07:50] board. Thank you, Mr. Uh, hope you feel
[1:07:52] better.