[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.

St. Albans City Council Meeting - September 8, 2026

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