[8:04] Chambers for invocation. If you're able,
if you can stand, we can be do our
[8:09] pledge of allegiance.
I pledge allegiance to the flag of the
[8:15] United States of America and to the
republic for which it stands, one nation
[8:21] under God, indivisible, with liberty and
justice for all.
[8:26] » Thank you.
[8:33] » At this time, I'll call to order our
Rober City Council meeting.
[8:41] agenda. Can I get a a motion for our
agenda adoption?
[8:48] » Even though Miss Johnson is not on the
agenda tonight, I will move for
[8:53] approval. It's unusual not to see Lauren
Johnson's name on here. So,
[8:56] » there are items on the consent agenda.
>> Oh, yeah. There you go.
[9:01] I'll move for approval. Second
motion. Make sure your mic's on. Motion
[9:07] been moved by Councilman Chandler,
second by Mayor Prom Outlaw. All in
[9:11] favor say I.
>> I.
[9:13] » Those opposed.
>> The eyes have it. The motion is carried.
[9:18] We're down to our consent agenda.
[9:25] Chief torain, is any issue coming up
with the ISO inspection later this year?
[9:50] Yeah.
[10:06] How about the tower?
[10:26] We didn't work on it for a couple weeks
out.
[10:53] Chief Hes or maybe I should ask Mr. Ford
this question. I don't know the the new
[10:57] motorized bike law. Do you see any
adverse effects for us here on that?
[11:06] Councilman Chandler, as previous
discussed, we are seeing an increase in
[11:09] it in the city. I think once the law
goes into effect, we work with
[11:17] public information.
[11:24] I appreciated that little picture or
diagram that showed ebike, moped, and e-
[11:32] motorc. I didn't know there was e
motorcycles.
[11:39] I guess I was just concerned.
[11:48] » You shouldn't be riding on the sidewalk.
>> Not even bicycles. If you're in the
[11:53] street, I just
have ridges.
[12:13] » Thank you.
[12:16] » So, we're still having the rag issue.
[12:26] You might want to explain that, Mr.
Phillips.
[12:28] » It doesn't matter.
[12:35] » We have an industry in town that keeps
denying that they are responsible for
[12:43] rags being in our sewer system,
wastewater system. As it says here, um,
[12:53] ongoing rag accumulation in the RA,
which is
[12:56] » return active sludge
>> and W, which is
[13:02] » okay. Pumps.
So, requiring staff to pull all four
[13:08] pumps and two pumps approximately every
other day to remove accumulated rags and
[13:14] prevent the pump from overheating. So,
that's what we're having to deal with.
[13:18] out there. Our folks are having to take
their time to
[13:25] pull stuff out.
>> And we're not accusing them of all of
[13:29] them.
>> That's correct.
[13:36] » More than they should.
>> I'd like to add feminine hygiene
[13:41] products and flushable wipes. They're
not actually flushable, folks. Please
[13:45] don't flush those.
And please don't pour grease down your
[13:49] drain either. It's not good.
[13:59] » What's the water? Are we pumping water?
>> Not actively.
[14:11] We are down to 17 at city.
[14:18] » You turn them on at 24.
[14:24] » Unless we get something not going to be
too far in the future.
[14:33] » July 31st.
[14:42] Y'all pray for rain.
Make sure you do that as well.
[14:49] » We need some rain.
[14:53] » Sure.
[14:56] » All right, that'd be good.
[15:01] Any more comments?
[15:07] Hearing none. Can I get a motion for our
consent agenda?
[15:12] » May I make a motion to approve the
consent agenda?
[15:15] » Second.
>> Motion by Mayor Pro Tim outlaw and
[15:20] second by council member of Congress.
Senator general been approved. All in
[15:24] favor say I. I.
>> Those opposed.
[15:28] The eyes have motion carried. We are
down to our recognition at this time
[15:34] and we have
three
[15:38] but two really we
[16:03] I would like for Chief Torain and Chief
Hess to come.
[16:08] Major Gil, can you come too?
Thank you.
[16:22] I am reading a proclamation for the city
of Roxboro for 911 day of remembrance
[16:28] 25th anniversary.
Whereas in an unprovoked and senseless
[16:33] act of terrorism, four civilian
aircrafts were hijacked on September
[16:38] 11th, 2001 and crashed in New York City,
Pennsylvania, and the Pentagon resulted
[16:45] in a momentum loss of innocent US lives
of all heritage. And whereas while we
[16:52] still continue to recover from the the
loss of innocent lives, the spirit of
[16:57] the United States has been re
revitalized, given ways of expression
[17:02] and patriotism and whereas inspired by
the hero hero herois heroism of our
[17:10] nation public service personnel,
military service members and countless
[17:16] volunteers. our nation found unity and
strength. And whereas from the tragedy
[17:21] of September 11th emerges a strong
nation renewed by the spirit of nation,
[17:27] national pride and true love of country.
And whereas Americans also have fought
[17:34] back against terror and by choosing to
overcome evil with good by loving their
[17:40] neighbors as they would like the to be
loved, contributing to relief efforts
[17:46] and volunteering their time to aid those
in need. Now therefore, be it resolved
[17:52] that we, the Roxberry City Council, do
hereby proclaim September 11th, 2026, is
[17:58] the 25th anniversary of the attack of
911 and also the 911 National Day of
[18:04] Service and Remembrance in the City of
Roxboro, and urge our citizens and
[18:09] recognize the hero heroism and
firefighters, rescue, law enforcement
[18:13] personnel, military service members, and
the many volunteers who responded to the
[18:18] tragic event which courage
selfless
[18:23] and compassion deterior deter
determination and skills and to remember
[18:29] the victims of innocent lives lost as a
result of the tragic event of September
[18:34] 11 2001 adopted this the 8th day of
September 2026 and I want to shake you
[18:40] all's hand and thank you for your
service
[18:46] thank
[18:51] Let's give them a hand.
[19:06] I recall that day so well. I was working
at the sheriff's office. Uh Sheriff
[19:10] Oakley at the time was down there. He
said, "Y'all come here and look." We all
[19:15] ran back to his office and saw what was
going on. And I have to have to take my
[19:19] daughter to the dentist in Durham that
day. And uh from here to Durham, I was
[19:24] looking all over the skies making sure
no planes coming down on the highway to
[19:28] hit me on 501. So I remember that day so
well. Thank you all for your service.
[19:34] I was this get me signed when Miss Linda
come back. So we'll get to you then.
[19:40] also like to do the proclamation
constitution week September the 17th to
[19:45] the 23rd 2026. If you ladies will come.
[20:01] We thank you all for coming today for
this proclamation
[20:06] proclamation constitution week September
17th to the 23rd 2026. Whereas September
[20:13] the 17th marks the 250 239th
anniversary of the drafting of the
[20:20] Constitution of the United States of
America by the Constitutional
[20:24] Convention. And whereas it is fitting
and proper and accord official
[20:28] recognitions to this magnificent
document and its memorable anniversary
[20:34] and to the patriot celebration that will
commemorate commemorate the occasion.
[20:39] And whereas public law 915 guarantees
the issuing of a proclamation each year
[20:46] by the president of the United States of
America designating September the 17th
[20:51] to September the 23rd as a
constitutional week. Whereas the Thomas
[20:56] daughter, the Thomas person chapter of
the Daughters of American Revolution
[21:00] celebrates this document that
established our government and a
[21:03] reaffirm the individual liberties that
our forefathers fought and died for. Now
[21:10] therefore, I Cynthia C. Petty, by virtue
of the authority vested in me as mayor
[21:15] of the city of Roxboro, do hereby
proclaim the week of 17 September 17th
[21:20] through the 23rd as constitutional week
in Roxboro, North Carolina and ask our
[21:25] citizens to reaffirm the idea of the
farmers and the constitution in 1787
[21:31] by vigilizing protecting and the freedom
guaranteed to us through the gardening
[21:37] of our liberties. Remember that lost
rights may never be regained. And I
[21:44] thank you all for coming.
>> Thank you.
[21:46] » Yes, ma'am. Thank you for coming.
[21:55] » I told uh Cynthia that last time when I
you did the Declaration of Independence
[22:01] Proclamation, I didn't say anything and
I thought I needed to say something to
[22:05] tonight. I'm going to say something to
her and the city council. The Thomas
[22:10] Person chapter of the Daughters of the
American Revolution wishes to thank
[22:14] Mayor Cynthia Petty and the Roxboro City
Council for proclaiming the historic
[22:20] signing of the United States
Constitution on September 17th um 1787.
[22:26] The D pi petitioned Congress in 1955
to set aside this specific week
[22:34] September 17 through 23rd which was then
signed into law in 1956 by President
[22:42] Dwight David Eisenhower.
This observation aims to remind people
[22:47] that the Constitution is the foundation
of American life.
[22:52] that we want to encourage the study of
historical historical events surrounding
[22:58] the cre uh creation and we want to
emphasize the duties of citizenship.
[23:04] Thank you.
>> Thank you.
[23:24] Our
[23:35] next recognition is the Roxboro Area
Chamber of Commerce leadership of Per
[23:41] County. We recognize you all. We thank
you so much for being here and we glad
[23:45] you came and you got some questions
probably answered that you probably
[23:48] hadn't even thought about or might
wonder why we do what we do. But it's a
[23:52] reason for everything that I know. And
we thank you all for coming and we hope
[23:57] you learned something since you've been
here.
[23:59] Have you? Okay. It's okay. Well, we
thank you all so much for that. We We
[24:04] appreciate you coming.
[24:08] » Excuse me.
[24:12] » He said something just made me sorry.
At this time, we're down to our public
[24:20] comment period. Time is set aside each
and every month meeting to to any
[24:26] citizen to have an opportunity to
address the city council concern
[24:30] concerning city matters with the
exclusion of an agenda item uh listed in
[24:36] the public hearing or orders matters. If
you wish to speak during the public
[24:40] comment period, we require you provide
your name, address, and contact
[24:44] information to and and speak that when
you go to the podium and tell us what
[24:49] your concern is. We just only have one
person signed up today. That's Miss
[24:52] Wanda Robertson.
[25:00] » My name is Wanda Robertson. I live at
1428 Pointer Street.
[25:06] My phone number's 3365982367.
[25:13] Email Wanda Robertson 27@gmail.com.
[25:20] The reason I'm here
is we need some no parking signs down
[25:26] there. And I've addressed several
people. They said that we needed
[25:30] ordinance. Okay.
Park Street and School Street both have
[25:36] them. I'm in the middle.
And we've got one man that he don't want
[25:40] to put his stuff in his driveway. And if
it's had rained anything, I have ruts. I
[25:46] know that's the city's property right
there, but I have to maintain it. The
[25:51] man I have to mow my grass, he pulls in
the driveway like he's supposed to. this
[25:58] guy that owned a house at 1425.
[26:03] He parks it on the street. Uh, Captain
Ford, can I get you in this?
[26:09] Captain Ford called him one day and tell
them what he told you. Did he talk nice
[26:16] to you?
Tell the truth.
[26:20] » Huh?
>> He wasn't going to listen to what you
[26:24] said, right?
wanted to know.
[26:32] » I didn't know he asked you that. But
anyway, I wish y'all would consider
[26:38] several no parking signs down there. Um,
from Porner Street going around Park
[26:45] Street,
some people they park right there in
[26:49] that curve because it'll be so many
people at 1432.
[26:53] They they park in the curve right there
and that's dangerous.
[26:57] I've seen several people do that. So, if
I could get y'all to okay some signs to
[27:03] put down there, I sure would appreciate
it.
[27:10] All right. Thank you, ma'am. Appreciate
you coming.
[27:13] » Yes, ma'am.
>> Is anybody else in the audience would
[27:16] like to comment when it's public comment
time?
[27:21] Seeing no other
public comment is uh closed at this
[27:25] time. We go to our next order of
business is uh public hearing ordinance
[27:31] matter budget amendment financial
director Janelle Moore.
[27:48] » Good evening council. Good evening.
>> Before you tonight is your budget
[27:53] amendment one for fiscal year 2627
and it is to appropriate the FEMA money
[27:59] that was received in the prior year for
the Haiko Creek pump station repair.
[28:04] This repair came in um a little under
290,000. I'm asking for the um even
[28:10] number there for clean bookkeeping
records.
[28:24] just moving from one fund to another.
>> Uh we're basically recognizing it. Um so
[28:30] it um was given to us in the last fiscal
year. And so in order to recognize it
[28:35] for this year, it has to go in as funded
balance appropriated because we received
[28:38] it in the prior year.
>> So So it went in the fund balance. Now
[28:41] we're having to pull it out.
>> Yep.
[28:44] need to pull anything out. But I know
>> I I agree. Yeah. I don't like doing it
[28:48] either, but for this project,
>> that was what it was designated for.
[28:52] » Yep.
[29:00] » Mayor, I make a motion that we approve
budget amendment number one.
[29:03] » Second.
>> Moved by Council Phillips,
[29:07] second by Councilman Channel. We approve
uh budget amendment number one. All in
[29:12] favor say I.
>> I. I
[29:14] » Are there any opposed?
Eyes have it. Budget carried. Motion
[29:19] carried. We have no old business at this
time. We down to our new business. Miss
[29:23] Moore might as well stay there.
Um with the request for funding for
[29:28] personal veteran council.
>> Um back in July, the person um veterans
[29:35] council sent a proposal to us um
requesting $1,000 for the first
[29:41] responders memorial.
Um, I'm bringing this to council for
[29:46] your approval um to use the remaining uh
allocated money in the community support
[29:53] line of $1,000 to um be directed towards
the person veterans council.
[30:01] » That fund you just mentioned is say that
again.
[30:05] » Um so it's uh the community support
line. Um, so you will have uh you
[30:11] approve community support items that are
given to you in the budget process. Uh,
[30:17] and there's money set aside for those
allocations. Uh, and this year there
[30:21] just happened to be $1,000 left uh, or
reserved in that fund.
[30:26] » I think that's where the
>> Yeah, that's what I was going.
[30:29] » Yeah, that's where Y
[30:36] » just left over. No effect. I'll make a
motion that we approve.
[30:41] » Second.
>> Moved by Councilman Phillips, second by
[30:44] Councilman
uh Bran.
[30:49] We express the funding for the first
veterans council is approved. All in
[30:52] favor say I.
>> I.
[30:54] » Any oppose?
I have a motion carried.
[30:58] » I think it's pretty much finished now as
well.
[31:01] » Yes, it is Friday.
>> It's Friday. I'm not going to be in
[31:04] town, so I got to ride by. It's later in
the evening, I believe. It's late.
[31:08] » Six o'clock.
>> Six o'. Yeah.
[31:11] » Okay. Capital lease funding 2026 2027.
Miss Moore.
[31:17] » Um my as the finance director, I'm
bringing forth um a intention to uh
[31:25] bring forth the capital lease funding
for the year 2627.
[31:29] Uh so it is intended to borrow funds for
the purchase of three police admin
[31:33] vehicles, one K police K9 vehicle, one
fire BC truck, three truck, one Vermeier
[31:41] chipper, and one Godwin vox salt
spreader. Uh these amounts were approved
[31:49] to be financed in the original adoption
of the 2627 fiscal year. Uh the details
[31:55] uh of these capital leases will be
finalized leading up to the designated
[31:59] LGC meeting as determined by the LGC
staff. In order for this financing to
[32:05] take place, um it's requested that
myself, the finance director, and Brooks
[32:10] Lock Cart, the city manager, be
authorized to complete the financing
[32:13] arrangements on behalf of the city with
the the details to be reported to city
[32:18] council at the corresponding council
meeting after the termination from the
[32:22] LGC. RFP RFPs will be sent to out to
local financing entities if approved by
[32:29] council. This information will then be
reviewed by the LGC staff and will be
[32:34] assigned a presentation date to council
after their review.
[32:44] » What do we typically see once we
actually order these vehicles? How long
[32:49] does it typically take for us to receive
them?
[32:53] It's been variable. Um, so with the
state contract vehicles, there was a
[32:59] huge lag a couple years ago, but it's
that's resolved. If we were talking
[33:03] about a fire truck, like a full-on
engine, you're talking a year plus build
[33:07] still. Uh, but we're talking you're not
talking a fire truck, you're talking a
[33:10] battalion chief truck, which is a stock
truck. Um, so I wouldn't imagine a huge
[33:15] turnaround on most of these items. U
Chief Pest, I believe your vehicles are
[33:20] a four month process or roundabout a
four month process. Um and then the
[33:26] Vimir Chipper and the Godwin V Vbox um
actually would be available as soon as
[33:32] we were ready to say yes. Um the
gentleman has actually been reaching out
[33:37] to our um public works uh superintendent
about ordering. Um but you know, we have
[33:43] to wait for approval. So that's right.
[33:50] So you just need permission to send out
the RFPs
[33:54] » and to act on behalf of the city.
>> Move for approval
[34:00] that second move by Councilman Phillips
second by Mayor Pro Tim outlaw with
[34:09] approve of them to check on the RFPs for
these uh capital lease funding. Miss
[34:14] Moore and Mr. Phillips. All in favor say
I.
[34:16] » I.
>> Any oppose?
[34:19] Eyes have it. Motion carried. Now we're
down to update the job description. Miss
[34:24] Pamela Rogers.
>> Pam, you can stay at the deis if you
[34:28] want. You have a microphone.
>> Let me take notes for you. M.
[34:40] » Is it on? Yes. Here we go. Um, good
evening. Um so tonight for your
[34:45] consideration you have uh three job
description updates. Um as you know and
[34:51] you are familiar with in the public
services department we have a division
[34:54] that's referred to as public utilities.
You know what that means? That is the
[34:58] the division that does the water and
sewer line maintenance, water meter
[35:02] reading and things like pump stations,
things like that. While we currently
[35:06] have titles in that department of public
utilities worker, public utilities uh
[35:11] crew leader, the superintendent and
supervisor are called utility
[35:16] construction superintendent and utility
construction supervisor. Um those are
[35:21] throwbacks to uh quite a while ago. Um
and we don't do as much construction now
[35:27] and it's a little confusing. Um, so
we're just asking uh staff is asking
[35:31] council um permission to change those
names to public utilities superintendent
[35:36] and public utilities supervisor um to
follow suit with the division that
[35:40] they're in um and make any changes um
referenced in other job descriptions
[35:45] where it just says that is who they
report to that we would update that
[35:48] throughout. Um and the third one is the
lead meter reader job. Uh we have in
[35:54] addition to if council approves changing
the supervisor title um have asked to
[36:00] change some of the wording and take out
some of the things in here to uh align
[36:04] with our current practices um and
expectations of that job. Um this job
[36:09] had not been updated since 2007 the job
description and the practices have
[36:15] changed though since then in the last 20
years. Um, so we're asking for those
[36:21] updates as well and I'll be glad to
answer any questions that I can.
[36:27] » I'm assuming we just pull these from,
you know, the the titles are typically
[36:32] what we're seeing across the board at
other cities more or less.
[36:36] » I think so. I think they um they did
that and then along with what they were
[36:40] doing at the time, they they had those
names.
[36:43] » Thank you.
[36:51] May I move for approval as presented by
M. Rogers?
[36:54] » Second.
>> Move by Councilman Chandler, second by
[36:58] Councilman Brand for the approval of the
update for the three job description.
[37:02] All in favor say I. I.
>> Any opposed? Eyes have it. Motion's
[37:06] carried. All right. Down to the
resolution
[37:10] to declare surplus. Chief H.
[37:18] Good evening, madame mayor, members of
council. Before you is a resolution
[37:22] requesting to surplus three police cars
that are 12 and 14, 12 and 13 years old.
[37:29] Um, we typically keep them for 8 to 10
years, so they've exceeded their useful
[37:33] life. Uh, and the beauty of this is
we're asking them to be surplus to the
[37:37] Vance Granville Community College, which
is where we send all of our new hires
[37:41] for the police academy. Uh, and so
basically our employees uh, and other
[37:46] police cadets would be able to use these
vehicles for the statemandated driving
[37:51] training uh, in the police academy. And
so we're kind of paying oursel forward,
[37:56] if you will, by having the vehicles
available for law enforcement training
[38:00] at the community college.
>> We get a break on tuition if we do this.
[38:06] » Sure. We can have a conversation.
>> Amen, brother. If you weren't donating
[38:10] them to VC, VGCC, would we be selling
them for our surplus program to our
[38:17] » Yes, ma'am. The city's processes to put
them on gov deals, and we generally get
[38:20] about $1,000 or less for a police car of
this age.
[38:24] » Okay. Thanks.
[38:34] I move that
>> I move that we uh move forward with the
[38:39] resolution to declare the surplus for
the GCC BL program.
[38:45] » Second move that council congress second
by mayor pro Tim outlaw the resolution
[38:51] to declare the surplus of advanced
grammar community college program. All
[38:55] in favor say I.
>> Any opposed? Eyes have it and motion is
[39:00] carried.
[39:03] Next, we're down to the special event
parade information homecoming veterans
[39:07] and Christmas. Chief head.
>> All right. So, since Miss Lauren's not
[39:11] here, I apologize. I don't have the soft
voice that she has and I don't uh have
[39:15] the beauty of appearance that she has.
So, as I'm up here for an extended
[39:19] period of time, bear with me. Uh before
you is a request for the homecoming
[39:24] application. Council may remember a
couple years ago we modified the day and
[39:28] time for public safety reasons. This
year we met with staff members from the
[39:33] school along with the sergeant for the
school resource officer, Sergeant
[39:36] Charlotte, and came up with a joint
public safety plan to try and mitigate
[39:40] some of the public safety concerns that
were presented over the years. That
[39:43] information is before you uh in
the packet.
[39:49] The proposal this year is to have the
homecoming parade on Friday, October
[39:53] 9th, beginning at 4 pm with street
closures starting at 3 p.m. to allow us
[39:58] to try and clear vehicles from the
roadway and to have them set up. We'll
[40:03] utilize the traditional July 4th parade
route. So, they'll stage on Morehead
[40:07] Street like the July 4th parade does and
then start down Main Street to Merit
[40:12] Commons. The COI is included. There are
no conflicting special events or food
[40:16] trucks scheduled. Important to this plan
is staff from Person High School has
[40:22] agreed to help notify businesses for the
no on street parking. Uh in in the years
[40:28] past, we had cars that were parked on
Main Street and then as the student
[40:32] walkers were going down the road,
traffic was driving into the parade and
[40:37] so you can imagine that's a public
safety nightmare and a liability concern
[40:40] for the city. So I appreciate the high
school staff being willing to do that.
[40:44] I'm also going to work with emergency
management to get one of those message
[40:47] board signs to remind people not to park
on the street uh after 3:00 that day. As
[40:54] mentioned, the sheriff's office has
agreed to assist with road closures and
[40:57] the parade safety rules are in the
packet. I would ask that um council
[41:04] would
include the contingent joint public
[41:08] safety plan that's in your packet uh for
this parade.
[41:14] I'll entertain any questions you may
have.
[41:26] » Any questions?
>> Are we sure there's no buses that would
[41:29] need to go down that rout?
>> Yes, ma'am. I've talked with the public
[41:33] schools and RCS. Uh Bethl Hill has
agreed to alter traffic uh bus route for
[41:40] Uptown and RCS has agreed to make public
announcements um to alter student
[41:45] traffic leaving RCS.
[41:58] Are some of the students going to bring
their um
[42:02] loud trucks and the
Will you call them those front high
[42:08] » Carolina squatters?
>> Yeah.
[42:09] » Not in this parade. They won't.
>> Okay. Thought maybe they might
[42:15] » since that seems to be who drives those
things.
[42:17] » You were correct. My heathen was one of
them back in the day.
[42:21] » Who's that?
>> My heathen.
[42:24] » That's a child.
[42:28] » He's out of high school now. He don't
have it anymore.
[42:35] Do you need each one of them voted on
separately?
[42:40] » That's your discretion, madame mayor. I
can go through all three of them or we
[42:42] can do them independently. It's your
discretion.
[42:44] » Questions, huh?
>> She see if we can do them all together.
[42:47] » Okay. Okay.
>> All right. Any other questions on
[42:50] homecoming?
>> Mark, how do you feel about the
[42:52] insuranceances?
>> Look good to me.
[42:54] » Okay. I looked at
>> you know
[43:06] All right, the next one before you is
the Veterans Parade. The manager is
[43:10] passing a policy declaration that was
received today at 4:45.
[43:17] Um, we have been asking for the COI or
an insurance binder. This is what was
[43:21] produced.
The Veterans Parade is proposed for
[43:27] Saturday, November the 7th at 10:00 a.m.
with road closures beginning at 8:30 to
[43:32] accommodate parade setup. Uh it utilizes
the traditional July 4th route in
[43:37] reverse. So it will start at Merit
Commons and end at the history museum.
[43:43] Uh
[43:46] policy declaration is before you for
consideration. I will say historic to
[43:51] this particular special event, the
Veterans Council has always had
[43:56] difficulty getting us a COI uh included
in the packet for your presentation, but
[44:02] have always been able to get us the COI
in hand 30 days prior to the parade
[44:08] starting. Something to do with the
particular insurance company that they
[44:12] have is what's been explained to me, but
we've always had a COI in hand.
[44:16] There are no conflicting special events
or food trucks scheduled. Uh several
[44:20] public safety entities have agreed to
assist with resources for road closures
[44:24] and the parade safety rules are in
effect. Happy to entertain any
[44:28] questions.
>> This one page here that says additional
[44:32] insured owners
that last
[44:36] » Yes, sir.
>> page that that covers everything I see.
[44:40] » All right. Thank you for that. If if
they issued a certificate, it wouldn't
[44:44] it automatically includes anybody that's
requiring a coverage be added as
[44:51] additional issuers by contract.
>> Okay. Thank you. That's very helpful.
[45:01] » Any other questions on the Veterans
Parade?
[45:06] » Seeing none, the last one for you is the
annual JC's Christmas parade. It's
[45:11] proposed for Saturday, December the 12th
at 2 PM with road closures starting one
[45:16] hour prior. Uh it will utilize a
traditional tra uh parade route. COIs
[45:21] included uh parade safety rules are in
effect. The public's reminded there's no
[45:25] parking along the parade route and
consistent with what we've done in
[45:29] previous years. We'll put out numerous
public service announcements and work
[45:32] with emergency management for the
message board. Happy to entertain any
[45:36] questions.
[45:39] I just have one question about this and
this is just probably Brooks, you can
[45:42] answer this. There's no there's no issue
with the pri the primary contact being a
[45:47] city employee, right?
>> Is that going to have any effect?
[45:51] » No, they did not get special treatment.
That would be the only concern somebody
[45:55] might have is that we're giving them
special approval. Okay.
[45:58] » But historically, we've given them
approval.
[46:00] » Sure.
>> Prior to that being a city staff member.
[46:02] So, I think the appearance of conflict
is negligible. and they're not
[46:07] financially benefiting from that
individual is not personally financially
[46:10] benefiting.
>> Okay. I just didn't know if there were
[46:12] something with insurance, city
insurance. I didn't want to get over
[46:15] that.
[46:24] » That's how much happened to situation.
She just happens to be
[46:29] » Well, yeah. I just wanted to make sure
we didn't we didn't, you know,
[46:33] we don't see there's any issues with
that.
[46:42] Any other concerns for the chief?
[46:48] » I move that we approve all three
parades.
[46:52] » Second.
>> Move by Councilman Brian, second by
[46:55] Councilman Chandler. We approve the
homecoming, the veterans, and the
[46:58] Christmas parade. All in favor say I.
>> I.
[47:02] » Any nays? The eyes have it. The motion
is carried. Thank you, council.
[47:05] » Thank you, Chief. We're down to a WLFPO
project, Mr. Lockhart.
[47:12] » Thank you, Mayor.
[47:19] So, the watershed wershed and flood
prevention operations project, we are
[47:24] putting out an RFP. We're asking
council's permission to put out a
[47:26] request for proposal for engineering
services. Staff is seeking council
[47:30] approval to issue the attached request
for proposals for engineering services
[47:34] to evaluate and develop an environmental
assessment for the purpose of flood
[47:39] prevention in the Marlo's Creek WHED
specifically targeting the Tanard branch
[47:44] corridor as authorized and funded by the
National Natural Resource Conservation
[47:51] Service. This will be a follow-up to the
previously completed preliminary
[47:56] investigation findings report or PIFFER
which and it will weigh all the
[48:01] alternatives and ultimately will end
result with proposed methods to address
[48:06] the flooding and sinkhole concerns.
Following the completion of this
[48:10] project, it is the city's anticipation
to seek additional federal funds to
[48:15] construct, implement, purchase, and
ultimately address those
[48:21] issues. Traditionally, the proposal
would be evaluated and scored by a team
[48:25] of city staff, possibly bringing um some
expertise from the county as well with
[48:30] the intention to bring a recommendation
to the council for your approval.
[48:42] Is the Marlo Creek watershed connected
to the Tanard branch?
[48:46] » Tanyard branch is part of it.
>> Yep.
[49:02] I move that we accept the
requests for proposals
[49:09] for the funding engineer services.
Engineering services.
[49:17] » Moved by council car, second by mayor
pro Timlaw for the approval for the
[49:22] request for the proposal for engineered
service. All in favor say I. I.
[49:27] » Any opposed? I have a motion carrot.
resolution seeking funding for inflow
[49:34] and infiltration repairs.
>> U mayor, on the previous item, I did
[49:38] want to note that is being federally
funded. So that engineering is not being
[49:43] paid local dollars. That is federal
dollars.
[49:45] » Thank you for that clarification.
>> Sorry, I didn't I buried the lead there.
[49:50] On the next item, resolution for seeking
funding for inflow and infiltration
[49:53] repairs. Uh once again, staff is seeking
council approval on the attached
[49:57] resolution. The city intends to apply
for funding to assist with the design
[50:02] and construction of a large section of
the Marlo Creek Outfall sanitary sewer
[50:06] rehabilitation project. This project is
being spit split, excuse me, into three
[50:12] phases with phase one completing the
abandonments of an old 15-in sewer main
[50:17] that were identified in the 2020 AIA
project to reclaim system capacity due
[50:23] to inflow. Basically, an old leaky line
that left in the ground we're going to
[50:26] take out of service completely. plug it.
Um phase two um or phase one also
[50:33] includes point repairs to eliminate
potentially large contributors of
[50:36] inflow. And these work areas were also
identified in the 2020 sewer AIA study.
[50:43] Phase 2 consists of approximately 6,000
linear feet of sewer rehabilitation via
[50:48] cast and place methods and includes
manhole rehabilitation.
[50:52] The phase one and phase two project
areas generally parallel Main Street
[50:57] from Memorial Drive to uh Brader Street.
Phase three continues higher in the
[51:02] drainage basin from approximately Brader
Street parallel paralleling Marlo's
[51:07] Creek to Oxford Road being approximately
16,000 linear feet. Phase three would
[51:12] include cast and place rehabilitation,
manhole rehabilitation and dig and
[51:17] replace basically removal of line and
complete replacement in where warranted.
[51:22] The phase three uh portion was
extensively studied in 2018 2019.
[51:27] The resolution does not commit the city
to spending any funds or accepting any
[51:31] funds, but it does serve as a notice to
council that its staff's desire to apply
[51:34] for funding while designating or
affirming authorized representatives,
[51:39] myself, that can sign on behalf of the
city. We've applied for these funds in
[51:43] the past, this past spring, and we were
not awarded uh funding due to other
[51:47] applications being in more severe
disrepair due to our lack of reported
[51:52] sanitary sewer overflows. the
application. Uh we have I don't know if
[51:58] it's good news, but we have additional
sanitary sewer overflows that have been
[52:01] reported to the state that are going to
be part of this application.
[52:04] Um which will hopefully increase our
chances for funding. So staff is
[52:09] requesting council to approve the
attached resolution and authorize staff
[52:12] to execute any related documentation.
[52:20] » Raiders
[52:27] near.
>> Yeah,
[52:41] » you're right. You're right.
>> Got a subject matter expert.
[52:49] » Okay.
[52:52] B R A D E R
>> T
[52:55] » B R A T
>> T E R.
[53:03] » I move that we approve the resolution
for seeking funding for inflow and
[53:07] infiltration repairs.
Second
[53:11] » motion by Council Member Brand, second
by Councilman Channel for the approval
[53:16] for the seeking the funding for the
inflow and infiltration paired by uh
[53:23] county city manager Lockard. All in
favor say I. I.
[53:27] » Any opposed? I have it. Motion carried.
Okay, we're down to the contact approval
[53:33] for no new work order software.
>> Uh thank you, mayor.
[53:39] Staff is seeking council approval for
the attached contract for services for a
[53:43] work order software called asset
essentials. This would replace our
[53:47] existing software while adding multiple
uh subdivisions, not technically
[53:52] department subdivisions and the ability
to geotag work projects for the
[53:56] integration into our mapping. The
software would allow us to convert our
[54:00] public services functions from
paperbased work order system to a cloud
[54:04] hosted system that could be remotely
accessed and provide real-time reports
[54:08] on our activities. For example, this
past year, Rox was selected by the state
[54:13] for an audit on our pal activities. The
supporting documentation
[54:18] of the work completed was saved onto a
local computer or local machine which
[54:23] became corrupted. We were unable to have
its data recovered and due to lack of
[54:27] supporting documentation, we had to file
an amended claim with our annual PAL
[54:31] bill report. Effectively, our books now
show uh more restricted fund balance
[54:36] which lowered our unrestricted fund
balance. The cash is still the same. It
[54:40] didn't change any money. It just changed
how money was categorized.
[54:44] Um the city is currently in contract
with a a firm called I Works, which is
[54:50] pronounced I Works spelled with a Q
though. uh for work orders related to
[54:55] building and grounds for the scheduling
and for the scheduling of vehicle
[54:59] repairs at the garage. This contract has
ballooned to $10,000 annually and was
[55:04] only providing non geollocated services
to a limited list of work functions
[55:08] which were building grounds and
scheduling using it as a scheduling
[55:12] software for the garage.
During budget planning, staff evaluated
[55:16] other options which could do more for
less funds. We included an amount for
[55:20] Eyeworks in the budget and had contacted
them to cancel our contract three months
[55:25] prior to the end of our fiscal year. The
contract was apparently not on our
[55:29] fiscal calendar and our cancellation did
not meet the contractual three-month
[55:34] notification clause for terminating
services. We did
[55:39] herang them very hard and got them to
cut their bill in half, though. So,
[55:42] their bill went down to $5,000.
uh we will be cancelling effectively if
[55:48] council approves us implementing this
effectively immediately if porting any
[55:52] data.
We explored better options and were able
[55:55] to get assets to essentials to agree to
a six-month contract for $3,139.13
[56:02] a onetime implementation fee of $2,246
for a total of $5385
[56:10] for the current fiscal year. There are
adequate funds available to make this
[56:13] switch now. Future annual payments are
shown in the contract document, but
[56:18] begin next year at 7,846
annually with a sliding adjustment of 3%
[56:23] for the next 5 years. If the deployment
pro uh proves fruitful, the city
[56:28] consider putting up a public facing
reporting feature which can assist in
[56:32] documenting infrastructure concerns. So,
you know how a lot of communities have a
[56:37] report, you have a broken street here or
something. Uh we can if if we like how
[56:42] this works, we can then integrate that.
That would be an extension at a later
[56:46] date. Um staff is requesting council
approve the attached proposal for
[56:50] services and to authorize staff to
execute any related documentation.
[56:56] » Would the public facing reporting
feature cost more?
[57:01] » Most likely it would open up more
access. Um but at this time what we
[57:05] really the main thrust we're wanting to
get from is converting from our paper
[57:09] documentation for work orders to a
digital a clouds save digital base. So
[57:14] we are part of the data center problem
if we went to this model. Um but it is
[57:19] it is more reliable and able to do
reports on the fly and it also
[57:23] geoloccates so we can do heat mapping.
Um, so it's Brian, do you want to add
[57:30] anything
or did I cover it pretty much
[57:36] and thank you for coming up?
[57:46] Good evening, council and mayor. Um
that's all
[57:51] just to uh give you an idea how it will
help the public utilities and public
[57:57] works department. Uh say u a resident
calls in a water leak. Um it will
[58:04] automatically go to the public utility
superintendent
[58:09] and he will be able to put that on the
schedule, plan out the repairs. he can
[58:14] look after we get enough um data entered
into the system, we can know what size
[58:22] line it is, we'll be able to locate
where the valves are to cut the water
[58:26] off. Um after they get done with the
repair, they can transfer it to the
[58:32] public works department so they'll know
to come out and do a an asphalt repair
[58:37] or curb and gutter repair, sidewalk
repair. They can take pictures, they can
[58:41] take images, put it down, and it just it
it's better communication within it. And
[58:47] as Brooke said, it will help with the
audit. Um the pile bill, they want to
[58:54] they want to know where we patched, how
much we patched, how much asphalt we
[58:59] used, how many people were in on job
site. They want to know all this
[59:05] information. And right now it's just
it's write it down, write it down, keep
[59:10] a log. This would help organize and keep
everything
[59:15] » simpler.
>> And I'd like to add to that when the
[59:17] fiber companies hit our lines, which
they have done as they've been deploying
[59:21] fiber throughout the community. Um, this
will track how many manh hours we had,
[59:25] who worked the job, what their pay rate.
We could put their pay rates in there or
[59:30] or at least have HR then take the hours
and and calculate the pay rates, but we
[59:35] can get much quicker a turnaround to get
a claim on cash against these companies
[59:39] that are doing damage to our
infrastructure, which is another big
[59:43] valuable piece because it we have been
uh it's not fast for us to get that
[59:47] turned around currently.
and somebody from finance could generate
[59:53] that report and not have to bother
somebody in the utilities crew because
[59:57] they've already entered their data.
>> It will also help with um cut off time.
[1:00:03] Yeah.
>> When water meters are being cut off
[1:00:06] » on and off.
>> Right now the crews have to come back to
[1:00:08] city hall to get the information and
then go back out and then once they take
[1:00:12] care of those four or five they come
back they think they're done. Well, they
[1:00:16] get sent back out. They'll have tablets
with them and they'll be able to read
[1:00:21] from those tablets. It'll be
automatically updating so we'll know
[1:00:25] that they can stay in the field and be
more efficient that way.
[1:00:30] The
>> tablets included in this price.
[1:00:32] » We already have the tablets. We're
currently using them. Meter readers have
[1:00:36] data enabled tablets. Now, if we expand
further in other departments, no, we
[1:00:40] don't have currently any additional
technology added like smartphones or
[1:00:44] tablets, but it may be something we
might want to consider. data enabled
[1:00:47] tablets at some point for other but I
think utilities owns the meter readers
[1:00:53] own two and I believe there are two the
utilities we have that we're paying for
[1:00:59] that we're not currently utilizing to
full potential
[1:01:05] and this would encourage them to use
those
[1:01:09] I'm looking but there's a lot of terms
here do you know what the uh when we
[1:01:14] must uh
unsubscribe subscribe from the service
[1:01:19] » if we have to give them a 60 or 90day
notice.
[1:01:21] » I'm looking through here. There's a lot
of lot of terms.
[1:01:24] » 25 pages. Yeah. I don't know off the top
of my head. You'll have to give me a
[1:01:27] second. Um
>> I would just say that we might want to
[1:01:31] put that on our calendar just in case it
doesn't work out the first year. We
[1:01:34] » we come out with our money in hand.
>> That's fair.
[1:01:38] » If this information is stored in the
cloud, do we have a backup? like if you
[1:01:43] stop using this system, does all our
data go away or how does that work?
[1:01:48] » So you would you would export it. So
typically they have the ability to
[1:01:53] export your data. Um one thing we're
going to do is integrate with the
[1:01:56] county's GIS office. So that she's going
to be scraping data as we go into the
[1:02:02] GIS data or at least not into the public
facing GIS database, but we'll have data
[1:02:06] scraped as we go. So we'll have access
to that data.
[1:02:11] Um,
[1:02:16] that's a scope document. There it is.
Um,
[1:02:23] we're we're signing up for a 57-month
term.
[1:02:32] » We're locked in for six years.
>> Five years. Yeah.
[1:02:38] » Not quite five.
>> Yeah.
[1:02:40] and they're giving us uh three months
for free um in addition to
[1:02:44] » So it is a 60 month
>> essentially. Yeah, we'd be on it for 60
[1:02:49] months. Yeah, that's correct.
[1:02:54] » But again, if they don't meet the terms
in the contract, they're in breach.
[1:03:03] They didn't have a shorter term. And I'm
only asking because I don't like to be
[1:03:07] locked into anything. If it doesn't
work, I'd like to
[1:03:10] » Sure. So,
okay, here we go. So, as far as
[1:03:15] exporting the data, can extract data be
migrated from existing source system
[1:03:18] into CVS or Excel files, which are
common separated values.
[1:03:23] And then, um, we actually had asked for
a longer term. The reason we did um is
[1:03:29] because we could get the price point
down. So, we're currently paying $10,000
[1:03:33] a year for the software that we are not
utilizing the full potential and we're
[1:03:38] not happy with. And this is a market
improvement um because it can integrate
[1:03:43] geotags and can integrate with the GIS.
We give the county um GIS technician
[1:03:49] um access a seat at the table. They've
actually been on the demos. Um
[1:03:55] » so, we'll be going from 10,000 to 700.
>> That's right. 7,800.
[1:04:00] But in year one, it's 5 it's got an
implementation fee. It's 5,300.
[1:04:05] So there is it's going to be hitting
right now. It currently hits the garage
[1:04:09] and building primarily building and
grounds and the garage. Um we we will
[1:04:14] put this most likely in contracted
services and public services for now and
[1:04:19] then eventually we'll spread it out over
utilities, the the units that are using
[1:04:23] it essentially for future budgetary
years.
[1:04:27] Uh the group that was chosen for this,
I'm assuming it's because it fit our
[1:04:31] budget, but have we heard of our
counterparts using this group?
[1:04:35] » Uh yes. So you may know this software
under different names. Um it was
[1:04:40] previously known as facility dude. Then
it became utility cloud. Now it's owned
[1:04:45] by Seammens and they call it asset
essentials. Uh we did we did talk to
[1:04:51] other people that are using it and they
had very good feedback.
[1:04:56] All seen's other products are good for
the most part.
[1:04:59] » Well, they also are doing fire
sprinklers, believe it or not, too.
[1:05:03] Like, I've run into them doing fire
sprinkling services. So, they got their
[1:05:08] hands in everything.
[1:05:14] » Any other questions?
[1:05:21] the software is only going to be you as
good as our staff's utilization of it.
[1:05:26] If we don't follow through and actually
use it, it's wasted money.
[1:05:31] So, there's there's very much an um onus
is on us to make sure we're getting the
[1:05:36] maximum value of our dollar.
>> You think we'll use it? It'll be
[1:05:42] beneficial.
>> It's going to take a time. It's going to
[1:05:45] take some time to get up to speed. After
we get up to speed, it's going to be
[1:05:49] very beneficial because
it's looking after the next generation.
[1:05:55] Right now, we're in we had the the great
tsunami come in where everybody retired
[1:06:00] and they took all that knowledge with
them. If we can get it documented and it
[1:06:08] it'll show you. I mean, I can give you a
tablet and you can go locate a water
[1:06:12] meter in Helena or toward Mayo. You all
you'll have to do is pull it up and look
[1:06:19] at it and it will take you and
geollocate you where it is.
[1:06:23] » So, essentially saves time.
>> That's right. And it forces us to have
[1:06:28] this work order system which again helps
us with other accountancy issues and
[1:06:33] accountability. So, one thing you know
people call in right now they call the
[1:06:36] clearing house. Well, the clearing house
then writes it down on a board and then
[1:06:40] gives or shoots an email, gives that
over to that division. This will be more
[1:06:44] instantaneous. The clearing house can
just key this in and then they don't
[1:06:47] have to reproduce the work order. They
just go and do the work and then they
[1:06:50] say this is who did it. This is how many
hours they spent doing it. uh we can
[1:06:54] take a picture and better inventory and
again the valves if we find a valve
[1:06:59] because we with lack of knowledge um we
we've been experiencing this in the
[1:07:04] utilities specifically where some of
that institutional historic knowledge
[1:07:09] may not have been documented as well as
it should have been and it we've had
[1:07:12] trouble locating valves sometimes when
we maybe shouldn't have had had that
[1:07:16] trouble. Um, but having it clearly
defined and documented is going to be a
[1:07:22] huge benefit.
And it's not because anybody isn't doing
[1:07:26] their work or historically didn't do
their work. It just this forces us to be
[1:07:31] more accountable to ourselves in the
future.
[1:07:34] » And we are locked in that to that price,
the 7,000.
[1:07:37] » Yeah. There's a schedule. It goes up
every year by 3%.
[1:07:42] » Okay. Because letter K says they can
they have the right to increase the
[1:07:45] fees. So, you said a 3% increase every
year.
[1:07:49] » Yeah, it's it's there's a chart in here.
There should be a chart in here.
[1:07:52] » Yeah.
>> Yeah.
[1:07:54] » Those are the terms.
>> Yep.
[1:08:05] And again, we're paying we've been
paying 10,000 for a inferior product.
[1:08:19] May move for approval if there's no
other questions.
[1:08:23] » Second.
>> Moved by Councilman Chandler, second by
[1:08:29] Councilman Phillip for the contract
approval for the new uh work order
[1:08:33] software. All in favor say I.
>> I.
[1:08:36] » Any oppose? Eyes have it. The motion is
carried. We're down to the
[1:08:40] administrative report. Our finance
director, Janelle Mo.
[1:08:55] » Good evening again, council.
>> Good evening.
[1:08:57] » Uh, tonight you're being presented with
the financials as of July 31st.
[1:09:02] The general fund revenues exceed
expenditures by 1,231,337.
[1:09:10] In comparison to the prior year,
expenditures exceed revenues by 29,
[1:09:15] excuse me, let me get my words right.
Revenues exceed expenditures by 29,798.
[1:09:23] That seems like a very big number. And
I'm going to preface this with an
[1:09:26] explanation before I get to the fund
balance piece of it.
[1:09:30] The contributors to the position that
we're in at this moment is a reduced
[1:09:35] cost in workers compensation
and departments understanding that just
[1:09:40] because July 1 rolls around that they
can purchase everything has made a huge
[1:09:45] impact. We also received double the
amount of tax revenue in the month of
[1:09:50] July compared to the prior year. So
that's where that big difference comes
[1:09:54] from and it's going to generate the fund
balance that you'll that I'll talk about
[1:09:58] in a second.
The water sewer fund revenues exceeded
[1:10:02] expenditures by $228,450.
[1:10:07] In comparison to the prior year,
expenditures exceeded revenues by
[1:10:11] 244,198.
Now, as of July 1st, we it we had done a
[1:10:18] 21% water increase. I caution you
because that is not reflected in this
[1:10:23] number. Okay? that money that is
budgeted for in that 21% increase will
[1:10:30] not hit until September because it goes
out in the August bill, which is your
[1:10:34] July consumption. Just wanted to preface
that as well.
[1:10:39] The fund balance for the general fund is
at 30.03%.
[1:10:45] Prior year comparison was 12.93%.
>> And that's unedited.
[1:10:52] » That is unaudited. Yep. And so that's
where that big jump right there comes
[1:10:56] from. The double of the tax that we've
gotten and then those other contributing
[1:11:02] factors as well.
And as a reminder, that's a snapshot in
[1:11:07] time, not something that will stay where
we hope it stays, but you'll see it
[1:11:12] fluctuate over time.
The fund balance for the water sewer
[1:11:16] fund is at a 17.41% 41%
and the prior year comparison for that
[1:11:21] was a 7.17%.
[1:11:25] There any questions on the financials?
[1:11:35] » Just to make sure I'm clear on this,
when you said taxes, you're talking
[1:11:39] about property taxes.
>> Yeah, property taxes,
[1:11:41] » not sales taxes.
>> Yeah, property taxes. And I when you get
[1:11:43] to the when I get to the tax report in a
second, you'll see that percentage.
[1:11:47] Yeah, you'll see the percentage.
[1:11:54] If there's no other questions, I'll move
to the tax report.
[1:12:00] Uh, so the percent of collection as of
July 31st, which of course is one month
[1:12:04] into our fiscal year, is at a 6.11%.
Prior year comparison was a 3.8%. So
[1:12:10] that's where you'll see those revenue
numbers come from.
[1:12:14] » 240,000 of that.
>> Yeah.
[1:12:18] » Question.
[1:12:23] You don't have a year on this.
[1:12:28] » 24. The middle one. Is that 24?
[1:12:35] 91.67.
That's the That's not
[1:12:41] That's
>> that the middle.
[1:12:43] » Oh, the middle one. I'm sorry. That is
supposed to be the 2020. Those dates
[1:12:46] should be switched over. So, when
editing the spreadsheet to present to
[1:12:51] council, 2025 should have moved over and
it should have said 2020.
[1:12:54] » It should be over that middle.
>> Yeah. Yeah.
[1:12:56] » So, 25 should be right here.
>> Yeah. I mean, the 9167
[1:13:03] » that is for that is as of 2025. the 25
tax.
[1:13:09] » It had to be bigger than that for us to
meet budget. Didn't it have to be 98
[1:13:15] something?
>> Yeah, one of my numbers must change.
[1:13:18] Yeah, I believe if I recall correctly,
we were at the 99%.
[1:13:21] » Yeah,
>> as of the end of the fiscal year. So,
[1:13:24] that column just something changed in
that column.
[1:13:27] » Okay.
>> But yes, you are correct. 2025 should be
[1:13:30] year 26 and then this is should with
there's some uh added uh collections
[1:13:36] with DMV and everything.
>> Okay.
[1:13:43] » Editing those documents for year over
year to update them is very complicated.
[1:13:50] » Sorry.
>> No, you're good. I'm glad you I'm glad
[1:13:53] you caught the mistake. Keep me honest.
>> It's not what I want to hear from a
[1:13:58] finance officer.
>> But it means they're paying attention,
[1:14:01] too. But I don't do it on purpose.
Any more questions for Mr. Chanel?
[1:14:11] Hearing none, we're down to our
manager's report in Western Dave. Mr.
[1:14:16] Lockart.
[1:14:19] Thank you, Mayor.
Uh, first I'd like to call your
[1:14:22] attention to a piece of paper that was
handed out to you all. It should be at
[1:14:26] your seat. It's a spreadsheet. Doesn't
have any context, but we're about to get
[1:14:30] into it.
Um, so just hang tight and I'll run
[1:14:35] through the dates on your calendar. Uh,
the next council meeting um will be on
[1:14:40] the 13th of next month. So, apologies
for not putting the month on there. Um,
[1:14:45] the um fall litter sweep is Saturday,
September 19th, meet at city hall at 8
[1:14:51] a.m. Kurtar banquet. Uh, they are uh
Mark Mark emailed you all a follow-up
[1:14:58] email, but they want to get some firm
commitments. they do not have the
[1:15:02] numbers registered that they need in
order to justify holding the event. So,
[1:15:06] if you do plan to attend, uh please let
us know. Uh let Clerk Clayton know or
[1:15:11] myself and we'll make sure that you get
uh registered. Personality um is October
[1:15:17] 3rd here in Uptown Roxboro, 10:00 a.m.
to 4 p.m. Remember, it went to a one-day
[1:15:21] event. It's just going to be on Saturday
uptown.
[1:15:26] cruise in is this weekend
um from 2 to 5 uptown and I believe uh
[1:15:33] Dustin is the museum thing happening
this weekend as well?
[1:15:36] » Yes, the museum um American history
uh living American history for A250 is
[1:15:43] at the museum off Main Street. I believe
it starts at 10:00 a.m. Saturday morning
[1:15:49] and runs till about 2. Uh but the tree
there's a tree dedication at noon. Uh
[1:15:55] and Carrie has asked that as many of us
can be there as possible would be great.
[1:16:00] I know that uh me and the mayor have
already spoken. I know that she has
[1:16:03] another obligation that day on behalf of
the city. So I'll be
[1:16:09] » I'll be on the way back in
[1:16:15] » Excellent. All right. So back to the
spreadsheet I handed you all. Water
[1:16:20] hauling operations have been completed.
MBbridge subcontractor has been paying
[1:16:25] monthly and the final invoice has been
issued. Here is here's the accountancy
[1:16:31] and the totaling. So they anticipated
before we started they were going to buy
[1:16:36] 16 million gallons of water. Um they
started out their initial plan was to do
[1:16:41] that hauling in June. They actually
delayed. So they got hit with the water
[1:16:45] rate increase. Um our our bulk rates
went up. So half of this water got built
[1:16:50] at a higher rate than the rest of it.
But it's still like $9.50 per thousand
[1:16:55] gallons, which is higher than the
residential rate, which is around $55 to
[1:16:59] $6. So they the bulk rates do pay more.
Um but they wound up buying 18 million
[1:17:05] gallons of water at a billable of
$167,947.
[1:17:11] Um, we had anticipated bringing in 12
and budgeted bringing in 125,000 from
[1:17:16] these sales, which was going to go then
to pay for the Stories Creek lift
[1:17:21] station or pump,
excuse me, lift stations, sanitary
[1:17:25] sewers lift, uh, lift station repairs.
Um, which actually, Brian, they came in
[1:17:31] under budget, correct?
>> So, we paid about $100,000. So, that
[1:17:36] means 67,000 is going to fund balance.
And you know, I know there was a lot of
[1:17:43] concern on social media. I will say
commercial vehicle and commercial trucks
[1:17:48] pay
they pay a higher rate the the the tax
[1:17:53] rate on the fuel which goes to the
maintenance of those roads. DOT
[1:17:58] coordinated with them. They did not take
loaded or weighted trucks. So the water,
[1:18:03] the reason they were driving a giant
circle was because they couldn't take
[1:18:07] the loaded trucks with the water on them
across some of those bridges without
[1:18:11] concern from DOT. So they they went
around those bridges in question. They
[1:18:15] could bring empty trucks back and fill
back up, but we had them take from the
[1:18:20] least impactful place that wouldn't
disturb would impact the least amount of
[1:18:25] folks in our community. And all overall,
it was a public safety matter. They were
[1:18:30] testing the the soundness and the
ability for those tanks to hold weight,
[1:18:35] which is why they chose water because it
was a cheaper option than dumping
[1:18:38] natural gas on the ground if something
went wrong. Um, so they were testing to
[1:18:43] make sure that those were settled
properly and we were glad to sell them
[1:18:47] water.
[1:18:51] We are currently selling water to
Dominion Energy uh on the west side of
[1:18:56] the county that they're building a large
uh gas line that goes to Haiko Haiko
[1:19:01] plant. It's going to service those gas
turbines. They are currently buying
[1:19:05] water out in the western part of the
county from us as well. So, we are aware
[1:19:09] of that. We have had some issues with
water theft over the last several
[1:19:13] months. Uh but those people have been
cult. Um if you see something, say
[1:19:18] something. So, if you see somebody and
it doesn't look like they have a meter
[1:19:21] that's been issued from us, let us know.
We'll get over there and we'll check it
[1:19:25] out. We'll have law enforcement uh have
a polite conversation with them.
[1:19:29] » And I can attest that that will happen.
>> Called Chief Hess about one that I
[1:19:36] thought
I couldn't see a meter
[1:19:39] » and
he was down there within minutes.
[1:19:43] » Yep.
>> Turns out they had the meter. They had
[1:19:47] it up on the tank rather than
[1:19:52] but it was just in a spot where you
think
[1:19:56] that could be somebody trying to steal.
>> Yep.
[1:20:00] » Well, our first theft that came to our
attention happened right in front of one
[1:20:03] of the county commissioners and a chief
one of the chief deputies houses and
[1:20:07] then beyond that was right in front of
one of our our members of our fire
[1:20:11] department's house. So, it's been very
easy to peg the people that have been
[1:20:15] not not paying. Um, we we've had some
interaction. So,
[1:20:20] just wanted you all to know.
>> Is that a fine or is that a what what's
[1:20:24] the
>> It's actually a misdemeanor. Correct,
[1:20:27] Chief.
>> Yes, sir.
[1:20:32] » Yep. And we can find them up to three
times the damage amount.
[1:20:37] So, how do we if they've got the water
in that tank already,
[1:20:44] do we guess how much it is and charge
them for it?
[1:20:46] » So, I'll give you an I'll give you an
example. So, these fiber companies are
[1:20:50] running 500-gallon tanks.
500 gallons. We're charging $9 for 1,000
[1:20:55] gallons.
It's $450. It's $4.50.
[1:21:00] The issue though is when somebody
doesn't properly operate the hydrants on
[1:21:04] the system and they break. So, the one
who was stealing water on East Roxboro
[1:21:09] caused a lot of people to be out of
water and did in excess of how much
[1:21:13] damage, Brian?
[1:21:20] » So, they wound up costing $12,000, which
they've been summarily in invoiced for.
[1:21:25] That's where this work order software
comes in handy, too, because we can get
[1:21:28] that number turned around a lot quicker.
It's all related.
[1:21:35] All right, moving on to Shantel update
spillway updates. Additional survey work
[1:21:40] was completed this past week. Um the
relief gate valve at city lake. FEMA has
[1:21:44] approved the submission for 22,000
uh 151,590
[1:21:50] is federal for the relief gate valve at
city lake. The funds have not been
[1:21:55] received as a writing report and last
month the council did approve us to
[1:21:58] authorize the contractor move forward
the minute those funds are received. So,
[1:22:01] thank you council for that. Category C.
Um, these funds have advanced to pending
[1:22:07] DIU final validation. This is filing is
for 5% of the current FEMA obligations.
[1:22:13] Taking this 5% will not require us to
track our manh hours, but it's prime
[1:22:16] it's to reimburse us for time spent by
staff uh managing this this event. Um,
[1:22:22] the total amount of this submission is
going to be $229,825.
[1:22:28] So that will be money that the city's
already incurred on my salary, on
[1:22:32] Brian's salary, on the lake warden
salary, on Sammy salary, and we'll be
[1:22:37] able to basically reimburse ourselves.
That will go into effectively into the
[1:22:42] enterprise fund fund balance.
Um, Western sewer update, the monthly
[1:22:48] meeting was held August 27th, and the
next one will be held on September 24th
[1:22:53] at 9:30. Uh at this point 100% of the
gravity 24-inch gravity man is
[1:22:58] installed. 94% of the 18inch gravity
mains installed. 95% of the manholes are
[1:23:03] installed. The gravity zone of course is
that uh area from the wastewater
[1:23:07] treatment plant north of Samora road.
There's no change from the previous
[1:23:11] months on the gravity section. Uh work
is primarily underway with with boring
[1:23:16] um to connect. 78% of the forest man as
of August 27th was completed of the
[1:23:22] 16inch forest man. 30% 36% of the lift
station work has been completed. There's
[1:23:28] been no change on that. Two ARVs have
been out of the five have been
[1:23:32] installed. Trenching is currently
underway. You may see them on Chub Lake
[1:23:36] now. They're actually starting to put
that pipe underneath the road. And
[1:23:40] trenching at Leburg Road is currently
underway this month as well. Um, I will
[1:23:45] note they did have a m safety concern
and you'll you can read about that in
[1:23:51] your report that is attached from SJ
Lewis. U, they did have a a safety
[1:23:56] issue. Uh, that did that only led to
three day three days of stop work. Uh,
[1:24:02] they were back on the on the job moving
the job forward. They're still uh way
[1:24:06] ahead of schedule. And um, there's one
other thing to note.
[1:24:13] The county did approve
um and they've they're in receipt of
[1:24:18] invoices and they are cutting us a check
for the full amount. The state has
[1:24:21] confirmed that there are no additional
funds.
[1:24:27] » I just sent y'all a text of a picture. I
happened to be on Snake Road the other
[1:24:34] day and stopped I was stopped there and
that's just what I happened to see. If
[1:24:41] you look at that picture,
[1:24:46] » I mean it was just perfect. Just send
that to Labella.
[1:24:52] » Now, does our insurance get pulled for
this incident they have?
[1:24:57] » No,
>> that's theirs. They have the contractor.
[1:25:01] That's part of our our contract with
them is they have they have full uh
[1:25:05] general contractor's liability. It it's
theirs. It's it's not our employee that
[1:25:09] was involved in this.
>> And my last question is about the water.
[1:25:14] We we sold 18 million gallons, but then
the city lake is low and then Lake
[1:25:19] Roxboro is low. Does that have an effect
on that?
[1:25:23] » Yes, of course, if you sell water, but
I'll give you an example. Right now, we
[1:25:28] currently are treating we're selling
about 1.2 million gallons a day, but
[1:25:32] we're treating three.
So an economy of scale, we have to treat
[1:25:36] more water than we actually sell. So
there is water on the system that's
[1:25:41] sitting. This helps us to turn over the
water and it's actually a good thing
[1:25:45] that we have a larger draw at the end of
the system because we're not having to
[1:25:48] open those hydrants and let that dump
out. So that's why we did have them take
[1:25:52] from the point they did because it led
to better water quality. Uh essentially
[1:25:56] lowering the age of the water that was
in that line sitting stagnant that
[1:26:00] wasn't being turned over as much. Um, is
it optimal? Do the optics look bad on
[1:26:06] it? Yes, you sold 18 million gallons
when we're in a drought. Uh, but I will
[1:26:10] say as far as water supply, you will
note that while Raleigh and Durham were
[1:26:15] underwater restrictions, we never
implemented any because we didn't need
[1:26:19] to. We have two lakes and if you look at
our historic sales going back to the
[1:26:23] year 2000 when CNA was here, CNA was
buying more than the entire city
[1:26:27] combined. We used to sell double what
we're selling now. So, we're still very
[1:26:32] much in adequate supply. Not something I
want to advertise to Durham or Raleigh
[1:26:37] so they get any ideas, especially not
the general assembly. That is our water
[1:26:42] that they don't need to know about that
we have adequate supply.
[1:26:52] » Another question for Mr. Lockheart.
[1:26:58] » Thank you, Mr. Lockheart, for your
>> Thank you, Mayor. Okay. Mayor and
[1:27:02] council report. Um,
economic development. Mr. Lard and
[1:27:07] myself did make that uh meeting the
head, but we had to leave because we had
[1:27:12] a meeting ourselves. Anybody have
anything? Uh, Miss Congress, you have
[1:27:16] anything for animal services? You have a
reporter at all?
[1:27:20] » At this point in the year, they have
euthanized, 1183
[1:27:24] dogs. Um, that was last year. I believe
they euthanize about 1,500 and so we're
[1:27:31] all we're almost to that point and so
just bringing awareness is kind of
[1:27:36] important. They are um euthanizing dogs
that can't be adopted because of
[1:27:41] aggressiveness
is what they what they're saying. Um so
[1:27:45] anyway, just bringing that up. And
there's another rabies clinic coming up.
[1:27:48] I apologize I don't have the dates in
front of me. Um there's another rabies
[1:27:51] clinic coming up. Um they've been coming
to the farmers market with dogs as well
[1:27:55] trying to get some dogs adopted out. Of
course they need volunteers
[1:28:00] um at the shelter and so it's pretty
much it for animal services.
[1:28:05] » Okay. Thank you for your reports.
>> Yes. Met uh last Wednesday mayor and uh
[1:28:13] you if anybody's noticed there there
were two I think they've gone back now
[1:28:17] but there were two new buses in the
parking lot over there. they had to send
[1:28:21] them back because of things that were
left out that uh that they are back in.
[1:28:27] They will not be getting any new
vehicles that aren't already pre-ordered
[1:28:32] this year because none of them met the
mileage.
[1:28:36] » Um
[1:28:39] trying to think they are fully staffed
which is
[1:28:44] very good.
And
[1:28:49] there was there was
Mr. Bran and I had had a discussion
[1:28:54] about something that
it sounds like that the county may say
[1:28:59] that not not the position I have on the
patch board but any position it uh like
[1:29:05] Mr. Brand is a representative of the
Chamber of Commerce that those type
[1:29:11] positions are not going to allow elected
officials to occupy those spots more
[1:29:16] than likely. They hadn't been completely
voted on yet, but that is a possibility
[1:29:21] that u that that won't be allowed
anymore. But but the city members, the
[1:29:27] city role on there and the county role
on there will will remain. While I'm
[1:29:31] going, mayor, I'll go ahead and do um
education foundation. We we did meet
[1:29:35] today.
>> Okay.
[1:29:36] » Uh the new director uh Sherry Crabtree
uh led led the meeting today.
[1:29:45] Um
and we'll be starting the fundraising
[1:29:49] for
everything for this year. Last year we g
[1:29:54] it was overund 101,000 and some dollars
in scholarships and it'll be at least
[1:29:59] that much again this year if not more
and hopefully more. There'll be more
[1:30:03] stuff coming out about ways that the
community can assist in that and as far
[1:30:08] as applying for scholarships as well.
>> That' be good.
[1:30:12] Okay, Mr. Phillips, you got three
avenues.
[1:30:17] » Well, Chief's association did meet
[1:30:26] just went over some
[1:30:32] 911 issue, CAD issues, PCC classes,
[1:30:40] talked about the September 11th
cruise in and personality discussing.
[1:30:49] Nothing earthshattering came out of it.
But she had anything to add to that,
[1:30:54] Chief Toad.
[1:31:00] And then Rama, I guess I'm going to have
to talk to to Larry to see if he's ever
[1:31:05] going to meet again.
>> But
[1:31:09] what was the third one?
>> Carter.
[1:31:14] » Cartar.
We did have one meeting
[1:31:19] in July.
[1:31:25] Fortunately, it was a
remote meeting and I thought I even sent
[1:31:30] her.
Diane Cox is is to me an amazing
[1:31:35] administrator.
She gave a report that anybody would be
[1:31:39] proud of. Concise, right to the point
and just
[1:31:45] which was given a report of all
activities going on within not just
[1:31:49] person county.
[1:31:53] Mayell was Harper Person County
Senior Center was on there to to give a
[1:32:02] report. Apparently they
and I'll tell this story because when
[1:32:08] she was done, one of the council
members,
[1:32:12] I think it was one of the cartur staff
asked her to tell of a situation that
[1:32:16] she she had I guess orchestrated. There
was one of the
[1:32:24] members, I guess, some old person like
me that was a regular there didn't show
[1:32:30] up for a couple of days.
>> Oh, yeah. I heard this story.
[1:32:35] » Oh, did you?
>> Mhm.
[1:32:38] » Did you follow up on that, Chief?
>> Yes, sir.
[1:32:41] » Well,
they went to the house cuz she was just
[1:32:45] concerned. And so the short story of it
was they called the police and then they
[1:32:52] they couldn't get in or wouldn't get in
or whatever, but when they left or
[1:32:57] whatever, they contacted the owner of
the house. They got permission to break
[1:33:00] in. Found a lady lying in the bathroom.
They've been there for a couple of days
[1:33:06] and they were able to get her. She was
she's alive. She wasn't well at that.
[1:33:12] » She's still in the hospital.
>> She's still in the hospital. I talked to
[1:33:14] May one day last week,
but she just had one of those gut
[1:33:20] feelings that something was wrong, you
know,
[1:33:24] prescriptions that hadn't been picked
up, notifications, wouldn't answer the
[1:33:28] phone or whatever.
>> But you want to give a little follow up
[1:33:33] on that?
>> So, I did look into the matter. There
[1:33:38] was some information shared on scene
that diminished the
[1:33:48] gentleman that showed up on scene was
aware that she was supposed to or would
[1:33:52] normally be with a friend
at
[1:34:01] that
[1:34:12] But she wouldn't let it go. It just
>> That's good.
[1:34:16] » Yep.
>> That's good. Have you heard anything for
[1:34:21] a nominee for from the council for
Carter?
[1:34:26] » I haven't. I don't know if staff has
done anything. If y'all want to nominate
[1:34:32] somebody, that's fine.
>> We did two big ones a couple years ago.
[1:34:36] Um,
>> yeah.
[1:34:38] » I know we did one last year.
>> Yeah. And we did. Yeah.
[1:34:42] » I I think they're looking for anything
right now.
[1:34:46] » Okay.
[1:34:51] » Okay. Miss uh Mayor Pro Tim.
>> Hello. Um, no, I did not attend the
[1:34:57] meeting. I am currently
>> in the process
[1:35:02] » of um
RGR for my store. But with that being
[1:35:08] said, I do want to say that McDonald's
will be a personality. We will have
[1:35:12] Grimace out there um giving kids some
treats and stuff. So October 3rd,
[1:35:22] » man, they're coming to see if I'm doing
a good job.
[1:35:25] » Oh,
[1:35:29] do we need to go down there and have a
rally or something for you?
[1:35:32] » Yeah, absolutely. Come on, Chief. if you
come to
[1:35:35] » I got you back.
>> I know. That's right. Always
[1:35:38] » I work undercover down there.
[1:35:42] » We also have coffee with a cop coming up
with y'all too in October.
[1:35:47] So, I'll let y'all know more about that
when I know more about it.
[1:35:52] » Okay.
>> I believe it's October 8th.
[1:35:56] » Okay, Councilman Brian.
>> All right. So, just uh quick couple
[1:36:00] things just as a reminder. We talked
about the museum event that is this
[1:36:04] Saturday from 10 to 2 I believe
afterward there's also a cruise in
[1:36:08] uptown
>> correct. So it's going to be a fun field
[1:36:12] day up town with a lot not as much
parking as usual. Um so just be aware of
[1:36:17] that. Plan accordingly. So um for the
chamber just a brief update on the
[1:36:22] chamber. September 11th uh from 6:00 to
7:00. This is just in our notes from our
[1:36:26] chamber board meeting. It's first county
first responders memorial dedication.
[1:36:30] September 12th from 11 to 12 is the
Hillsstead farm ribbon cutting cutting
[1:36:36] that we talked about. And what that is,
if you don't know, it's more like an
[1:36:38] aggra tourism farm to bring kids uh to
pick pumpkins to uh enjoy all the
[1:36:45] outdoor activities there. And I believe
uh Miss uh Mayor Petty is going to be
[1:36:49] representing us there. Um
October 3rd is personality, of course. I
[1:36:56] think most most of us all know that.
Now, just as a reminder, the band will
[1:37:00] not be Friday night. It will be Saturday
evening in front of the courthouse. So,
[1:37:04] that'll be pretty neat. Um, October
16th, there's from 1 to 2, there's a
[1:37:11] house of I think it's Phil Empowers.
I don't know if anybody's heard of that
[1:37:16] yet. Anyway, it's a ribbon cutting. I
just got the invitation for it. And then
[1:37:22] I know it's far out uh but November 12th
5 to 10 is the annual uh bingo night for
[1:37:29] the chamber which is one of the uh
largest fundraisers the chamber puts on
[1:37:33] annually which is going to be at the
Carolina state.
[1:37:37] » Okay.
>> It's usually a good time.
[1:37:39] » Yeah. And I didn't uh have a meeting
with the senior citizens so I didn't
[1:37:45] have anything I don't have anything to
report. Uh anything for council
[1:37:49] discussion? Mayor, I did have one thing
to point out. I received an email this
[1:37:54] afternoon from uh
uh
[1:37:59] County Commissioner Wilburn uh related
to leadership summit. They have
[1:38:04] scheduled a meeting on October 29th
[1:38:10] and they have not set a time or location
at this time. But that again is um
[1:38:18] the joint meeting similar to what we did
last year with the housing summit and we
[1:38:22] did the other one. So that is again the
EDC is reaching out to us about so just
[1:38:27] mark on your calendar the 29th.
>> Okay.
[1:38:30] » At this point no location or time has
been determined.
[1:38:32] » That's October 29th.
>> October 29th. I imagine it would be in
[1:38:36] the evening.
>> Do you have any do you have any updates
[1:38:41] on oneonone person court? I believe it's
Heritage Circle Apartments.
[1:38:47] » Uh yes. Um so our code enforcement has
investigated some complaints. Um so
[1:38:59] that is
person court essentially that's right
[1:39:03] behind um Roxboro Housing Authority, but
it is a it is a privately managed uh
[1:39:08] public housing community there. Um they
have they had an issue where their mower
[1:39:13] broke. So they did have high grass and
there's been some Facebook social media.
[1:39:17] There have been some complaints about
some issues inside some of the the the
[1:39:21] residents. Actually spoke with Mayor Pro
Tim about this earlier this last week.
[1:39:26] Um but we have case three cases active
investigations that are open with our
[1:39:31] code enforcement officer. They have been
directed to mow their grass and I
[1:39:35] believe they were making a due effort to
try to do to address that. Uh, as far as
[1:39:39] the individual units, um, you know, we
do have to be let into those units. So,
[1:39:44] the the complaintant needs to get allow
us access in order to document. But what
[1:39:49] ultimately rises to a true minimum
housing standard there there has to be
[1:39:54] there's a state definition for that. Uh,
and it appears what they're talking
[1:39:58] about would not necessarily rise to
that. Uh, but the property manager has
[1:40:02] been notified of all the concerns uh,
with the expectation that they would
[1:40:06] address them.
[1:40:10] There's nothing to find them for at this
point. They have So, everybody has due
[1:40:14] process when we notice people of a
violation, but first we have to find a
[1:40:17] violation. So, there there is a process.
They have due process just like anyone
[1:40:22] else. Um, and they've been given their
notice on their grass. They clearly are
[1:40:26] in violation there. So, the process goes
like this. We tell them your grass is in
[1:40:30] excess of 12 in. We send a code
enforcer. The code enforcer documents
[1:40:35] it. They have an issue. they have an
ability of time to resolve the issue
[1:40:39] that then comes they have a hearing. Um
then after that if they don't resolve
[1:40:44] the issue then we start assessing fines
and we'll actually get to the point
[1:40:47] where we send someone over to mow it and
then we'll bill them. If they don't take
[1:40:51] the bill then we'll attach that as a
lead to the property. So very convoluted
[1:40:54] and that's just grass. The other two
complaints aside um so no we have three
[1:40:59] cases open. I think that's the best way
to to leave that at this point. We've
[1:41:03] heard the complaints and we have
followed up on them accordingly.
[1:41:06] Yes, ma'am.
>> Okay.
[1:41:09] » Who owns it? But we own that state.
[1:41:20] » Yes.
>> State.
[1:41:22] » That is a state road.
>> That's a state road.
[1:41:24] » Yes, sir.
>> Court Street.
[1:41:28] Is that one of ours? Couple of rough
spots on Court Street and I've had some
[1:41:36] complaints about Reams Avenue.
>> Remes is getting really bad.
[1:41:40] » It's It's getting bad.
>> Are we talking about the road?
[1:41:43] » Yes, ma'am.
>> But that is that is the state
[1:41:46] » and that's a EMS uses that a lot too.
>> You can land a plane on that. It's so
[1:41:51] wide.
>> We use send word to state, hey, what
[1:41:58] y'all doing?
What are you not doing? We know what
[1:42:02] you're not doing.
[1:42:06] » You want me to go talk to them? I'll be
glad to.
[1:42:09] » No, of course. We'll we've been notified
of concern. We'll bring it to their
[1:42:13] attention a question, but you can also
talk to them that you're right.
[1:42:17] » I report some ribb cutings that I've
taken part of u the New Horizon Academy.
[1:42:23] Uh August the 13th, August the 14th,
quarantine physical therapy. August the
[1:42:29] 16th, the person county intern
nomination prayer vigil was held. August
[1:42:35] 20th, the Roxboro Satma Awards annual
awards banquet was held and our chief
[1:42:41] toran was the recipient for the 2026
uh uh Satoma annual awards banquet. So
[1:42:48] he's for his service that he does here.
So I was proud to be there for that.
[1:42:53] groundbreaking for Mayo and AJ Transport
Services. Councilman Phillips and myself
[1:42:58] was there for that. Roxboro Community
School 20th anniversary
[1:43:03] uh uh Councilman Bran Phillips and
myself was there and um you were
[1:43:10] » okay and u uh Councilman Phillips was
the speaker for that occasion. and I've
[1:43:16] attended the the Baker's uh boxing club
celebration for the women's defense
[1:43:21] class he had on September the 1. And on
uh September the 4th, I saw Councilman
[1:43:27] Brand and Council Cars for the Arts Eats
and Beats and myself. We was celebrated
[1:43:33] that. So that's all my activity. I saw
your car, but I didn't see you.
[1:43:40] » He was in the car.
>> I was listening at the music and with
[1:43:44] his daughter music.
>> Yeah.
[1:43:48] So, any other activities for the
council?
[1:43:51] » Mayor, and it may have been mentioned to
Miss Robertson, but I did want her to
[1:43:54] know we don't generally where we can't
really take any action on something
[1:43:58] that's in public comment, but it is
under advisement and we will be looking
[1:44:02] into your request.
[1:44:05] » Yeah, that's we we just couldn't do that
tonight, but we we will look into that.
[1:44:12] » We we've written it I've got it written
down.
[1:44:14] » Yeah. I just wanted you to know that we
didn't just listen and not
[1:44:21] » Oh, you I'm surprised you stayed this
long.
[1:44:26] And when you was looking at somebody
else, I thought you looking at me and I
[1:44:31] start
[1:44:36] » where those streets are. I ask
[1:44:41] » you the council discussion
[1:44:47] » here. None. Uh we now going into close
session for North Carolina's general
[1:44:54] statute 143.318.186
[1:44:59] for personnel. Can I get a motion?
>> I I'll make a motion we go to close
[1:45:03] session.
>> Okay.
[1:45:04] » Second.
>> Okay. Been motion proper second. We go
[1:45:07] into close session.
>> Two minutes.
[1:45:09] » I'll make the note that there is no
action for council to take after this
[1:45:13] close session. So we'll simply reconvene
in order to adjourn. But if anybody was
[1:45:18] concerned about anything happening after
the close session, there's no intention
[1:45:21] to do so.
>> Okay. Well, thank you so much.
[1:45:32] » Come on.
>> Yeah.