[0:01] All right, if we could all stand,
please.
[0:07] » Uh, Councilman Kushman's going to lead
us in the invocation.
[0:11] » Lord, heavenly father, thank you that
we're able to gather here tonight, Lord.
[0:15] Lord, we have an empty seat to fill the
Lord. Lord, I pray you will give us
[0:21] wisdom to put the right person there,
Lord. Lord, I thank you that you're able
[0:27] to uh help the finance committee, Lord,
so that we can give the police
[0:30] department a raise that they so deserve.
Lord, I pray that you bring more money
[0:35] into this city, Lord, to help us
financially.
[0:39] Lord, I pray for protection for all our
first responders and their children.
[0:43] Help us in your name.
>> Amen.
[0:48] » All right. Uh Earl, do you want to lead
us in the pledge, please? I pledge
[0:52] algiance to the flag of the United
States of America and to the republic
[0:57] for which it stands. One nation under
God, indivisible, with liberty and
[1:03] justice for all.
>> All the committee to order
[1:10] uh praise and recognition. First off,
Chief Bass of the Police Department.
[1:17] M couple weeks ago, Francisco attended a
banquet with the governor's highway
[1:22] safety program. And in our region, it's
us, Calhoun County, Gilmore, Richie,
[1:27] were clay road and wood counties. Uh so
out of all those counties, our PD we
[1:33] placed third in the pro aggressive
driving enforcement, uh second place in
[1:37] the target red enforcement, and in third
place with distracted driving.
[1:42] » Excellent.
[1:46] Hey,
I see Francis uh Francisco's mug on TV
[1:52] all the time.
>> Not the best looking face, but it's
[1:54] there.
>> Yeah. Clicking her ticket. All right. Uh
[1:59] Paul Monroe, uh candidate for
county commission. Would you like to say
[2:05] a few words?
[2:09] » Good evening everybody. Uh, mayor,
council, my name is Paul Monroe and I'm
[2:14] running for Canal County Commission. Let
me give you a little background on
[2:18] myself with the Stonewall Jackson High
School and graduated in 75. Was on the
[2:24] state football team
championship football team. Signed Bobby
[2:30] Bow Wu, played football. Came back home
was a surveyor on four-door G for 13
[2:38] years.
uh from Campbell to Charleston.
[2:43] Then I got into electricians union. I
was a electric journeyman electrician
[2:48] for uh 30 years. I've been retired for
12 years. And uh
[2:54] I've been going around Canal County and
there's a lot of stuff that needs to be
[2:58] done around here. If you're away from
Charleston, you don't get nothing. And
[3:02] I'm going to try to fix that and see
what happens.
[3:07] Again, my name is Paul Monroe and I'm
running for Canal County Commission.
[3:11] Thank you all.
>> Thank you.
[3:18] » Next up is our uh newly appointed county
commissioner to fill out the void until
[3:25] the election, Austin Guess.
[3:31] Howdy. Howdy, guys. I'm honored to speak
here in front of the commission or from
[3:35] the council in front of you mayor. Thank
you. First off, I'm going to say to all
[3:39] boy graduates in office 2017. I still
remember when I was actually in middle
[3:43] school, I would take $5 bill and I would
go to the Kmart Caesar is buy pizza, eat
[3:49] the pizza, my brother kicked out of
Kmart playing hide and seek in between
[3:53] the clothing aisles and the cops never
call. I promise. Don't worry about that.
[3:57] I wasn't trespassing. uh graduated uh
2021 West State University right across
[4:01] the river. Got married Country Club,
married a Dumbar girl that brought her
[4:05] here to St. Albins. I'm going to tell
y'all something a little bit too. Wife
[4:08] and I were trying to buy my house 2024
and we were looking everywhere. We're
[4:11] looking for a place to start a family,
looking place for great schools, looking
[4:14] for a good location for work purposes
where Huntington Charleston. Every time
[4:19] St. Albins kept coming up, coming up,
coming up. Now, it's funny because she's
[4:22] a gumbar girl, so she's a little bite.
She's like, "Well, we've been living in
[4:24] Dumbar." She go, you know, said, "No,
this is good for a year." She go, "Well,
[4:29] look at this." Well, every time we would
see St. Alins, it would be the answer to
[4:34] everything. You guys, St. Alins, you
guys do wonderful work. I remember going
[4:38] to the Parkway Authority with the $5
bill where the old flea market was now,
[4:42] by the way, to Tractor Supplies, which
that's a big win for you guys. That's
[4:45] awesome. And you guys have done so much
value for St. Almonds. I want to thank
[4:49] y'all everything. Like I said, my
endeavor here short, it's only about
[4:52] four to five months, but I'm also a St.
Almond boy. brought a bumar girl here,
[4:55] bought a house in 2024 right here to the
afternoon. This place is my home. And
[5:00] what also that means is is we are all in
this together in this small town. I know
[5:04] I just represent county, but here we
have family here, my family here, my
[5:08] career's here. Everything's here, my
home's here. So, I'm excited to be here
[5:12] to work and January 1, I am beyond eager
to kind of give the keys to Jared Page
[5:16] and but more State Als
on the county level. I'm grateful, guys.
[5:21] I want to get to know every single one
of you. If you guys don't have my
[5:24] number, please get a hold of my number.
Let's get a cup of coffee sometime.
[5:27] Let's talk about how we can grow our
communities. Okay, God bless you guys.
[5:30] » Austin, wasn't your grandfather former
mayor?
[5:32] » My grandfather was the mayor. Um, 20 I
think 99 probably 02 if I'm correct. Um,
[5:38] he did get Parkinson's at the end of his
term, so he didn't run no more. Bless
[5:42] his heart. But I still remember he
passed away when I was about third or
[5:45] fourth grade. And uh, he taught me a lot
about first off, he loves it all. So
[5:50] when I was a kid, I I I got everything
ever in my head. loving St. Albins and
[5:54] uh he would always wear St. Alvin's gear
and stuff. So I was young and I learned
[5:57] that St. Albins is the right place to
be. But guys, I'm eager to be up here.
[6:01] I'm eager to do that to represent you
all. I won't take that lightly. We do
[6:05] everything I can when January 1 comes.
I'm so eager to do this see all
[6:09] representative
guys. God bless you guys. Thank you guys
[6:14] so much. And uh please get my number. I
see you guys have a busy schedule. So I
[6:18] won't take most of your time. Thanks
guys so much. God bless you. Thank you.
[6:24] I I want to give some praise and
recognition to Parks and Wreck. U
[6:29] they're getting ready to abate at the
other end of McKinley
[6:36] and they came down set the room up and
everything. They always are ready and
[6:41] prepared for our council meeting. So
Kevin, you and your crew, Dave, thank
[6:47] you all very very much. Any other praise
and recognition?
[6:54] All right. Approval of minutes from city
council August 17, 2026.
[6:59] So move.
>> Questions, discussion, or changes?
[7:04] All in favor say I. I.
>> Oppose. Nay. Motion carries. Old
[7:10] business. Nominations to fill vacancy in
ward five. September 21st meeting.
[7:17] nominees to speak and council will vote
to fill the vacanc.
[7:44] » Do we have any others?
nominate David Master 632.
[8:11] Um,
any other nominations?
[8:17] Need a motion to close the nomination?
[8:23] » Any questions or discussion? One thing I
am going to have to say, I know the
[8:28] attorneys looked in the city code. Uh I
I thought, and I could be totally wrong
[8:34] here about city employees
[8:40] serving on council. Uh I've got to
double check some things. If not,
[8:45] everything's okay. But uh uh we just
want to make sure that we dot our eyes
[8:52] and cross our tees.
[8:56] Any other discussion?
[9:00] All in favor say I.
>> Opposed? Nay.
[9:06] Motion carries. All right. Uh
recommendation from planning and zoning
[9:11] commission for city council to adopt the
proposed ordinances amending the zoning
[9:16] code to clarify the language on how
recreational vehicles are parked storage
[9:22] and residential areas. Councilman Cuts.
Thank you, Mayor. On Tuesday, September
[9:28] 1st, the planning and zoning meeting
planning and zoning committee held a
[9:33] public hearing for the uh proposed
ordinance changes. Um that public
[9:38] hearing we did not have any public
comment. Um there was no opposition or
[9:44] support from people that were present.
Um at previous ordinance committee
[9:49] meetings there was support for the
proposed changes.
[9:55] As we go through the ordinances, I can
explain them each individually in case
[9:58] there any questions, but the
recommendation of the committee is to
[10:03] approve the ordinances as
[10:09] we got a motion and a second. Do we have
discussion?
[10:20] Uh, no discussion apparent.
Uh, all in favor say I.
[10:26] » I.
>> Oppose. Name. Motion carries. New
[10:30] business. Jimmy Limble with the BFW to
address council regarding a request to
[10:36] place a W World War II howitzer at
Roadside Park.
[10:42] » Thank you, Mayor. Councilman, everyone
here. Um, like I say, I'm Jimmy L. I'm
[10:48] the commander of the BFW 648 here in St.
August. We had a 1943 model
[10:56] 155 mm howitzer refurbished. It looks
just like it did when it came off the
[11:02] showroom floor and I took it to parks
and wedded on it. We thought we were
[11:09] okay. Our plan is to put it next to the
Rosie the River uh memorial you have
[11:16] because where this pan was built at Rock
Iowa Arsenal, those ladies are the ones
[11:21] that built it. So I thought it was
appropriate to to set up there on a 12
[11:26] by 16 by 16 by 16 concrete pad 6 in
thick. The gun weighs about 14,000 lb
[11:34] pad and raised up high enough so Kevin's
guys can mow around it. It was
[11:40] a big deal. But we plan on putting a
chain link around it. Not a chain link,
[11:45] but a post with a loop chain with a sign
that says no climbing on on for young
[11:53] people to a warning. Um, and it'll have
a couple of flag holes
[12:00] and a bronze marker to talk about the
history of of the gun itself. Uh Jimmy,
[12:07] all I want to know is can we point it at
night?
[12:10] » Our plan is even at city hall in night.
>> Uh there were some concerns about this
[12:17] and yes, parks did approve this, but
there were some concerns about
[12:21] liability. I talked to our attorney and
there's no more liability for that than
[12:26] there is anything else. Correct me if
I'm wrong with our conversation.
[12:30] And I also reached out to our insurance
to ask them if there would be any
[12:33] adverse effects with our us adding this
and they said no. They're the ones that
[12:39] actually said put the sign there just in
case.
[12:42] » That's the road.
>> This is the gun. Put the side.
[12:48] Do you think that the river bank will be
strong enough to support the concrete
[12:52] and the tank head close to the river? I
know there's a lot of
[12:56] » Yeah, I mean we're not we're not putting
it on the edge. I mean, you know,
[13:01] » Yeah, I know. But I I don't foresee a
problem with that at all.
[13:06] » Yeah, it's not a tank. It's not it's a
it's a piece of it does weigh about
[13:12] 14,000
probably doesn't weigh any more than the
[13:15] rocket or the weight of the concrete
such from anything else there but I
[13:21] don't believe we're anywhere near close
enough river
[13:25] and I will reiterate that this is zero
cost to the city they're doing all the
[13:30] concrete everything else they just
needed our es our skid steer for just a
[13:35] little bit and we'll go down there and
level that out for them. But I think
[13:39] this would be a great addition to have
down there at the park, especially where
[13:43] that's going to be with the the Rosie
kind of theme right beside it, plus the
[13:48] rocket right there. And it will be an
attraction. If you guys went to see the
[13:53] uh uh what's it called? Mobile.
>> Moving.
[13:57] » Moving wall. It was down there for this
at that time, too. And it looks it looks
[14:02] fancy. So I did ask that it be
coordinated to aim at J folks house
[14:09] » city hall
[14:14] logistics getting it there.
[14:19] » They're they're doing everything.
>> Okay. I didn't know whether
[14:24] or somebody need to be notified.
>> The only thing I may need to talk with
[14:29] maybe bring it in because
the traffic around and back in maybe
[14:36] have
>> slow the traffic.
[14:40] » The only thing
the only reason I mentioned this, the
[14:44] Rosie River people reached out. You are
probably aware of this.
[14:48] He told me something about it, but I had
not been talked to about they want to do
[14:52] some kind of trail or something.
>> Yeah. And and they were mentioning in
[14:56] that conversation something about specs
that have to remain intact for the
[15:01] what's there because if not then it's
not a nationally recognized Rosie the
[15:05] River. So just want to make sure that we
don't give any negative impact to what's
[15:10] there. But I love it.
>> Yeah. I I spoke with some of those
[15:13] members earlier today and they wanted to
show me their plan before we placed it.
[15:19] » Okay.
>> Because they're working on expanding
[15:21] that trying to get a grant, but and it's
also bringing in
[15:26] » um the Rosie River Trail across America.
I don't know how much of it's going to
[15:31] be St. August,
>> right? I think it would be great to have
[15:35] that trail go around it and I'll even
mention it on the bronze
[15:42] actually just
make everybody happy.
[15:53] » Questions or discussion? All in favor
say I.
[15:58] » Oppose? Nay. Motion carries.
[16:03] Thank you, Jimmy.
Suggested ordinance issues. Ordinances.
[16:09] First reading. An ordinance submitting
article 1333.01
[16:15] of the codified ordinances of the city
of St. Albins, West Virginia, field
[16:20] revision.
>> Second.
[16:23] » Questions or discussion?
Mayor, this um ordinance
[16:30] amendment would um merely add the
recreational vehicle to the existing
[16:36] requirements for sites.
[16:42] Any other discussion, questions?
All in favor say I.
[16:48] » Oppose. Nay. Motion carries. Ordinance
amending article 1333.03
[16:53] 03 of the codified ordinances of the
city of St. Albins, West Virginia
[16:59] assessor assessorary
structures, fences, pools, and uses in
[17:06] residential districts.
Is there second?
[17:12] » Questions or discussion?
Mayor, this amendment will strike a sub
[17:18] item that states recreational vehicles
and trailers designed to be towed by
[17:23] another vehicle must be stored on a page
surface and parked behind the front
[17:27] building line, which is contradictory to
much of the code.
[17:31] » Well, but we they can't be parked in the
yard.
[17:35] » No, but this is merely saying in front
of or behind.
[17:39] » So, you're just dealing with the front
line of the hatch.
[17:42] » That's correct. Yes.
[17:46] Well, y'all know my opinion on this, but
I don't vote. So,
[17:53] anyway, any other questions or
discussion?
[17:56] All in favor say I.
>> Oppose. Nay.
[18:01] Motion carries.
An ordinance amending article 1333.08
[18:08] of the codified ordinances of the city
of St. Almonds, West Virginia.
[18:13] Recreational vehicles in residential
districts.
[18:17] » So move.
>> Second.
[18:19] » Questions or discussion?
>> Mayor, this section of the ordinance um
[18:23] has a few parts to it. The first is
reducing the number of recreational
[18:28] vehicles allowed on a single residential
property from four to three.
[18:33] Um, it also clarifies that such
recreational vehicle may not be cited in
[18:38] field of vision as defined by previously
voted on ordinance 1333.01
[18:44] field of vision.
>> They got to be what? 4T behind the
[18:47] sidewall.
>> Has to be four feet behind the property
[18:49] line
>> 3T from the side.
[18:53] » 3T 3 ft from the side. But at a corner
of the lot, it would not be able to sit
[18:58] at 4T 3T back because it would be within
that field. those safety when we have an
[19:04] intersection of two roadways
[19:08] » and that would even exist anywhere that
that say there's a curve in a road that
[19:13] that would still exist correct I mean
>> the field of building must remain there
[19:18] if there's a big turn in a road that's
still going to be that way
[19:22] » yes field
>> the the final change is to clarify that
[19:28] one recreational vehicle
stored in one of either side yards that
[19:33] it has to be on a driveway or other hard
surface.
[19:36] In the current ordinance, front yard
specified it has to be hard surface.
[19:40] Side yards are notified.
>> Okay. Hard surface considered gravel.
[19:45] » They can be tack. Yes.
[19:51] There is a separate ordinance that
constitutes what is considered hard.
[19:58] Is anything grandfather or
>> there are no provisions in this
[20:05] ordinance to grandfather?
>> You got to understand this is a little
[20:09] more liberal than the original.
[20:16] U
any other questions or discussion?
[20:22] All in favor say I.
>> Opposed? Nay. Motion carries. Ordinance
[20:27] is second reading. We don't have any
finance committee report
[20:31] recommendations. Councilman Rug.
>> Thank you, Mayor James.
[20:38] » Like to request a motion for approval of
payment to current invoices of $38,4984.
[20:45] » Second.
>> Questions or discussion?
[20:50] All in favor say I.
>> Opposed? Nay. Motion carries.
[20:56] request a motion for approval of payment
for toy motor truck company in the
[21:02] amount of $5,4269
[21:06] for repairs to public works department
recycling truck from line item 566-217
[21:15] » questions or discussion
>> wrong
[21:38] All right. Uh, any other questions or
discussion?
[21:42] » All in favor say I.
>> Opposed? Nay. Motion carries.
[21:49] » Like to request a motion for approval
for the city to obtain an actuarial
[21:53] study required for the Police Department
drop.
[21:58] » Second.
[22:01] » Questions or discussion?
>> All in favor say I.
[22:06] » I. Nay. Motion carries.
>> Like to request a motion for approval of
[22:13] current 8 current year 8% pay raise for
the St. Police Department officers.
[22:20] Second.
>> Questions or discussion?
[22:26] What is the timeline that this is going
to take effect
[22:33] going to happen? Next month, January.
Does anybody not discuss
[22:41] » next?
>> Next pay period.
[22:45] One of the one of the things that was
discussed in the finance committee is
[22:51] that to facilitate the pay raise, one
position would be folded and then the
[22:57] rest of this pay raise would be paid for
out of um or by what the next thing is
[23:05] that you'll be voting on and that's
um paying off the five board explorers
[23:11] out of the opioid funds which would free
have general fund monies to be able to
[23:17] cover that uh to be able to cover the
balance of that.
[23:23] So I mean
>> is that correct Philip?
[23:26] » Yes.
>> So if we it if you all vote to allow us
[23:32] to do that, we can call the bank
tomorrow, obtain a 10day payoff and go
[23:38] ahead and get those paid off. So once
those are once those are paid off and
[23:41] the position is folded presumably we can
move forward on the pay rates. Is that
[23:46] correct?
>> We need to switch four and five
[23:49] » right. What's that?
>> We need to switch four and five.
[23:57] » We got to pay off.
[24:05] » I'll read five first.
I
[24:08] » you already have.
>> I know. I know. I know. I know.
[24:11] » That's right.
>> Any other discussion?
[24:14] » All in favor say I.
>> I.
[24:18] Post. Nay. Motion carries.
>> Next up is a request motion for approval
[24:25] for paying off five of the St. Police
Department for exporters from opioid
[24:30] funds to remaining funds to pay down
investigate refinancing options on the
[24:36] two.
[24:39] » Questions or discussion?
All in favor say I. I
[24:45] » oppose. Nay. Motion carries.
And last thing is request a motion for
[24:53] approval surplus sale or auction St.
August fire department battery 96200
[25:01] American France then 4Z 36
EB XY RG6
[25:16] » All right. Um,
I start again.
[25:19] » Do we got Did we get a second?
>> Um, one thing I want to say, I might
[25:27] have mentioned this last time. I got a
call from Cole Macau who's a profession
[25:32] professional auctioneer
and he said we can auction off our
[25:38] surplus vehicles in their auction.
uh if we need a certain amount out of
[25:45] the vehicle, they put a hold reserved on
it and if it doesn't reach that level,
[25:52] then
it's taken out of the auction. All
[25:57] right. So, we're looking at two or three
different routes here. So,
[26:05] any other discussions? Is there a plan
to replace the truck or is it just not
[26:11] what was being used at all?
>> We we replaced the ladder truck numerous
[26:18] years ago.
>> We will lose a little credit on ISO.
[26:25] That's our reserve aerial for this area.
So we will lose a half point credit on
[26:30] our
but it's to the point where we are
[26:35] constantly putting money into it for
very little use or very little
[26:41] productivity.
[26:44] » You guys sold us all the fine stuff to
sell. So that's first thing on the
[26:48] chopping block.
[26:54] I like guys that are coaching the chief.
[26:59] Any other questions or discussion?
All in favor say I.
[27:05] » Opposed? Nay. What about number four,
Mike?
[27:09] » Did we read that?
>> I thought we were going to go five first
[27:14] and then four.
>> Oh, okay.
[27:17] Great. All right. Um, letters and
reports. Chief Carney to address council
[27:23] regarding maintenance issues at fire
station. Councilman Knight
[27:28] I was at a finding last fin and
discussed very
[27:34] and chief honey had some concerns which
very legitimate
[27:40] of problems that they had at fire
station and I'm the more I thought about
[27:45] it. It's not only a fire station,
probably a police station, probably a
[27:50] town center or this place or whatever in
this town hall. Anyway, about getting
[27:56] electrical and plumbing problems fixed.
I know that chief has a whole list of
[28:03] things, replacing switches, tank, and
police department half stopped up. They
[28:09] have called, but there hasn't been any
really response to address the problem.
[28:15] So my question is who who they called
Stefano if I'm not mistaken for the
[28:21] plumbing and they called uh what's his
name
[28:27] Scott for the electric problem and
they're not getting resolved or even
[28:34] addressed.
[28:37] Well, I'm not going to defend
a whole lot, but I do know that Steph
[28:43] knows them very, very
>> I'm sure they are. I'm sure they are.
[28:47] » But I'm glad you brought to my attention
and I will have them get on it
[28:52] » because uh there's stuff that I know
that that probably the police department
[28:57] and fire department have been fixing on
their own, which they shouldn't be
[29:02] doing, but they're not electricians,
>> right? police department shouldn't be
[29:06] too bad considering it's relatively
>> well. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. But anyway, they
[29:13] may have changed like if there's
problems or anyway that that's a problem
[29:19] that needs to be addressed and I think
we're addressing it with you.
[29:26] Councilman Knight, just uh to let you
know, we actually had a uh we actually
[29:32] had a department heads meeting um last
week, and I still need to just follow up
[29:38] on this, but one of the priorities that
we'd like to we'd like to have is I'd
[29:43] like a list of maintenance issues from
each of the departments, just things
[29:47] that are things that are critical need
so that we can pass that along to you.
[29:51] » Chief Barney had this right here.
>> Yes. critical needs got to be first.
[29:56] Prioritize your needs if you have any.
Do you have you have any?
[30:01] » Yeah, I just what's the procedure? I
guess is that's kind of my question
[30:06] because I mentioned this to finance.
Obviously, there's a dollar amount tied
[30:09] to each one of these repairs, but it's
not necessarily a finance committ issue
[30:14] until I bring three bids or quotes. So
my question more holistically looking is
[30:22] what is the procedure?
Who do I notify? Do I notify you over
[30:27] every alpha that's not working? Do I
notify who do we notify?
[30:31] » You you give me a list.
All right. And I will get it taken care
[30:36] of. I know there's a list in you. All
right. But
[30:41] » he kind of list.
>> Yeah. Chief, how do you eat an elephant?
[30:46] So you start at the time,
>> but we've been there's been an elephant
[30:50] standing in the building down there for
two years and there's no bite taken out
[30:53] of it yet. That's the problem.
>> Well, I understand that the the
[31:00] redoing of the downstairs has not been
done. I know that. All right. But if you
[31:06] bring me these issues, these are issues
that we'll tend to.
[31:10] » Okay.
>> All right.
[31:12] The one on the letter is the one that I
have brought to budget hearings that was
[31:17] created January 28th of this year and
absolutely none of that has been
[31:24] addressed whatsoever yet. Um,
>> give me the list tomorrow. And there's
[31:29] no M. So another problem while I'm up
here rambling is when the police moved
[31:35] out of the building,
they they vacated that whole half of the
[31:39] building, but there was and it it it
kind of became the fire department's
[31:43] problem or responsibility at that time,
but there was not a single penny that
[31:47] got moved over to the fire department
budget. So buildings are both fire
[31:53] stations are over 50 years old now and
there's no money in those line items.
[31:58] So, you know, like I got a quote to
replace one outlet or remove one outlet
[32:03] and it's 500 and no, sorry, $636.65
[32:10] and
>> I can approve. I mean, those are things
[32:13] that can be approved.
>> Okay. Well, I mean, if that's if we're
[32:17] going to do it, I like that's my
preference is keep as much of this for
[32:22] away from contractors as possible. I
mean, that's the best use of our money.
[32:25] So,
>> Right.
[32:26] » Okay. Appreciate it.
[32:34] » All right. Uh, anything else? Chief
Carney or Councilman? No.
[32:40] » Parks direct letters and reports.
>> They have uh Saturday is the final uh
[32:46] concert which is Jimmy Buffett at 700
p.m. at Roadside Park.
[32:52] Uh, two haunted trail meetings have been
already staged and there's more planned.
[32:59] So, contact Scotty if you want to get
involved.
[33:05] Uh the story walk on September the 9th 1
to 4 19
[33:16] » that's aware of anyway. You sure it's
19th?
[33:19] » Yes.
>> I was driving when I was right
[33:22] » 19th.
>> Okay. September the 19th 14 and the
[33:27] trail
is from 9 to 10 on
[33:35] » n
and 10
[33:40] and 15.
I'm sorry I didn't I didn't write in I
[33:44] can't read
>> 16 and 17 Friday Saturday.
[33:47] » Yeah.
I see.
[33:51] Anyway,
>> one hand driving and one hand writing
[33:55] wasn't working very well. Sorry.
>> Well,
[33:57] » you weren't driving in St. Almonds,
right?
[34:00] » Pardon me.
>> You weren't driving in St. Als.
[34:03] » Okay.
[34:07] » That's all I've got.
>> Any other letters or reports?
[34:11] » Yes.
>> Two things. Um the 15th, September 15th
[34:16] is the art walk, the Arty Gro art walk
on Main Street from 6:00 to 8:00. So if
[34:22] you're out and about, please go on down.
Their local businesses will be having
[34:26] different things, different art uh
displayed there in inside out on the
[34:31] street as well. Um so that's from 6:00
to 8 on Main Street September 15th. Um
[34:36] Bill mentioned the story walk um as well
on on the 19th. So the 19th will be a
[34:42] very busy day. We have train day that'll
start at 10 o'clock. So train days from
[34:46] 10 to 2 over on 4th Avenue. Um and then
the story walk starts at 1 to 4. Train
[34:51] day will have uh benchmark. We'll be
bringing over some heavy equipment,
[34:56] heavy machinery to set up for kids to
enjoy and and golf and play around. And
[35:03] then the trackless train will be there
as well, taking train rides around
[35:09] leaving forth going down along the
railroad tracks. It'll take across
[35:14] Second Street, take a left and make a
loop and then come back to fourth there.
[35:18] And food and craft vendors, live music,
the music is Stoniker Hill and Hillbilly
[35:24] Biscuits are playing at
the 19th.
[35:27] » Come join us more hillbilly biscuits.
That's right.
[35:34] both local and and like bluegrass style
music. So very much
[35:38] » they do well.
>> Yeah.
[35:40] » Um any other letters or reports?
>> I have a question.
[35:43] » Yes, sir.
>> I mean they're not trying to create no
[35:45] more work with anybody,
>> but all the things that you mentioned
[35:48] and all the things you've been doing
just to have input on one sheet so we
[35:51] all have exactly the same information
down real quick and
[35:55] » we we can I will pass that information
along when he gets it to me. All right.
[36:01] But you got to understand we we might
not be able to do everything at one
[36:07] time. All right. That's why we take the
priorities first, the high priorities,
[36:14] fix those.
>> No, no, I'm talking about like all the
[36:19] » the events just to have them all in one
location like one piece of paper so that
[36:23] when he's getting
>> city website has it.
[36:30] Yeah, I know. city website, but uh we
can do a paper and put it in the next
[36:36] agenda cuz I know all y'all chili
[36:43] 17.
[36:54] » That's not my plan.
[36:57] » Um, any other letters, reports?
I appointments confirm the appointments
[37:05] of Councilman Knight to the finance
committee, Councilman Whittington to the
[37:09] ordinance committee. Do we do these
separate heard together?
[37:13] » Separate.
>> Separate. All right. First off, confirm
[37:16] the appointment of Councilman Knight to
the finance committee. So move.
[37:20] » Second.
>> Questions or discussion?
[37:24] All in favor say I. I.
>> Opposed? Nay.
[37:29] Motion carries. confirm the appointment
of Councilman Whittington to the
[37:34] ordinance committee.
>> Questions or discussion?
[37:41] All in favor say I.
>> Oppose? Nay. Motion carries.
[37:48] Uh, no other appointments,
announcements. Finance Committee,
[37:52] Monday, September 14th, 4:30 p.m. in MU
conference room. MS4 MU board Tuesday,
[38:00] September 15th at 4:30 p.m. in the MU
conference room. City council Monday,
[38:07] September 21st
at 6:30 p.m. in the McKinley at the
[38:14] McKinley Rec Center.
>> All right. Any other announcements? Yes,
[38:18] » I have one. I don't have the exact date
yet. Uh I'm going to get that tomorrow,
[38:24] but early October. the big uh ribbon
cutting for Tractor Supply. The chamber
[38:29] will be hosting a grand opening ribbon
cutting uh with Tractor Supply. I talked
[38:35] to managers for managers yesterday. Uh
we're getting through the details and
[38:40] I'll have that information for
everybody. It'll probably be a big one.
[38:45] » Unless the date changes, the soft
opening
[38:48] » the third and the hard openings is the
10th. So my guess would be the 10th
[38:53] unless
>> the dates change. Yeah.
[38:59] Any other announcements?
All right. Now, time for public forum.
[39:05] Any resident wishing to address address
council may step up to the podium, give
[39:10] your name, your address. You got five
minutes to speak at peace.
[39:15] Honorable mayor, honorable councilman.
Um, we're the attorney and secretary.
[39:21] I'm here representing St. Francis of a church.
[39:25] On October 4th, uh we are having a
celebration of two things. One, its
[39:30] 800th commemoration of St. Francis of
the 60's death, who is our patron for
[39:36] the church. But amazingly, we found a
stone with the year 1926.
[39:42] Oh, wow.
>> In it. So, we are celebrating the 100th
[39:47] year of the Mississippi church on
October 4th.
[39:53] What we're going to do is feed the
entire St. Albins community should they
[39:57] want to come between 12 noon and 5:00.
Uh I address the police department
[40:04] because there may be additional traffic
uh heading in and around Park Street and
[40:10] 6th Avenue or Washington Street that
day. We're anticipating 500 people to
[40:16] attend this that day. It originally
started out as feeding the poor, but
[40:21] it's going to be feeding the entire uh
community. So, it's uh four weeks out
[40:28] planning done. We have one question uh
if we should contract for some
[40:34] inflatables for children to put inside
the gym. Will we are we responsible for
[40:39] the permits or the people that only
inflatables have their permits?
[40:45] » You are throwing the event.
>> Yes. Um
[40:50] Okay.
[40:56] » Yeah. Obviously, u Oh, I'm sorry. Paul
Nolski. Um, I represent St. Francis of
[41:02] Pacific Church. My apologies to
honorable mayor.
[41:06] » You're fine, Paul.
>> Um, does anybody have any question? I
[41:12] got 3.2 minutes left.
[41:18] Not not that I've done this before. I
don't know if it's good to be first
[41:22] because everybody else follows you or
good to be last when everybody's trying
[41:25] to get out of the building.
>> You're first and last.
[41:28] » I was the only one.
>> No, Paul, it's it it sounds like a great
[41:33] event. Uh and you know, two of my grandb
babies go down there. It's a wonderful
[41:41] school and uh we appreciate all y'all do
for the community. So,
[41:47] » Paul, what's the address?
>> It's your address.
[41:51] » My address?
>> Yes.
[41:52] » Oh, it's uh
>> it's corner of park in 6th Avenue, St.
[41:58] Francis. We got
>> Yeah. With driver's license.
[42:02] » My address is 34 River Park Circle,
St. Albins. However, we are slightly out
[42:10] of the city.
>> That's all right.
[42:12] » If anybody wants to call the Cold River,
I have a lot on the Cold River. You can
[42:15] I'll let you uh take over my lot.
>> Paul's becoming a salesman now.
[42:21] » Wait a minute. First,
>> you won't need a permit if you're not
[42:25] closing a street. If everything
>> No, we're not closing street.
[42:28] » Everything's on your property. You might
have
[42:34] » If it's on their property, doesn't
matter. Unless they're closing the city
[42:37] street, city parking lot.
>> Yeah, fit's going to be the inflatables
[42:41] going to be inside and everything.
>> The uh gym where we have our fish. So,
[42:47] can we lift this event on our city?
>> Well, right there's the man.
[42:52] » Okay.
>> Okay. And u
[42:56] we're also having an event on Thursday
which will not be that well attended.
[43:01] Maybe 50 or 60 people just for your
sake. And then a mass on Saturday also.
[43:07] Oh, and the bishop of the newly ordained
bishop of uh the dasis will be helping
[43:14] feed everybody that's coming down. So we
will have a representative of the dasis
[43:21] down here. Very few people. So we think
it's a big event. It was going to be
[43:25] small. Somebody found a stone that said
1926.
[43:30] » And suddenly it has grown. So, if
anybody has any questions, um,
[43:36] I can give them I can give you my, uh,
email address if somebody wants to write
[43:40] it down. Council minutes. Uh, Gino G
office
[43:46] go office a.com.
[43:51] When I retired, they didn't want that
email address, so I kept it. So,
[43:58] we appreciate you taking the time to
listen to me. Thank you Paul.
[44:02] » Thank you sir.
>> And I will be addressing St. Alvin's
[44:06] Ministerial Association next week. So
all the churches look aware.
[44:11] » Very good.
[44:19] » Roger Matthew 421 Wall Street. I just
want to give my kudos to the city uh
[44:26] team up with St. Alvin Nitro and put on
another fantastic fireworks display and
[44:32] we hope this tradition continues and
people always inquiring about when being
[44:38] and how well I think it's a good thing
the city
[44:44] 25 plus minutes of fireworks our show.
>> Thank you.
[44:52] » All right. Uh, anybody else wishing to
address council harve?
[44:58] » Nope. All right. Uh, with that, uh, we
are going to go into executive session,
[45:07] uh, relating to a personnel issue. I
need a motion saying to go into
[45:12] executive session that no actions or
votes will be taken. So, move second.
[45:18] » All right. Any questions or discussion?
All in favor say I. I.
[45:23] » Oppose. Nay. Motion carries.
All right. Executive session.