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The July 10th, 2023 meeting of the Oak Ridge City Council is now called order. Our indication

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tonight will be led by Reverend Will Conner from Kern United Methodist Church, followed by the

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pledge of allegiance led by Emma Beard, a rising fifth grader at Jefferson Middle School, all

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stand please. You're so inclined, I invite you to join me in prayer.

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O God of this land and every land, I give you thanks that in world of uncertainties your

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presence is certain. I give you thanks that in a world where violence and war are all

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to common, you show the way of peace. I give you thanks that in a world of won't you advocate

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a supply of plenty. Today we come into this space from home and places of work bringing the

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complexities of our humanness, joys, hopes, burdens and disappointments. I pray now for our city of Oak Ridge.

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May your desires for equity, love and concern for all be present. May all who call this home,

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or find employment here be filled with a provision of plenty in a charitable spirit. I pray

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now for this council and for their families. We move our hearts with a spirit of strength, concern,

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and service. Fill in them a desire to serve, rather than be served, grant to them ears to hear,

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wisdom to discern and courage to lead, and may each of us in a place of privilege. Here in

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those that are all too often marginalized. May each one in leadership or otherwise make the

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most of this time and of every day. And when our days are over, forgive or God, all that is left,

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done, or undone. May you remind all of us of your unfailing love that promises strength for each day

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in your gracious presence, I pray. Amen. Amen. Okay, I'm up.

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I pledge of allegiance to the fire of United States of America, to the Republic, the richest

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stance, one nation, under God, and the visible liberty, and justice for all. Thank you, Emma.

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Rho call Madam Clerk. Mayor play Tim Doddson. Here. Councilmember Gleeson. Here. Mayor Gooch.

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Councilmember Hammond. Yes. Councilmember Hensley. Yes. Councilmember Hensley. Yes. Councilmember Hensley. Yes. Councilmember Smith.

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Thank you, Madam Clerk. Please call up the first item. The first item on the agenda is a

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proclamation recognizing Shagako Uppillary. Do we have a motion to accept? We have a motion and a

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second. Would you please read the proclamation? Whereas Shagako Uppillary passed away on June 8, 2023 at

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the age of 92, and whereas no one embodies the commitment to a culture of peace, love and

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understanding more than Shagako Uppillary, and she will be remembered for her unassuming nature,

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her peaceful spirit, her patience, her excitement about trying something new, and her expression of love,

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friendliness, and joy, often conveyed through a smile or a giggle, and whereas Shagako Uppillary lived

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her early years with her family in Shanghai, Tokyo, and Kyoto. And in the late 1950s,

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received a scholarship for graduate work at the University of Indiana, where she met her husband,

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Rom Uppillary, a native of India, and whereas since she, in 1963, Shagako has been an ambassador and

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mentored at countless oak ridges, as well as to Japanese and other international visitors. And whereas

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this quiet, dynamo influenced international understanding through her work with such diverse

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organizations as the Girl Scouts, the Children's Museum, Oak Ridge Schools, the League of Women

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Voters, and Women's Interfaith Dialogue, and understanding the challenges of life in another country,

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Shagako was instrumental in establishing a program at the YWCA to welcome and mental families from other

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countries by helping with language doctors visit shopping or children in school, and whereas at Oak Ridge

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National Laboratory, Shagako served as a translator and teacher of language and culture to

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scientists traveling to Japan, and as Tennessee became host to Japanese companies establishing

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auto-related businesses, she extended her mentoring and outreach to helping these guests adapt to their

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new home. And whereas, when the 50th anniversary of Oak Ridge was planned in 1992, Shagako and

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Rom proposed their idea for the International Friendship Bill to commemorate the event and chose

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the theme Born of War, living for peace, growing through science. They, along with Oak Ridge

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scientists, led successful efforts to raise the funds locally and in Japan, and arranged for the

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Bell to be tasked by a master bell maker in Kyoto, and transferred it to the United States by the

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Honda Company. And whereas Shagako founded the Oak Ridge Sister City Support Organization in 1991,

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and for the last 30-plus years, is worked to prepare Oak Ridge Middle School students and teachers

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for the exchange with Naka Middle School students and to prepare Oak Ridge families for their

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knock of visitors. And whereas, in 2016, the Council General of Japan presented Shagako with

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the Foreign Minister's Commendation Award, recognizing her contributions to the friendship and

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understanding between Oak Ridge and Japan. And whereas, when the original structure housing the

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friendship bell deteriorated, Shagako worked tirelessly as a member of the International Friendship

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Bell Citizens Advisory Committee, along with her son, Rom, on creating and raising funds for

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the beautiful new peace pavilion, the Bell's Home since 2018. And whereas, on August 5, 2023,

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the Oak Ridge Unitarian Universalist Church will hold a formal memorial service for Shagako.

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Now, therefore, be a result of the Council of the City of Oak Ridge Tennessee that, in recognition

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of her lifelong commitment to peace and her contributions to the Oak Ridge community, hereby on

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our Shagako Uplari. Thank you, Madam Clark. At this time, we usually have discussion, but I would like

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to just rephrase this. If anybody would like to share how they knew Shagako on council,

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I would love to entertain that now. Good.

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Councilman Hammond? Yeah. I was familiar with the work that she had done, but didn't have the privilege

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in the opportunity to really know and personally. So, I'm going to display it for the opportunity

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to honor her own tonight, and I really do appreciate we as a city taking the time to honor individuals

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who make these kind of contributions through our city. So, God bless each of you who are here in God bless

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her for our contributions to the city and to the world. Thank you, Councilmember Hammond.

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Yes, I guess I agree. Call Shagako being everywhere, doing everything. Doing Argami at the Children's Museum,

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engaged in celebrations with Girl Scouts in town, engaged with the Japanese visitors from Nakashi,

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all of her work for the Belle in its different different different different times, different places,

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and just being one of the sweetest people you could know. I'm thrilled I had the opportunity to give her

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the key to the city. A couple years back at the Belle. That was very special. We will treasure her memory,

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and we know that she's everywhere at this community. Thank you, Councilmember Smith.

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Councilmember Hinsley. Thank you. I met Shagako at the Unitarian Church, and she always

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greeted me with a bow and a smile. And she was one of the sweetest people that I believe I've ever met in my life,

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and she's a good example of changing the whole world one person at a time, because you had to like her when

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you met or so. It's my pleasure to be part of honoring her. Thank you, Mr. Hinsley.

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Councilmember Hope. My great relationship with Shagako goes back many years. More so with her son,

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Ron, we were in school together, and so I got to know her then. As high schoolers, and after that, just

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all her tireless work for the community. She was always there, ready to champion anything. She was

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really passionate about her work with the Lugmans and with the Naka program. It was amazing.

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The friendship Belle, both times with the friendship Belle, tirelessly worked with that. And also,

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it was a member of our rotary club. It was a new rotary club, and so I got to sit with her on several

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occasions and had lunch with her. Always smile. Always positive. It's really nice to have somebody

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like that, and it's a pleasure to be able to honor tonight. Thank you, Mr. Hope. And I'll finish it

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out. The way I knew Shagako, I would see her at everything, and I called her Oak Ridge's Angel.

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She had a halo around her head, and she had a smile on her face, and every time I met her,

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she had good things to say about people. I want to say that she was more than just a Belle.

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Being a middle school teacher, and having her touched so many middle school students and take them on the

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trip of their life, and be there right beside them, doing all the adventures that they would do

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as middle school. I can't do that, but she could. So I'm just really proud to have known such a delightful

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lady, and we will miss her in our town. And I have a proclamation. I'm going to come up. If wrong,

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if you will bring your guest with you tonight, if you'll come up, please.

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No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, she feels regretting not on me, she helps us to wire along the knees and I'll

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go for a check there. We'll get a picture first. If we could do that along, we'll let you stay on this side.

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That's great.

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Are you here?

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I'll be very brief, but thank you Mayor Pro Tem Dodson and members of the City Council for this

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warm proclamation. My mother enjoyed every minute of her life in Oak Ridge. I asked her long-time

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friend and neighbor Marty Adler to be here tonight, along with very close friends Michio Odom there,

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and Marissa nephew, who I think you all know. Jerry Luckman is here representing the Oak Ridge sister

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city support organization, which was so important to my mom. Pat Postman, who has done so much for our

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community, and along with her late husband, Herman played such a big role in the International Friendship

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Bell project is here, the Children's Museum. I don't think there was an International Festival or Fair that my

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mom didn't have to be a part of for the last 50 years. Thank you director best Jay for being here.

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The noon rotary club and really all of Oak Ridge's wonderful civic organizations. Thank you Scott

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Jamison for being here representing them. My mom had to take advantage of every opportunity to teach

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young people to speak a little bit of Japanese, fellow Lori Gami or use chopsticks and eat Japanese food.

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To me, her memory lives on in her dear friends in these wonderful community organizations and in the

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people of Oak Ridge who meant so much to her and we're such an important part of her life. Thank you so much for

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this wonderful honor. If there is anybody who wants to say a word or two about KGACO, but I think you all have said it so

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beautifully. Thank you very much. Thank you so much, thank you so much.

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It's going to be hard to follow that, but next item on the agenda madam clerk. So our next item is

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elections and appointments and actually we just have elections. Tonight we usually bring those up on top

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of the agenda for out of respect for the folks that might be here that are seeking the position so that we can

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recognize them and not take a lot of their time up tonight. So our first election and let me just say first of

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all that we had 19 applicants for five vacancies, which was probably like a record. I mean that was that's

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that's we don't usually have that many vacancies in the mid-year, but we also don't usually get that many

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applications. So grateful to everyone that has, they can see it's in January if you so desire.

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So our first election is for the vacancy on the beer permit board. We have two applicants and if they're here,

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I believe Mayor of Prachem Dalton would like for you to stand so that you can be recognized.

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Julie Culver and Brianna Robinson are the two applicants and you're going to vote for one. We have one

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vacancy and that's for the balance of an unexpired term ending on December 31, 2024.

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This was the field of seat for the late Mark Cantrell that we honored some few months ago.

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And again, you're going to vote for one.

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Councilman Hammond votes for Ms. Colver. Councilman Smith votes for Ms. Robinson.

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Councilman Hope votes for Ms. Colver.

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Mayor Pertum Dodson votes for Ms. Robinson.

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Councilman Hinsley votes for Ms. Colver.

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And Councilman Glace and votes for Ms. Colver.

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So Ms. Colver has forwarded? Yes. This Colver is elected.

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Well, congratulations to Ms. Colver. If she's watching at home.

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Okay, our next one is for the Environmental Quality Advisory Board.

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And we have one vacancy due to a resignation.

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So it's the balance of an unexpired term, also ending on December 31st, 2024.

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And our applicants are Derek Guy, Elizabeth Henry, Anthony Tony McLean, and Marie Moe the Hill, and Noel Patty.

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And you're going to vote for one.

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Yeah, are they?

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Okay.

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Deep.

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I would be angry all of you.

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Thank you.

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Hammond votes for Moe the Hill.

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Smith votes for Moe the Hill.

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Hope votes for Moe the Hill.

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Dodson votes for Moe the Hill.

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Hinsley votes for Moe the Hill.

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And Gleason votes for McLean.

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As a Moe the Hill has five.

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Okay. So Ms. Moe the Hill is elected.

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Congratulations.

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And the next one is for the recreation and parks advisory board.

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And we had a lot of interest for this one.

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We always do since recreation is such a part of our city.

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Our applicants are Matthew Berven, Robert Bonemort, Ashley Craven, Elizabeth Henry, and Miller,

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Anne Marie Moe the Hill, Brianna Robinson, and Leela Sermack.

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And you're going to vote for one.

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Is there others?

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Okay.

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Hi.

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I'm Ann Miller.

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Thank you.

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Thank you.

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Thank you.

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Thank you.

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Good.

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Have you?

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You're so good.

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I wish I could vote for two.

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Hammond votes for Robinson.

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Dots and votes for Berven.

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Hinsley votes for Miller.

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And Glyson votes for Bonemort.

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There is no majority vote.

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Okay.

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So we'll go to round two.

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And usually we don't remove a candidate's name just because they didn't get any votes.

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Because you know, sometimes that candidate might be the one that tips the hat.

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So we're going to leave the all the names on there.

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So we're going to try one more time.

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Thank you.

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Thank you.

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Hammond votes for Robinson.

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Dots and votes for Miller.

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And Glyson votes for Robinson.

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So still no majority.

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So you have three and three, three for Miller, three for Robinson.

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So what I think we'll do on this round is, well, if you all do not object, we'll just do kind of the, yeah, we'll vote for two.

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And we'll just do, you want to do just between Miller and Robinson.

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Miller and Robinson.

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Yes.

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After the second round, we can do.

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Thank you.

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It's great to see so much interest on our boards.

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This is great.

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Beth, I'm sorry.

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I wish we could vote for two on this.

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But this, actually, I will say, this vacancy is only good until December 31 of this year.

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So this vacancy and others will be up again in January.

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So this is a very, this was also was.

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Mark Kentrell's the rest of his term.

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Mr. Kentrell passed away.

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So that's why it's a quick turnaround.

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He was in the last year of his term.

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Thank you.

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Smith for Miller.

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Sorry, they're sticking to me.

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Hope for Robinson.

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Dodson for Miller.

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Hensley for Miller.

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Hensley for Robinson.

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It remains three to three.

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And I'm out of pages.

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No, no, right.

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Okay.

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We'll try one more time.

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Do what?

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Councilman Gleason would like to take a look at some of his notes.

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Oh, sure.

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Yeah, absolutely.

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Absolutely.

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You can serve on more than one board.

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And occasionally we do have that.

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So I don't think we've chosen either one of these ladies so far.

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But yes, if they choose to withdraw they can.

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Okay.

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Round four votes.

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Hammond votes for Robinson.

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Smith for Miller.

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Hope for Miller.

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Dodson for Miller.

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Hensley for Miller.

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Gleason for Robinson.

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You've got your four.

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All right.

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Miller.

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Good for a little drama.

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Good kind of drama.

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So our final and board is the traffic safety advisory board.

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And we have two two vacancies on this board.

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Both due to resignations for different reasons.

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Hammond.

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Yeah.

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So this is where I was going with my previous question.

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Yeah.

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Right.

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So both of you have been elected.

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Other boards would you like to stay in for for this one as well.

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You would.

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You're a withdrawal.

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Okay.

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Thank you.

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Miss Miller.

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Thank you, Mr. Gleason.

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Okay.

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So you're going to vote for two on this one.

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So you're going to vote.

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Once an unexpired term ending December 31st, 2024.

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And once ending December 31st, 2023.

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We have Ashley Craven.

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I was a bit Henry and Marie Moe the Hill.

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And that's it.

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That's all that's left.

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You want to say that?

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Or you say a nass?

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How do you decide who gets which term?

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We'll do that.

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We'll do that.

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That's our next one.

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That's our next vote.

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Miller's been dropped off.

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Miller did.

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Yes.

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So you got Ashley Craven.

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Elizabeth Henry and Anne Marie Moe the Hill.

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And you're going to vote for two.

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Hammond votes for Craven and Henry.

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Smith votes for Craven and Henry.

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Hope votes for Craven and Henry.

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Dodson votes for Henry and Moe the Hill.

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Hensley votes for Craven and Henry.

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And Gleason votes for Craven and Moe the Hill.

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So Craven and Henry both have your majority votes.

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Yeah.

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They have they each have five.

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Each have five.

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Yeah, each have five.

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Ashley Craven and Elizabeth Henry are elected.

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Now the next step is, and I did a, I did a ballot up.

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So one is the shorter term once the longer term.

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I did a ballot where for the longer term where you just write beside the person's name that you want to have the 20 25 term just write 20 25.

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And then whoever doesn't win that gets automatically gets the 20 24 term.

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It's a little easier to vote for someone.

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I think when you see the, you know, when they have a longer term.

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Then we're voting for who gets the longer term.

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They're voting for who gets the longer term and by default.

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Then some, one of those two will get the shorter term.

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Thanks.

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Another one of those people are present, right?

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I don't believe that.

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Okay, so anybody had a preference.

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Yes, the 20 20, yes, the 20, the year longer term 20 25.

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Yeah.

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Hammond votes for Craven.

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Smith votes for Henry.

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Hope votes for Henry.

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Dodson votes for Craven.

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Hensley votes for Henry.

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Gleason votes for Craven.

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Three, three.

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You might have some more than that.

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Desit price.

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So it's three, three.

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Well, we always like to have an odd number of.

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Hammond votes for Craven.

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Smith votes for Craven.

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Hope votes for Craven.

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Dodson votes for Henry.

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Hensley votes for Henry.

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Gleason votes for Craven.

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So Craven would be your longer term.

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Thank you all and just so just so you know and the public knows, we have left the positions open for the student representatives on the equal board and the T sub board traffic safety advisory board.

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We did not get any applicants for those positions.

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So we are leaving those open and we'll be doing those in August.

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And then the Youth Advisory Board folks, we actually got 18 applicants.

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Thank you, Madam Clark, and thank you to all the people who put their name in for these positions. I know my council members will agree that the board's and commissions do a lot of the work for our city, and we could not do this without you, and you get paid a lot for this position.

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Okay, I'm going to move on. We have no special reports tonight, and I'm going to move on to the consent agenda, but prior to the consent agenda, I have something new to read.

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This was New State legislation that was passed on July 1, and it pertains to citizens' comments during the consent agenda.

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The next item for Council's consideration is the consent agenda. These items are considered by the city manager to be routine.

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Absent council member requesting that item to be removed. The items on the consent agenda will be approved collectively with one vote of council.

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If a member of the audience wishes to speak on any item on the consent agenda, please raise your hand once you are called on.

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Please approach the electorate and state your name, address, and what item that you would like to speak about.

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Comments are limited to three minutes, and will not generally result in any formal response or action at this time.

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So at this time, if we have anybody in the audience who would like to speak on any item that is in only consent agenda, and you will see the consent agenda that's on your chairs.

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Please come forward, state your name, address, and you'll give you three minutes in order to do that.

344
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Okay, so we're going to take item P off the consent agenda.

345
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Anybody would like to take, I'm sorry, are you coming up?

346
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I don't care. I don't care. Yes, sir, your name and address.

347
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Right, and Metro 148 or Hollywood Circle Oak Ridge.

348
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Which I've got a question first, can anybody tell me who does this board over say the money that spent collected to apartments?

349
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Okay, your question again, sir.

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Does this board oversee the money that the electorate apartments paid?

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We oversee the general budget, and the budget is spent by the electoral department, public works, and all other departments.

352
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So we do oversee that.

353
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Well, what it won't matter, issue is is the almost $400,000 they spend on that bulletproof glass.

354
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Is this on the consent agenda, sir?

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No.

356
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Yeah, you will have another time at the end of the meeting where we talk about anything that's not on the consent agenda.

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Okay.

358
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Okay, thank you, sir.

359
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Thank you, Reverend.

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Don't ever have to appreciate that.

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Okay, anybody else before I move on?

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Okay, so we have removed item K and item P, item K and item P.

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P is in pop up.

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Any other letters to be removed from the consent agenda?

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Okay, seeing none, do I have a motion?

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Thank you.

367
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Motion, and we have a motion in a second.

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Any discussion?

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Nope.

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Okay.

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All those in favor of approving the amended consent agenda, signify by saying aye.

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Aye.

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Any opposed?

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Okay.

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The consent agenda has been approved, and we'll come back to the items that were removed.

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I'll start with item K.

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Madam Clerk, will you please read item K?

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Okay.

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Thank you.

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Thank you.

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A resolution waving competitive is an authorizing the purchase of granite net software from Qs

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Incorporated of Orlando, Florida, for cataloging wastewater video inspections, and an amount

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not to exceed $58,000.

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Move to approve.

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We have a motion in a second.

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I'm going to ask Patrick Merge if you could just address this, and then I'll ask.

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I think this was removed by.

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Yes.

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So this is a software we use to catalog the videos we take of the wastewater system.

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We've been using this software since 2008.

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We have several pieces of equipment including a utility vehicle and a TV van, which you

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utilize this software to take these videos.

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Those are all bit competitively at the time.

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At this time, this software needs to be upgraded, and this is the purchase of that software

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that is then used with the systems that we have been using for 15 years.

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Kalsman, can you have anything else?

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Yes.

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I may be going off the rails on this, but this is a great idea.

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And so why don't we have something like this for roads with videos of the roads that need repair?

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Well, we do.

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It's brand new.

402
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We've just received that in the past.

403
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We've 12 months.

404
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It's a Roger sitting back there.

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But we did something like that with TPO and actually have received an updated catalog of those

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roads, and then.

407
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Yes.

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Madam Clark, I'm just going to ask a point of order.

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Do we go to the next item and then vote on both of these?

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Okay.

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Okay.

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So item K, do I have a motion to accept?

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We already did.

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Okay.

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All those in favor?

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I, in your post.

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Motion passes.

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Thank you, Kalsman.

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Okay.

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We're going to go on to P.

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This was Ms. Smith who brought this one up.

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And Otto Barr, would you mind commenting on this?

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A resolution waving the competitive bid process and authorizing the purchase of a radar detection

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system for traffic signals at the intersection of South Illinois Avenue and Lafayette

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Drive from way of tronics of Springville, Utah in an amount not to exceed 41,770 dollars.

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We have a motion in a second.

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Okay.

428
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It's on the floor.

429
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Yes, sir.

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This item is for the purchase from a sole source of radar detection system for the traffic

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signals at the intersection of South Illinois and Lafayette.

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And this is an anticipation of some road paving, repaving, and other project that may be

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impacting that would be impacting this intersection.

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And once that's done, in order to bring it back to normal, we have to go back and cut through

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the asphalt and put the circuits back over there, so they can detect the cars that are there.

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And with potential new traffic pattern with coming out of Y12, we thought that,

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and redoing all of that, we, the cost of putting the circuits back would be very near to the cost of putting

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the radar system over there, which would impact traffic less and wouldn't have to get us to cut

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asphalt.

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And it is more efficient.

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And that's why we're trying to purchase those radar systems.

442
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Thank you, Mr. Mark.

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Yes, me.

444
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Yeah, my, I pulled this off because I know that traffic signals are something that everybody in town has strong opinions about.

445
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Correct.

446
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And would like to know more about what's going on.

447
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Right.

448
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I think this is a really good idea to replace the current system with the radar that would

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work in conditions where the current system doesn't just doesn't break,

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because easily it's okay.

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But, but one thing I wondered that I think other folks going to be wondering about is,

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would this provide a capability for, you would,

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would the stop light be able to count the number of people in line on one of those roads

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and make, and adjust the timing to accommodate the people who are actually there,

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or does it work simply basically the same way the,

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the wires under the road work right now?

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I know the system is a little bit more sophisticated to where it not only does it,

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kind of detect the cars that are stopped there,

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but it's going to also foresee the ones that have not made it yet.

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Does it have a section to an extent?

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Now, as far as whether it can count how many cars went through before,

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it decides to turn red or grand that I'm not very sure.

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See, Rogers here, he's not, he's not moving his head so he probably has nothing to add.

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Good.

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Thank you, Rogers. Come on up.

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It has a thing called a advanced detection system,

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and it can actually count back further than the normal queue.

468
00:40:00,000 --> 00:40:03,000
The other thing that will happen, and you've heard about the CNAC project,

469
00:40:03,000 --> 00:40:05,000
where we're taught all the signals together,

470
00:40:05,000 --> 00:40:07,000
this thing will work with that also.

471
00:40:07,000 --> 00:40:11,000
The immediate reason, and in your junior, you'll see the,

472
00:40:11,000 --> 00:40:13,000
maybe it all off yet.

473
00:40:13,000 --> 00:40:15,000
You're spot traffic looks, we're going to tear out doing that.

474
00:40:15,000 --> 00:40:19,000
So, by putting this in, it saves us putting all those five loops back.

475
00:40:19,000 --> 00:40:22,000
But to answer your question, it does have some of that capability.

476
00:40:22,000 --> 00:40:26,000
Okay. Well, that's the sort of thing I was thinking people might be eager to know about

477
00:40:26,000 --> 00:40:28,000
and they'll complain anyway, but it's nice to see that.

478
00:40:28,000 --> 00:40:29,000
Yeah, we'll see that.

479
00:40:29,000 --> 00:40:32,000
We're seeing that, but you'll also see some with this.

480
00:40:32,000 --> 00:40:33,000
Okay.

481
00:40:33,000 --> 00:40:34,000
I'll give you some more capability.

482
00:40:34,000 --> 00:40:36,000
Okay. Thanks.

483
00:40:36,000 --> 00:40:37,000
Okay.

484
00:40:37,000 --> 00:40:39,000
Here are the questions.

485
00:40:39,000 --> 00:40:41,000
There's also a question.

486
00:40:41,000 --> 00:40:44,000
Is this, is this a radio is impacted by a rain,

487
00:40:44,000 --> 00:40:48,000
whether it's storms or night times storms and those

488
00:40:48,000 --> 00:40:50,000
different types of things?

489
00:40:50,000 --> 00:40:54,000
The only thing that affects radar is lightning.

490
00:40:54,000 --> 00:40:55,000
Okay.

491
00:40:55,000 --> 00:40:58,000
It's really more dependable than the loops.

492
00:40:58,000 --> 00:41:00,000
It's really good stuff. It works really well.

493
00:41:00,000 --> 00:41:02,000
It doesn't like lightning.

494
00:41:02,000 --> 00:41:04,000
Okay. Yeah, most things down.

495
00:41:04,000 --> 00:41:06,000
Those things.

496
00:41:06,000 --> 00:41:09,000
Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

497
00:41:09,000 --> 00:41:10,000
Mr. Chancellor.

498
00:41:10,000 --> 00:41:18,000
I was looking at, it's on page one of your letter, Ardo.

499
00:41:18,000 --> 00:41:19,000
Yes.

500
00:41:19,000 --> 00:41:21,000
And it says, considering the upcoming repaying project,

501
00:41:21,000 --> 00:41:24,000
scheduled for Lafayette Drive, before the end of calendar year 2020,

502
00:41:24,000 --> 00:41:27,000
and South Illinois is having a near Lafayette Drive,

503
00:41:27,000 --> 00:41:31,000
is there anybody in here who thinks that New York Avenue is not worse

504
00:41:31,000 --> 00:41:34,000
than Illinois Avenue?

505
00:41:34,000 --> 00:41:39,000
I mean, is that out?

506
00:41:39,000 --> 00:41:40,000
I think it might be because-

507
00:41:40,000 --> 00:41:42,000
That's the different item, isn't it?

508
00:41:42,000 --> 00:41:43,000
No, it's right here to say,

509
00:41:43,000 --> 00:41:47,000
on the electric record, about parts of the radar protection system.

510
00:41:47,000 --> 00:41:50,000
It's the next to the last paragraph on the letter.

511
00:41:50,000 --> 00:41:54,000
And I was just wondering how did South Illinois's avenue

512
00:41:54,000 --> 00:41:57,000
get selected over a street that I think is far worse,

513
00:41:57,000 --> 00:42:00,000
and it may be because that's the state highway.

514
00:42:00,000 --> 00:42:06,000
Mr. Mr. Ansley, by May the difference is that the Lafayette Drive project

515
00:42:06,000 --> 00:42:11,000
is a city project along with New York Avenue.

516
00:42:11,000 --> 00:42:15,000
Illinois Avenue is scheduled by the state using state funds,

517
00:42:15,000 --> 00:42:18,000
and they have scheduled that work to be done next year.

518
00:42:18,000 --> 00:42:21,000
That's the answer, thank you.

519
00:42:21,000 --> 00:42:23,000
Any other questions?

520
00:42:23,000 --> 00:42:25,000
Okay, we can go ahead and vote on this.

521
00:42:25,000 --> 00:42:27,000
Are those in favour?

522
00:42:27,000 --> 00:42:29,000
Sign if I'm the saying aye, please?

523
00:42:29,000 --> 00:42:30,000
Any opposed?

524
00:42:30,000 --> 00:42:33,000
Okay, motion carries.

525
00:42:33,000 --> 00:42:34,000
Okay.

526
00:42:34,000 --> 00:42:38,000
We're going to go on to our next part,

527
00:42:38,000 --> 00:42:43,000
and now those are our ordinances.

528
00:42:43,000 --> 00:42:47,000
And we do not need a public hearing for this.

529
00:42:47,000 --> 00:42:51,000
So you want to go, you have the language.

530
00:42:51,000 --> 00:42:52,000
The new language.

531
00:42:52,000 --> 00:42:53,000
Yes.

532
00:42:53,000 --> 00:42:55,000
We don't have public hearing.

533
00:42:55,000 --> 00:42:59,000
No public hearing is required on either one of these ordinances.

534
00:42:59,000 --> 00:43:01,000
I'm going to go ahead and read the language.

535
00:43:01,000 --> 00:43:04,000
I know our mayor's going to love this language when he comes back.

536
00:43:04,000 --> 00:43:06,000
So here we go.

537
00:43:06,000 --> 00:43:09,000
As we move on to the next agenda items,

538
00:43:09,000 --> 00:43:18,000
the chair shall recognize the citizens' opportunity to comment on items that are under consideration by the council as part of the formal agenda.

539
00:43:18,000 --> 00:43:26,000
There shall recognize members of the public after all council members have been given an opportunity to be heard on an individual item.

540
00:43:26,000 --> 00:43:34,000
A citizen will raise his or her hand and after recognition by the chair proceed to the public lectern and state his or her name and address.

541
00:43:34,000 --> 00:43:39,000
Upon recognition by the chair, members of the public may speak for up to three minutes.

542
00:43:39,000 --> 00:43:46,000
Women's statements may also be filed with the city clerk who shall distribute them to the council at the earliest possible time.

543
00:43:46,000 --> 00:43:50,000
Again, this pertains to items that are on tonight's agenda.

544
00:43:50,000 --> 00:43:54,000
That's again, items that are on tonight's agenda.

545
00:43:54,000 --> 00:44:02,000
There will be an opportunity for citizens to speak on non agenda items and the appearance of citizen section later in the agenda.

546
00:44:02,000 --> 00:44:03,000
Okay.

547
00:44:03,000 --> 00:44:05,000
Madam Clerk next item.

548
00:44:05,000 --> 00:44:06,000
Okay.

549
00:44:06,000 --> 00:44:13,000
Under final adoption of ordinances, you have an ordinance to amend ordinance number 21-82 as amended.

550
00:44:13,000 --> 00:44:29,000
By deleting the provision of section 13 pertaining to the schedule of wastewater rates in its entirety and substituting there for a new schedule of wastewater rates and to change all references to wastewater to sewer for clarity and ease of understanding.

551
00:44:29,000 --> 00:44:33,000
We have a motion to adopt in the second.

552
00:44:33,000 --> 00:44:39,000
I'm going to call on interim C Manager Jack Sides to clarify please.

553
00:44:39,000 --> 00:44:41,000
Thank you Mr. Mayor Pro Tem.

554
00:44:41,000 --> 00:44:44,000
This is the second meeting of an ordinance to adjust sewer rates.

555
00:44:44,000 --> 00:44:55,000
The adjustment is the minimum required to meet the mandate to the state to facilitate using the state-resolving fine loan to pay for the new water plant.

556
00:44:55,000 --> 00:44:58,000
Thanks for packing October of 2024.

557
00:44:58,000 --> 00:44:59,000
Okay.

558
00:45:00,000 --> 00:45:09,000
Are there any questions from council? Okay. Seeing none, we're going to go to the board.

559
00:45:09,000 --> 00:45:15,000
Oh, okay. Nobody race their hand.

560
00:45:15,000 --> 00:45:23,000
Let me be very fair. Would anybody care to address this ordinance in the audience?

561
00:45:23,000 --> 00:45:38,000
Okay. I don't see it. Just a little bit. So, we're going to ask everybody if anybody has a question about every ordinance and resolution that we're voting on tonight.

562
00:45:53,000 --> 00:46:07,000
Sorry, I didn't put my mic on. Making sure the public just knows that they have the ability to speak.

563
00:46:07,000 --> 00:46:14,000
But no. So, everybody in the room, if there's an item on the agenda that comes up just raise your hand when we get to that item.

564
00:46:14,000 --> 00:46:26,000
After Ms. Hickman reads the title and in that way, Mayor pretend Dotson will know to recognize you after council has assessed it.

565
00:46:26,000 --> 00:46:30,000
Thank you. Okay.

566
00:46:30,000 --> 00:46:41,000
Now, we're going to the board on this one.

567
00:46:41,000 --> 00:46:45,000
Please to adopt the ordinance.

568
00:46:45,000 --> 00:46:52,000
I six to zero motion passes.

569
00:46:52,000 --> 00:46:56,000
Okay. I'm going to go on to next item, Madam Clerk.

570
00:46:56,000 --> 00:47:09,000
And ordinance to amend the code of ordinance is city of Oak Ridge, Tennessee by creating a new title 23 title food trucks for the purpose of regulating mobile food spending within the city boundaries of the city of Oak Ridge, Tennessee.

571
00:47:09,000 --> 00:47:11,000
I'm going to move for approval.

572
00:47:11,000 --> 00:47:13,000
We have a motion in a second.

573
00:47:13,000 --> 00:47:18,000
Okay. I'm going to ask for clarification from Ms. Record, who has been working on this.

574
00:47:18,000 --> 00:47:25,000
Sure. So, the food truck ordinances before you for second reading there are no changes from the time that you had it on first reading.

575
00:47:25,000 --> 00:47:31,000
The questions that were asked at that meeting Councilman Smith asked about the no amplification provision.

576
00:47:31,000 --> 00:47:34,000
I did check with other cities that had food truck ordinances.

577
00:47:34,000 --> 00:47:42,000
None of them that responded to me said that that had been an issue in their city and that most of them used like a page or system kind of like you use in a restaurant.

578
00:47:42,000 --> 00:47:45,000
So, I didn't propose any modification to that.

579
00:47:45,000 --> 00:48:00,000
And then Councilman Hammond asked about the how we were going to communicate that and Lauren and I are going to submit that directly to the people who have the who have food trucks and Oak Ridge with the list that the fire department has of the inspections they've made.

580
00:48:00,000 --> 00:48:06,000
And then the other people that we might see around town that aren't on that list, so we'll make sure that we make direct contact.

581
00:48:06,000 --> 00:48:11,000
Thank you, Ms. Record. We have any questions or comments from Council.

582
00:48:11,000 --> 00:48:17,000
Seeing none, we'll go to the board. Motion is to adopt the ordinance.

583
00:48:17,000 --> 00:48:36,000
Ordnance passes 60. Madam clerk, will you go on to the next item on the agenda please.

584
00:48:36,000 --> 00:48:46,000
So, under resolutions, you have a resolution authorizing the purchase of privately held real property required for the further development of the Oak Ridge general aviation agency.

585
00:48:46,000 --> 00:48:52,000
General aviation airport and the total amount of non-million, $452,500.

586
00:48:52,000 --> 00:48:54,000
Okay.

587
00:48:54,000 --> 00:48:56,000
Have a motion to approve?

588
00:48:56,000 --> 00:48:57,000
Second.

589
00:48:57,000 --> 00:48:58,000
Okay.

590
00:48:58,000 --> 00:49:02,000
Have a motion in the second. Do you have anybody in the audience on this particular issue?

591
00:49:02,000 --> 00:49:04,000
All the month and that.

592
00:49:04,000 --> 00:49:05,000
Okay.

593
00:49:05,000 --> 00:49:08,000
Any discussion?

594
00:49:08,000 --> 00:49:10,000
Mr. SIGs.

595
00:49:11,000 --> 00:49:12,000
Thank you.

596
00:49:12,000 --> 00:49:14,000
Members, Council.

597
00:49:14,000 --> 00:49:17,000
This is an item that we discuss in a work session.

598
00:49:17,000 --> 00:49:21,000
And then also, I update you on earlier, it's the purchase of three buildings.

599
00:49:21,000 --> 00:49:31,000
By willing sellers, there was the appropriate steps taken as required by the FAA, which includes the time limit for making the purchase.

600
00:49:31,000 --> 00:49:35,000
Ms. Kind of more has been working closely with us, and she's the technical expert.

601
00:49:35,000 --> 00:49:39,000
Is there any questions about the procedure anything that we did?

602
00:49:39,000 --> 00:49:41,000
Okay.

603
00:49:41,000 --> 00:49:45,000
Any comments or questions from Council?

604
00:49:45,000 --> 00:49:46,000
Councilwoman Smith.

605
00:49:46,000 --> 00:49:54,000
I guess it's worth saying, and I believe this is true, that the funds for this are available from a federal source.

606
00:49:54,000 --> 00:49:57,000
They're not a state federal state source.

607
00:49:57,000 --> 00:49:59,000
They're not coming out of city budget.

608
00:49:59,000 --> 00:50:00,000
That's correct.

609
00:50:00,000 --> 00:50:01,000
From a state appropriation?

610
00:50:01,000 --> 00:50:02,000
Yeah.

611
00:50:02,000 --> 00:50:03,000
Okay.

612
00:50:03,000 --> 00:50:05,000
That's the question people may have.

613
00:50:05,000 --> 00:50:06,000
Thanks.

614
00:50:07,000 --> 00:50:08,000
That was my same question.

615
00:50:08,000 --> 00:50:11,000
How much is available from the state appropriations?

616
00:50:11,000 --> 00:50:13,000
We have 11 million dollars.

617
00:50:13,000 --> 00:50:14,000
The whole time.

618
00:50:14,000 --> 00:50:15,000
Thank you.

619
00:50:15,000 --> 00:50:16,000
But you're all right.

620
00:50:19,000 --> 00:50:21,000
Any other questions or comments?

621
00:50:21,000 --> 00:50:24,000
Seeing that, we'll go to the board.

622
00:50:29,000 --> 00:50:31,000
How should I approve the resolution?

623
00:50:37,000 --> 00:50:40,000
Six hour resolution is approved.

624
00:50:40,000 --> 00:50:42,000
Next item on the agenda, Madam Clerk.

625
00:50:42,000 --> 00:50:45,000
I resolution and wording a contract to Roger's group,

626
00:50:45,000 --> 00:50:48,000
Incorporated of Knoxville, Tennessee, for street milling and

627
00:50:48,000 --> 00:50:51,000
resurfacing of designated city streets, and an amount not to exceed

628
00:50:51,000 --> 00:50:56,000
1,165,465 dollars and 40 cents.

629
00:50:56,000 --> 00:50:57,000
Okay.

630
00:50:57,000 --> 00:50:58,000
Motion.

631
00:50:58,000 --> 00:51:01,000
I've been second.

632
00:51:01,000 --> 00:51:04,000
Roger, would you like to tell us a little bit about this?

633
00:51:05,000 --> 00:51:06,000
Just what it says.

634
00:51:06,000 --> 00:51:08,000
We're going to do New York Avenue in a lot of the air.

635
00:51:08,000 --> 00:51:10,000
I can't imagine anybody's going to complain.

636
00:51:10,000 --> 00:51:11,000
Okay.

637
00:51:11,000 --> 00:51:12,000
Yeah.

638
00:51:12,000 --> 00:51:13,000
We are going to finally get those.

639
00:51:13,000 --> 00:51:14,000
Okay.

640
00:51:14,000 --> 00:51:16,000
Any questions from council?

641
00:51:16,000 --> 00:51:17,000
Miss Smith.

642
00:51:17,000 --> 00:51:18,000
Yeah.

643
00:51:18,000 --> 00:51:20,000
This kind of relates council and Leslie's question.

644
00:51:20,000 --> 00:51:24,000
I don't believe these are the only streets we're going to pave this year.

645
00:51:24,000 --> 00:51:27,000
I recall that there's a fairly large budget for street paving.

646
00:51:27,000 --> 00:51:30,000
So this is this is sort of the first.

647
00:51:30,000 --> 00:51:32,000
The first potentially the first of several.

648
00:51:32,000 --> 00:51:35,000
We have, we have more than two streets that need paving.

649
00:51:35,000 --> 00:51:39,000
And these clearly are high on the list for good reason.

650
00:51:39,000 --> 00:51:45,000
But just wanted to clarify whether what's going to happen after this during the current

651
00:51:45,000 --> 00:51:48,000
fiscal year.

652
00:51:48,000 --> 00:51:50,000
Mr. Barge, if you'd like to play in on this.

653
00:51:50,000 --> 00:51:52,000
Go ahead and take the mic.

654
00:51:52,000 --> 00:51:53,000
Yes.

655
00:51:53,000 --> 00:51:56,000
So these two streets we had previously already planned to pave.

656
00:51:56,000 --> 00:51:59,000
We're moving forward with paving them initially.

657
00:51:59,000 --> 00:52:00,000
Yes.

658
00:52:00,000 --> 00:52:04,000
We do have a long list of other streets to pay that we have prioritized.

659
00:52:04,000 --> 00:52:06,000
And we're working through that as well.

660
00:52:06,000 --> 00:52:08,000
So we'll be coming back with more paving.

661
00:52:08,000 --> 00:52:12,000
So these are basically last year's projects that we're catching up on finally.

662
00:52:12,000 --> 00:52:14,000
New York is last year's that we're catching up on.

663
00:52:14,000 --> 00:52:16,000
And Lafayette was one that we were looking at.

664
00:52:16,000 --> 00:52:19,000
It was going to take the majority of a paving budget to do.

665
00:52:19,000 --> 00:52:22,000
So then once you allocated those additional funds, we're able to basically take this.

666
00:52:22,000 --> 00:52:23,000
Move forward with these.

667
00:52:23,000 --> 00:52:26,000
And then we have that additional funding to do what we would normally do.

668
00:52:26,000 --> 00:52:27,000
Okay.

669
00:52:27,000 --> 00:52:28,000
Appreciate that.

670
00:52:28,000 --> 00:52:29,000
Thank you.

671
00:52:29,000 --> 00:52:30,000
Construction projects.

672
00:52:30,000 --> 00:52:34,000
We're going to be following particularly the new water line on Scarborough.

673
00:52:34,000 --> 00:52:37,000
Your next item, which is the worst out of the water line.

674
00:52:37,000 --> 00:52:41,000
We'll be paving the part of it that we don't have.

675
00:52:41,000 --> 00:52:43,000
With that water line project to.

676
00:52:43,000 --> 00:52:47,000
So there's probably four five projects better in queue.

677
00:52:47,000 --> 00:52:48,000
Thanks.

678
00:52:48,000 --> 00:52:49,000
Okay.

679
00:52:49,000 --> 00:52:53,000
Any other questions regarding resolution B.

680
00:52:53,000 --> 00:52:55,000
Seeing none.

681
00:52:55,000 --> 00:52:57,000
Let's go to the board.

682
00:52:57,000 --> 00:53:11,000
Resolution passes.

683
00:53:11,000 --> 00:53:12,000
60.

684
00:53:12,000 --> 00:53:14,000
Let's move on to the next item.

685
00:53:14,000 --> 00:53:15,000
Item C.

686
00:53:15,000 --> 00:53:16,000
Madam Clerk.

687
00:53:16,000 --> 00:53:18,000
A resolution awarding a contract to Braxton,

688
00:53:18,000 --> 00:53:21,000
Tracking Incorporated of not full Tennessee.

689
00:53:21,000 --> 00:53:25,000
For phase one and phase two of the West Outer Drive water line replacement project.

690
00:53:25,000 --> 00:53:33,000
And then amount not to exceed one million three hundred and twelve thousand five hundred twenty dollars and thirty two cents.

691
00:53:33,000 --> 00:53:35,000
I've been moved in second.

692
00:53:35,000 --> 00:53:38,000
Roger, since you're already up there, would you like to come in?

693
00:53:38,000 --> 00:53:41,000
This is the project that we bought the material for last year.

694
00:53:41,000 --> 00:53:46,000
We went ahead and bought it in advance because we knew we were going to have long lead times on it.

695
00:53:46,000 --> 00:53:49,000
We also knew that we were going to have cost increases.

696
00:53:49,000 --> 00:53:52,000
So we've actually, you know, pre-bought this material.

697
00:53:52,000 --> 00:53:54,000
We're now beating the labor.

698
00:53:54,000 --> 00:53:56,000
Well, of course, get this installed.

699
00:53:56,000 --> 00:53:58,000
This particular line.

700
00:53:58,000 --> 00:53:59,000
I looked.

701
00:53:59,000 --> 00:54:00,000
I looked.

702
00:54:00,000 --> 00:54:01,000
I looked at the history of it today.

703
00:54:01,000 --> 00:54:04,000
It's had nine failures on it within the area we're working on.

704
00:54:04,000 --> 00:54:08,000
Eight of the nine have been since 2018.

705
00:54:08,000 --> 00:54:10,000
Okay.

706
00:54:10,000 --> 00:54:13,000
Any other council member would like to come in?

707
00:54:13,000 --> 00:54:14,000
Councilman hope.

708
00:54:14,000 --> 00:54:15,000
Roger, just to clarify.

709
00:54:15,000 --> 00:54:19,000
This is basically just west of Illinois Avenue.

710
00:54:19,000 --> 00:54:25,000
Up to with the water tank reservoir is just above Louisiana Avenue.

711
00:54:25,000 --> 00:54:27,000
That's what this is.

712
00:54:27,000 --> 00:54:28,000
There's a third phase.

713
00:54:28,000 --> 00:54:33,000
A second design to go across Illinois east.

714
00:54:33,000 --> 00:54:35,000
And then go to.

715
00:54:35,000 --> 00:54:37,000
Trying to remember the cross street.

716
00:54:37,000 --> 00:54:43,000
Several hundred feet to where we timed that line that we brought up in the reservoir.

717
00:54:43,000 --> 00:54:45,000
A few years ago, we kind of.

718
00:54:45,000 --> 00:54:49,000
We're going to talk back into that.

719
00:54:49,000 --> 00:54:50,000
Okay.

720
00:54:50,000 --> 00:54:51,000
Thank you.

721
00:54:51,000 --> 00:54:52,000
Okay.

722
00:54:52,000 --> 00:54:53,000
Miss Smith.

723
00:54:53,000 --> 00:54:55,000
Comment on the budget for this.

724
00:54:55,000 --> 00:54:59,000
I believe most of all of this is coming from federal funds.

725
00:54:59,000 --> 00:55:02,000
This is more from the American recovery plan.

726
00:55:02,000 --> 00:55:03,000
Correct.

727
00:55:03,000 --> 00:55:04,000
Yeah.

728
00:55:04,000 --> 00:55:07,000
So that's good for people to know what we're doing.

729
00:55:07,000 --> 00:55:08,000
What we're spending sometimes.

730
00:55:08,000 --> 00:55:09,000
Don't appreciate that.

731
00:55:09,000 --> 00:55:10,000
Yeah.

732
00:55:10,000 --> 00:55:12,000
We're starting to bring those projects to fruition now.

733
00:55:12,000 --> 00:55:13,000
Thanks.

734
00:55:13,000 --> 00:55:14,000
Okay.

735
00:55:14,000 --> 00:55:15,000
Thank you, Miss Smith.

736
00:55:15,000 --> 00:55:17,000
Any other questions from council?

737
00:55:17,000 --> 00:55:18,000
Seeing none.

738
00:55:18,000 --> 00:55:19,000
Let's go to the board.

739
00:55:19,000 --> 00:55:23,000
Motion is to approve the resolution.

740
00:55:23,000 --> 00:55:31,000
6O.

741
00:55:31,000 --> 00:55:33,000
Resolution is approved.

742
00:55:33,000 --> 00:55:36,000
Madam Clerk, will you go to item D please?

743
00:55:36,000 --> 00:55:42,000
A resolution authorizing the city to accept a grant from the State of Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation.

744
00:55:42,000 --> 00:55:51,000
And the amount of $3,189,584 in non-sense with a local match of $1,408,615.

745
00:55:51,000 --> 00:55:52,000
Not even since.

746
00:55:52,000 --> 00:55:57,000
But designated water and wastewater infrastructure projects.

747
00:55:57,000 --> 00:55:59,000
Move to second.

748
00:55:59,000 --> 00:56:01,000
This merge.

749
00:56:01,000 --> 00:56:02,000
Yes.

750
00:56:02,000 --> 00:56:06,000
The state received funding through the offer program as well.

751
00:56:06,000 --> 00:56:11,000
And then designated non-competitive grants to municipalities and

752
00:56:11,000 --> 00:56:13,000
counties.

753
00:56:13,000 --> 00:56:23,000
Our grant amount is this $3,189,000 in some change money, which is a significant amount.

754
00:56:23,000 --> 00:56:26,000
And through this process, we've basically.

755
00:56:26,000 --> 00:56:28,000
We received a designated amount.

756
00:56:28,000 --> 00:56:33,000
Anderson County received a designated amount, which they didn't.

757
00:56:33,000 --> 00:56:36,000
They gave a portion to us.

758
00:56:36,000 --> 00:56:39,000
And Ron County received a designated amount.

759
00:56:39,000 --> 00:56:42,000
And they also gave a portion to us.

760
00:56:42,000 --> 00:56:48,000
So we're very thankful to both Anderson County and Ron County for that.

761
00:56:48,000 --> 00:56:54,000
We had to go through the process of putting the grant together and applying for it.

762
00:56:54,000 --> 00:56:59,000
And then obviously once that was done with the being non-competitive, we knew we were going to get it.

763
00:56:59,000 --> 00:57:02,000
So now we're coming to you saying yes we would like to take this money.

764
00:57:02,000 --> 00:57:04,000
It is the federal funding.

765
00:57:04,000 --> 00:57:08,000
We're using our federal funding dollars and then as part of the match for this as well.

766
00:57:08,000 --> 00:57:13,000
So it's not really coming out of our tax amount.

767
00:57:13,000 --> 00:57:15,000
The city's tax dollars.

768
00:57:15,000 --> 00:57:19,000
So it's our chance to spend this money that's been designated to us.

769
00:57:19,000 --> 00:57:23,000
And then also note that the projects were bringing forward.

770
00:57:23,000 --> 00:57:29,000
We're well ahead of the game for as opposed to municipalities that are only going this route.

771
00:57:29,000 --> 00:57:33,000
Because we're actually getting our projects out the door for.

772
00:57:33,000 --> 00:57:38,000
So, but this is the remainder of the money that we have been given through Arpa.

773
00:57:38,000 --> 00:57:40,000
The Mr. Hinsley.

774
00:57:40,000 --> 00:57:41,000
Yeah.

775
00:57:41,000 --> 00:57:47,000
Mr. Burst on the bottom of the letter from Udo to Mr. Sugs.

776
00:57:47,000 --> 00:57:54,000
It says the replacement of outdated equipment at lift stations in the preserve neighborhood in Ron County and the replacement of outdated equipment.

777
00:57:54,000 --> 00:57:59,000
Okay. Well, the preserve really hadn't historically had really been there that long.

778
00:57:59,000 --> 00:58:05,000
Is that why? Why are there outdated equipment and does that reflect what we may have accepted when it was built?

779
00:58:05,000 --> 00:58:12,000
So the money we received from Ron County needs to be spent in Ron County.

780
00:58:12,000 --> 00:58:21,000
And for the most part our infrastructure in Ron County is newer and in the only good condition.

781
00:58:21,000 --> 00:58:28,000
This is what we're doing is basically upgrading the control panels at those lift stations.

782
00:58:28,000 --> 00:58:31,000
And then Oak Hills is in some ways a capacity.

783
00:58:31,000 --> 00:58:42,000
Is she where the neighborhood is just grown beyond what we anticipated would be coming through that lift station.

784
00:58:42,000 --> 00:58:45,000
Charlie, the replacement control system.

785
00:58:45,000 --> 00:58:46,000
Correct.

786
00:58:46,000 --> 00:58:48,000
Thank you.

787
00:58:49,000 --> 00:58:52,000
Okay. Are there any other questions from council?

788
00:58:52,000 --> 00:58:58,000
Okay. The motion is to authorize to accept the American Recovery Plan Act.

789
00:58:58,000 --> 00:59:03,000
Non-compliance grant through Tennessee Department of Environmental and Conservation.

790
00:59:03,000 --> 00:59:06,000
And the motion is to approve.

791
00:59:06,000 --> 00:59:20,000
Six out of resolution is approved.

792
00:59:20,000 --> 00:59:23,000
Item number E, Madam Clerk.

793
00:59:23,000 --> 00:59:30,000
A resolution awarding a contract to cram coatings and restoration and division of cram LLC.

794
00:59:30,000 --> 00:59:37,000
We have a council for repair rehabilitation and modifications to the 3MG concrete reservoir at the water treatment plant.

795
00:59:37,000 --> 00:59:43,000
And an amount not to exceed 1,757,800 dollars.

796
00:59:43,000 --> 00:59:45,000
Moving in second. All those.

797
00:59:45,000 --> 00:59:48,000
Well, not yet.

798
00:59:48,000 --> 00:59:52,000
So I see Patrick Berger still there. Would you please comment?

799
00:59:52,000 --> 00:59:57,000
Yes. So when we decided to build a new water treatment plant.

800
00:59:57,000 --> 01:00:00,000
We evaluated options for where we wanted.

801
01:00:00,000 --> 01:00:17,000
The reservoirs for the city to be located. Ultimately, what we decided to do is reuse the reservoirs at the current treatment plant site. Those reservoirs were going to be elevated anyway, so it's not negative that they're located on top of the hill on like pumping the raw water.

802
01:00:17,000 --> 01:00:27,000
And in this case, we've got a 3 million and a 4 million gallon reservoir. The 3 million gallon reservoirs and considerably better shape than the 4 million.

803
01:00:27,000 --> 01:00:39,000
So we're going to go ahead with the rehabilitation of that tank now, which then will allow us once the new plant is completed to take the 4 million gallon completely out of service and lightly rebuild.

804
01:00:39,000 --> 01:00:46,000
This is right along the lines of what we thought this was going to come in at, so we feel this is a good bid.

805
01:00:46,000 --> 01:00:56,000
We're happy with the company that's generally considered the standard in the southeast as well, so it's basically our reservoir for the city.

806
01:00:56,000 --> 01:01:01,000
Thank you Mr. Merge. Anyone on council would like to comment? Mr. Hinsley.

807
01:01:01,000 --> 01:01:16,000
Yeah, I notice in there just for public record, the DOE is paying 1.757, 800, 800, it's eligible at 50% reimbursement from DOE. That's a good thing.

808
01:01:16,000 --> 01:01:25,000
Thank you, Mr. Hinsley. Anyone else? If not, we'll go to the board and the resolution is rehabilitation and modifications of 3MG concrete.

809
01:01:25,000 --> 01:01:39,000
Reservoir.

810
01:01:39,000 --> 01:01:45,000
6, approval of resolution, move on to Adam F.

811
01:01:45,000 --> 01:02:00,000
A resolution waving competitive bid is making an award to the best providers for furnishing chemicals to the water treatment plant for fiscal year, 2024, and an amount not to exceed $650,000.

812
01:02:00,000 --> 01:02:04,000
Mr. Merge, let you comment on this.

813
01:02:04,000 --> 01:02:21,000
This is an annual order. We bring these every year. This one is just particularly large, but these are the chemicals we use in the treatment of our water and wastewater, both for distribution and then placing back in the receiving stream.

814
01:02:21,000 --> 01:02:31,000
Your primary expenses are going to be your polymer, and so do not have a chloride bleach disinfectant out in the water distribution system.

815
01:02:31,000 --> 01:02:44,000
And then you're also going to have some cost-exotent ferric chloride at the wastewater treatment plant. You'll see an additional line that has gone up in recent years, and that is the per manganet.

816
01:02:44,000 --> 01:03:00,000
The reason that is showing up at a higher amount, we are feeding that more several years ago, we had an issue where we getting a lot of discolored water claims, and so we kind of worked with some of our consultants in their recommendation was to feed that at a higher rate.

817
01:03:00,000 --> 01:03:05,000
Since that time, we have had basically no significant complaints about that.

818
01:03:05,000 --> 01:03:08,000
Thank you, Mr. Merge. Councilwoman Smith, please.

819
01:03:08,000 --> 01:03:15,000
Yeah, just a procedural question on this and other items, many of which we already approved in a consent agenda.

820
01:03:15,000 --> 01:03:29,000
When we have routine purchases with several potential vendors, I believe that there are contacts made with those vendors before you place a purchase to basically check the price real time basis. Is that accurate?

821
01:03:29,000 --> 01:03:34,000
Just for people understand what we're doing when we wave competitive bids on something like this.

822
01:03:34,000 --> 01:03:44,000
That is correct for the wastewater treatment plant, the water treatment plant, they have to be able to come through security at Y-12.

823
01:03:44,000 --> 01:03:51,000
And at this point in time, DiCo has been the only one that we've been able to get to agreement to allow them to bring their chemicals up to the plant.

824
01:03:51,000 --> 01:03:54,000
Okay, but that may change when we have a new plant.

825
01:03:54,000 --> 01:03:55,000
Oh, definitely.

826
01:03:55,000 --> 01:03:56,000
Okay, thanks.

827
01:03:56,000 --> 01:04:01,000
I can just smell any other questions from Council.

828
01:04:01,000 --> 01:04:09,000
Okay, the motion of the resolution is annual order treatment plant chemicals, we're on the board.

829
01:04:21,000 --> 01:04:26,000
6O, resolution is approved. Madam Clerk, item G, please.

830
01:04:26,000 --> 01:04:36,000
A resolution authorizing a professional services agreement with Patterson and Dwarr engineers incorporated of Gallatin Tennessee for consulting services and support related to the study,

831
01:04:36,000 --> 01:04:45,000
design and implementation of the city's electric grid modernization over the next two fiscal years and an amount not to exceed $955,000.

832
01:04:45,000 --> 01:04:49,000
Okay, moved in second.

833
01:04:50,000 --> 01:04:51,000
Okay, art.

834
01:04:51,000 --> 01:04:53,000
Airport timing council.

835
01:04:53,000 --> 01:05:10,000
This resolution of President agreement was Patterson and Dwarr, which would allow us to continue our successful partnership to help us modernize our grid, which is a major effort that the interim city manager has initiated a few years ago.

836
01:05:10,000 --> 01:05:18,000
And it is a major undertaking, so every year or two year we consult with this.

837
01:05:18,000 --> 01:05:23,000
We consult with this firm in order to help us implement some of these projects.

838
01:05:23,000 --> 01:05:28,000
So now next two years we intend on.

839
01:05:28,000 --> 01:05:39,000
The memo highlights a few projects that we intend on implementing in the next two years, but the scope of work that's attached to this will highlight more in detail what we plan on doing in the next.

840
01:05:40,000 --> 01:05:42,000
And the next two fiscal years.

841
01:05:42,000 --> 01:05:53,000
Some of this project will entail the construction of a 69 line between a substation that's in central between two substation in central Oak Ridge.

842
01:05:53,000 --> 01:06:00,000
One of them is near Tuskegee, the other one is near Oak Ridge Turnpike and South LN and Illinois.

843
01:06:00,000 --> 01:06:10,000
Adding the circuit will enhance our redundancy and our transmission network, which will pave out a possibility of a cell healing system sometime in the future.

844
01:06:10,000 --> 01:06:18,000
The other thing that they're going to help us with is the skater system, which is a supervisory control and data acquisition.

845
01:06:18,000 --> 01:06:24,000
We try to implement at least one substation a year and now we've completed four out of nine.

846
01:06:24,000 --> 01:06:37,000
And we're going to, with this year we'll help us complete one of the substation one the middle of and then the fallen fiscal year we'll have the will tackle another substation.

847
01:06:37,000 --> 01:06:49,000
This will allow us to be more responsive and be able to monitor our grid in real time and which will over time help us transition from manual to remote operation.

848
01:06:49,000 --> 01:07:03,000
The other the other item that they will keep helping us with is our automated metering infrastructure project we're in phase one and hopefully we're able to start implementing that towards the end of this year.

849
01:07:03,000 --> 01:07:15,000
And for the following year after that start implementing phase two as we're able to get the meters that you've helped us start giving the PO during the last meeting.

850
01:07:15,000 --> 01:07:32,000
This will really enhance our metering capabilities, this is just going to be no it's not just going to be about reading meters it's going to benefit our customers in multiple ways as far and and our utility as well.

851
01:07:32,000 --> 01:07:44,000
As we implement these technologies this from will also help us make sure that we're not vulnerable to cyber attacks and there will help us figure out the threat star.

852
01:07:44,000 --> 01:07:50,000
There are possible and be able to button that up and keep us from getting attacked.

853
01:07:50,000 --> 01:08:04,000
The other thing this which is about a third this which would be them helping us design from the bottom up substation from the newly acquired line from DOE across the horizon center.

854
01:08:04,000 --> 01:08:16,000
They'll keep they'll help they'll help us design the complete substation from and all the nuts and bowls and have that red that path those packets ready and have a grading.

855
01:08:16,000 --> 01:08:28,000
I have the grading also ready to wear if it's a matter of time before the horizon center or the air decide to wear there is a customer or customer to come in needing power and it wouldn't have to come from there.

856
01:08:28,000 --> 01:08:41,000
So that will allow us to be more responsive when the customer shows up and where we don't have to wait for a year or six months for the substation to be designed when the customer shows up we have a design ready.

857
01:08:41,000 --> 01:08:51,000
And we can tell them there is a site that's already been graded and ready and there it is so that will help us be more responsive.

858
01:08:51,000 --> 01:09:06,000
There will also help us with another other project related to general engineering design and specifications and this will allow us to basically be able to be more responsive to customers.

859
01:09:06,000 --> 01:09:12,000
And with the general engineering services and help us modernize our grid one step at a time.

860
01:09:12,000 --> 01:09:14,000
Thank you Mr. Paul.

861
01:09:14,000 --> 01:09:16,000
We have any questions.

862
01:09:16,000 --> 01:09:18,000
Okay, let's go to the board.

863
01:09:18,000 --> 01:09:24,000
The resolution is to prove professional service agreement for the electrical grid modernization.

864
01:09:37,000 --> 01:09:40,000
6L resolution passes.

865
01:09:40,000 --> 01:09:42,000
Item H.

866
01:09:42,000 --> 01:09:43,000
Item Clerk.

867
01:09:43,000 --> 01:09:59,000
And resolution authorizing a professional services agreement with eB consulting of Clinton Tennessee for consulting services related to electric distribution reliability and resiliency in an amount not to exceed 50,000 dollars.

868
01:10:00,000 --> 01:10:02,000
Thank you Mr. Paul.

869
01:10:02,000 --> 01:10:04,000
Thank you for staying up there.

870
01:10:04,000 --> 01:10:05,000
Thank you.

871
01:10:05,000 --> 01:10:16,000
This resolution allows us to get into to have an agreement with eB consulting to help us with distribution automation which is right in line with the grid modernization.

872
01:10:16,000 --> 01:10:28,000
This this will basically allow us to have a test bed of distribution automation using what we call freezer which is a photocating system.

873
01:10:28,000 --> 01:10:32,000
We call location isolation and system restoration.

874
01:10:32,000 --> 01:10:53,000
And as basically what we the what this is we'll have a combination of three circuits and put up a system where if a tree for the trillion falls in a line or any at any given circuit to other system is smart enough to re to isolate the problem and re route the power to as many customers as possible.

875
01:10:53,000 --> 01:11:06,000
And instead of the whole circuit being out or a portion of our half the circuit being out out it is devices will be strategically located to where only where the issue is.

876
01:11:06,000 --> 01:11:19,000
Only where we have issues is where the problem is where the problem is going to stay and the rest of the rest of the power will basically every all the other customers will basically have their power back on.

877
01:11:19,000 --> 01:11:32,000
So this will help us finish the design of a test bed out in the west and based on the result and how we see performing over there we'll try to get that spread out throughout town.

878
01:11:32,000 --> 01:11:35,000
Okay. Thank you Mr. Bob. Mr. Hinsley.

879
01:11:35,000 --> 01:11:41,000
Yeah Mr. Bire with the previous security.

880
01:11:42,000 --> 01:11:50,000
This one is identifying potential vulnerabilities and threats related to these two contractors going to work together as these projects go on.

881
01:11:50,000 --> 01:11:55,000
As this project go on they they don't have direct contact.

882
01:11:55,000 --> 01:12:06,000
So we we will basically be the hub and be able to and be able to communicate and between them their kind of isolated but it's all time.

883
01:12:07,000 --> 01:12:13,000
That is correct and review as it goes long so you don't get that is correct. Okay. Yes.

884
01:12:13,000 --> 01:12:16,000
Any other questions or comments.

885
01:12:16,000 --> 01:12:23,000
Okay. The resolution is to approve a professional service agreement for electrical distribution reliability and we're on the board.

886
01:12:23,000 --> 01:12:40,000
Six out of the resolution is approved item letter I.

887
01:12:40,000 --> 01:12:42,000
Thank you Mr. Bob.

888
01:12:42,000 --> 01:12:52,000
A resolution authorizing the city to applaud for and accept if awarded a school resource officer program grant from the state of Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security.

889
01:12:52,000 --> 01:13:02,000
To fund the cost of placing an SRO in seven public schools in Oak Ridge.

890
01:13:02,000 --> 01:13:07,000
Thank you and before you start please chief Smith long time coming.

891
01:13:07,000 --> 01:13:14,000
I am looking forward to seeing more of our police presence in our schools and for one somebody who is a school teacher.

892
01:13:14,000 --> 01:13:21,000
It's made the world of difference in our schools not just as a reactive measure but also a proactive measure.

893
01:13:21,000 --> 01:13:34,000
So this is something that we've looked for for a long time and I really appreciate you and your staff working on this force.

894
01:13:34,000 --> 01:13:42,000
That provides about 75 of about provides up to $75,000 per school K through 12.

895
01:13:42,000 --> 01:13:53,000
So we have seven schools that qualify for that this time there could be additional grants that come later that will that possibly could cover preschool and alternative school doesn't cover that this time.

896
01:13:53,000 --> 01:13:59,000
The money is not going to release for private schools at this time that's something that could be coming later.

897
01:13:59,000 --> 01:14:10,000
We'll we'll receive more information on it. So we're asking for permission to apply for grant that allows us to place seven school resource officers in our public schools at this time.

898
01:14:10,000 --> 01:14:13,000
There's also does not cover the cost of vehicles.

899
01:14:13,000 --> 01:14:22,000
The same five thousand dollars covers salary benefits, training, personal equipment and uniforms.

900
01:14:22,000 --> 01:14:24,000
Thank you, councilman.

901
01:14:24,000 --> 01:14:29,000
Yeah, it sounds like Chief Smith at the preschools on your radar, though.

902
01:14:29,000 --> 01:14:35,000
Something we're we just want to make sure we're staying within the scope of the grant and not ask for anything that we don't qualify.

903
01:14:35,000 --> 01:14:40,000
We don't want to do anything that messes up our ability to get this grant approved.

904
01:14:40,000 --> 01:14:42,000
Any other.

905
01:14:43,000 --> 01:14:44,000
Chief.

906
01:14:44,000 --> 01:14:49,000
So right now we we currently have three SRO officers.

907
01:14:49,000 --> 01:14:50,000
Yes sir.

908
01:14:50,000 --> 01:14:57,000
Is this in addition to those three that we're looking for seven or they'd be the three part of this grant.

909
01:14:57,000 --> 01:15:00,000
The three of the observed end of the grant it would actually take.

910
01:15:00,000 --> 01:15:06,000
We're paying for those positions. Okay. So those three officers will be funded by...

911
01:15:06,000 --> 01:15:14,000
If a word of those grants have you thought far enough out to what would be doing with those resources that are right now being used for that?

912
01:15:14,000 --> 01:15:25,000
Yes. Absolutely. One thing I like to do is put two of those positions in patrol. We didn't do that this year because we're not full staff.

913
01:15:25,000 --> 01:15:40,000
That's something we would have revisited later and been talking to Mr. Suggs about that. It's not an issue yet because we're not quite full staff. Especially with a new 70 positions just been added on. We were then one and been full staff before we had these seven positions on.

914
01:15:40,000 --> 01:15:46,000
One of those positions I'd like to make a supervisor over the school resource officers.

915
01:15:46,000 --> 01:15:49,000
Okay. Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Hinsley.

916
01:15:49,000 --> 01:15:57,000
Yeah. I noticed over here there's a difference in designation between a resource officer and a school security officer.

917
01:15:57,000 --> 01:16:03,000
Yes. And it says, can retired. The question was, can retired officers become school security officers.

918
01:16:03,000 --> 01:16:10,000
And as was yes, I think we, I mean, I can't speak for Bill Mow, but I can't imagine anybody better than him dealing with kids.

919
01:16:10,000 --> 01:16:13,000
I will not disagree with you on that. I love that kept Mow come back.

920
01:16:13,000 --> 01:16:18,000
Oh, absolutely. He was my kid scout leader and he was one of the best fellow to ever run into.

921
01:16:18,000 --> 01:16:21,000
So I mean, somebody like that with my volunteer, you know?

922
01:16:21,000 --> 01:16:28,000
And it's interesting. We have several officers that are currently in a house that have expressed interest in going over to this RO job.

923
01:16:28,000 --> 01:16:35,000
And so we will backfill those positions with police officers going in patrol.

924
01:16:35,000 --> 01:16:40,000
Chief Smith. I'm sorry. Chief Smith. I have another question.

925
01:16:40,000 --> 01:16:44,000
I think we currently have two that are being placed in our elementary school.

926
01:16:44,000 --> 01:16:49,000
Yes. One at Glenwood and Woodland and one at Willowbrook and Lyndon.

927
01:16:49,000 --> 01:16:51,000
Can you mention that?

928
01:16:51,000 --> 01:16:55,000
We just want to have one before the new school you're starting very soon.

929
01:16:55,000 --> 01:16:56,000
We moved to those.

930
01:16:56,000 --> 01:16:59,000
It gives us five because we know we have one is retiring very soon.

931
01:16:59,000 --> 01:17:00,000
Right.

932
01:17:00,000 --> 01:17:04,000
So it'll give us people already trained to take over those positions of people who the one who's leaving.

933
01:17:04,000 --> 01:17:07,000
We don't want to wait till after he leaves and then start training someone up.

934
01:17:07,000 --> 01:17:09,000
So he lives to get those people in position now.

935
01:17:09,000 --> 01:17:15,000
So we have one of those officers acting as a sergeant to help us get this new program off the ground.

936
01:17:15,000 --> 01:17:16,000
Okay.

937
01:17:16,000 --> 01:17:23,000
Yeah. I know by putting those in elementary schools is going to help our middle schools because they've been stretched among three schools.

938
01:17:23,000 --> 01:17:25,000
This last couple of years.

939
01:17:25,000 --> 01:17:26,000
Yes.

940
01:17:26,000 --> 01:17:27,000
Thank you so much for that.

941
01:17:27,000 --> 01:17:29,000
Any other comments or questions about this?

942
01:17:29,000 --> 01:17:31,000
I have a quote, a comment if I may.

943
01:17:31,000 --> 01:17:32,000
Yes sir.

944
01:17:32,000 --> 01:17:37,000
This isn't in the memo I did mention to you today, but just to give council heads up.

945
01:17:37,000 --> 01:17:43,000
When we were preparing this budget, this grant was not solidified enough for we felt comfortable budgeting for it.

946
01:17:43,000 --> 01:17:50,000
So when we received this budget and start spending the money, it's possible that we'll overspend our appropriation.

947
01:17:50,000 --> 01:17:57,000
If we do, just like every year, we normally go back and open up the school budget to accept any grants that they received.

948
01:17:57,000 --> 01:18:03,000
Towards the end of this year we may end up opening up the general fund to receive a to adjust the appropriation to handle this fund.

949
01:18:03,000 --> 01:18:07,000
So just let you know that may happen toward the end of the year.

950
01:18:07,000 --> 01:18:09,000
Thank you city manager.

951
01:18:09,000 --> 01:18:12,000
There are no other questions.

952
01:18:12,000 --> 01:18:13,000
We're going to go to the board.

953
01:18:13,000 --> 01:18:21,000
The resolution is to approve authorization to apply for and receive school resource officer program grant money.

954
01:18:21,000 --> 01:18:36,000
6O resolution is approved.

955
01:18:36,000 --> 01:18:38,000
Thank you chief.

956
01:18:38,000 --> 01:18:39,000
Adam Jay.

957
01:18:39,000 --> 01:18:40,000
I don't court.

958
01:18:40,000 --> 01:18:50,000
A resolution authorizing bids in an amount not to exceed 524,500 dollars for the annual order of various materials as required by the city during fiscal year 2020.

959
01:18:50,000 --> 01:18:54,000
Second.

960
01:18:54,000 --> 01:18:56,000
Moving to second.

961
01:18:56,000 --> 01:18:57,000
Okay.

962
01:18:57,000 --> 01:18:58,000
Mr. Sugs.

963
01:18:58,000 --> 01:19:05,000
So this is the annual contract that we award several contracts for use in the warehouse.

964
01:19:05,000 --> 01:19:11,000
Some of the items have been bid and those that have the prices associated with them.

965
01:19:11,000 --> 01:19:16,000
Others would be bid based on with consideration to the every time.

966
01:19:16,000 --> 01:19:20,000
Mr. Sugs is capable of answering any specific questions.

967
01:19:20,000 --> 01:19:24,000
I'm sure that you have on the topic.

968
01:19:24,000 --> 01:19:28,000
Any council members.

969
01:19:28,000 --> 01:19:29,000
This is a question.

970
01:19:29,000 --> 01:19:31,000
Do we feel good about the bids this year?

971
01:19:31,000 --> 01:19:34,000
Are they are they high compared to previous years?

972
01:19:34,000 --> 01:19:35,000
Are they the ballpark?

973
01:19:35,000 --> 01:19:41,000
Are they lower?

974
01:19:42,000 --> 01:19:49,000
I think there we did have a different bid or get some of the awards this year.

975
01:19:49,000 --> 01:19:56,000
But as indicated they were competitive bb and we're satisfied that they're good bids.

976
01:19:56,000 --> 01:20:00,000
Just knowing that there have been issues with construction materials this past year.

977
01:20:00,000 --> 01:20:02,000
I was just curious.

978
01:20:02,000 --> 01:20:05,000
Mr. Majesky, do you have anything to add?

979
01:20:05,000 --> 01:20:07,000
Okay.

980
01:20:07,000 --> 01:20:08,000
I won't press it.

981
01:20:08,000 --> 01:20:10,000
Any other council members?

982
01:20:10,000 --> 01:20:11,000
Okay.

983
01:20:11,000 --> 01:20:12,000
We're going to go to the board.

984
01:20:12,000 --> 01:20:13,000
Resolution is approved.

985
01:20:13,000 --> 01:20:26,000
Competitive bid annual contract.

986
01:20:26,000 --> 01:20:27,000
Six o.

987
01:20:27,000 --> 01:20:29,000
Resolution is approved.

988
01:20:29,000 --> 01:20:30,000
Okay.

989
01:20:30,000 --> 01:20:32,000
Madam Clark, let's go on to the next item.

990
01:20:32,000 --> 01:20:36,000
That concludes our items on the agenda.

991
01:20:36,000 --> 01:20:39,000
Our next item will be appearance of citizens.

992
01:20:40,000 --> 01:20:41,000
Okay.

993
01:20:41,000 --> 01:20:46,000
Citizens shall be permitted to address city council about matters that are not on the formal agenda.

994
01:20:46,000 --> 01:20:51,000
Any citizen wishing to do so shall raise his or her hand and proceed to the public

995
01:20:51,000 --> 01:20:54,000
lectern and after recognition by the chair.

996
01:20:54,000 --> 01:20:59,000
State your name and address and the purpose for your appearance before the council.

997
01:20:59,000 --> 01:21:04,000
Comment shall generally be limited to three minutes and shall relate to matters of city business.

998
01:21:04,000 --> 01:21:07,000
They shall not relate or treat me.

999
01:21:07,000 --> 01:21:12,000
They shall not generally result in a formal response or action at this time of presentation

1000
01:21:12,000 --> 01:21:17,000
because most cases neither the council nor the staff will be prepared to respond effectively.

1001
01:21:17,000 --> 01:21:22,000
However, the chair may answer questions or direct the city manager to do so.

1002
01:21:22,000 --> 01:21:27,000
Or the city manager may be requested to work with the citizen to affect resolution of the matter.

1003
01:21:27,000 --> 01:21:32,000
Statements that are purely political in nature will not be allowed such as campaign speeches or announcements

1004
01:21:32,000 --> 01:21:39,000
of candidacy for office nor announcements of a civic or social event that is unrelated

1005
01:21:39,000 --> 01:21:40,000
to city business.

1006
01:21:40,000 --> 01:21:41,000
I'm going to look at my audience.

1007
01:21:41,000 --> 01:21:47,000
I had a young man, an older gentleman who had a question but I think he's left.

1008
01:21:47,000 --> 01:21:49,000
He did that 30 minutes.

1009
01:21:49,000 --> 01:21:50,000
Okay.

1010
01:21:50,000 --> 01:21:51,000
I'm sorry I missed him.

1011
01:21:51,000 --> 01:21:53,000
I was going to give him an opportunity.

1012
01:21:53,000 --> 01:21:54,000
Okay.

1013
01:21:54,000 --> 01:21:56,000
So nobody has any questions.

1014
01:21:56,000 --> 01:22:00,000
So we will move on to the next item.

1015
01:22:01,000 --> 01:22:04,000
Announcements of scheduling.

1016
01:22:04,000 --> 01:22:07,000
City manager sucks.

1017
01:22:16,000 --> 01:22:18,000
I'm asking Mitch and a few of those.

1018
01:22:18,000 --> 01:22:21,000
First of all, I want to congratulate you with late.

1019
01:22:21,000 --> 01:22:25,000
The fire department, the community band and all the members of the community for the course of the last

1020
01:22:25,000 --> 01:22:28,000
celebration we have this year.

1021
01:22:28,000 --> 01:22:32,000
I think you look at the entire city organization from public work setting up the

1022
01:22:32,000 --> 01:22:38,000
barricades and the type to people being out there just cheering and having a great time.

1023
01:22:38,000 --> 01:22:39,000
It was a really funny evening.

1024
01:22:39,000 --> 01:22:44,000
The weather cooperated and really appreciate the opportunity.

1025
01:22:44,000 --> 01:22:52,000
The second issue, the environmental assessment for the general aviation airport will have a public

1026
01:22:52,000 --> 01:22:55,000
input section or public hearing.

1027
01:22:55,000 --> 01:22:59,000
That will be held Tuesday August 8 from 6 to 8 p.m.

1028
01:22:59,000 --> 01:23:01,000
At the double tree.

1029
01:23:01,000 --> 01:23:08,000
That is a input session which is required to finalize the FAA's environmental assessment.

1030
01:23:08,000 --> 01:23:11,000
The environmental assessment is their document.

1031
01:23:11,000 --> 01:23:16,000
The environmental assessment itself is the event and the environmental assessment are being advertised.

1032
01:23:16,000 --> 01:23:21,000
Both will be on what is required legally.

1033
01:23:21,000 --> 01:23:28,000
We have hard copies for people to look at and there are some web links we've added based on request.

1034
01:23:28,000 --> 01:23:31,000
The document, I don't have the link with me.

1035
01:23:31,000 --> 01:23:32,000
I'm going to write that down.

1036
01:23:32,000 --> 01:23:34,000
It's thousands of pages.

1037
01:23:34,000 --> 01:23:37,000
If you want to print it, make sure you got a lot of paper.

1038
01:23:37,000 --> 01:23:40,000
We're going to begin work on the Civic Center.

1039
01:23:40,000 --> 01:23:43,000
Unless there's a question, I'm sorry I'm going to keep going.

1040
01:23:43,000 --> 01:23:44,000
I don't want to waste your time.

1041
01:23:44,000 --> 01:23:48,000
We're going to begin work on the Civic Center on June 24th.

1042
01:23:48,000 --> 01:23:49,000
That's a schedule.

1043
01:23:49,000 --> 01:23:57,000
The first step will be apparently working to remove some of that located as best as in a few places.

1044
01:23:57,000 --> 01:24:00,000
I just as a caution to counsel and to members of the public.

1045
01:24:00,000 --> 01:24:04,000
We are going to have about a 15 month construction period.

1046
01:24:04,000 --> 01:24:10,000
During that time, we will be working as hard as we can to make other facilities available.

1047
01:24:10,000 --> 01:24:13,000
Because this facility will be out of a commission for a little while.

1048
01:24:13,000 --> 01:24:15,000
But we do have some other facilities.

1049
01:24:15,000 --> 01:24:18,000
We're working with people to identify alternate.

1050
01:24:18,000 --> 01:24:21,000
But again, it's a major construction project.

1051
01:24:21,000 --> 01:24:25,000
And for people who use the building there, it's going to be a little inconvenience.

1052
01:24:25,000 --> 01:24:26,000
Quick question.

1053
01:24:26,000 --> 01:24:27,000
Yes.

1054
01:24:27,000 --> 01:24:28,000
There.

1055
01:24:28,000 --> 01:24:31,000
When you say this facility will be out of commission.

1056
01:24:31,000 --> 01:24:35,000
And I may begin to confuse what parts of the facility we're talking about.

1057
01:24:35,000 --> 01:24:37,000
Because this is connected to the jam.

1058
01:24:37,000 --> 01:24:40,000
I guess that kitchen in its face used to be.

1059
01:24:40,000 --> 01:24:45,000
What part of the facility is going to be out of commission.

1060
01:24:45,000 --> 01:24:48,000
In general, if you can speak to that.

1061
01:24:48,000 --> 01:24:51,000
Because the whole building won't necessarily be out of commission.

1062
01:24:51,000 --> 01:24:52,000
Certainly.

1063
01:24:52,000 --> 01:24:58,000
The major construction takes part on the wing, which has the A and B in the craft room.

1064
01:24:58,000 --> 01:25:00,000
And some offices in it.

1065
01:25:00,000 --> 01:25:02,000
Also the rest rooms.

1066
01:25:02,000 --> 01:25:05,000
In other words, the secondary wing.

1067
01:25:05,000 --> 01:25:09,000
Not the wing to contain the pool and the jam.

1068
01:25:09,000 --> 01:25:11,000
So that portion of the building.

1069
01:25:11,000 --> 01:25:14,000
Literally will have the roof taken off and the rest structure.

1070
01:25:14,000 --> 01:25:18,000
It's going to be basically down for the count.

1071
01:25:18,000 --> 01:25:20,000
The kitchen area.

1072
01:25:20,000 --> 01:25:22,000
And some of the other areas.

1073
01:25:22,000 --> 01:25:24,000
We'll see some renovations.

1074
01:25:24,000 --> 01:25:26,000
And we'll occasionally be out of use.

1075
01:25:26,000 --> 01:25:29,000
We're going to have primarily the pool.

1076
01:25:29,000 --> 01:25:30,000
I think we'll be fine.

1077
01:25:30,000 --> 01:25:33,000
But you're going to see some probably just scheduling difficulties.

1078
01:25:33,000 --> 01:25:35,000
If someone normally uses.

1079
01:25:35,000 --> 01:25:38,000
There may be more people competing for the social room.

1080
01:25:38,000 --> 01:25:40,000
If someone would use one of the craft rooms.

1081
01:25:40,000 --> 01:25:42,000
I may not be available at all.

1082
01:25:42,000 --> 01:25:48,000
But the gym, nasium, and the pool should be basically available.

1083
01:25:48,000 --> 01:25:49,000
Okay.

1084
01:25:49,000 --> 01:25:54,000
The anticipate parking or traffic flow being impacted by construction equipment.

1085
01:25:54,000 --> 01:25:55,000
Vehicles.

1086
01:25:55,000 --> 01:25:59,000
We have a really good meeting with the contractor.

1087
01:25:59,000 --> 01:26:02,000
We do anticipate construction.

1088
01:26:02,000 --> 01:26:05,000
The construction zone.

1089
01:26:05,000 --> 01:26:08,000
If you would around the facility.

1090
01:26:08,000 --> 01:26:11,000
Out into the Plaza and toward the trail.

1091
01:26:11,000 --> 01:26:14,000
We had a really good meeting with the contractor.

1092
01:26:14,000 --> 01:26:18,000
The first thing he said he was going to do is re-establish that trail further out.

1093
01:26:18,000 --> 01:26:21,000
So the people who walked the trail will still be able to do that.

1094
01:26:21,000 --> 01:26:23,000
So we're going to make allowances.

1095
01:26:23,000 --> 01:26:25,000
It's best we can to keep things going.

1096
01:26:25,000 --> 01:26:27,000
But you will see some construction activity.

1097
01:26:27,000 --> 01:26:30,000
And probably some parking restraints and things like that.

1098
01:26:30,000 --> 01:26:31,000
Last question.

1099
01:26:31,000 --> 01:26:33,000
Do you think any of the construction traffic.

1100
01:26:33,000 --> 01:26:39,000
Or the work just being done at the Civic Center will impact the senior center.

1101
01:26:39,000 --> 01:26:41,000
All I can tell you is we'll work to minimize it.

1102
01:26:41,000 --> 01:26:42,000
I don't.

1103
01:26:42,000 --> 01:26:44,000
There should not be construction activity.

1104
01:26:44,000 --> 01:26:45,000
Education to it.

1105
01:26:45,000 --> 01:26:48,000
But you know whether there's we'll work to minimize any.

1106
01:26:48,000 --> 01:26:49,000
Okay.

1107
01:26:49,000 --> 01:26:50,000
Thank you.

1108
01:26:50,000 --> 01:26:51,000
Thank you.

1109
01:26:51,000 --> 01:26:53,000
Thank you Mr. Ham.

1110
01:26:53,000 --> 01:26:56,000
And I actually spoke with disability advisory board.

1111
01:26:56,000 --> 01:26:58,000
And they're looking at having a fair.

1112
01:26:58,000 --> 01:26:59,000
If you will.

1113
01:27:00,000 --> 01:27:02,000
Sometimes in the month of October.

1114
01:27:02,000 --> 01:27:03,000
I think.

1115
01:27:03,000 --> 01:27:07,000
I think that would be affected by the.

1116
01:27:07,000 --> 01:27:10,000
ADA compliant bathrooms.

1117
01:27:10,000 --> 01:27:13,000
Will they be under construction at that time.

1118
01:27:13,000 --> 01:27:14,000
And would.

1119
01:27:14,000 --> 01:27:19,000
I think it's likely that the bathrooms are going to be impacted in that time frame.

1120
01:27:19,000 --> 01:27:20,000
I think that's true.

1121
01:27:20,000 --> 01:27:24,000
I think that Mr. Hector has been working with that more.

1122
01:27:24,000 --> 01:27:26,000
We will have.

1123
01:27:27,000 --> 01:27:34,000
Obviously we're going to supply facilities including ADA accessible temporary facilities.

1124
01:27:34,000 --> 01:27:37,000
So so that people have a have a facility to use.

1125
01:27:37,000 --> 01:27:44,000
I think that it may be he's already talking to them too about whether perhaps the senior center might be a different venue.

1126
01:27:44,000 --> 01:27:49,000
But that is a conversation he's having and he is out of town tonight or I would ask him to comment.

1127
01:27:49,000 --> 01:27:54,000
But I do know he's very interested in working hard to try to accommodate their needs.

1128
01:27:55,000 --> 01:28:04,000
And I'll comment further on that that I know that the senior center staff and the senior advisory board have talked about the.

1129
01:28:04,000 --> 01:28:11,000
Probability of using the senior center as handicapped access on that side of the civic center.

1130
01:28:11,000 --> 01:28:16,000
Because you know this this will be an issue for more than just that disability fair.

1131
01:28:16,000 --> 01:28:21,000
So there needs to be some way to get to get people to a restroom.

1132
01:28:21,000 --> 01:28:31,000
And you know when it's more than one person, but you know so so that that apparently they're they're thinking ahead to that is a likelihood for what that's actually.

1133
01:28:31,000 --> 01:28:33,000
In fact, I've talked to Mr. Hector.

1134
01:28:33,000 --> 01:28:40,000
I don't know what his detailed plans are about talking about maybe some staff shifting to help the senior center be better equipped for the.

1135
01:28:40,000 --> 01:28:49,000
For the people so we understand it can be inconvenience but I do want you to know the staffs who are that more working very hard to try to minimize it inconvenience.

1136
01:28:49,000 --> 01:28:51,000
And to make those.

1137
01:28:51,000 --> 01:28:53,000
Facility certain necessary accessible to everyone.

1138
01:28:53,000 --> 01:28:55,000
Okay.

1139
01:28:55,000 --> 01:29:01,000
First of the last of the next thing I'd like to thank everyone who attended the library East Wing.

1140
01:29:01,000 --> 01:29:03,000
We've been cutting that was a lot of fun.

1141
01:29:03,000 --> 01:29:07,000
I think that I was impressed by what I saw hope you were to live first.

1142
01:29:07,000 --> 01:29:10,000
The library is no longer taking fines.

1143
01:29:10,000 --> 01:29:14,000
So if you have a book you've been hiding in your closet afraid to take back.

1144
01:29:14,000 --> 01:29:19,000
It's actually July first. You can bring that book right on back in and you can get a waiver.

1145
01:29:19,000 --> 01:29:22,000
We are going to charge for books that are lost.

1146
01:29:22,000 --> 01:29:24,000
So what do that?

1147
01:29:24,000 --> 01:29:33,000
We already mentioned SROs and we're actually recruiting people trying to get ahead of the curve on that on getting our school resource officers hard.

1148
01:29:34,000 --> 01:29:36,000
Add to a pool.

1149
01:29:36,000 --> 01:29:40,000
Doing great 25, 650 people on average per week.

1150
01:29:40,000 --> 01:29:44,000
So when the weather's hot a lot of people when the weather's thunderstorm and they'll go home.

1151
01:29:44,000 --> 01:29:48,000
But we're kind of kind of biased on that but it's working well.

1152
01:29:48,000 --> 01:29:49,000
Yes, sir.

1153
01:29:49,000 --> 01:29:56,000
I know of a few weeks ago we had public feedback and buying in I guess on some different.

1154
01:29:56,000 --> 01:30:01,000
Options or opportunities with regards to that.

1155
01:30:00,000 --> 01:30:08,000
I got some feedback from Folk, but I had necessarily seen anything come back or get any feedback from

1156
01:30:08,000 --> 01:30:16,000
City officials, per se, and there really plans to kind of package that and bring something to us with regards to what that,

1157
01:30:16,000 --> 01:30:20,000
what the public sentiment was on that.

1158
01:30:20,000 --> 01:30:28,000
Yes, sir, there are the, we're in the process still of actually gathering sentiment. We're trying to reach different audiences.

1159
01:30:28,000 --> 01:30:34,000
For example, going to the outdoor pool itself and talking to people, I have to pull about what they would like to see out there,

1160
01:30:34,000 --> 01:30:38,000
reaching out to the community in different venues, considering the survey.

1161
01:30:38,000 --> 01:30:44,000
We're taking a lot of time to try to reach out to a lot of different people and all that will be put together and brought back to you.

1162
01:30:44,000 --> 01:30:49,000
Unfortunately, I'll tell my head, I don't have a schedule, but I do know that that's a very important part of the project.

1163
01:30:49,000 --> 01:30:50,000
Sir, thank you.

1164
01:30:50,000 --> 01:30:54,000
Thank you, sir.

1165
01:30:55,000 --> 01:31:00,000
We closed last week on the Armory Building that the Council approved purchasing.

1166
01:31:00,000 --> 01:31:04,000
And we will be looking at with some professional help.

1167
01:31:04,000 --> 01:31:08,000
And I don't staff help to try to choose the best future for that building.

1168
01:31:08,000 --> 01:31:16,000
We want to have a good solid future that is best for our citizens and we're looking at that, see what the values are.

1169
01:31:16,000 --> 01:31:21,000
On a little less friendly note or less happy note,

1170
01:31:21,000 --> 01:31:27,000
I wanted to tell you that discuss this in detail with the budget and finance committee.

1171
01:31:27,000 --> 01:31:36,000
The sidewalk project that we have going using CDBG funds has been set aside or not set aside.

1172
01:31:36,000 --> 01:31:42,000
It has been halted for a little while because of some funding issues with CDBG.

1173
01:31:42,000 --> 01:31:44,000
And we're working to get those resolved.

1174
01:31:44,000 --> 01:31:46,000
We meet with HUD tomorrow.

1175
01:31:46,000 --> 01:31:49,000
So we will have a lot more information.

1176
01:31:49,000 --> 01:31:52,000
A confident that we're going to get these solved.

1177
01:31:52,000 --> 01:31:55,000
I'm not worried about it, but we can take a little work.

1178
01:31:55,000 --> 01:31:57,000
And then you'll see us back at work.

1179
01:31:57,000 --> 01:32:00,000
But if you see people see that sidewalk setting out there.

1180
01:32:00,000 --> 01:32:06,000
It's a result of some issues that we had with applying that CDBG funding.

1181
01:32:06,000 --> 01:32:08,000
We're working to get it fixed.

1182
01:32:08,000 --> 01:32:12,000
And we meet with HUD tomorrow and we want to get that project back on track.

1183
01:32:12,000 --> 01:32:18,000
But you know that that is out there and it's very important to us and we will get it fixed.

1184
01:32:18,000 --> 01:32:32,000
The last thing I wanted to ask to turn my list is we're going to have interviews with the potential city manager conflicts on the dates that would be your normal work session.

1185
01:32:32,000 --> 01:32:38,000
If the council would like to have a separate work session, we can arrange that.

1186
01:32:38,000 --> 01:32:41,000
And I guess I kind of like to little feedback on that.

1187
01:32:41,000 --> 01:32:46,000
And if you'd like, then we'll have three jobs for what the dates are best available for you.

1188
01:32:46,000 --> 01:32:52,000
So at that point, I'll face my report and just listen to anything you might have to say about our work session.

1189
01:32:52,000 --> 01:32:55,000
Any questions or comments?

1190
01:32:55,000 --> 01:32:57,000
Council request for new business items.

1191
01:32:57,000 --> 01:32:59,000
We kind of skipped over there.

1192
01:32:59,000 --> 01:33:07,000
I just want to comment that my personal opinion is that we ought to plan on scheduling a work session because if we don't.

1193
01:33:07,000 --> 01:33:10,000
We will find ourselves with things that we haven't talked.

1194
01:33:10,000 --> 01:33:13,000
We haven't addressed that need to be addressed on emergency basis.

1195
01:33:13,000 --> 01:33:17,000
We need I think we I think we'll benefit from some sort of a work session.

1196
01:33:17,000 --> 01:33:26,000
Maybe the last of the month on July 31st or something would be might might work out okay just to just keep us keep us caught up.

1197
01:33:26,000 --> 01:33:32,000
Clearly we can't assume that all business will come to a halt while we're in a city manager.

1198
01:33:32,000 --> 01:33:38,000
And I think there are some things like the CDBG situation that we need to be engaged with.

1199
01:33:38,000 --> 01:33:41,000
So that's just my my perspective.

1200
01:33:41,000 --> 01:33:43,000
Thank you, Mr. Hinsley.

1201
01:33:43,000 --> 01:33:44,000
Yeah.

1202
01:33:44,000 --> 01:33:46,000
Is this council request for new business?

1203
01:33:46,000 --> 01:33:47,000
Sure.

1204
01:33:47,000 --> 01:33:50,000
I've in a quite some amount.

1205
01:33:50,000 --> 01:33:59,000
Mr. Keith Klein has has he sent me a letter and he's inquiring about how you get the into the secret.

1206
01:33:59,000 --> 01:34:01,000
I said into the sister city program.

1207
01:34:01,000 --> 01:34:04,000
And that a city he's familiar with.

1208
01:34:04,000 --> 01:34:05,000
Talk of pill.

1209
01:34:05,000 --> 01:34:12,000
Jelly is interested in in in in in in discussion about becoming a sister city to Oak Ridge.

1210
01:34:12,000 --> 01:34:15,000
And so I think that's something and I ask him in a letter.

1211
01:34:15,000 --> 01:34:18,000
Would he be willing to come to our work session and give a presentation.

1212
01:34:18,000 --> 01:34:24,000
So I'd very much like for that to happen in whatever work session is coming up that we're going to have.

1213
01:34:24,000 --> 01:34:27,000
Could we get him on the agenda for the next work session?

1214
01:34:27,000 --> 01:34:29,000
I think that might be a little bit.

1215
01:34:29,000 --> 01:34:30,000
That's Tuesday, right?

1216
01:34:30,000 --> 01:34:31,000
So next Thursday.

1217
01:34:31,000 --> 01:34:32,000
Well next.

1218
01:34:32,000 --> 01:34:37,000
Next Tuesday the council will be listening to video interviews on your potential city manager.

1219
01:34:37,000 --> 01:34:38,000
Yeah.

1220
01:34:38,000 --> 01:34:39,000
Maybe the next one.

1221
01:34:39,000 --> 01:34:40,000
So if we.

1222
01:34:40,000 --> 01:34:41,000
If we all get from.

1223
01:34:41,000 --> 01:34:44,000
After the council decides to have one at the end of the month or so.

1224
01:34:44,000 --> 01:34:45,000
Yeah.

1225
01:34:45,000 --> 01:34:46,000
Yeah.

1226
01:34:46,000 --> 01:34:47,000
After the city manager search.

1227
01:34:47,000 --> 01:34:50,000
I would like to request that if he's willing to.

1228
01:34:50,000 --> 01:34:51,000
He's coming.

1229
01:34:51,000 --> 01:34:52,000
I can't explain.

1230
01:34:52,000 --> 01:34:53,000
I'll get the second hand.

1231
01:34:53,000 --> 01:34:54,000
So.

1232
01:34:54,000 --> 01:34:55,000
Yeah.

1233
01:34:55,000 --> 01:35:01,000
That's based on my interactions with with Keith on this and talking with staff I see what he's looking for.

1234
01:35:01,000 --> 01:35:09,000
It's possibly very similar to stuff that the city staff has done with counterparts in places like.

1235
01:35:09,000 --> 01:35:11,000
Selfie stages.

1236
01:35:11,000 --> 01:35:12,000
Yeah.

1237
01:35:12,000 --> 01:35:14,000
Where it's been.

1238
01:35:14,000 --> 01:35:18,000
An exchange program without necessarily being a sister city program.

1239
01:35:18,000 --> 01:35:20,000
And that might be a better way to start a city.

1240
01:35:20,000 --> 01:35:23,000
If a city if a sister city program is contemplated but.

1241
01:35:23,000 --> 01:35:29,000
But I think that that's been a very rewarding thing for our staff to be involved with those things.

1242
01:35:29,000 --> 01:35:35,000
And this particular initiative, talking about communities going through a transition in energy,

1243
01:35:35,000 --> 01:35:43,000
energy related technology, is something that Oak Ridge and this city in Chile would be very interested in doing.

1244
01:35:43,000 --> 01:35:46,000
But I'm not sure that it's necessarily has to be a sister city.

1245
01:35:47,000 --> 01:35:57,000
Yeah, but I don't think that's quite the right model given that I know we've had some really good exchanges with Southeast Asia and other places.

1246
01:35:57,000 --> 01:36:03,000
Yeah, he mentioned that they're going to, they're in the process of shutting down for fossil fuel plants.

1247
01:36:03,000 --> 01:36:07,000
And that we've got one here that just happens to be right next door.

1248
01:36:07,000 --> 01:36:10,000
And we might be able to exchange information that would help them.

1249
01:36:10,000 --> 01:36:12,000
And this certainly they need it.

1250
01:36:12,000 --> 01:36:15,000
You know, so I'm all for that.

1251
01:36:15,000 --> 01:36:22,000
And the other thing I wanted to bring up was the letter that we got from Doug Colclos, you're about eastward, about Copper Creek.

1252
01:36:22,000 --> 01:36:28,000
You know, in the fact that found a whole truckload of tires in the creek near a Vermont Avenue.

1253
01:36:28,000 --> 01:36:31,000
And so that's, I don't know where we bring that up.

1254
01:36:31,000 --> 01:36:32,000
I don't know how we address it.

1255
01:36:32,000 --> 01:36:36,000
Sounds like a code enforcement issue.

1256
01:36:36,000 --> 01:36:41,000
It does and I think that that's that's the appropriate thing.

1257
01:36:41,000 --> 01:36:46,000
He's let me take the, I have actually started on that, but let me go ahead and follow up.

1258
01:36:46,000 --> 01:36:48,000
Yeah, there just happens to be a tire.

1259
01:36:48,000 --> 01:36:50,000
A tire sale place right there.

1260
01:36:50,000 --> 01:36:51,000
So it just happens to be.

1261
01:36:51,000 --> 01:36:56,000
And of course, you can't, you know, we would need to see some direct evidence.

1262
01:36:56,000 --> 01:36:59,000
But that is something we can look at with code.

1263
01:36:59,000 --> 01:37:03,000
The other thing I wanted to say in this, I may be in another, another subject.

1264
01:37:03,000 --> 01:37:12,000
Chris Harris Light held the, her science camp, her first post-COVID science camp at AMC.

1265
01:37:12,000 --> 01:37:16,000
And she had been having it at the, it's feels been cabin.

1266
01:37:16,000 --> 01:37:24,000
And my son Vaughan, my grandson Vaughan was the, he was the first camper that was the child of another camper.

1267
01:37:24,000 --> 01:37:27,000
Back here, 27 years ago.

1268
01:37:27,000 --> 01:37:32,000
But the, what I wanted to thank you since Chief Solomon is not here was they did an egg drop.

1269
01:37:32,000 --> 01:37:34,000
Yeah, you want an egg drop, he is there.

1270
01:37:34,000 --> 01:37:36,000
Thanks, Japanese egg, they drop it from the height.

1271
01:37:36,000 --> 01:37:38,000
Well, I went down to see the egg drop.

1272
01:37:38,000 --> 01:37:41,000
And the third apartment had brought out the ladder truck.

1273
01:37:41,000 --> 01:37:45,000
The full-size ladder truck and the kids were, and I was blown away by that.

1274
01:37:45,000 --> 01:37:50,000
So I would, I would like for you to pass the thanks on to Chief Solomon and the third apartment.

1275
01:37:50,000 --> 01:37:52,000
Because it was really a wonderful thing.

1276
01:37:52,000 --> 01:37:56,000
And, and Vaughan said, oh, yeah, I want to go back again next year, Grandpa.

1277
01:37:56,000 --> 01:37:58,000
I will pass that on.

1278
01:37:58,000 --> 01:37:59,000
Anything else?

1279
01:37:59,000 --> 01:38:00,000
No.

1280
01:38:00,000 --> 01:38:01,000
Okay.

1281
01:38:01,000 --> 01:38:02,000
Yeah, just real quickly.

1282
01:38:02,000 --> 01:38:07,000
I just want to circle back on Council Member Smith's proposition for an additional work session.

1283
01:38:07,000 --> 01:38:08,000
Just to clarify.

1284
01:38:08,000 --> 01:38:09,000
So.

1285
01:38:09,000 --> 01:38:11,000
Sounds like.

1286
01:38:11,000 --> 01:38:14,000
Clerk's office will reach out and try to schedule something here before the end of the month.

1287
01:38:14,000 --> 01:38:16,000
Was that the consensus?

1288
01:38:16,000 --> 01:38:17,000
Yes.

1289
01:38:17,000 --> 01:38:18,000
The, the.

1290
01:38:18,000 --> 01:38:23,000
On the 18th course, you all will be doing the interviews on the 17th and the 18th.

1291
01:38:23,000 --> 01:38:24,000
Correct.

1292
01:38:24,000 --> 01:38:27,000
I want to make sure you guys remember that that we're doing them over to a,

1293
01:38:27,000 --> 01:38:29,000
but it's a two-day work session.

1294
01:38:29,000 --> 01:38:35,000
Um, three interviews on the, on the Monday and three interviews on the, the work session night about 45 minutes.

1295
01:38:35,000 --> 01:38:36,000
So yes.

1296
01:38:36,000 --> 01:38:38,000
So I'll be reaching out for availability.

1297
01:38:38,000 --> 01:38:39,000
Um, for another.

1298
01:38:39,000 --> 01:38:41,000
Um, an extra work session.

1299
01:38:41,000 --> 01:38:43,000
Thank you, Mr. Glaesley.

1300
01:38:43,000 --> 01:38:44,000
Okay.

1301
01:38:44,000 --> 01:38:45,000
I'm moving on to our.

1302
01:38:45,000 --> 01:38:46,000
Yeah.

1303
01:38:46,000 --> 01:38:47,000
We'll start.

1304
01:38:47,000 --> 01:38:48,000
Yeah.

1305
01:38:48,000 --> 01:38:49,000
We'll start.

1306
01:38:49,000 --> 01:38:50,000
We'll start.

1307
01:38:50,000 --> 01:38:51,000
We'll start.

1308
01:38:51,000 --> 01:38:52,000
We'll start.

1309
01:38:52,000 --> 01:38:53,000
We'll start.

1310
01:38:53,000 --> 01:38:54,000
We'll start.

1311
01:38:55,000 --> 01:38:56,000
Let's take it.

1312
01:38:56,000 --> 01:38:57,980
Um,

1313
01:38:57,980 --> 01:39:01,980
last one.

1314
01:39:01,980 --> 01:39:04,000
Time it.

1315
01:39:04,000 --> 01:39:09,000
Good morning, tonight.

1316
01:39:09,000 --> 01:39:09,980
Okay.

1317
01:39:09,980 --> 01:39:11,980
Okay.

1318
01:39:11,980 --> 01:39:12,980
So we're going to begin.

1319
01:39:12,980 --> 01:39:13,980
Jesse.

1320
01:39:13,980 --> 01:39:14,980
You'll begin.

1321
01:39:16,020 --> 01:39:18,980
Okay.

1322
01:39:18,980 --> 01:39:19,980
Thank you.

1323
01:39:19,980 --> 01:39:20,980
Welcome.

1324
01:39:20,980 --> 01:39:26,260
additional work session this month. If I recall, I know when we were trying to schedule interviews

1325
01:39:26,260 --> 01:39:36,180
for the city manager, nobody was available. And so I'm wondering if that if we don't

1326
01:39:36,180 --> 01:39:40,980
are working for so many people, I know we need to at least throw for the city manager interviews.

1327
01:39:40,980 --> 01:39:48,420
We were struggling for that. And so I'm wondering if we don't get, but a handful of people

1328
01:39:48,420 --> 01:39:54,500
was at something we still would look in the target. I'm going to I'll be around, but I'm just wondering.

1329
01:39:54,500 --> 01:40:02,420
I think, you know, I didn't really go as far out as July 31st. So if you're looking at it,

1330
01:40:02,420 --> 01:40:11,460
that last day of July 1st week of August, that may be the way it has to go. I know,

1331
01:40:11,460 --> 01:40:18,100
I know, and like for the 18th, I know Mr. Gleason changed around his schedule so that he could be there

1332
01:40:18,100 --> 01:40:23,620
on the 18th. And that's how we ended up with the two days so that we, you know, I could do it that way.

1333
01:40:24,740 --> 01:40:31,220
But I'll work with Jack and we'll figure out we're probably going to look at July 4th, maybe July 31st

1334
01:40:31,220 --> 01:40:40,820
forward, because the week before that the 24th, I know I've got at least one gone. But more sessions are,

1335
01:40:40,820 --> 01:40:44,900
I mean, obviously you would want everybody to be here if possible. But since there's no action being

1336
01:40:44,900 --> 01:40:53,140
taken, if somebody obviously has to be out, we can work around. So when we say, make sure, we said,

1337
01:40:53,140 --> 01:40:59,780
July 31st forward. Right. That week, the week of July 31st. Which is, it'd be an office. Can we do,

1338
01:40:59,780 --> 01:41:05,220
so we can do, okay. All right. I mean, that, yeah, that's, if that's our only option, and it's the

1339
01:41:05,220 --> 01:41:11,140
will of counsel to do the work session, then we can, I can work with Jack and we can, we can make it work

1340
01:41:11,140 --> 01:41:18,260
somehow. Okay. Thank you. Okay. We'll come back to this. You know, further comment on this,

1341
01:41:18,260 --> 01:41:24,420
we're also going to have to be scheduling some time to bring the interview, bring the interviewies to town,

1342
01:41:24,420 --> 01:41:30,180
and all that kind of stuff. So we've got a full agenda coming up, regardless of what we do on any

1343
01:41:30,180 --> 01:41:39,140
particular day. It's a pro-maier program. Let me, let me say also that I'll be listening for you

1344
01:41:39,140 --> 01:41:43,940
individually to let me know what you would like to see a work session on and see what comes up.

1345
01:41:43,940 --> 01:41:48,980
And if there's something that we need, then we'll push harder for this date. If it looks like it's

1346
01:41:48,980 --> 01:41:53,460
safe, we can roll to the, because as you say, you're going to have individual interviews, you're going to have

1347
01:41:53,460 --> 01:42:00,100
a lot going on. And unless we really, if we really need this meeting, and we'll certainly push to make it happen,

1348
01:42:00,100 --> 01:42:05,220
but based on what I hear from you and what I see on the calendar, I'll try to make a good recommendation for you.

1349
01:42:05,620 --> 01:42:13,700
Councilman, help. Based on what we have coming forward with interviews and interviews and everything else,

1350
01:42:14,900 --> 01:42:23,300
250 plus page agendas are not really insightful. It doesn't make me get warm and fuzzy.

1351
01:42:23,940 --> 01:42:31,140
I mean, we've had a 300 page agenda, now a 250 page agenda. Just saying, we got a lot on our play.

1352
01:42:31,220 --> 01:42:36,100
Yes, sure you do. I'd like to put it on it. And asking for another meeting is asking a lot.

1353
01:42:37,780 --> 01:42:41,220
Any other questions or comments from Councilman? I'm just going to end with,

1354
01:42:43,380 --> 01:42:50,020
I really, and Mr. Record, I'll come back to you with regards to the work sessions and the priorities,

1355
01:42:50,020 --> 01:42:55,780
the priority. I think number one currently is, and they told me this when we were interviewing the firms,

1356
01:42:56,100 --> 01:43:01,300
this is the number one job that we usually have, and that is hiring a city manager because of that person,

1357
01:43:01,860 --> 01:43:07,700
Miller, female, it's going to be in charge of the city and everything, and we need to have somebody who's very effective.

1358
01:43:07,700 --> 01:43:11,940
So we don't need to scrimp on that part of it, but we want to do a best job possible on that.

1359
01:43:12,500 --> 01:43:22,660
So with regards to what Councilman hopes said, yeah, I would rather spend more time on that particular job than some of the big scheduling.

1360
01:43:22,660 --> 01:43:27,300
So I'm going to be all right, I realize it's important. So we've got to pass the amount of stuff that we've done,

1361
01:43:27,300 --> 01:43:32,420
and so I'm not saying short of the load just for that, but if we can spread some of that out,

1362
01:43:32,420 --> 01:43:36,260
we'd really be able to benefit you with all the other stuff around the area.

1363
01:43:36,260 --> 01:43:42,020
Thanks, sure. Thank you. I'm going to go to our city attorney, Mr. Record.

1364
01:43:45,620 --> 01:43:49,300
We can come back there. Do you have something else?

1365
01:43:52,660 --> 01:44:06,260
Yeah. He kind of rolled it into some of the other announcements. Yeah.

1366
01:44:10,500 --> 01:44:20,420
Quick question for the C manager, and this is just for clarity. So with regards to, I know we voted for the compensation

1367
01:44:21,300 --> 01:44:30,900
implementation in June going into July, can you touch a little bit on what that? No, we did a couple of different things.

1368
01:44:30,900 --> 01:44:38,820
And I'm, can you touch a little bit in terms of implementation of that has all 7 plus 2 plus all of those different percentages

1369
01:44:39,460 --> 01:44:44,420
been executed or some part of that, or can you touch on where we are with with that?

1370
01:44:44,980 --> 01:44:54,820
Yes, sir. I think, of course, the 7% across the board of adjustment or competitive race adjustment

1371
01:44:54,820 --> 01:45:00,340
to council approved went into effect, and we'll show up on the employees next time.

1372
01:45:00,000 --> 01:45:06,000
It's the first full paycheck in the month of July, and I believe that.

1373
01:45:06,000 --> 01:45:08,000
It went into effect yesterday.

1374
01:45:08,000 --> 01:45:10,000
Yes, sir. Okay. So we're now on the news case.

1375
01:45:10,000 --> 01:45:12,000
We're in the current.

1376
01:45:12,000 --> 01:45:16,000
And the city, the Department Director of Employees themselves have to do nothing.

1377
01:45:16,000 --> 01:45:20,000
That's handled by the personnel department and the IT department.

1378
01:45:20,000 --> 01:45:26,000
So that is, that will counsel has been executed and implemented automatically.

1379
01:45:26,000 --> 01:45:32,000
Okay. In addition to that, counsel will prove some specific range adjustments.

1380
01:45:32,000 --> 01:45:34,000
Right.

1381
01:45:34,000 --> 01:45:38,000
And those adjustments also went in effect at the same time.

1382
01:45:38,000 --> 01:45:44,000
And all of those were implemented without any intervention by anyone.

1383
01:45:44,000 --> 01:45:47,000
So those scheduled are now in place.

1384
01:45:47,000 --> 01:45:52,000
The remaining item, which counsel approved,

1385
01:45:53,000 --> 01:46:00,000
was a potential step increase for employees based on good performance.

1386
01:46:00,000 --> 01:46:04,000
And that last, that's a 2% step increase.

1387
01:46:04,000 --> 01:46:10,000
That last performance facing increase will be awarded at the time that the employee is evaluated.

1388
01:46:10,000 --> 01:46:15,000
So it depends on when they were last promoted to the position therein.

1389
01:46:15,000 --> 01:46:21,000
It may be July, but it may also be December or even next March.

1390
01:46:21,000 --> 01:46:25,000
Whenever they're anniversary dated to the position, they'll be evaluated.

1391
01:46:25,000 --> 01:46:29,000
And we eligible for a step based on their performance.

1392
01:46:29,000 --> 01:46:34,000
Okay. So we're part from that 2% increase.

1393
01:46:34,000 --> 01:46:38,000
The based on performance, everything else has been done.

1394
01:46:38,000 --> 01:46:40,000
Everything that counsel approved has been implemented.

1395
01:46:40,000 --> 01:46:45,000
Okay. So we can safely say that we are within market rate.

1396
01:46:45,000 --> 01:46:50,000
But we have to thank the staff for regards to our positions.

1397
01:46:50,000 --> 01:46:54,000
And we're regards to compensation and competitive.

1398
01:46:54,000 --> 01:47:01,000
I am extremely comfortable that we are well within market rates for all positions.

1399
01:47:01,000 --> 01:47:05,000
With the exception perhaps of some executive positions.

1400
01:47:05,000 --> 01:47:10,000
That is something that I want to talk to the committee about,

1401
01:47:10,000 --> 01:47:12,160
that is Mr. Hope pointed out.

1402
01:47:12,160 --> 01:47:17,400
The committee right now is really yuller as a council.

1403
01:47:17,400 --> 01:47:19,400
You have so much on your plate.

1404
01:47:19,400 --> 01:47:22,200
I would suspect that after the New City major comes on,

1405
01:47:22,200 --> 01:47:26,080
he may want to re-implement the compensation committee

1406
01:47:26,080 --> 01:47:29,760
and address that, but that's a very few positions.

1407
01:47:29,760 --> 01:47:34,320
The majority, I feel extremely comfortable to tell you

1408
01:47:34,320 --> 01:47:39,640
that the positions that I'm aware of or we are within market.

1409
01:47:39,640 --> 01:47:43,040
I think that if you look at the number of people,

1410
01:47:43,040 --> 01:47:45,440
we have been able to hire the number of applicants.

1411
01:47:45,440 --> 01:47:47,840
We've gotten the quality of those applicants.

1412
01:47:47,840 --> 01:47:49,040
You've made a real difference.

1413
01:47:49,040 --> 01:47:51,340
The community has started with the police department,

1414
01:47:51,340 --> 01:47:54,840
but it's spread through public works, through parks.

1415
01:47:54,840 --> 01:48:00,040
I don't want to leave anyone out, but it's had a real impact.

1416
01:48:00,040 --> 01:48:03,340
I do think, like I said, after the New City major is on board,

1417
01:48:03,340 --> 01:48:06,040
you may wish to reconstitute that committee

1418
01:48:06,040 --> 01:48:08,640
and look at a handful of other things to look at,

1419
01:48:08,640 --> 01:48:10,440
but you've made a big difference.

1420
01:48:10,440 --> 01:48:11,840
OK, thank you, Yex.

1421
01:48:11,840 --> 01:48:13,640
I know that's what we were targeting.

1422
01:48:13,640 --> 01:48:16,640
We weren't doing the numbers, just to give people a raise,

1423
01:48:16,640 --> 01:48:20,640
or even to give people a raise, just to get them to stay.

1424
01:48:20,640 --> 01:48:24,840
We wanted them to stay, but there was a very real spot.

1425
01:48:24,840 --> 01:48:31,040
We wanted to be with regards to market rate competitiveness,

1426
01:48:31,040 --> 01:48:34,640
and something that we could say when those officers came in

1427
01:48:34,640 --> 01:48:37,640
and that process started, that we could take pride in

1428
01:48:37,640 --> 01:48:39,240
with regards to what we were paying.

1429
01:48:39,240 --> 01:48:43,240
So I wanted to make sure that we hit that philosophical target

1430
01:48:43,240 --> 01:48:47,040
if you will, with regards to market rate competitiveness,

1431
01:48:47,040 --> 01:48:49,440
and what I'm hearing is that we did do that.

1432
01:48:49,440 --> 01:48:50,240
Yes, right.

1433
01:48:50,240 --> 01:48:53,840
I would compliment the council, as your interim city manager,

1434
01:48:53,840 --> 01:48:58,040
I would tell you that I think you've accomplished the goals of that committee,

1435
01:48:58,040 --> 01:48:59,840
and you've been very successful.

1436
01:48:59,840 --> 01:49:02,240
And again, you just have to look at the number of applicants

1437
01:49:02,240 --> 01:49:05,040
that we have for positions, the quality of those applicants,

1438
01:49:05,040 --> 01:49:06,640
and you can see a real difference.

1439
01:49:06,640 --> 01:49:07,440
And thank you.

1440
01:49:07,440 --> 01:49:11,440
And thank you for the implementation, the execution advice,

1441
01:49:11,440 --> 01:49:16,240
and the way that was, I know, Dr. Watson, I played a role in the role that was facilitated.

1442
01:49:16,240 --> 01:49:20,240
But thank you so much for that as well.

1443
01:49:20,240 --> 01:49:26,840
Very quickly, I'm going to follow up on what Councilman Hammond mentioned.

1444
01:49:26,840 --> 01:49:31,640
Before we started this, we did an employee satisfaction survey,

1445
01:49:31,640 --> 01:49:35,440
and it yielded a lot of good information from the employees.

1446
01:49:35,640 --> 01:49:39,040
I would love to have an exit strategy on this.

1447
01:49:39,040 --> 01:49:43,840
I'd love to see what they say now with regards to salary and benefits,

1448
01:49:43,840 --> 01:49:45,840
and some of the working conditions.

1449
01:49:45,840 --> 01:49:48,640
If we have an opportunity to do that, not soon.

1450
01:49:48,640 --> 01:49:50,840
I know we've got the city manager to look at first,

1451
01:49:50,840 --> 01:49:53,840
but I'd like to see that again, if possible enough,

1452
01:49:53,840 --> 01:49:56,440
I think Lauren Gray, you had a part in that.

1453
01:49:56,440 --> 01:50:04,840
So possibly we look at that as something that kind of gives us some good feedback.

1454
01:50:04,840 --> 01:50:08,240
OK, any other comments?

1455
01:50:08,240 --> 01:50:10,240
I'm going to go to the city attorney now.

1456
01:50:10,240 --> 01:50:11,240
OK.

1457
01:50:11,240 --> 01:50:12,240
OK.

1458
01:50:12,240 --> 01:50:13,440
Mr. Wagner?

1459
01:50:13,440 --> 01:50:15,040
I do not have a report.

1460
01:50:15,040 --> 01:50:17,440
The only thing I would have mentioned, if Jack had not mentioned it,

1461
01:50:17,440 --> 01:50:21,240
is that we closed on the girls' seat portion of the armory property.

1462
01:50:21,240 --> 01:50:23,840
We closed on that on Friday.

1463
01:50:23,840 --> 01:50:26,440
Just as an update to what happened at the last meeting.

1464
01:50:26,440 --> 01:50:26,840
OK.

1465
01:50:26,840 --> 01:50:28,240
Thank you very much.

1466
01:50:28,240 --> 01:50:29,440
Good question for the city.

1467
01:50:29,440 --> 01:50:30,640
Oh, I'm going to throw the night.

1468
01:50:30,640 --> 01:50:31,640
I'm going to ask, well, keep going.

1469
01:50:31,640 --> 01:50:32,240
Right now.

1470
01:50:32,240 --> 01:50:33,440
Go.

1471
01:50:34,440 --> 01:50:36,040
Real quick question.

1472
01:50:36,040 --> 01:50:41,040
I know that we had had conversations with the Oak Ridge Housing Authority

1473
01:50:41,040 --> 01:50:46,440
and transferring land those eight, seven, eight acres or so,

1474
01:50:46,440 --> 01:50:49,640
in the Scarborough community over the city.

1475
01:50:49,640 --> 01:50:54,640
My understanding is that they develop the document for our view.

1476
01:50:54,640 --> 01:51:03,240
That they were going to submit to you to the city staff for us to look at.

1477
01:51:03,240 --> 01:51:07,640
With the potential of bringing that to council to continue those conversations

1478
01:51:07,640 --> 01:51:09,640
at the next council meeting.

1479
01:51:09,640 --> 01:51:12,640
Has anything been submitted to you?

1480
01:51:12,640 --> 01:51:15,840
I haven't seen anything, but Jack just told me that he's got some evidence.

1481
01:51:15,840 --> 01:51:17,640
No, he's got some comments.

1482
01:51:17,640 --> 01:51:20,240
We haven't seen anything either.

1483
01:51:20,240 --> 01:51:28,040
But you're correct that we're looking forward to a plan that shows their goals,

1484
01:51:28,040 --> 01:51:32,640
their layout, and that has a contract with protections in it.

1485
01:51:32,640 --> 01:51:37,640
And we did, I'm saying someone talked to Maria Catherine recently.

1486
01:51:37,640 --> 01:51:40,040
She's working on that.

1487
01:51:40,040 --> 01:51:43,640
And they're trying to make sure that they put together a plan to meet their needs

1488
01:51:43,640 --> 01:51:47,040
and the desires of the community and there's something we can present to council.

1489
01:51:47,040 --> 01:51:48,640
But we do not have it yet.

1490
01:51:48,640 --> 01:51:51,040
We'll bring it to you as soon as we have something.

1491
01:51:51,040 --> 01:51:52,040
I'm at you.

1492
01:51:52,040 --> 01:51:54,040
You have something.

1493
01:51:54,040 --> 01:51:56,040
Thank you.

1494
01:51:56,040 --> 01:51:58,440
Yeah, for real.

1495
01:51:58,440 --> 01:51:59,440
Thank you.

1496
01:51:59,440 --> 01:52:00,640
I appreciate that.

1497
01:52:00,640 --> 01:52:04,240
But just those council not want anybody to know that sort of way or where we are in that.

1498
01:52:04,240 --> 01:52:06,040
Thank you for your work on that.

1499
01:52:06,040 --> 01:52:07,040
They're appreciate that.

1500
01:52:07,040 --> 01:52:09,040
The lift, right?

1501
01:52:09,040 --> 01:52:10,040
Okay.

1502
01:52:10,040 --> 01:52:11,040
You're seeing nothing.

1503
01:52:11,040 --> 01:52:14,040
I'm going to go ahead and move for a German.

1504
01:52:14,040 --> 01:52:17,040
I don't know about that.

1505
01:52:17,040 --> 01:52:18,040
What's up?

1506
01:52:18,040 --> 01:52:20,240
I don't know about that.