[2:43] I'd like to welcome and call to order
this meeting Tuesday, August 4th, 2026.
[2:50] Would you stand, please, and
uh counselor
[2:55] Oh, counselor. Uh
counselor Munn, Hickman will lead us in
[2:58] prayer, followed by the Pledge of
Allegiance by counselor Freeman. Thank
[3:03] you.
>> Bow heads. Dear Lord Jesus, just thank
[3:06] you for today. We thank you all that we
get together, we get to uh conduct
[3:09] business, Lord. We ask for your presence
to be upon us. We ask for wisdom and
[3:13] guidance, Lord.
We ask that you help us guide our city
[3:17] in a moving forward in a better way.
Lord, we just thank you for who you are.
[3:22] We thank you for your sacrifice. In
Jesus' name we pray. Amen.
[3:24] » Amen.
>> Attention, salute. Pledge.
[3:29] » I pledge allegiance to the flag of the
United States of America, and to the
[3:34] republic for which it stands, one nation
under God, indivisible, with liberty and
[3:41] justice for all.
[3:48] » No mayor updates tonight. City manager
report.
[3:52] » Yes, sir. have as you know the mayor
council and I will give us the
[3:55] opportunity to to have employee of the
the quarter and of the year. We've done
[4:02] that. This is completed one successful
year. We recognize some of our great and
[4:07] worthy employees. There's many more out
there to be recognized. So, at this time
[4:11] that's what we're going to do. Before I
get started, I want to make sure that
[4:15] everybody knows that Rouses Markets has
sponsored this with a gift certificate.
[4:20] This is actually the sixth one we'll
present today. Uh great appreciation to
[4:25] Rouses and Lisa, if you could let's
let's let them know how appreciative
[4:29] this is and our employees certainly do
so. I'm going to step down here if I
[4:32] could.
[4:36] Again, it will be employee of quarter
25, 26 and the employee of the year
[4:41] recognition.
[4:47] This employee was coming out of public
works department.
[4:51] Mr. Keishaun will come up here.
This is a recommendation out of public
[4:56] works. Very worthy young man.
Recognition of Anthony Moore.
[5:01] Outstanding dedication, hard work, and
service to the city of Eunice public
[5:06] works department.
Anthony consistently goes above and
[5:08] beyond demonstrating exceptional
initiative by identifying and solving
[5:12] problems independently. His proven
abilities, proactive attitude,
[5:17] commitment to excellence embodies the
high standards of public service. On
[5:22] behalf of the mayor,
our council, and myself, we present you
[5:26] with this gift certificate for the
employee of the quarter. We say
[5:29] congratulations and we greatly
appreciate your service.
[5:33] » [applause]
[5:44] » Mr. Harvey, I think he's prepared a
speech.
[5:48] » One minute.
>> I just wanted to start off by saying
[5:51] thank you to Anthony. He's a great
employee. Um
[5:55] we have several great employees at
public works, but he's stood out uh
[6:01] greatly the past year.
Um
[6:04] sometimes it's with his shenanigans and
laughter and keeping everybody's spirit
[6:09] up. If if you've worked with him, you
know what I'm talking about. Uh but no,
[6:14] I I get phone calls from time to time on
broken water lines from several of the
[6:20] council members,
you, Mr. Harvey, Jim, citizens, whoever
[6:25] it may be. I get a phone call at night
or on the weekend.
[6:28] Man, there's water blowing everywhere,
whatever, you know. So, I I hurry up and
[6:32] get on the phone to call Anthony and
he's laughing at us because it's either
[6:36] A, done already, or B, he's got guys in
route already, and and the problem's
[6:42] handled. So,
uh he he does everything I ask him to
[6:46] do, well, up until today. I asked him to
do a little two, three-minute speech and
[6:51] he declined. So,
so, but no, he he's a great employee.
[6:54] I'm happy to have him.
>> Thank you.
[6:58] Thank you, Anthony.
>> THANK YOU.
[7:01] » [applause]
[7:05] » NEXT IS THE '25, '26 Employee of the
Year.
[7:09] This certificate this year is awarded to
one certainly very worthy
[7:14] um candidate. Two of you can come up
here and we'll present you with the
[7:18] Employee of the Year, Mr. Taylor Spinks.
The recognition
[7:23] » [applause]
[7:27] » The recognition of Taylor's except-
exceptional and proactive leadership,
[7:31] significant dedication, sustained
contributions to the city of Picayune
[7:36] over the course of 2026. Taylor has
consistently demonstrated to standards
[7:41] of public service, tackling complex city
wide challenges and providing the spirit
[7:45] of collaboration and excellence and
steadfast commitment to our community.
[7:50] This is an honor
to have the mayor, council and all of
[7:54] our employees and congratulations to
you. WELL DESERVED.
[7:58] » [applause]
[8:04] » WELL, I WON'T THAT
OF COURSE EVERYBODY that did that comes
[8:08] to our office and comes to city hall
understands you know what a what an
[8:11] asset Taylor is and how much she you
know goes above and beyond to help the
[8:16] city move forward along with a lot of
other people at the city and
[8:20] I'm just proud that you know she works
for us and she does such a good job and
[8:24] we're proud that we could honor her with
that. Thank you.
[8:27] » Thank you.
[8:32] » I'm going to want a picture.
>> I want a picture.
[8:46] » Mr. Mayor, that's it.
>> Thank you.
[8:54] » [clears throat]
>> Okay, could I
[8:58] get a motion to approve the consent
agenda?
[9:02] » So moved.
>> Okay, Councilwoman Stevens makes the
[9:06] motion. May I have a second?
>> I'll second.
[9:08] » Seconded by Councilwoman Turnage. Uh
discussion on the consent agenda.
[9:14] All in favor, I.
>> I.
[9:17] » Any opposed? Uh motion passes. Can I get
a motion to approve the docket?
[9:24] » So moved.
>> I'm sorry.
[9:27] » I approve.
>> Councilwoman Bumpers makes the motion.
[9:31] Do I have a second?
>> I'll second.
[9:34] » Seconded by Councilman Hickman.
Discussion on the dock.
[9:38] » I have a question.
>> Sure.
[9:40] » Or maybe two.
Um
[9:43] on the Chilhowie repairs and
maintenance,
[9:49] um
is that Was that a repair? We didn't
[9:53] install anything new, right? It's on
page five.
[9:57] » That's probably a repair we Yeah, we had
to call them in here on purpose cuz you
[10:01] know, the old parts didn't hold. We have
the old receipt
[10:05] and
every once in a while we have to call
[10:07] them in and
do these things without Without looking
[10:11] at the invoice specifically, I'm sure
the pump was what I called it but
[10:15] last year
[10:19] See, if if I if I remember right,
they had to change out the motherboard
[10:23] cuz they they think it got struck by
lightning last month.
[10:26] Or or the lightning had an effect on it
bad to make it work again. So, there was
[10:30] Oh, it had about two weeks there y'all
was in and out I had a problem fire
[10:33] alarm.
So, they had to change out the
[10:35] motherboard and those motherboards are
very expensive from what I understand.
[10:39] » Must be.
Okay, I have another one.
[10:43] Um
on the And And Josh may have to
[10:48] help answer this one. On page six on the
uh software,
[10:53] is that specific classes that we're
going to use?
[11:01] » Yeah, it's the
>> Planning and Zoning. Okay. All right.
[11:05] Um
[11:09] Civic Gov, is that
>> It's the website.
[11:14] It's the website.
>> Website.
[11:16] » Okay.
So, is this um
[11:21] is this a
one-time amount?
[11:24] » I believe this is going to be the annual
for the website.
[11:28] » Civic classes are
the website that that are
[11:36] » [laughter]
[11:50] » So the
[11:54] » Yeah, this is like the annual
>> Okay. That's what I was wondering if it
[11:57] was the
>> I know 25 years but the one we're
[12:01] planning is definitely annual.
>> That's okay.
[12:06] » The website
that looks like annual website as well.
[12:09] » Okay.
Those were my two
[12:12] » Okay.
>> Uh any further discussion on the docket?
[12:18] All in favor, I.
Any opposed? Motion passes.
[12:23] New business, city manager.
>> Yes, sir. Uh see we have Mr. Tim
[12:27] Harrington here tonight. Something we've
been trying to work out for four or five
[12:31] months now, Tim. I'm glad to have you as
the HOA president of the Woods. Uh item
[12:36] number one is to consider request to
approve quick claim deed between the
[12:40] city of Picayune and the Woods
Homeowners Association Incorporated.
[12:44] Action requested to approve request as
submitted and authorize mayor and city
[12:48] clerk to sign all related documents.
>> Okay. May I have a motion?
[12:53] » So moved.
>> Motion by councilwoman Turnage. May I
[12:55] have a second?
>> I second.
[12:57] » Second by councilman Hickman.
Discussion.
[13:01] Any discussion?
>> Can you give us a little bit of
[13:04] background on that one?
[13:21] » With regards to the proposed instrument,
uh the council had earlier this year
[13:26] uh charged me with uh obtaining a title
search on a tract of property. This
[13:32] piece of property
that is uh described in this instrument
[13:36] lies
uh in the in around the Woods
[13:39] subdivision on the dam is what it is.
It's an access road. Question is whether
[13:44] or not the
uh
[13:46] these I think it was Woods 10
subdivision plat that was approved
[13:51] uh I guess maybe back in 2007, 2008, it
showed a road to the south of it.
[13:56] But it was not included in the official
uh the official plat. Whether the city
[14:01] of Picayune had any interest in it.
And after I looked at the uh title on
[14:06] it, I gave an opinion that the city did
not have an interest in it.
[14:10] And at that point in time, the matter
was you know, considered closed.
[14:14] Uh the Woods Property Owners Association
uh through their lawyer requested that
[14:19] just in case that the city would uh
uh execute a quitclaim deed clarifying
[14:24] that fact.
And that's what this instrument does. Uh
[14:28] whatever interest we have, which I don't
think we have any interest in it, we are
[14:32] clarifying that we do not have an
interest in it, and we're putting that
[14:36] on the land records, and that's what
that that's what that is about. So, this
[14:40] doesn't affect any uh private property
owners' rights at all. It just says the
[14:44] city of Picayune has none in that
regard.
[14:50] Did that answer your question,
councilwoman?
[14:52] » Yeah. Okay.
>> Okay. Any further comments, questions?
[14:57] Thank you, sir.
>> Uh thank you.
[14:59] » Thank you, council.
[15:01] Okay, if there's no further discussion,
all in favor, I.
[15:04] » I.
>> Any opposed? Motion passes.
[15:11] Okay.
Item number two, uh to consider request
[15:14] to approve updated advertising space
agreement between the city of Picayune
[15:19] and Forrest Hill. And let me remind
everybody, I've already talked to our
[15:22] our counselor Farmer about this. We
already have a contract in place for 5
[15:28] years. Forest Health reached back out to
us and said they can only do a 3-year,
[15:32] but at the end of that 3-year continue
to to do the contract as we had agreed
[15:38] on.
Uh and basically counselor, you told me
[15:40] instead of rescinding, we could have
just amend that contract so we don't
[15:43] have two contracts in place. Is that
correct?
[15:46] » Yes. Uh what it is that this appeared
because they are also a company on this
[15:51] agency
and they may have some limitations on
[15:54] their contract and power.
Uh I mean, I haven't looked into it to
[15:57] see if they do, but it is generally that
what they have told uh
[16:00] I guess they told the city manager.
And what we're doing is instead of
[16:04] rescinding a contract and redoing a
contract, we will just amend that before
[16:08] their request down to a 3-year contract
and they'll always have a right to renew
[16:15] as long as the parties are agreeing.
>> Okay.
[16:18] So, at this time we need to ask
Approve request as submitted and
[16:23] authorize mayor and city clerk to sign
all related documents.
[16:28] » Okay.
Um I think we have a motion and a second
[16:32] already.
We don't? Okay.
[16:36] » No, I don't think so.
>> Okay. Well,
[16:40] may I have a motion to approve this?
>> I'll motion.
[16:44] » Councilman Hickman makes the motion. Can
I have a second?
[16:47] » I'll second.
>> Second by Councilwoman Carney. Any
[16:51] further discussion?
All in favor, aye.
[16:54] » Aye.
>> Any opposed? Thank you.
[16:57] » That's it. Thank you.
>> Finance and Administration.
[17:08] » Number one, consider request to approve
budget amendment and publication of
[17:12] resolution. Action requested
uh uh some Oops, me.
[17:17] Uh action requested approve request as
submitted and authorized manage city
[17:19] clerk sign all related documents.
>> Okay. May I have a motion? So moved.
[17:24] Motion by Councilman Breland. May I have
a second?
[17:29] » I'll second.
>> Second uh by
[17:32] Councilwoman Stevens.
Uh
[17:35] Any discussion?
>> Yes. Uh
[17:38] See, could you give uh just a brief
synop- synopsis
[17:43] of this and and the rationale uh
briefly.
[17:47] » Yes, sir. A lot of it is moving money
within the existing budget. Some of it
[17:51] is new money. Uh the the largest portion
of it is we have to increase the budget
[17:56] to house our inmates for the cost of
that where we reimburse the county. And
[18:01] um also for dispatch, that that's a
that's another large one to get through
[18:05] the
the rest of the um budget year. And um
[18:11] we're replacing some money where
we had to
[18:15] spend extra to prepare for the tropical
storm here in under the emergency um
[18:20] declaration. And so we're put
replenishing money back into the
[18:24] existing I mean to the budgets that were
affected by that to cover where they had
[18:28] to spend out of their budgets in the
meantime.
[18:30] And um
that's that's really the the the bulk of
[18:34] it.
>> Okay.
[18:37] Okay, thank you.
>> Okay. Any other comments?
[18:40] All in favor, aye.
Any opposed? Thank you.
[18:45] » Next.
>> Next item.
[18:46] » Number two, consider request to approve
to authorize publication of notice of
[18:50] public hearing on proposed budget and
[laughter] proposed tax levies for
[18:54] fiscal year 2027. Action requested,
approve request as submitted.
[18:59] » Okay. May I have a motion?
>> So moved.
[19:03] » Motion by Councilman Breland. May I have
a second?
[19:07] » I'll second.
>> Second by Councilman Hickman. Any
[19:10] discussion?
>> See it.
[19:12] Give us the rationale for that.
>> This is a
[19:15] the publication I have to I have to
publish the
[19:19] and advertise the that we're going to
have a hearing about our budget.
[19:22] It's part of our budget process and
it's just a legal requirement that I
[19:26] have to get um
get authorization from the council and
[19:31] to advertise so that people know ahead
of time that
[19:34] we get our
voting on the tax levy for the next
[19:39] fiscal year.
>> So, that's a legal step that we have to
[19:41] do.
>> Absolutely. Yes, sir.
[19:44] » Thank you.
Okay. Any further discussion?
[19:49] All in favor, I.
>> I.
[19:51] » Any opposed? Thank you.
>> Thank you.
[19:55] » Police Department.
[20:00] How we doing, Chief?
>> Great. Great. How are you?
[20:03] » Good.
>> I'll consider request to approve
[20:06] out-of-state travel for Justin Lord G to
Glencoe, Georgia for physical security
[20:10] training course August 16th through the
29th, 2026. The action requested is to
[20:16] approve request as submitted.
>> Okay. May I have a motion?
[20:20] » So moved.
>> Motion by Councilman Britain. May I have
[20:22] a second?
>> I'll second.
[20:24] » Second by Councilwoman Turnage.
Discussion?
[20:28] Any discussion?
>> No.
[20:30] Just one question. Will this be a
training that he will go to and then
[20:33] come back and do ongoing training with
your officers?
[20:38] » Yes. And what this is is for event
security. We lean on Justin a lot for
[20:43] that when it comes to
how we staff and go about street fairs,
[20:49] parades, all the city events. And
Justin's pretty squared away on that
[20:53] anyway and this will better prepare him
and identify things to keep things safer
[20:58] and where we can use our resources most
efficient. And it's it's free. It's not
[21:02] going to cost us anything.
>> Thank you.
[21:05] » Welcome.
>> Okay. Any other comments?
[21:09] All in favor, I.
>> I.
[21:11] » Any opposed? Thank you, Chief.
>> Thanks. Thank you.
[21:15] » Miscellaneous council members business,
Councilman Hickman.
[21:19] » Yeah, um a little update.
The hopefully the baby box
[21:26] we're getting that squared away to get
start the testing process.
[21:30] Um I think we have to test it 7 days in
a row.
[21:35] Um so we'll be working on that. I think
that was Chief, remind me that was our
[21:41] last big hurdle.
>> Yes, sir. That was the last step.
[21:48] » [cough]
[21:54] » Um
he really saved this project. You know,
[21:58] a lot of organizations came together to
get this project going.
[22:02] And Councilman Hickman really came
together. You got the same Councilman
[22:06] Hickman.
Really big credit to him. He took a few
[22:10] phone
I would get phone calls from different
[22:13] organizations. When are we going to get
this project ready to start?
[22:17] He helped me get that project
He was doing on himself this morning to
[22:22] get that to get that done. So
hats off to you. I appreciate you
[22:26] helping us get that set and get that
taken care of.
[22:28] Yes, now we'll start a 7-day testing
process.
[22:32] Uh and then we'll set a tentative date
for what day of the blessing where
[22:37] the safe haven got people to come down
and we'll have kind of a ribbon cutting
[22:41] grand opening there at the fire station.
>> Yep. So that'll be look forward to that.
[22:46] Thank you.
>> Thank you.
[22:49] » Councilwoman Bumpers?
[22:53] » I'm good.
>> Councilwoman Allen?
[22:55] » I don't have any.
>> Yeah.
[22:56] » Uh
I just wanted to
[22:59] again uh
thank
[23:03] Chief Quave for
this national accreditation. I mean this
[23:06] is something that has been very very
important to the city in a lot of ways
[23:13] and
there's not many. I think it's less than
[23:17] 10
that have national accreditation and
[23:20] then that says a lot for
all of the hard work that Chief you your
[23:25] department and everybody that helped you
with that. Uh, we really appreciate that
[23:33] because it does a lot for the community.
Could you just tell us in just a few
[23:38] words about how important that it is to
the city and how it it allows the
[23:45] citizens of Picayune to benefit from
that?
[23:49] » Yeah,
thank you. I appreciate that. And my
[23:51] hat's off to the
to the employees in in the office today
[23:55] that made that happen. It's a collective
effort and we do have an accreditation
[23:59] manager who does all that paperwork
together.
[24:02] Uh, I've got to make sure
the chief has to make sure that at the
[24:05] end of the day it's done.
Uh, but where you see it in the
[24:10] in the end is you know, unlike I'm like
the fire department, you know, they got
[24:13] certain things that can affect your
mobile insurance rating and so there's
[24:16] not a cost savings on the front end but
there is on the back end. Doing it the
[24:21] way it's designed to do and the way it's
supposed to do it,
[24:23] shouldn't be if if any lawsuits, very
very few. So you'll see that savings
[24:28] there.
Uh, when you're operating under the best
[24:31] practices under uh, standards that are
time sensitive and you're keeping up
[24:35] with that. And it provides a lot of
checks and balances. So that's where
[24:38] you'll see it on the on the on the end
of of that spectrum but uh, day-to-day
[24:44] operations, you know, and the
professional services that should be
[24:47] delivered, everything's done the way
it's supposed to be done.
[24:51] » Thank you so much.
>> Well, thank you.
[24:54] » And and one of the
things that I did this is for the side
[24:58] apartment. Uh, Uh
Chief, uh
[25:03] the
I I think it's with uh our fire
[25:06] hydrants. Are they tested what, once
every 12 months or 15 months over the
[25:12] city?
Okay.
[25:15] Okay.
[25:40] So, basically with that annual test,
that would tell you or whomever which
[25:46] where and how many of those hydrants are
working or not working. Is that correct?
[25:52] Okay.
[26:34] » [clears throat]
[26:37] » And also, this
This came up again. And I think you all
[26:42] addressed it a while back about the
length of hoses that's on your trucks
[26:47] even if a fire hydrant if it's not
working.
[26:51] Uh
is that 300 ft of 500 minimum that those
[26:56] trucks have where if it's a fire and a
fire hydrant it's not in that vicinity
[27:01] where that house is?
[27:52] » [clears throat]
>> Thank you.
[27:54] Okay.
Okay. Thank you, sir.
[27:57] Uh
>> Can I say one other thing?
[27:58] » Sure.
>> Uh back to y'all the National Fire
[28:01] Department. I would love uh I don't know
if y'all if y'all done any type of
[28:05] you know, anything for the employees. I
know this is
[28:08] I heard from the mayor probably
several times back when they went
[28:12] through it the the added work and the
added reporting.
[28:16] Uh if y'all done anything already for
them to show appreciation.
[28:39] Yeah, I would love for you know, us to
do something for them cuz I know it's a
[28:43] lot of extra work for them and a lot of
times
[28:46] uh for the working people it's they're
not always excited about it. So,
[28:52] just to show a little appreciation for
the extra work that they had to go
[28:55] through.
[28:58] Perfect. Thank you.
>> Okay, at this time
[29:03] uh
Carl Hodge, I believe it is
[29:06] uh you have the podium, sir.
[29:13] Glad to see you this season and
I think you have uh they say 3 minutes.
[29:19] » Okay, I just like to ask the council to
revise their updated um ordinance to put
[29:26] back
fireworks were not allowed in the city
[29:30] of Picayune in tents and all.
The ones that's in the city right now
[29:35] are grandfathered in for one reason or
another. I gave some of my property up
[29:39] to the city for I didn't give it up.
Gave the city rights to
[29:44] come into it for me to stay in the city
and everyone else that said it did it.
[29:49] We had another company, Show Me Out of
Missouri, came here and set up right in
[29:54] town. First his tent was within the
building code limit. It was
[29:59] 17 ft, supposed to be 20 ft. Then he put
his tent up where it was in the ditch.
[30:05] But he had his 3 days to correct it, so
the season was over, so nothing could be
[30:09] done. That's why I'm here today to let's
get this passed now for the next season.
[30:14] The law
will go The law will go back like it
[30:17] used to be. No fireworks and tents in
the city of Picayune.
[30:22] That's pretty well it. Thank you.
>> Thank you, sir.
[30:27] Okay, I see what you mean.
[30:30] At this time
I think I'm looking for a motion to
[30:34] recess to the 18th of August. Can I get
a motion, please?
[30:39] » So moved.
>> Motion by Councilwoman Turner. May I
[30:41] have a second?
>> I second.
[30:44] » Second by Councilman Hickman.
All in favor, I.
[30:47] » I.
>> Any opposed? Thank you and thank
[30:50] everyone for coming tonight.