[0:00] five meetings now fellow boarder this is
a city of cinema city council special
[0:04] session called for November 16 and 17
meeting is called order for here yep
[0:22] very good invocation Pledge of
Allegiance um chief would you mind doing
[0:26] the Pledge of Allegiance in let's see
[0:57] okay let's pray
well we think with this time that we
[1:12] come together at Orden conduct the
business that you would have to conduct
[1:17] I know we thank you for this privilege
and opportunity we have in this part of
[1:22] the world to serve your people and God
we bless every action that we take
[1:52] indivisible
yes overall very good thank you all okay
[1:58] first on nominees out of the five
consideration against some regular
[2:02] council session you have copies of those
take a minute to look at them and I
[2:07] incredibly long any questions on the
colony of minutes second okay all in
[2:22] favor aye have you pose the the minutes
from the phones that they can remember
[2:31] 7% meeting or approve those all the
minutes okay moving on to number six we
[2:44] have two items two items for
consideration of night two resolution is
[2:51] there a motion for meeting consideration
so negative second vote yes yes yes okay
[3:11] we're good
so we got these two items are approved
[3:15] for immediate consideration
all right okay very good we have two
[3:22] items and has been approved for meeting
consideration 492 resolutions first one
[3:27] is the appointment of the city clerk you
will see here in front of you resolution
[3:32] 2017 electing city clerk be resolved by
the City Council the city of Sims
[3:36] Alabama law and special session on the
16th day of November 2017 that pursuant
[3:41] to code of Alabama section 11 - 43 -
board
[3:45] a hand very MNC that means master
certified clerk is hereby elected as
[3:51] city clerk affected immediately with
salary fixed at forty five thousand
[3:55] dollars a year for a term of office to
run concurrently with the terms of the
[3:59] current sitting mayor and city council
or until her successor is elected and
[4:03] qualified whichever comes first
if approved adapted and approved this
[4:08] 16th day of November about 2017 are
there any questions our discussion
[4:13] regarding this resolution then we'll
give you the boat they've moved to
[4:24] afraid oh okay move to approve
[4:35] let me give you
[4:47] tell you what you know take a look at
that any questions
[4:58] [Music]
[5:24] okay very good
any other questions or comments
[5:28] considerations okay was there a motion
to approve so moved second
[5:34] we'll call though yes that's my way up
yes councilman Walshy yes yes very good
[5:51] very good moving our next item is
appointment of the nuisance abatement
[5:58] officer is enforcement officer for
nuisance ordinance this is a resolution
[6:03] that deals with upcoming work for the
city as we prepare to institute our
[6:13] court system mr. Gale young is up for
discussion he would be in charge of our
[6:19] nuisance abatement issue and he would
issue citations in conjunction with the
[6:24] Sheriff's Department all right are there
any questions on that
[6:37] let's see they remain unchanged is none
worse since his employee status and
[6:43] payment rates shall remain unchanged so
there's no additional funds there
[6:51] probably so yeah because we don't
anticipate a huge number of ordinances
[6:57] ordinance violations being ridden or
nuisance abatement you know as we talked
[7:02] about the for me which means control
this is control the big means to
[7:11] stop yes mr. president we approve second
roll call though
[7:21] yes councilman Smith yes councilman wat
yes councilman flat yes yes that's my
[7:29] sheep yes we're good that is proof I'm
saying beer proof but as a report next
[7:35] is the approval of checks for signature
does everyone had an opportunity with
[7:39] the chicks mr. Webb mr. Platt yes
mr. Walsh again mr. Smith will now
[8:04] that's finest you're looking
[8:49] good okay is there a motion to approve
checks so my fellow man Baker yes that's
[8:57] another Smith yeah yes
councilmember watts yes Casanova Webb
[9:02] yes yes it's very good the checks are
approved for signature items number
[9:10] eight and nine you have to consult a
ssin with the city attorney it's a bit
[9:17] premature to discuss these two issues so
we're not going to go into this tonight
[9:20] I would just say to the council if you
want to do some research on your own
[9:25] regarding bids for gasoline storage
tanks and gasoline storage tanks in
[9:31] general I do that on your own and we'll
put it on the agenda in the future okay
[9:36] there right now we're not going to
discuss that are there any other
[9:39] comments or announcements well I have
one tonight is the municipal dinner at
[9:44] Satsuma for the council members and
their spouse is going to that it's at
[9:50] setsuna still pre clutch at 7:00 p.m.
and of course council is always invited
[9:57] as all their spouses and so how many of
you think you might be going to that
[10:02] flat three okay good good all right
we'll probably have to do turnout still
[10:07] Creek Lodge well I get you man I see
everybody with their mates and it's just
[10:14] right now okay okay all right you know
let's see and then we have the upcoming
[10:27] Christmas tree lighting ceremony on 1
December which is Friday at 6:30 in
[10:32] front of the library and then we have
the Christmas parade the following said
[10:38] ok and and then our next meeting of
course will be next Tuesday
[10:43] are there any other comments or I wanted
to ask
[10:47] next Tuesday there's a lot of people
that's gonna be going out of town
[10:50] yes and you know this meeting and I
don't know if we've got a lot to discuss
[10:59] in that meeting so if this one could be
maybe the end of month maybe and then go
[11:05] on to well that might be happy to hit a
bunch of stuff yeah I've been asked that
[11:09] before here's a way we'll do it Tuesday
and at five to three I'll be sitting
[11:14] here all right and if we have a forum as
required by state law and we'll ever be
[11:20] if there is no forum if the council
majority the council's traveling on the
[11:25] road or otherwise vacant then of course
there will be no meeting
[11:28] I will return here five minutes before
same thing if there's done a quorum of
[11:33] council president at 4:00 p.m. on
Tuesday then there will be no meeting
[11:37] and I will announce at that time thank
you very much for attending sorry
[11:41] there's no meeting tonight we'll see you
two weeks every Thanksgiving eat lots of
[11:44] turkey ham okay
all right so that's pretty much it
[11:49] yes sir the attack oh very important on
Tuesday from 4 p.m. until about 6:30 Fox
[11:59] 10 is doing a remote weather program
from the city of Simms public training
[12:05] facility and we are just delighted and
basically what it is is they have sought
[12:11] out communities that would be interested
in hosting Fox 10 and it's a great
[12:16] opportunity for the council to be
introduced I would ask you all the
[12:20] council will be there about ten to six
on Tuesday over these next Tuesday sir
[12:25] next - yeah if you could make if you can
make it at the Public Safety at the Fire
[12:32] Training Center and basically what will
happen about five minutes till six or
[12:35] six o'clock Channel ten will introduce
the City Council for the City of Simms
[12:39] maybe ask us a couple of questions get
it and get some pictures and then
[12:44] they'll start the broadcast between 4:00
and 6:00 they're going to be set up and
[12:49] chief Brooks has agreed to set up some
fire exercises some rappelling I don't
[12:56] know what
he's gonna do I'm not gonna try to tell
[12:59] you how to do that but I know you'll
have some good things
[13:01] channel 10 said they really appreciate
that because they're gonna have some
[13:05] dead time there and if they can have
pictures of firemen doing all the
[13:09] wonderful things they do they'd be
gripped okay so that will be Tuesday and
[13:15] so if the council those who were in town
can be there about ten to six over at
[13:19] the Fire Training Center would sure
appreciate offer hope you'll show up get
[13:22] some pictures okay oh I took that I mean
whatever you put it in spider but it's a
[13:32] great opportunity to showcase the
community and a great opportunity to
[13:36] talk about what we have going on here in
incense and I'm really happy about that
[13:42] Channel ten great people ready
please remember random Stage four okay
[14:18] alright I do public comments no one gave
you four no public comments okay any
[14:25] other comments or announcements from
council council members will be
[14:30] adjourned
yes sir go right
[14:39] yells and I'll try to be brief I was
gonna load up the agenda until the
[14:45] tension official meeting and who's it
only addressed what was the reason for
[14:54] the meeting what I would like to do that
point out a few things are concerned I
[15:03] don't believe I'm the only council
member that has these concerns and first
[15:11] paper that you've got here and I think I
made one for counts how many over
[15:29] just one yes okay okay yeah I didn't
want to miss it oh I have one here up
[15:35] regarding bonuses is that the one yes
sir okay all right everybody should have
[15:40] a piece of paper to the bonuses at the
top yeah what you're looking at is a way
[15:47] that we can show some recognition for
our city employees Benjamin Franklin
[15:56] said well done is a much better than
well says we take every opportunity that
[16:03] we can until our employees how much we
appreciate them and so on so forth we
[16:10] buy shiny red fire trucks and we
bulldozers and we are in pretty much
[16:16] constant communication to the
supervisors or our departments but we
[16:21] very seldom get the opportunity to
really do one 101 face-to-face with the
[16:28] rest of employees and so are we doing a
little research is Christmas time
[16:34] everybody's talking about love family
friendship goodwill that fourth man etc
[16:40] etc so what I would like for the council
to consider is
[16:46] actually the last paragraph of that
you'll see from that paperwork that
[16:51] there was an attorney general opinion
passed down in 1981 that says that you
[16:58] can illegally yell a immediate thought
was what is it love some love some pay
[17:07] increase to employees for one time a
year I called the league attorney and
[17:15] talked with them they said is that this
is still good that of course how long
[17:22] you know our counsel look at this but I
would like to see the council approve we
[17:30] can't use we can't not a bonus it's not
a race it's a one lump sum levy for this
[17:35] month of December and after looking at
the numbers I think that if we can give
[17:41] each employee three hundred dollars to
buy turkeys and toys to go a long ways
[17:48] for Sean how would really feel about it
we're listening about sixteen thousand
[17:53] two hundred dollars and I'd like to
submit this in the form of a proposal or
[18:00] something as soon as possible okay not
this meeting yes sir the ones you don't
[18:04] have a heads up I think it's something
that we should do president's
[18:10] consideration for a resolution for the
next meeting
[18:12] yes sir domestic council will check you
know any would count would you please
[18:20] see what you might find on that
[18:30] yes well we're gonna have recess of one
minute okay oh you can't you want
[18:42] everybody have a copy this yes sir okay
yes that's it okay
[19:13] [Applause]
[19:39] got a motion to adjourn
indeed that's going to be voted down
[19:45] then you're gonna have to move to add
this new item to the agenda and for
[19:54] meeting consideration motion no Werner
and take percent of our game factors for
[20:07] the press so you'll need to move that
down well in count bridge it over this
[20:13] here oh okay
there's something that spoke beyond
[20:18] there tends to believe oh right down
here Ali and it's very important okay
[20:26] [Music]
[20:30] well I tell you what first we're still
in the comments from mr. flatso is no
[20:37] reason to stop before we finish then
about the month technically the motion
[20:41] to adjourn can be brought at any time it
takes precedent over anything now had
[20:45] been seconded okay so you know I'm sorry
[20:59] okay is there a motion to withdraw the
[21:05] for the adjournment okay all in favor
motion to adjourn is withdrawn mr.
[21:12] chairman yeah a German is maybe
[21:21] reassemble I know we just need to finish
the good good just maybe won't go until
[21:27] we finish okay okay
but the meeting is not adjourned the
[21:31] motion to adjourn the meeting is
withdrawn and you can continue to do
[21:35] your part
we'll do a little bit like so I'm trying
[21:38] to be brave all of them that's okay look
at this government they're not always
[21:43] breathe yeah next counts me gentlemen
this is laws of the clean engine light
[21:49] up walls of a clean city okay and I
think that we are steadily moving in the
[21:55] right direction there has been so much
work and I mean just so much aggravation
[22:03] trying to get to where we all want to be
and we still have issues with
[22:11] cleanliness appearance so on and so
forth but I think that's something that
[22:17] we should take seriously and take a look
at this the first of the year the
[22:23] information that I'm giving you here is
just for you're sitting around the
[22:29] Christmas fireplace and read through
this because we really need to clean
[22:36] this video okay you want us to read this
and yes you're I'm just saying this for
[22:41] your reading pleasure during the holiday
[22:46] okay would you like it
placed on the agenda for discussion in
[22:50] January yes sir okay clerk if you would
do that I would ask the council to read
[22:56] the packet of information provided by
councillor Platt and we will put it on
[23:02] the January gender circle yes sir and
discuss it in detail very good okay yes
[23:08] I'm like a request we
[23:16] great fortitude comparison okay will be
the correct procedure
[23:22] describe what it is and ask that I would
like to consideration all right this is
[23:31] author ization for merit pay raises for
the city of sins and city employees
[23:35] starting today and so DJ is here a
moment ok very good
[23:56] yeah I'll try to explain it there were a
not everyone because we didn't give a
[24:02] blanket raise this year there were
certain individuals of our employees who
[24:08] were considered by their department
heads to it excelled in their in their
[24:12] work in their particular areas for
example for example just using an
[24:18] example a firefighter driver one who had
consistently performed above his or her
[24:25] level of tasking above what is expected
of him or her at that position and so
[24:33] the bar chief and the public Public
Works and city hall staff gave me some
[24:41] recommendations for some modest
increases for those individuals and
[24:45] that's basically what we're talking
about here today right
[24:48] they're modest they're modest increases
but we felt they were deserved as I said
[24:53] this year last year we gave a five
percent raise to everybody this year we
[24:58] are scrutinizing that much more
carefully and we appreciate the work and
[25:04] effort of all our city employees but I
think it's safe to say based on the
[25:08] input I receive some of them have
excelled and some of them have gone
[25:12] above and beyond the call of duty and
what mr. Smith is referring to is a list
[25:17] of those in
vigils for as I'm determined to be
[25:21] modest pay increases correct right okay
so long Mary that's basically what we're
[25:27] talking about and I apologize for asking
for immediate consideration of this we
[25:35] don't have it well read it which is the
old tradition here with your reader
[25:41] that's very short he said all right go
ahead line we're gonna read the
[25:46] resolution but I think first we need to
build for meetings early those to add
[25:53] this item to the unanimous roll call
vote
[26:00] hey Baker yes that's me yes afternoon
whip yes cousin watts yeah cousin flat
[26:08] yes
yes very good the motion is approved
[26:12] this autumn is headed to the agenda and
we can discuss it yeah Telmo media
[26:24] consideration
second row vote yes yeah very good
[26:38] the resolution is about to be read mr.
Smith has been approved for an addition
[26:44] to the agenda and for meeting
consideration so go pay raise for the
[26:48] city of SimCity employees whereas many
city of sums employs have increased
[26:52] their capabilities through training
experience and whereas many city of Sims
[26:56] employees have been tasked with greater
responsibilities over the past year
[27:00] whereas the fiscal year 2017 2018 city
budget previously approved includes
[27:06] provisions for these raises now
therefore be it resolved the mayor and
[27:10] council do hereby authorize merit
increase in penny in accordance with the
[27:14] record
patience of their supervisors defective
[27:17] on the 16th day of 2017
[27:22] mr. president move for adoption second
time to make like your percentage yeah I
[27:31] mean if there are percentage there no
it's not a percentage it's based on an
[27:37] evaluation of each employee and what
they were making right here job
[27:44] description and what the the change
would be in the new job description some
[27:49] were moved up is that right someone
moved up into a different position some
[27:53] were given just a dollar to increase
yeah because for example if you have a
[27:59] if you have a fire powder one driver and
he's been means you we've talked about
[28:04] this before you had one who was a
firefighter one he's been doing the work
[28:10] of two correct that's what we're doing
is we're acknowledging that the
[28:14] gentleman has done the training he's
worked above and beyond he's been doing
[28:18] the work of a firefighter too and now
were they officially acknowledging that
[28:22] and adjusting is paying and salary
schedule and job description to be dead
[28:27] right yes okay so that's what we have
all right ma'am Baker yes councilman
[28:40] snap yes councilman watts yes yes yes
that's my washing yes very good
[28:48] that's approved I'm glad you got that in
thank you at the eleventh hour but you
[28:52] me okay now there any other comments or
announcements storm we adjourn second
[29:00] all in favor mr. chair
[29:06] keep going okay
all right this one here I've explained
[29:13] that if you would please read it so that
we can address it after the holiday it
[29:19] ties right in with the ordinances that
have been established and enforcement
[29:27] cetera et cetera
this here may be something that you have
[29:31] little concern with this Chrissa q oh
this is just an example of what I deal
[29:38] with a lot and it ties in with what I
would like to title as a
[29:48] self-examination by the council so that
we can try to evaluate how good a job we
[29:58] are doing before others have to come
tell us that we're doing a good job or a
[30:03] bad job as chairman of the Public Safety
Committee I I think that we are as a
[30:16] ruling body trying to accomplish too
much with too little and I think that
[30:24] the agenda itself with evidence of that
when this was sent to the council
[30:33] members cellphone and telephones and
power lines heated up if I want to know
[30:40] what this is what that is and gentlemen
it's my opinion that that is a very good
[30:46] example of the lack of communications
now you're talking about the paper you
[30:52] give us is our agencies prepared for a
national power grid down well is this an
[30:57] example there are many contingencies
that we as a city
[31:03] to evaluate and take a look at in order
to protect our systems I think you make
[31:08] a valid point and I think you know we're
all aware of the fact that our our
[31:12] national power for infrastructure is
variable and it's it's it's fraught the
[31:18] problem so I think you bring up a very
good point I do well but I think it's
[31:23] something you to address at the point
that I really would like to bring to
[31:27] light it uh again I think we're trying
to do too much with too little this like
[31:33] said this agenda sure tells me that when
it's put together people will press for
[31:42] time did not have the time or the means
to communicate this as soon as they
[31:49] could or explaining just an example just
an example and the familiar of a
[31:57] complete agenda that's another example
while I'm saying is we may be pinching
[32:04] the penny Jamar
we really need to take in the valuation
[32:08] of what we need and what we don't need
yeah you're talking terms with personnel
[32:15] yes sir and the bad side of this is we
try to recognize and reward people for
[32:25] very good work we also need to see that
we're not spending money on people that
[32:33] are not that's a very good point
I know it's it's a it's the other side
[32:38] of employee management and you know you
always want to give special attention to
[32:43] those who need pay raises and they need
recognition but as you say in the Army
[32:50] sometimes it goes the other way and you
need to as they used to say adjust their
[32:56] height so if you had people who are
getting X number of dollars and they're
[33:00] not earning that then we as a council
have a duty to
[33:03] make sure they're paid adjust exactly
well have the council it's our
[33:08] responsibility and holidays are here the
only thing that I'm asking to move it as
[33:13] quickly as possible long as a recent
agreement on the lump sum payment for
[33:20] the employees and then on the first of
the year we get busy looking at these
[33:25] issues I think that we have employees in
positions where we don't need employees
[33:32] and I think that we're desperately short
in others I'm not just talking fire on
[33:36] Falcon well I think I think you make a
valid point and I think we
[34:51] a child yes sir yeah I wanted to share
with you one thing we go about that God
[34:58] would afford to give him right back to
your mother's down
[35:11] all right you want a ride to the dinner
plate