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I'm Gonna Last Alderman vets people
needed some prayer afterwards
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I pledge allegiance to the flag of the
United States of America and to the
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Republic for which it stands one nation
under God in the
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end of liberty and justice
let's pray Father in heaven we are again
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grateful for the day that you have given
to us grateful for your love and your
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care for us
assured that as we take care of the
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meeting business of this town help us
Lord to do it according to your will for
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we pray this in Jesus name amen amen all
right first thing we have is roll call
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sound of Adelia Board of Alderman Road
called for the special meeting of the
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mayor and board of aldermen dated June
23 2023 Alderman Betts present all the
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woman Denby here Alderman Gardner here
Alderman probes Alderman Smith
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of the board expressed unaccounted for
all right I'd like to appreciate
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everybody coming out on Friday using
your time for this uh first thing we
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have is public comment on any current
agenda items any comment from the public
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if not we're going to move right on into
the public hearing on an ordinance
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amending the operating budget of
revenues and expenses for the town of
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Vidalia Louisiana for the fiscal year
2022-23. do I hear a motion we go into
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public hearing I make that motion motion
baby they're here second second second
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by Alderman probes all in favor say aye
we are now in public hearing any
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comments from the public on
are amending our budget our operating
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budget any questions comments
I'll entertain a motion to exit public
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hearing
motion made by all the woman Demi here a
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second second by Alderman Gardner all in
favor say aye we're now exit the public
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hearing let's move on to uh agenda item
number two which is board discussion
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vote on an ordinance amending the
operating budget of the revenues and
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expenses for the town of bidalia
Louisiana for the fiscal year 2022-23
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any discussion from the council before
we
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if not I'll take a motion to approve the
ordinance
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motion babe my automobiles are here
second second bottom of probes all in
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favor say aye aye any opposed
okay
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now we just have a thing we want a board
discussion to clarify the minutes from
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the regular meeting of our mayor and
board of alderman on June 13 2023
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there's a couple things that we do to
clarify we discussed some different
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things but we didn't ever say for sure
uh or give a percentage of what y'all
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wanted to do on a pay raise and I was
wanting to get clarification on that
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today one of the things that we did
oh and I'm open
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uh
for uh
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Doug's open evidently how many fingers
you got there
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um but uh whatever the council's
pleasure on an across the board uh paint
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race
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or or something uh
you know something less
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something you know
for a percentage then also whether it is
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so
a pool of money for you know raises
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based on Merit and incentive
when you said Foster board does that
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mean everybody
everybody
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Alderman included across the board
unless it's stipulated different
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10 percent
I make a motion that we give a 10 across
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the board to race okay motion made by
older woman then before 10 or her second
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yeah
can't go Tina
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okay Mr Demby your motion fails for lack
of a second so
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if you cut it cut it in half I'll go
with you you're not you're now what was
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our last one we did
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I make the motion that we give the same
amount that we gave last time okay we'll
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verify that but I'm pretty sure it was
five is that right if you cut it in half
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I'll go with you okay all right is any
discussion on that motion made by
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um a gardener for five percent they're
here second
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second by Alderman bets all right all in
favor say aye aye any opposed
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okay the second thing was to you know we
make it clear that everybody was in
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favor pardon okay
oh the second thing was approving the
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arpa funds for us you know this will
help our citizens on our utility bills
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for July August and September uh and
just as far if you're looking for about
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a dollar amount what you're talking
about
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uh just this month our latest bill was
right at ninety thousand dollars and so
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it's almost like you're you know you're
saving the citizens ninety thousand this
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month if we approved to do that it won't
go into their utility bills uh because
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we know that during the summer time
they're going to go up just from usage
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and people trying to cover their homes I
think it's a great thing to do and I
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would hope that y'all would you know
everybody be in favor of doing it but we
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just needed to clarify we talked about
it but it wasn't actually said well
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let's do that uh and we were going to
get those funds from arpa which would
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benefit everybody which we want to make
sure that when we spend those funds it
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benefits we didn't make a motion on it
but we just I just want to clarify
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that's the only other thing well I'll
make the motion okay motion by Alderman
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bets to approve those arfa funds for the
leap of one payments for July August and
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September thank you okay second by
Allman Garner on them all right any more
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discussion
all in favor say aye aye okay
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all right that concludes that part of
our meeting we're going to amass the
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board for a boat to exit into executive
session we have uh matters related to
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litigation and motion made by Armin
Garner here second second second made by
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Alter woman Demby all in favor say aye
aye all right we're going if y'all don't
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mind we're going to exit back here to
the kitchen area
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and we should not be long so we'll be
forthcoming them coming out with that
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all right
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okay
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thank you
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okay can I hear a motion wig I'll exit
executive session make motion motion
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made by Alderman Betts and I hear a
second I think about armor approach all
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in favor say aye aye we're now at uh
adjourned from executive session
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now we're going to take a vote on the
matters discussion executive session and
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basically what we are going to do is
proceed with our attorney's
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recommendation in reference to some
litigation that the town's involved in
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and uh and I was to entertain that
motion I'll make the motion motion bits
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here a second
second by older woman then be all in
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favor say aye aye any opposed
all right thank you all very much to I
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hear a motion we adjourn motion made by
automobiles for a second second bottom
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of probes all in favor say aye We Stand
adjourned thank you guys