[I. MEETING CALLED TO ORDER] [00:00:02] GOOD EVENING. WELCOME TO THE JUNE 16TH MEETING OF THE EASTPOINTE CITY COUNCIL. MADAM CITY CLERK, CAN WE GET A ROLL CALL, PLEASE? COUNCIL MEMBER SHROPSHIRE IS PRESENT. SHE JUST WALKED OUT. COUNCIL MEMBER FREHLEY. PRESENT. COUNCIL MEMBER. ATKINS. PRESENT. COUNCIL MEMBER. ZIEGLER. PRESENT. COUNCIL MEMBER. CUMMINGS PRESENT. COUNCIL MEMBER. MITCHELL. MAYOR PRO TEM MITCHELL I HAVE YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER. BUTLER AND COUNCIL MEMBER MARTIN ROGERS. PRESENT. MAYOR PRO TEM MITCHELL, WE HAVE A QUORUM. THANK YOU. TONIGHT, INVOCATION IS GOING TO BE DONE BY PASTOR MOBLEY. CAN WE PLEASE HAVE EVERYONE STAND FOR THE INVOCATION AND THE PLEDGE TO THE FLAG? LET'S PRAY. WE ARE THANKFUL FOR ALL THAT YOU DO FOR US. AND WE HAVE LIFE. AND WE HAVE IT MORE ABUNDANTLY. BLESS OUR MAYOR AND COUNCIL AS THEY NAVIGATE WHAT WE NEED FOR THIS CITY. BLESS US AS CITIZENS AND VISITORS SO THAT WE CAN APPRECIATE THEIR EFFORTS AND BLESS ALL THE CITY WORKERS. WE PRAY IN THY NAME. AMEN. AMEN. THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. AMEN. IS. THERE ANY. OTHER. OUR SERGEANT AT ARMS THIS EVENING IS CAPTAIN ROBINSON. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE THIS EVENING. WE WILL NOW MOVE TO PRESENTATIONS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS. [VI.1. East Point Parks & Recreation and Cultural Affairs Presents 12U NFL Flag Football Super Regional Flag Champions.] AND FIRST UP, WE HAVE SOME MORE CHAMPIONS IN THE CITY OF EASTPOINTE THAT WE WANT TO RECOGNIZE. WE HAVE OUR EASTPOINTE PARKS AND RECREATION DIVISION, OUR 12 U. NFL. I LIKE THAT NFL FLAG FOOTBALL SUPER REGIONAL FLAG CHAMPIONS TO ACKNOWLEDGE. TONIGHT I'M GOING TO WELCOME DOCTOR DIRECTOR CHARLOTTE PINKETT TO THE PODIUM. OH, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. VERY EXCITED TO BE BACK HERE BEFORE YOU AGAIN. AS THE MAYOR SAID A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO WE WE'RE WORKING ON THE BANNER. WE ARE THE CITY OF CHAMPIONS. LAST YEAR IN JULY 2024 WE WERE BEFORE YOU TO ANNOUNCE US WINNING THE SUPER REGIONAL IN DOTHAN, ALABAMA FOR OUR EIGHT YEAR AND 12 YEAR DIVISION. THAT THOSE TEAMS WENT ON TO ORLANDO TO PLAY IN THE PRO BOWL. AND THEY FINISHED NUMBER FOUR IN THE NATION AND NUMBER EIGHT IN THE NATION. JUST A FEW WEEKS AGO, WE TRAVELED BACK DOWN TO DOTHAN, WHICH WE CALL THE EASTPOINT INVITATIONAL. NOW WITH THE GOAL TO TRY TO WIN THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP. AND WE WERE SUCCESSFUL TAKING OUR FIRST STEP TO WIN A NATIONAL TITLE BY WINNING THE NFL SUPER REGIONAL IN DOTHAN, ALABAMA. I'M GOING TO BE INTRODUCING ANOTHER ONE OF MY KEY TEAM TEAM MEMBERS. HE DOES A LOT OF STUFF BEHIND THE SCENES. I WAS RECRUITING THIS GUY FOR PROBABLY ABOUT FIVE YEARS TO COME JOIN OUR TEAM. AND SINCE THEN, UNDER HIS LEADERSHIP WE'VE WON PICKLEBALL STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS, FLAG STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS FOR GIRLS YOU NAME IT. MISTER SHEDRICK ROBERTS JUST CELEBRATED HIS FIRST YEAR ANNIVERSARY, I THINK, ON JANUARY 2ND. YEAH. I'M SORRY. JUNE 3RD. I'M SORRY. JUNE 3RD. JUST A FEW WEEKS AGO. SO I'M GOING TO TURN THE MICROPHONE OVER TO SHEDRICK ROBERTS. ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY. LIKE I SAID, I AM SHEDRICK ROBERTS, YOUR ATHLETIC COORDINATOR HERE AT EASTPOINT PARKS AND RECREATIONS. WE'RE HERE TO CELEBRATE OUR NFL FLAG PROGRAM, Y'ALL. IT'S AN AMAZING PROGRAM WHERE WE HOUSE ABOUT 60 PLUS TEAMS IN OUR FALL LEAGUE. 30 OF THOSE TEAMS ARE EASTPOINTE TEAMS, WHICH MEANS THOSE ARE EASTPOINTE RESIDENTS. KIDS THAT REGISTER WITH US. 20 TEAMS ARE OUTSIDE TEAMS, WHICH MEANS THEY COME FROM DIFFERENT CITIES, DIFFERENT COUNTIES TO PLAY WITH US. AS FAR AS DEKALB COUNTY, [00:05:03] ALL THE WAY DOWN TO FAYETTE, RIGHT HERE AT COLLEGE PARK. ALSO WE HAVE A LOT OF TEAMS THAT PLAY, A LOT OF KIDS THAT PARTICIPATE WITH US, AND WE HAVE A LOT OF FUN AND IT'S SUPER AMAZING. ALSO, OUR ATHLETES RANGE AGES FROM 3 TO 13, 13. SO WE HAVE A LOT OF ATHLETES, MAN. AND WE TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ENCOMPASS A LOT OF KIDS AND FAMILIES IN OUR COMMUNITY. ALSO THIS SPRING WE HAD FLAG FOOTBALL AND WE CALLED IT FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS. WE TRIED TO PUT IT BEHIND LIKE HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL. SO WE DO COLLEGE FLAG FOOTBALL ON FRIDAY NIGHT SO THE KIDS CAN GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO PLAY IN THE LIGHTS. WE HAD ABOUT 25 TEAMS THAT PLAYED IN THAT LEAGUE THAT JUST FINISHED UP LAST WEEK. NOW THIS PROGRAM IS SPEARHEADED BY A GUY RIGHT HERE, WHICH IS KENT ROGERS. HE'S THE ONE THAT CONTACTS ALL OUR COACHES. HE WORKS WITH ALL LOT OF PARENTS. HE ALSO COACHED HIS CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM THAT CAME THROUGH AND WON IN DALTON, ALABAMA. WE LIKE TO TAKE THIS TIME TO THANK OUR PARENTS, OUR COMMUNITY FOR ALL THEIR DEDICATION TO OUR PROGRAM, BRINGING OUR KIDS TO PRACTICES, TRAVELING TO DALTON, ALABAMA. WE LIKE TO SAY, PARENTS, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR DEDICATION TO OUR PROGRAM. WE CANNOT DO IT WITHOUT YOU, THE PARENTS IN OUR PROGRAM. NOW, WE'D LIKE TO TURN IT OVER TO OUR CHAMPION COACH, COACH KENT ROGERS, AS HE INTRODUCES HIS CHAMPION TEAM. I WANT TO START BY SAYING THANK YOU, GUYS. THANK THE PARENTS. WITHOUT THE PARENTS, WE WOULDN'T BE HERE. A LOT OF THESE KIDS I'VE BEEN COACHING FOR YEARS. SOME OF THESE KIDS ARE NEW TO THE PROGRAM, BUT THEY CAME THEY ADAPTED VERY WELL. SO I WANT TO START WITH OUR MVP LONDON BROWN. LET HIM OUT. THERE. HE PLAYED EXTREMELY WELL. THEN WE HAVE MR. RYAN JOHNSON. WE HAVE DARREN FOSTER, DJ FOSTER. JASON SKEEN. DOMINIC. MEREDITH. I GOT A FEW IN THE BACK. Y'ALL CAN'T SEE HIM, BUT TYLER HARRIS. KAREEM STANDIFER. I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN TELL, BUT THAT'S MY BABY. HE THE BABY OF THE BUNCH. AND THEN LAST BUT NOT LEAST, WE CALL HIM GRANDPA BECAUSE HE MOVED LIKE GRANDPA. IT MIGHT TAKE HIM 30 MINUTES TO GET UP HERE. MR. KEVIN FRAZIER. BUT AGAIN, THESE YOUNG MEN, THEY SACRIFICED SO MUCH THEIR PARENTS SACRIFICED OR, WHAT, THREE, FOUR HOUR DRIVE TO GET US DOWN THERE? IT WAS A PLAY AND PLAY. IT WAS A STADIUM PLAY TOURNAMENT, SO WE HAD TO STAY OVERNIGHT. THEN WE HAD TO PLAY THAT SATURDAY MORNING. THESE GUYS DID EXTREMELY WELL. I'M SUPER PROUD OF THEM. WE GOT WE'RE GOING TO GET BACK TO PRACTICE THIS WEEK, AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO GO TO NATIONALS IN JULY. NATIONALS JULY 18TH THROUGH THE 20TH. SO WE'RE GETTING GETTING READY FOR THAT. WELL GREAT JOB. GOOD JOB. BEFORE BEFORE WE GIVE GAVE THESE YOUNG MEN A STANDING OVATION. I WANT THE PARENTS AND FAMILY AND EVERYONE WHO SUPPORTED THEM TO STAND. WE WANT TO RECOGNIZE THEM. AT LEAST I KNOW HOW MUCH YOU ALL PUT INTO THIS AS PARENTS AND THEIR SUPPORT SYSTEM TO MAKE SURE NOT ONLY THEY MAKE PRACTICE AND GAMES, BUT THAT THEY'RE TRAINING, THAT THEY'RE STAYING UP WITH THEIR WORK SO THAT THEIR SCHOLAR ATHLETES AND NOT JUST ATHLETES. SO CONGRATULATIONS TO THE PARENTS AND THEIR SUPPORT SYSTEM AND CONGRATULATIONS TO TO THESE YOUNG MEN. I THINK DIRECTOR PINKETT HAS SOMETHING TO SAY. ALL RIGHT. YEAH, WE DID ANNOUNCE THEY'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO CANTON. CANTON, OHIO JULY 18TH. THEY MOVED IT FROM ORLANDO TO CANTON. SO WE'LL BE UP THERE AND PROBABLY SEE SOME OF THESE KIDS IN THE HALL OF FAME ONE DAY. OKAY. I LOOK FORWARD TO IT. AND I'M SURE. GRANDPA, DON'T MOVE SLOW AND SLOW ON THE FIELD BECAUSE THEY WOULDN'T WIN. IF THAT'S THE CASE. LET'S GIVE HIM A STANDING OVATION. SO I'M GOING TO GO TO COUNCIL MEMBERS. I'M SURE THEY WOULD LIKE TO HAVE SOME WORDS FOR YOU ALL, [00:10:05] AND I'LL CALL THEM. AND THEN I WILL HAVE SOME FURTHER WORDS OF CONGRATULATIONS. AND THEN WE WILL COME DOWN AND TAKE A PICTURE WITH YOU ALL FIRST WITH YOU AND YOUR COACHES. CONGRATULATIONS TO THE COACHES. AND ALL OF THE STAFF THAT ARE WORKING WITH THESE YOUNG MEN. WE'LL HAVE A PICTURE WITH COUNCIL THE YOUTH AND THEIR COACHES AND THE DIRECTOR, AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO INVITE THE FAMILY UP FOR A PICTURE AS WELL. SO I DON'T COUNCIL MEMBER COMING. YES. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. AND I WOULD JUST LIKE TO JUST PRETTY MUCH ECHO A LOT OF THOSE SENTIMENTS OF THE MAYOR. JUST CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU GUYS. I KNOW JUST MY SON PLAYED REC BALL FROM SIX UP UNTIL NOW. HE'S PLAYING IN COLLEGE. BUT JUST TO SEE YOU GUYS AND JUST THE PROGRESS THAT YOU MADE AND JUST TO SEE, YOU KNOW, YOU WINNING THESE CHAMPIONSHIPS AND PARENTS I MEAN IT'S WITHOUT THE PARENTS I MEAN YOU GUYS YOU CAN'T GET ANYWHERE. SO IT'S TOTALLY, YOU KNOW, THE PARENTS AND YOU TAKE A LOT OUT OF YOUR TIME, YOUR DAY FOR THESE KIDS TO INVEST IN THESE KIDS. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY SAID, MOST IMPORTANTLY IS THAT YOU GUYS ARE STUDENT ATHLETES. STUDENT ATHLETES, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE IMPORTANT. AND JUST I JUST ENCOURAGE YOU GUYS TO CONTINUE TO DO WELL, STRIVE, WORK HARD. AND ONE MORE THING, THEY TALKED ABOUT THAT FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS. IF NO ONE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO THERE, I ACTUALLY WENT A COUPLE FRIDAYS. IT'S A WHOLE VIBE ON A FRIDAY NIGHT THERE. OVER WITH WHAT HE'S DOING OVER THERE AT THAT PARK. SO IF YOU ALL DIDN'T GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO JUST TO PARTICIPATE AND TAKE PART, DEFINITELY MAKE SURE THAT YOU DO THAT NEXT YEAR. BUT LIKE I SAID, IT IS COMPLETE. IT'S A WHOLE VIBE THERE ON FRIDAY NIGHTS. SO AGAIN THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH. GOOD LUCK. WE WAIT FOR Y'ALL TO BRING THAT CHAMPIONSHIP BACK HOME. COUNCIL MEMBER MARTIN ROGERS. YES. THANK YOU. I WANT TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR PARKS AND REC DEPARTMENT ATHLETES. PARENTS, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR MAKING OUR CITY SUCH A POSITIVE CITY. THROUGH YOUR WORK WITH THIS DEPARTMENT. DIRECTOR PICKETT, YOU HAVE MADE US A TRUE CITY OF CHAMPIONS. AND TO THE GENTLEMEN, DON'T FORGET WHERE YOU GOT YOUR START, RIGHT HERE IN EAST POINT. KEEP YOUR EDUCATION FIRST. AND ONCE YOU ARE SUCCESSFUL BECAUSE I'M SPEAKING IT INTO EXISTENCE, REACH BACK INTO EAST POINT AND HELP SOMEONE ELSE. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR GREAT WORK AND I'M PROUD OF YOU ALL. COUNCIL MEMBER FREELY. I JUST WANTED TO ADD MY CONGRATULATIONS AND THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS THIS HOME TO EASTPOINTE. AND BEST OF LUCK AT THE CHAMPIONSHIP. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER ATKINS. YES. VERY BRIEFLY, I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU, DIRECTOR PINKERT, FOR YOUR VISION AND LEADERSHIP. AND ALSO MR. ROBERTS AND MR. ROGERS AND ALL OF THE PARENTS AND THE SUPPORT SYSTEM FOR THESE GREAT SCHOLAR ATHLETES. AND ALL I'M GOING TO SAY IS JUST BRING HOME THE GOLD FROM ALABAMA TO OHIO. I KNOW YOU CAN DO IT. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. SO I ALWAYS SAY THERE'S NO POINT LIKE EAST POINT AND OUR LIST OF CHAMPIONS KEEP GROWING. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR REPRESENTING OUR CITY SO WELL. I'M PROUD OF EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU. THE WORK YOU PUT IN ON THE FIELD, THE CHAMPION MINDSET THAT YOU HAVE. AND MAKE SURE LET'S MAKE SURE WE KEEP IT ON AND OFF THE FIELD. SO I WANT TO SEE THE SAME CHAMPION ATTITUDE IN YOUR BOOKS AND IN YOUR SCHOOL AND YOUR ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL ENDEAVORS. AS COUNCIL MEMBER MARTIN ROGERS SAYS, YOU KNOW WHEN YOU ALL GET TO THE NFL FLAG, I MEAN, THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE OLYMPICS FLAG SOON AND A LOT OF OTHER OPPORTUNITIES. I ALWAYS REMEMBER EAST POINT AND REMEMBER YOUR PROUD, HUMBLE BEGINNINGS HERE AND THE SUPPORT THAT YOU RECEIVED HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER CLEMONS MENTIONED THAT FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS IS A VIBE. I'VE BEEN OUT THERE AS WELL. IT'S IT'S A VIBE. IT'S ALSO A FAMILY VIBE. SO IT IS A PLACE WHERE ON FRIDAYS, IF YOU WANT TO PICK YOUR KIDS UP FROM SCHOOL, AFTER YOU GET OFF OF WORK AND COME AND NOT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT DINNER, THEY HAVE FOOD THERE. THEY HAVE ACTIVITIES THERE WHILE THE KIDS ARE ALSO PLAYING. IT'S A REALLY GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE TO CONNECT AND FOR A FAMILY NIGHT OUT IN EAST POINT AT JOHN MILNER PARK, 3009 RANDALL STREET. SO AGAIN, THANK YOU. REGULATIONS. WE'RE GOING TO COME DOWN AND TAKE A PICTURE WITH YOU ALL. FIRST IT'LL BE COUNCIL, THE YOUNG MEN AND THE STAFF. THE COACH AND DIRECTOR PICKETT. AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO INVITE THE FAMILY UP TO TAKE A PICTURE WITH US AS WELL. AND DO I SEE ANYONE FROM COMMUNICATIONS? OH, GREAT. THERE SHE IS, MISS JERRY. OKAY, LET'S GO DOWN. [VI.2. Proclamation Honoring the Retirement of Vincent Todd Hicks Electrical Superintendent in Recognition of 40 Years of Dedicated Service to the City of East Point] [00:17:22] NEXT UP, WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION HONORING THE RETIREMENT OF VINCENT TODD HICKS, OUR SUPERINTENDENT, AND RECOGNITION OF 40 YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE TO THE CITY OF EASTPOINTE FOR DECADES. I'M GOING TO INVITE DIRECTOR SHAWN DOW TO COME UP AND OPEN IT UP BEFORE I READ THE PROCLAMATION. HI. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. I DON'T KNOW IF TO BE HAPPY OR TO BE SAD. REALLY AND TRULY THIS IS GOING TO BE SOME REAL, REAL BIG SHOES TO FILL. WHEN I, I REMEMBER WHEN I FIRST STARTED IN THE CITY, YOUNG ENGINEER COMING IN AND I'M COMING FROM THE VIRGIN ISLANDS. SO IT'S, YOU KNOW, A DIFFERENT CULTURE, EVERYTHING. AND THE FIRST THING TODD TOLD ME, WHAT CAN I TEACH HIM? AND THAT WAS WILD TO ME, BECAUSE IT'S LIKE YOU'VE BEEN HERE FOR 32 YEARS. LIKE WHAT? CAN YOU KNOW THIS YOUNG BOY TEACH YOU. BUT JUST THAT ALONE STARTED OUR RELATIONSHIP AND WHAT HE TAUGHT ME. LIKE THERE'S NO ONE IN THIS WORLD COULD EVER TAKE THAT AWAY FROM ME. LIKE. AND IT'S MORE THAN, YOU KNOW, JUST THE CITY. JUST THE POWER GRID OF THE CITY. BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IT COULD BE 3:00 IN THE MORNING AND I COULD CALL TODD. HEY, YOU KNOW, HOW DOES SUCH AND SUCH CONNECT FROM THE SUBSTATION? AND HE'LL BE TELLING ME, LOOK FOR THIS POLE ON THIS STREET. YOU KNOW, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THIS KIND OF HOUSE, LIKE EVERYTHING. LIKE IF IT'S ONE PERSON THAT KNOWS THIS CITY, THAT'S TODD HICKS. YEAH. BUT JUST SO PROUD. PROUD OF YOU KNOW, THE WHO HE IS AND WHAT HE'S BECOME SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE AND I'VE GOTTEN TO KNOW HIM. TO KNOW TODD IS TO HONESTLY LOVE TODD. THERE'S NOTHING HE'S NOT GOING TO DO FOR YOU. YOU KNOW THAT HE WON'T DO FOR HIMSELF. SO, WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, TODD HICKS. ALL RIGHT, TODD, THANK YOU. SO THE NUMBERS GOTTA BE WRONG. [00:20:06] YOU DON'T LOOK LIKE YOU COULD HAVE SERVED WITH US FOR 40 YEARS. I MEAN, WHATEVER YOU'RE DOING, YOU'RE DOING IT RIGHT. LONG LIFE. BUT REALLY, THANK YOU SO MUCH. FOR OVER FOUR DECADES OF SERVICE TO THE CITY OF EAST POINT. THAT IS REMARKABLE FOR YOU TO BE COMMITTED TO OUR CITY FOR THAT LONG, BUT NOT ONLY COMMITTED TO PERFORM EXCELLENT WORK AND TO SHOW UP AND VERY SERIOUS, SOMETIMES DANGEROUS CIRCUMSTANCES TO ENSURE THAT THE LIGHTS STAY ON. SO I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU. AND THEN I'M GOING TO READ THE PROCLAMATION. I'M GOING TO OPEN IT UP TO COUNCIL FOR THEM TO HAVE ANY COMMENTS. AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO COME DOWN AND TAKE A PICTURE WITH YOU AS WELL. AS I PRESENT THE PROCLAMATION, I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK BEFORE WE COME DOWN, IF YOU LIKE TO. NOT REQUIRED BUT AN OPPORTUNITY, WE'LL COME DOWN. WE'LL TAKE A PICTURE WITH YOU. WE'LL INVITE YOUR FAMILY UP, BECAUSE I KNOW THE FAMILY HERE IS HERE AS WELL, AS WELL AS THE EAST POINT POWER DEPARTMENT. I HEARD THE ROUNDS OF APPLAUSE. I KNOW THEY'RE IN THE HOUSE AS WELL. SO IN RECOGNITION OF VINCENT TODD HICKS. WHEREAS VINCENT TODD HICKS, A NATIVE OF ATLANTA, GEORGIA, BEGAN HIS DISTINGUISHED CAREER WITH THE CITY OF EAST POINT. ON APRIL 8TH, 1985, STARTING HIS JOURNEY WITH A HUMBLE YET SIMPLE SYMBOLIC TASK DIGGING A HOLE FOR A POLE. AND WHEREAS MR. HICKS'S CAREER PATH IS A TESTAMENT OF DEDICATION AND PERSEVERANCE. BEGINNING AS A GROUNDSMAN FORMERLY REFERRED TO AS A GRUNT AND RISING THROUGH THE RANKS AS A TRUCK OPERATOR, APPRENTICE LINEMAN, FOREMAN, AND ULTIMATELY SUPERINTENDENT IN THE ELECTRICAL DEPARTMENT. AND WHEREAS VINCENT HICKS PROUDLY BECAME THE FIRST BLACK INDIVIDUAL TO SERVE AS A LINEMAN AND LATER AS A FOREMAN IN THE CITY OF EAST POINT'S ELECTRICAL DEPARTMENT, BREAKING BARRIERS AND PAVING THE WAY FOR OTHERS TO FOLLOW. AND WHEREAS MR. HICKS HAS DEMONSTRATED EXTRAORDINARY COMMITMENT THROUGH DECADES OF SERVICE, INCLUDING WORKING DURING MAJOR HISTORICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL EVENTS SUCH AS THE Y2K, QUOTE UNQUOTE SNOWMAGEDDON STORM THAT BROUGHT OUR CITY TO A STANDSTILL. AND WHEREAS VINCENT HICKS HAS WITNESSED THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE CITY FIRSTHAND FROM THE ORIGINAL DOWNTOWN LANDSCAPE TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CAMP CREEK MARKETPLACE AND THE CURRENT CITY HALL, CONTRIBUTING TO THE CITY'S GROWTH, NOT JUST WITH HIS LABOR, BUT WITH HIS LOYALTY AND LOVE FOR EASTPOINT. AND WHEREAS MR. HICKS BALANCES A LIFE OF PUBLIC SERVICE WITH PERSONAL JOY AS A NEWLYWED AND A PROUD FATHER TO TWO ADULT DAUGHTERS WHILE ENJOYING READING, RUNNING AND BICYCLING IN HIS FREE TIME. AND WHEREAS, THROUGHOUT HIS LONG AND STORIED CAREER, VINCENT TODD HICKS HAS REMAINED HUMBLE, GRATEFUL AND ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT HIS WORK, STATING HE FEELS, QUOTE, BLESSED TO HAVE THE JOB AND CONTINUES TO LOVE THE CITY, HIS WORK, AND THE COWORKERS WHO HE CONSIDERS TO BE LIKE FAMILY. AND WHEREAS, AFTER ENJOYING AN ILLUSTRIOUS CAREER IN THE CITY'S POWER DEPARTMENT. VINCENT TODD HICKS WILL RETIRE ON JULY 1ST, 2025, CULMINATING OVER FOUR DECADES OF SERVICE TO RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES IN THE CITY OF EAST POINT. THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT I, DINA HOLIDAY INGRAM, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF EAST POINT, ALONG WITH THE CITY COUNCIL, HEREBY HONOR VINCENT TODD HICKS FOR HIS INVALUABLE COMMITMENT AND EXEMPLARY SERVICE TO THE CITY OF EAST POINT AND CONGRATULATE HIM ON A JOB WELL DONE AND HIS RETIREMENT. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. HICKS. COUNCIL MEMBER CUMMINGS. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. AND I WILL SAY THIS. IF YOU EVER HAD TO HAVE AN EX-BROTHER IN LAW, IT WOULD BE TODD HICKS. TODD HICKS IS MY EX BROTHER IN LAW. THE BEST BROTHER IN LAW. HE'S STILL JUST LIKE A BROTHER TO ME. THERE IS NOTHING THAT I CAN'T CALL TY FOR TODAY THAT HE WON'T DO FOR ME OR MY FAMILY, MY BOYS, MY CURRENT HUSBAND. THERE'S NOTHING TO TY I WOULDN'T DO. SO THOSE THINGS THAT SEAN SAID, IT'S TRUE. THROUGH AND THROUGH. I CAN CALL TODD EVEN NOW WHEN THE POWER'S OUT. AND I DIDN'T KNOW. HE WAS KIND OF LIKE, NOT AT WORK ALL THE TIME. I'M LIKE, TODD, POWER'S OUT OVER HERE. HOLD ON. LET ME, LET ME LET ME FIND OUT WHAT'S GOING ON. SO, I MEAN, HE'S ALWAYS BEEN THERE. AND, TODD, I JUST WANT TO CONGRATULATE YOU. AND I JUST DID A LITTLE MATH WHEN YOU CAME ON WITH THE CITY. I WAS JUST 13 YEARS OLD. SO HE IS TRULY PUT HIS TIME IN. AND, TODD, I AM SO JUST SUPER PROUD OF YOU. ALWAYS. NOTHING BUT LOVE FOR YOU. I'M ALWAYS HERE, AND I PROBABLY STILL END UP CALLING TO SEE IF YOU CAN CALL SOMEBODY WHEN THE POWER IS OUT. [00:25:02] BUT AGAIN, ENJOY YOUR RETIREMENT. NO ONE DESERVES IT MORE THAN YOU. I LOVE YOU, ENJOY YOUR RETIREMENT. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER BUTLER. BROTHER HICKS. HOW YOU DOING? YOUR YEARS OF SERVICE AND DEDICATION TO THE CITY IS NOT ONLY AN EXAMPLE OF WHO YOU ARE, IT'S ALSO A TESTAMENT TO HOW YOU WERE REARED AND RAISED. WOLFPACK. SOUTHWEST. THAT'S IT. YOU SPEAK. YOU'RE THE PERFECT EXAMPLE OF WHAT OUR CULTURE IS, WHAT ATLANTA TRULY MEANS TO BE. HARD WORK. PERSEVERANCE. LONGEVITY. I WISH THERE WERE ENOUGH ACCOLADES THAT I COULD TRULY BESTOW UPON YOU TO SHOW MY DEEP GRATITUDE FOR WHO YOU ARE, BUT I LEAVE YOU WITH THIS. YOU ARE THE LEGACY TO KEEP AND THE IMAGE TO UPHOLD THAT WE WERE TAUGHT ABOUT YOUR ANCESTORS. YOU MAKE THEM PROUD. AND YOU'RE SOMETHING THAT WE ALL SHOULD LOOK UP TO. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MY BROTHER, FOR YOUR SERVICE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER FREELY. I CAN'T TOP THAT. I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. AND I CERTAINLY HOPE YOU ENJOY THE NEXT 40 YEARS. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. COUNCIL MEMBER ZIEGLER. THANK YOU, MR. HICKS, FOR YOUR SERVICE AND DEDICATION TO OUR CITY. WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT. WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOU STICKING THROUGH EVERYTHING. AND THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND ENJOY YOUR RETIREMENT. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER MARTIN ROGER, THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. HICKS, FOR YOUR DEDICATION AND SERVICE TO THE CITY OF EAST POINT FOR DECADES. ENJOY THE NEXT CHAPTER. OH, YEAH. TURN THE PAGE ON THIS ONE AND ENJOY THE NEXT CHAPTER. THANK YOU AGAIN. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER ATKINS. YES. I'LL TELL YOU, MR. HICKS, I HAVE NOT KNOWN YOU AS SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES OR AS WELL AS DIRECTOR DOW HAS KNOWN YOU. BUT JUST HEARING THEIR TESTAMENT AND THE QUALITY AND THE LEVEL OF WORK THAT YOU HAVE GIVEN THIS CITY, I JUST WANTED TO JUST SAY THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND AS MY OTHER COLLEAGUE HAD SAID, PLEASE ENJOY THE NEXT 40 YEARS AS WELL. YOU ABSOLUTELY DESERVE IT. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER, SHROPSHIRE. CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR RETIREMENT. MAY YOU ENJOY. WHAT'S AHEAD TO COME? YOU, YOU YOU DON'T HAVE TO GET UP AND ANSWER TO ANYONE. YOU DON'T HAVE TO CLOCK IN. YOU DON'T HAVE TO CLOCK OUT. YOU CAN JUST DO YOU AND DO IT TO THE FULLEST AND ENJOY YOURSELF ON YOUR RETIREMENT. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU. YOU DON'T HAVE TO GET UP. YOU ALSO DON'T HAVE TO COME IN AT LIKE 3:00 IN THE MORNING BECAUSE YOU ALL WORK 24 HOURS AND WE GREATLY APPRECIATE IT. YOU KNOW WHAT I ALWAYS REMEMBER ABOUT YOU, MR. HICKS? NO MATTER WHERE I SEE YOU, WHAT IS GOING ON? EVEN IF IT'S IN THE MIDST OF OR RIGHT AFTER SOMETHING THAT'S VERY SERIOUS AND CHALLENGING, YOU HAVE THAT SAME CALM PRESENCE. YOU ARE TRULY A CALM IN THE MIDST OF THE STORM. WE ARE TRULY GOING TO MISS YOU. BUT WE I AM HAPPY FOR YOU. AND I'M HAPPY THAT, YOU KNOW, AS YOU STAND HERE TODAY, LOOKS LIKE YOU'RE GOING TO ENJOY 40 PLUS YEARS OF RETIREMENT. SO WE ARE EXCITED TO SAY, YOU KNOW, THANK YOU FOR A JOB WELL DONE. ENJOY THE NEXT CHAPTERS. AND I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER NOW TO THE CALM IN THE MIDST OF THE STORM. MR. HICKS, IF YOU'D LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING BEFORE WE COME DOWN. FIRST OF ALL, I'D LIKE TO THANK GOD FOR KEEPING ME SAFE. KEEPING MY DEPARTMENT SAFE. I WANT TO THANK THE MAYOR COUNSEL FOR THIS PRESTIGIOUS PROCLAMATION. MY DAD ALWAYS SAID THAT IF YOU DO GOOD WORK, YOU GET ACKNOWLEDGMENT. AND I BELIEVE I'VE DONE GOOD WORK. BUT IT WILL GET BETTER WITH THE TEAM I'M LEAVING BEHIND. IT'LL GET BETTER. THEY GOT TO GET BETTER THAN ME. KEEP STRIVING. I'M GOING TO BRING MY TEAM UP HERE. Y'ALL COME ON. I WANT TO THANK MY FAMILY FOR PRAYING FOR ME. MY MOM IS HERE. SHE'S BEEN THROUGH A LOT. MY DAD PASSED AWAY THIS NOVEMBER, AND I KNOW HE'S HAPPY. SO THIS IS MY TEAM. THOMAS MANGRUM, GREGORY CRIQUI, LISA PERSONS, DARIUS ADAMS Y'ALL STEP ON IN. I DIDN'T DO IT BY MYSELF. I DIDN'T DO IT BY MYSELF. THANK YOU. DARLING. GOT SOMETHING RIGHT HERE. RIGHT THERE. AND AGAIN, IT'S BEEN LIKE I ALWAYS SAY, 40 YEARS, TWO MONTHS AND EIGHT DAYS. [00:30:10] AND I APPRECIATE IT. AND I'M GOING TO MISS EACH POINT. BUT YOU'LL YOU'LL SEE ME AROUND. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND GOD BLESS YOU. CONGRATULATIONS, MR. HICKS. THE WORKS YOU'VE DONE TRULY SPEAK FOR YOU, AND WE APPRECIATE YOU. ITEM NUMBER THREE. MR. CONSTANTINO HAD AN EMERGENCY COME UP, AND SO HE WILL JOIN US ON JULY 7TH. [VI.3. Update on Sylvan Road and N. Central Avenue Site and Innovation TAD Presentation, Mikey Consentino] SEVEN. SO IF YOU COULD PUT IT AS THE JULY 7TH WORK SESSION AS A PRESENTATION. PRESENTATION? YOU SAID WORK SESSION, BUT I WAS JUST MAKING SURE IT'S COUNCIL MEETING. YEAH. COUNCIL MEETING, JULY 7TH. I GOT IT NEXT MEETING. THANK YOU. NEXT UP IS THE CLEAN CITY SENIOR INITIATIVE. [VI.4. Clean City Senior Initiative] COUNCIL MEMBER. THIS IS MY NAME, BUT I THINK THIS IS COUNCIL MEMBER. SHROPSHIRE. IT IS. CAN YOU UPDATE THE AGENDA TOO AS WELL? THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU. I PUT THIS ON THE AGENDA TO GET AN UPDATE ON THE CLEAN CITY INITIATIVE WITH THE SENIORS. AND WE'RE GOING TO BRING UP MEN OF INTELLIGENCE COUNCIL MEMBER ALEXANDER GAITHER. I'M SORRY, LORD JESUS. FORMER SPEAKING INTO EXISTENCE. COUNCIL MEMBER, FORMER COUNCIL MEMBER ALEXANDER ARTHUR. DANIEL. MAYS AND. AERIAL. AERIAL AB. AB. THANK YOU. AND BEFORE WE GET STARTED MADAM CITY CLERK, IF YOU WOULD. IT'S GOOD TO SEE EVERYBODY. NEW COUNCIL UP HERE. CONGRATULATIONS TO THE NEW MEMBERS. I HAVEN'T MET EVERYBODY, BUT IT'S DEFINITELY GOOD TO SEE EVERYONE. [00:37:00] TESTING. TESTING. OKAY. HOW Y'ALL DOING? I'M THE FOUNDER AND PRESIDENT OF ASSOCIATION DAUNTLESS MAYS. HOW Y'ALL DOING? ALL RIGHT, SO WE GOT THE YARD MAINTENANCE AND TREE TRIMMING PROGRAM FOR SENIOR CITIZENS OF EAST POINT, GEORGIA. SO MAKE SURE I DO THIS RIGHT. SIT DOWN. IS THAT RIGHT? OH, THAT'S OH. MY FAULT. I'M SORRY. Y'ALL GO DOWN, UP, DOWN. YES, SIR. FOCUS ON. TECHNOLOGY. BACKGROUND. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. OKAY. OH, YEAH. OKAY. MEMBERS ASSOCIATION, KNOWN AS MOYER. WHO? WE ARE A NETWORK OF PROFESSIONAL BROTHERS DONATING OUR TIME, TALENT AND TREASURE TO SERVE AND EMPOWER THE COMMUNITY. MEMBERS INCLUDE POLICE, ELECTRICIANS, COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE AGENTS, LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS, PERSONAL TRAINERS, ETC. ACTIVITIES WILL BE PERFORMED ON AN ONGOING BASIS FOR THEIR MOUTHS AND A5K RUN TO FEED THE HOMELESS COMMUNITY CLEANUPS. COLLEGE PARK CLOTHES DRIVE BELIEVE. COMMUNITY GARDENING, PROBATION, COMMUNITY SERVICE HOURS FOR SORRY OUR PROBATION COMMUNITY SERVICE OFFICE MANAGER, EASTPOINTE AND YOUTH SERVICES. THE PURPOSE OF THIS PROJECT I MAINTAIN YARDS AND TREE LIMBS ARE A PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUE. LARGELY OVERHANGING LIMBS COULD BE LIFE THREATENING FOR A SENIOR, UNTAMED YARDS OR INVITATION FOR BAD ACTORS AND INSECTS AND RODENTS. HELPS LEGACY RESIDENTS RESIDENTS AGE IN PLACE AND AVOID BEING PUSHED OUT. RISING TEXAS WHOLESALERS AND INFLATION, ETC. LONG TERM LONGTIME RESIDENTS ARE BEING SEIZED AT EVERY TURN. SENIORS TYPICALLY FEEL UNHEARD AND OVERLOOKED. PROGRAM DIRECTLY ADDRESSES SOME OF THEIR CONCERNS AND PREVENT SENIORS FROM INJURY. THEMSELVES NEED TO BE CALLED BACK. CREEKS, CODE ENFORCEMENT, ETC. MANY SENIOR CITIZENS CANNOT AFFORD LARGE SCALE YARD CLEANUPS OR TRIMMING TREE TRIMMING. MOST ARE ON FIXED INCOME. I WILL SAY THIS. Y'ALL OKAY? OKAY, OKAY, I'LL LET ALEX GOTHIC CONTINUE THE REST. BUT I WILL SAY Y'ALL BEING OUT THERE IN THE FIELD. A LOT OF SENIOR CITIZENS DO APPRECIATE WHAT WE DO OUT THERE, BECAUSE THEY CAN'T AFFORD TO GET THIS STUFF DONE FOR THEMSELVES. [00:40:08] ALRIGHT. THANK YOU, MR. MAYS, AND GOOD EVENING, CITY COUNCIL. MR. CITY MANAGER. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. SO COULD YOU GO BACK ONE SLIDE PLEASE? SO, MISTER MAYS, HE. HE'LL TALK YOU TO DEATH, BUT HE SPEED THROUGH SOME SLIDES. SO IN TERMS OF THIS PROJECT, WE HEAR A LOT FROM OUR SENIORS, NOT ONLY ABOUT THIS PROJECT, BUT JUST HOW THEY FEEL IN BEING EASTPOINTE RESIDENTS. THEY'RE BEING SQUEEZED. THEY'RE REALLY BEING SQUEEZED. SO THEY REALLY APPRECIATE THIS PROJECT FROM YOU ALL. YOUR YOUR VISION IN SHROPSHIRE. I KNOW SHE REALLY FOUGHT FOR THIS PROJECT, BUT WE REALLY APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'VE DONE, AND THEY REALLY APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'VE DONE. OKAY. NEXT SLIDE. SO SO FAR WE'VE DONE 296 TREE TRIMMED YARDS WITH THE TRIMMED TREES ON THE PROPERTY. OR WE'VE CUT THE TREES DOWN 351 YARDS MANICURED THAT WE'VE DONE, AND 302 GUTTERS THAT WE'VE CLEANED. PARTNERSHIPS, EASTPOINTE COURT SYSTEMS. WE ALSO WORK WITH EASTPOINTE COURT. IF THEY HAVE PEOPLE WHO NEED TO SERVE COMMUNITY SERVICE, TYPICALLY THEY PASS THOSE PEOPLE TO US AND WE DO A LOT OF CLEANUPS. SO WE EITHER PUT THEM DOWN AT THE COMMUNITY GARDEN OR WE HAVE THEM COME WITH US ON THE COMMUNITY CLEANUPS CLUB, WHICH IS DOWN IN COLLEGE PARK, ONE TALENT AND HOME DEPOT MR. BUFORD RIGHT HERE. HE'S HE'S MADE SURE THAT HOME DEPOT REALLY HELPS US OUT IN THIS ENDEAVOR. WE'VE CONNECTED SENIORS, THINGS THAT WE CAN'T DO WITH HABITAT FOR HUMANITY. THEY'VE DONE NEW WINDOWS, NEW GUTTERS. THEY'VE DONE A LOT OF THINGS THAT THAT WE CAN'T DO. AND WE'VE DIRECTLY CONNECTED THEM WITH HABITAT FOR HUMANITY AS WELL AS FULTON COUNTY. IN THE FIELD THIS IS MISS HILLYARD ON THE LOW. SHE HAD A LOT OF LEAVES, SO WE BAGGED THOSE UP FOR HER. AND THIS IS US ACTUALLY, IN THE FIELD DOING THE TREES. SOME STATS THAT WE KIND OF PULLED UP. 42% OF EASTPOINT IS OWNER OCCUPIED HOUSING. I THINK THAT'S FROM LAST YEAR. IT'S PROBABLY GONE UP BY NOW, WHICH MEANS WE HAVE A VERY LARGE RENTER POPULATION IN EASTPOINTE. ABOUT 16,000 HOUSEHOLDS. 38,000 PEOPLE. ALMOST A QUARTER OF OUR POPULATION LIVES IN POVERTY. POVERTY? 22% OVER 55 YEARS OLD. SO THIS IS THIS IS OUR FOCUS, THOSE 22% AND 1700 VETERANS IN EASTPOINTE. SO WE MENTIONED HOME DEPOT. HOME DEPOT HAS GIVEN GIFT CARDS FOR FOR VETERANS. HOME DEPOT HAS SENT VOLUNTEERS OUT TO HELP CLEAN YARDS OF SENIORS. THEY'VE REALLY DONE A LOT TO HELP OUR SENIORS. THE EXPENSE OF TREES AND GUTTERS AND YARDS IS GROWING. IT'S NOT CHEAP. IT'S VERY EXPENSIVE. AND THIS PROGRAM REALLY HELPS WITH AGING IN PLACE VERSUS PUSHING OUR SENIORS OUT. AS MR. MAYS MENTIONED, THE AVERAGE SENIOR PENSION IS ABOUT 31,000. SO IMAGINE THAT WITH THE COST OF LIVING. AND THESE ARE PROPERTY TAXES THAT ARE POOLED. THIS IS AN ACTUAL PARTICIPANT. IT DIDN'T EXACTLY COME OUT RIGHT. BUT IN 2018, THIS SENIOR RESIDENT PAID $995 FOR TAXES. LAST YEAR, THIS SAME RESIDENT PAID JUST OVER $4,000. SO IN JUST SIX YEARS, THEIR TAXES HAVE INCREASED BY BY THIS MUCH. SO YOU CAN SEE THEY'RE BEING SQUEEZED AT EVERY TURN. MUCH NEEDED PROGRAM FOR LEGACY RESIDENTS. PUBLIC SAFETY. MANY SENIORS HURT THEMSELVES LAST TIME WE WERE OUT HERE. MISS BURCHETTE TALKED ABOUT HOW SHE GOT UP ON HER ROOF TO TRY TO CUT SOME TREES, AND SHE FELL, AND SHE BROKE HER ARM, AND SHE WAS IN THE HOSPITAL FOR ABOUT SIX MONTHS OR SO. SO THAT'S WHAT WE TRIED TO AVOID. THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE. AND THAT'S WHY YOU ALL REALLY FOUGHT TO GET THIS PROGRAM IN PLACE. PROPERTY MAINTENANCE AND NEIGHBORHOOD APPEARANCE HELP PRESERVES PROPERTY VALUES, REDUCES CODE ENFORCEMENT VIOLATIONS. I'VE TALKED TO OFFICER MCGEE ON A FEW OCCASIONS, AND JUST HIM AND I HAVE HAD THE CONVERSATION ABOUT FALLEN TREES ON YARDS, AND HE'S ACTUALLY GIVEN I DON'T KNOW IF I SHOULD BE SAYING THIS, BUT HE'S GIVEN A FEW OF OUR SENIOR RESIDENTS A BREAK. WE'VE ASSURED HIM THAT WE WOULD TAKE CARE OF CERTAIN THINGS. SO THAT'S A GOOD PARTNERSHIP AS WELL. IT MINIMIZES BURDEN ON CITY STAFF. [00:45:04] IT'S LESS EXPENSIVE TO BE PROACTIVE. AND MR. NORTHERN, WHO'S IN THE BACK? HE JUST TALKED WITH SEAN ABOUT SOME TREES OVERHANGING THE ELECTRIC LINE. SO IT'S MUCH LESS EXPENSIVE TO BE PROACTIVE ON THESE KIND OF THINGS. COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND EQUITY. THIS PROGRAM HAS SHOWN A COMMITMENT TO INCLUDE OUR MOST AT RISK FOLKS. MANY OLDER ADULTS FACE MOBILITY CHALLENGES AND FINANCIAL CONSTRAINTS. IT SUPPORTS INTERGENERATIONAL COLLABORATION. WE WORK WITH A LOT OF TEENS, AND WE ACTUALLY BRING A LOT OF THE TEENS ON THE YARDS. WE TRAIN THEM WITH OUR PROFESSIONAL TREE CUTTERS, OUR PROFESSIONAL LANDSCAPERS, SO THEY CAN SEE WHAT BEING AN ENTREPRENEUR IS LIKE. SO IT'S ALMOST LIKE FULL CIRCLE FOR US, BUT WE'RE TRAINING THEM AS WELL. AND AS WE MENTIONED BEFORE, THIS PROGRAM TRULY SUPPORTS AGING IN PLACE. MANY SENIORS SIMPLY CANNOT AFFORD THESE SERVICES. AND WE ALSO HAVE A SHORT VIDEO FOR YOU. MADAM CITY CLERK IS THE BALTIMORE. AND WE'VE BEEN IN EASTPOINTE FOR THE LAST 37 YEARS OF A STROKE ABOUT THREE YEARS AGO. SO I'M UNABLE TO CUT ALL THIS YARD BY MYSELF. IT REALLY HELPED ME OUT. AND IT IT DOES SO MUCH FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD. I HOPE TO SEE HIM AGAIN NEXT MONTH. AND THANK YOU. I WAS IN NEW YEAR. A GREAT JOY FOR ME TO SAY NO MORE. BUT THANK YOU JESUS AND THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING A BLESSING TO ME AND HELPING ME IN MY NICKNAME. THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. AND I AM SO HAPPY THAT EACH POINT HAS A PROGRAM THAT HELPS. THAT HELPS. GRATEFUL. GRATEFUL FOR EVEN THE VOLUNTEER WORKERS THAT'S HELPING WITH THIS PROGRAM. SO AND I THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. WITH GEICO, WE CAN EASILY BUNDLE HOME AND CAR INSURANCE AND SAVE EVEN MORE. YEAH, JUST LIKE THAT BREAKFAST BURRITO. ALRIGHT. THAT WAS A HOME VIDEO CREATED BY US. BUT IT JUST SHOWS YOU HOW MUCH PEOPLE APPRECIATE THIS SERVICE. YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT ONE. HERE YOU CAN SEE OUR PRESIDENT, MR. MAYS, ALONG WITH SOME OF OUR FOLKS. AND AGAIN, THIS IS WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR ABOUT FOUR YEARS OR SO, AND I B FAIL TO ACKNOWLEDGE OUR CITY CLERK, WHO HAS DONE AN EXCELLENT JOB JUST TAKING ALL THE HUNDREDS OF NAMES OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE CALLED IN AND JUST KEEPING THEM ORGANIZED. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE DONE. AND YOU MAY HAVE ALSO NOTICED OUR GUYS, WE WE DID SOME PRESSURE WASHING. THEY MAY ASK US FOR A FEW EXTRA THINGS AND SOMETIMES IF THEIR SCHEDULES ALLOW, WE'LL DO THOSE EXTRA THINGS FOR, FOR OUR SENIORS. SO THIS IS THE PROGRAM, AND I KNOW WE HAVE A FEW SENIORS WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK. BEFORE I COULD GET IT OUT ON BEHALF OF THE PROGRAM. SO I WILL TURN IT OVER. I'M SORRY. THAT'S OKAY. COME ON UP. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS JOSEPHINE BROWN, AND I LIVE ON LEITH AVENUE, 2361 LEITH AVENUE. AND I MOVED TO EASTPOINT IN 1988, AND I'VE BEEN DOING MY YARDS. I STARTED IN MY LATE 30S. SO YOU CAN SEE NOW THAT I'M IN MY 70S. IT'S A CHORE. BUT WHEN I FOUND OUT ABOUT THIS PROGRAM THIS WAS WHEN THEY CAME AND TRIMMED ALL THE THE TREES AND EVERYTHING, [00:50:02] AND I WAS JUST SO EXCITED. AND I THANK YOU SO MUCH. THE TREE TRIMMING AND THE PEOPLE ARE SO PROFESSIONAL. AND, ALEX, YOU'VE GOT THE RIGHT ONE WHO'S HANDLING THIS PROGRAM? MR.. MAY TODAY THEY COME OUT AND THE JOB IS EXCELLENT. YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT EXCELLENCE, YOU KNOW, THAT'S MANICURING. AND IT REALLY IT JUST HELPS SO MUCH. AND TO SEE YOUR LAWN LOOKING SO BEAUTIFUL. SO I WANT TO THANK ALEX, AND SHE'S JUST SO PROFESSIONAL. AND WHEN I CALL OR TEXT HIM ABOUT ANYTHING OR TREE, HE'S RIGHT THERE IMMEDIATELY. AND IF HE DOESN'T RESPOND IMMEDIATELY, IT'S IT'S WITHIN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE PROGRAM AND I PRAY THAT IT WILL CONTINUE. GOD BLESS YOU. I THINK WE HAVE SOME MORE, MR. BAILEY. I THINK WE HAVE A FEW MORE IN THE AUDIENCE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK. YEAH, WE WANT TO HEAR FROM FROM ALL Y'ALL. SO COME ON UP. I'M WESLEY BAILEY, AND I'VE BEEN HERE A PRETTY GOOD WHILE. AND WHEN THE TREE THING CAME UP, IT WAS PERFECT FOR ME BECAUSE I WAS IN A SITUATION THAT NEEDED SOME TRIMMED BACK. AND THIS MAN HERE THROWED A HAND OUT AND TOOK CARE OF ME. I'M NOT A BIG PERSON, BUT EACH POINTED, LOOKING A LOT BETTER THAN IT LOOKED 20 YEARS AGO. AND WE'VE BEEN AROUND HERE A LONG TIME AND PEOPLE LIKE HIM. PROGRAMS LIKE THIS MAKE A DIFFERENCE. AND Y'ALL LOOKING GOOD IN HERE TOO. I'M STEPHANIE CARPENTER AND I RESIDE ON HEADLAND DRIVE. I CANNOT SAY ENOUGH ABOUT THIS PROGRAM. I AM REQUESTING THE CITY OF EASTPOINTE CONTINUE FUNDING THE MEN OF INTELLIGENCE PROGRAM AS A 40 PLUS YEAR RESIDENT OF THIS CITY AND AN ACTIVE VOTER IN THE COMMUNITY. I PERSONALLY HAVE BENEFITED FROM THIS PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE KEEP EASTPOINTE BEAUTIFUL AND MEN OF INTELLIGENCE COOPERATIVE. IN ADDITION TO ASSISTING SENIOR CITIZENS. THE MEN OF INTELLIGENCE PROGRAM FOSTERS. THEY MENTOR THE YOUTH. THEY'RE ENCOURAGING THEM. THEY'RE TEACHING THEM ENTREPRENEURSHIP, WHICH OF COURSE, IN TURN WILL BENEFIT US, THE CITY OF EASTPOINTE, BECAUSE HOPEFULLY SOME OF THESE YOUNG PEOPLE WILL START BUSINESSES, RETURN, STAY OR RETURN TO OUR COMMUNITY. AND THAT, OF COURSE, WILL FOSTER AND THAT WILL GROW OUR ECONOMIC BASE. AGAIN, I EARNESTLY REQUEST THAT YOU MAINTAIN THIS TRUSTED PARTNERSHIP. MEN OF INTELLIGENCE HAS BEEN, AS I UNDERSTAND IT, A PROGRAM IN PLACE FOR APPROXIMATELY FOUR YEARS. I'M ASKING FOR MANY, MANY MORE. PLEASE CONTINUE TO SUPPORT US AS A SENIOR CITIZEN. OKAY. I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE ANYONE ELSE. I SEE SOME MORE OF OUR SENIORS. I DON'T KNOW IF THEY THEY WANT TO SPEAK OR NOT. SO IF YOU WANT TO SPEAK, YOU CAN COME ON UP. BUT AS YOU'VE HEARD, THIS IS A A GREAT PROGRAM. AND AGAIN, I KNOW COUNCILWOMAN SHROPSHIRE FOUGHT HARD TO GET THIS PROGRAM. AND ALSO IN TERMS OF THE LITTER, WE WERE OUT THIS MORNING, MR. MAYES, WITH OUR TEENAGERS PICKING UP LITTER ON WASHINGTON ROAD. SO WE ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE COUNCILWOMAN MARTIN, WHO SUPPORTS THAT PROGRAM. SO THANK YOU TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR THIS PROGRAM. AND SO THIS IS THE END OF THE PROGRAM AS OF RIGHT NOW. SO IT'S UP TO YOU ALL IN TERMS OF IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE IT OR NOT. BUT IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE SERVING THIS PROGRAM. AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, WE'LL ABSOLUTELY TAKE THEM. COUNCIL MEMBER, SHROPSHIRE. THANK YOU. AND I WILL SAY THIS. IF ALL THE SENIORS HERE WHO. IF YOU COULD STAND. ALL OF YOU. I THANK THE SENIORS WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE PROGRAM. YEAH, THE WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE PROGRAM. I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU. FIRST, LET ME SAY THANK YOU TO MEN OF INTELLIGENCE, THIS PROGRAM. A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO. YOU CAN SIT DOWN. YEAH. THANK YOU. A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, I ATTENDED A MEETING FROM NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES, AND THIS PROGRAM WAS IN, I BELIEVE IT WAS CLEVELAND, OHIO. [00:55:01] AND THEY OFFERED THIS PROGRAM TO THEIR SENIORS AND KEEPING THEIR YARDS CLEAN. LEAN, AND I BROUGHT IT BACK TO THE CITY BECAUSE I KNOW THAT WITHOUT OUR SENIORS, WE WOULD NOT BE HERE. OUR SENIORS PAVED THE WAY FOR US. THEY PAID ALL THE TAXES. THEY DID EVERYTHING THAT THEY HAVE TO DO TO MAKE A WAY FOR US, FOR THIS CITY. SO I WANTED TO PROVIDE THEM SERVICE TO MAKE THEM SO THEY WOULD NOT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT KEEPING THEIR YARDS CLEAN OR DOING ANYTHING ELSE, BECAUSE THEY ALREADY THEY ALREADY HAVE TO DECIDE BETWEEN MEDICINE AND FOOD. SO IF WE COULD PROVIDE SOME TYPE OF ASSISTANCE IN HELPING AROUND THE HOUSE OR WITH THEIR YARDS, THAT WOULD HELP THEM OUT IN SO MANY WAYS. AND COUNCIL MEMBER, FORMER FARMER ALEXANDER GAITHER ALEX TOOK ON AND WANTED TO HELP WITH HIS. WITH MEN OF INTELLIGENCE. AND THEY DID, AND THEY DID JUST THAT. AND THEY WENT OUT AND THEY PROVIDED THE SERVICE, AND THEY TALKED TO THE SENIORS AND THEY ASKED WHAT IS IT MORE THAT THEY CAN PROVIDE? AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY SAID THAT THEY WANTED MOST WAS ALONG WITH GETTING THEIR YARDS CLEANED, IF THEY COULD HAVE THEIR TREES TRIMMED BACK, BECAUSE WHEN IT RAINS AND THE STORM COMES, IT, IT, IT, THEY WAS AFRAID THAT MAYBE THE TREE LIMB OR SOMETHING WOULD FALL ON THEIR HOUSE. SO THAT COMPONENT WAS ADDED IN AND IT HAS WORKED TREMENDOUSLY. AND NOW WE SEE THE WORK THAT THEY'VE DONE. AND WHAT I WANT TO ASK THE CITY MANAGER IS THIS IS THIS STILL FUNDED IN THE BUDGET? AND WHAT DO WE HAVE TO DO TO KEEP THIS PROGRAM GOING ON? BECAUSE I DON'T WANT IT TO STOP. I WANT THE SENIORS TO CONTINUE TO GET THIS SERVICE THAT'S PROVIDED FOR THEM. WELL, COUNCIL MEMBER, IF IT'S THE WILL OF THE COUNCIL, I AM CONFIDENT THAT WE CAN FIND FUNDING TO MAKE THE AVAILABLE FOR THIS PROGRAM. WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE. I THINK IT IS STILL INCLUDED IN THE DRAFT BUDGET THAT WE HAVE. WE'VE HAD SEVERAL DRAFTS, SO I THINK FUNDING IS STILL IN THERE. COUNCIL AT SOME POINT WILL APPROVE A BUDGET, BUT IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, MR.. JONES, IS IT? IT'S ALREADY INCLUDED IN THERE. I THINK WE HAD THAT IN A PRESENTATION. YES, YES, MADAM MAYOR. OKAY, SO I HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION. SO MY QUESTION IS THIS ALEX THE CONTRACT, IS IT STILL GOING? IS IT? DO YOU? HOW WAS THAT? OR IS THAT A QUESTION FOR THE CITY MANAGER? WELL, THE AGREEMENT TERMINATES THIS FISCAL YEAR. SO AT THE END OF THIS FISCAL YEAR IS IS DONE. AND AT THIS POINT WE'VE SERVED MANY MORE PARTICIPANTS THAN OUR AGREEMENT CALLS FOR. BUT AT THE END OF THIS FISCAL YEAR IS THAT'S IT. SO IT HAS TO BE A NEW CONTRACT, A NEW AGREEMENT. YES, A NEW AGREEMENT. OKAY. SO, MR. CITY MANAGER, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT. WELL, I SHOULD ASK THE CITY ATTORNEY. IS THAT SOMETHING THAT YEAH. I THINK ONCE THE BUDGET IS APPROVED, THEY WOULD PREPARE A MOU TO BRING BACK BEFORE COUNCIL. I THINK THAT'S HOW WE'VE DONE IT PREVIOUSLY. YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW, WE. THE BUDGET HASN'T BEEN APPROVED. IT'S NOT APPROVED BEFORE THE END OF THIS FISCAL YEAR. WE WILL BE OPERATING UNDER LAST YEAR'S BUDGET PER CHARTER. THAT'S CONCERNING FOR A NUMBER OF REASONS. IT DELAYS PROPERTY TAX BILLING AND IT ALSO IMPACTS AD VALOREM TAXES FOR PERSONAL PROPERTY. AND THE LAST TIME WE WERE IN THAT SITUATION WAS IN 2013. SO HOPEFULLY IT WILL BE APPROVED IN THE NEAR TERM AND THAT WE'RE NOT PLANNING TO CONTINUE TO OPERATE UNDER FY 25 BUDGET WHEN WE HAVE PROPOSED BUDGETS IN FRONT OF US. BUT THAT HAS GENERALLY BEEN THE PROCESS ONCE IT'S APPROVED. THOSE ITEMS THAT ARE IN THERE, THEY WOULD HAVE TO FORMALIZE THOSE AND I'M SURE START WITH THE MOU THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE IN PLACE AND REVISE THAT IN ANY WAY THAT THEY NEED. FOR SHROPSHIRE THAT THAT'S THAT WAS MY QUESTION. THANK YOU. I'D ALSO LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT TO ACKNOWLEDGE BISHOP FAN, WHO'S SITTING RIGHT THERE IN THE FRONT. HE'S BEEN A HUGE SUPPORTER OF THIS PROGRAM AND HAS HAS HELPED US A LOT, EVEN IN LETTING SENIORS KNOW ABOUT THE PROGRAM. [01:00:08] SO THANK YOU, COUNCIL COUNCILMEMBER MARTIN ROGERS. WE GOT ONE MORE, ONE MORE. I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU. PRIOR TO MY RETURN TO COUNCIL, THE RESIDENTS IN WARD D WERE OVERLY IMPRESSED WITH THE PROGRAM THAT THE MEN OF INTELLIGENCE BROUGHT. AND I ALSO WANTED TO THANK COUNCIL MEMBER SHROPSHIRE, BECAUSE I REMEMBER YOU TALKING ABOUT THIS PROGRAM SPECIFICALLY GEARED TOWARD OUR SENIORS. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR CONTINUED WORK EVEN AFTER YOU'VE TURNED THE PAGE. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING INVOLVED IN OUR COMMUNITY AND HELPING THAT POPULATION THAT OFTENTIMES IS NEGLECTED. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU AGAIN. THANK YOU ALL. BEFORE YOU LEAVE. ALEX. ALEX, BEFORE YOU LEAVE. I TOO, WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE GREAT WORK YOU'VE DONE. MEN OF INTELLIGENCE. I'VE CALLED SEVERAL TIMES. AND EVEN OUTSIDE OF THE SCOPE OF SERVICES. AND WHEN YOUR BUDGET HAS BEEN DEPLETED, YOU GUYS STILL GO OUT, SHOW UP, AND YOU CLEAN UP FOR THE SENIORS, AND YOU DO WHAT'S NEEDED. SO I'D LIKE TO OFFER MY GRATITUDE AS WELL. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THAT ENDS OUR PRESENTATIONS. THANK YOU SO MUCH TO THE MEN OF INTELLIGENCE FOR PROVIDING THE SERVICE AND TO THE SENIORS WHO CAME OUT TONIGHT TO SHARE THE IMPACT AND THEIR GRATITUDE FOR THE CLEAN CITY SENIOR INITIATIVE. NEXT UP, COMMITTEE REPORTS. DO WE HAVE ANY COMMITTEE REPORTS FROM ANY OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS ON EITHER THE BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE OR THE COUNCIL HUMAN RESOURCE [VII. COMMITTEE REPORTS] COMMITTEE. ANY COMMENTS FROM ANY COMMITTEES? ALL RIGHT. [VIII. ADOPTION OF THE COUNCIL AGENDA] OPTION OF THE COUNCIL AGENDA. IS THERE A MOTION, MADAM MAYOR? YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. SHROPSHIRE. I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE COUNCIL AGENDA. SO MOVED. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND? IT'S BEEN MOVED AND PROPERLY SECONDED. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. NEXT UP, APPROVAL OF CITY COUNCIL. [IX. APPROVAL OF CITY COUNCIL MINUTES] MINUTES FROM THE JUNE 2ND, 2025 REGULAR MEETING. IS THERE A MOTION, MADAM MAYOR? COUNCILMAN. SHROPSHIRE. I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE COUNCIL MEETING FROM JUNE 2ND. SECOND. IT'S BEEN MOVED AND PROPERLY SECONDED THAT WE APPROVE THE COUNCIL MINUTES FROM THE JUNE 2ND REGULAR MEETING. ANY DISCUSSION ON THAT MOTION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. NEXT UP, WE HAVE TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS. [X.5. Ordinance Granting a Special Use Permit for a Habitable Accessory Structure at 1962 Montrose Drive PUBLIC HEARING REQUIRED] I BELIEVE THESE ARE BOTH ZONING PUBLIC HEARINGS. WE WILL I WILL TURN IT TO ATTORNEY FRANK HARTLEY TO READ THE PUBLIC HEARING RULES FOR THESE MATTERS, AND THEN WE WILL TAKE THEM IN TURN. THANK YOU. MAYOR. PUBLIC HEARINGS FOR ZONING MATTERS BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL SHALL BE CONDUCTED AS FOLLOWS. THE PRESIDING OFFICER WILL CALL FOR A MOTION TO OPEN AND CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. THE PRESIDING OFFICER OR HIS OR HER DESIGNEE WILL INTRODUCE THE PROPOSED ZONING AMENDMENT BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL. STAFF WILL THEN BE CALLED UPON TO PRESENT THE PLANNING COMMISSION'S RECOMMENDATION AND SUMMARIZE THE STAFF'S WRITTEN REPORT. PERSONS BOTH FAVORING AND OPPOSING THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT WILL THEN BE PROVIDED AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL. THE APPLICANT FOR THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT, IF ANY, WILL BE ENTITLED TO SPEAK FIRST, FOLLOWED BY OTHER SPEAKERS IN FAVOR OF THE PROPOSAL FOR A TOTAL OF 15 MINUTES. THOSE WHO OPPOSE THE PROPOSED ZONING AMENDMENT WILL THEN BE PERMITTED TO SPEAK FOR A TOTAL OF 15 MINUTES BY MAJORITY VOTE. THE CITY COUNCIL MAY INCREASE THE TOTAL TIME FOR SPEAKERS PROVIDED FOR EACH SIDE, GIVEN THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME FOR EACH SIDE. IF THERE IS MORE THAN ONE SPEAKER FOR A SIDE, THE PRESIDING OFFICER MAY LIMIT THE TIME ALLOTTED TO EACH INDIVIDUAL SPEAKER. OTHER THAN THE ZONING APPLICANT, THE ZONING APPLICANT MAY RESERVE A PORTION OF THE ALLOTTED TIME FOR REBUTTAL. SPEAKERS MUST ADHERE TO THE RULES OF DECORUM PRIOR TO SPEAKING. EACH SPEAKER SHALL IDENTIFY HIM OR HERSELF AND STATE HIS OR HER CURRENT ADDRESS. EACH SPEAKER SHALL SPEAK ONLY TO THE MERITS OF THE PROPOSED ZONING DECISION UNDER CONSIDERATION SHALL ADDRESS REMARKS ONLY TO THE CITY COUNCIL, AND SHALL REFRAIN FROM MAKING PERSONAL ATTACKS ON ANY OTHER SPEAKER. THE PRESIDING OFFICER MAY REFUSE A SPEAKER THE RIGHT TO CONTINUE IF, AFTER FIRST BEING CAUTIONED, [01:05:02] THE SPEAKER CONTINUES TO VIOLATE THE RULES OF DECORUM. THANK YOU, ATTORNEY HARTLEY. CAN WE GET A MOTION TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ORDINANCE TO GRANT A SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR HABITABLE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE AT 1962 MONTROSE DRIVE. SO MOVED. SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOVED AND PROPERLY SECONDED. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? I NEED FIVE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ALL THOSE OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES. THE FLOOR IS NOW OPEN, MR. JONES. I'LL TURN IT OVER TO STAFF FOR AN OVERVIEW OF THE MATTER. THANK YOU. I'LL HAVE THE DIRECTOR SMITH, WALK US THROUGH THIS ITEM. THANK YOU, CITY MANAGER JONES. GOOD EVENING, MADAM MAYOR AND FELLOW COUNCIL. MY NAME IS KIMBERLY SMITH, THE PLANNING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR. I ALSO HAVE WITH ME TODAY LEE KELLY, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, IN REFERENCE TO THIS ITEM. PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1962 MONTROSE DRIVE. CASE NUMBER P202500104. THE APPLICANT IS TIMOTHY GLOVER AND RACHEL LOEWENSTEIN AND THE PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY ZONED R-1 SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL. THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A USE PERMIT FOR A HABITABLE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE AND R-1 SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING UNIT ZONING DISTRICT, AND THE CASE TYPE IS A USE PERMIT. THIS MAP SHOWS THE CURRENT ZONING OF THE PROPERTY SURROUNDED BY ALL R-1 SINGLE FAMILY ZONING DISTRICT. THIS MAP SHOWS THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP DESIGNATION AS TRADITIONAL NEIGHBORHOOD, WHICH IS SHOWN AS WELL. TRADITIONAL NEIGHBORHOOD PROVIDES FOR PROTECTING HISTORIC NATURE OF SINGLE FAMILY HOMES. TYPICAL ZONING DISTRICTS ARE R1, RL, R1, AND R2 AND R3 AND ASSESS. ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS ARE ALSO PERMITTED WITHIN THIS AREA. STAFF AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL WITH CONDITIONS AND CONDITION NUMBER ONE, AS STATED, SHALL ADHERE TO ALL APPLICABLE STATE AND CITY CODES. CONDITION NUMBER TWO APPLICANT SHALL SUBMIT A SURVEY OF THE PROPERTY TO CONFIRM SETBACK REQUIREMENTS FOR EXISTING STRUCTURE. THAT CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION AT THIS TIME. THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE REQUEST FOR HABITABLE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE. I HAVE THE APPLICANT COME UP FIRST. OH. THANK YOU. SORRY. THERE WE GO. YES. SORRY. GOOD EVENING, RACHEL AND TIM GLOVER. WE LIVE AT 1962 MONTROSE DRIVE. AND, YEAH, WE HAVE AN EXISTING GARAGE UNIT ON THE PROPERTY. THAT WE ARE WANTING TO APPLY FOR THE HABITABLE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE OR FOR THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT TO MAKE IT A HABITABLE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE SO THAT WE CAN REPAIR THE UNIT AND CREATE IT INTO A STUDIO TYPE SPACE FOR FAMILY VISIT, FAMILY THAT COMES TO VISIT, AND THEN POSSIBLY RENTING AN AIRBNB AS WELL. AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, WE'RE HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM. DURING THIS TIME IN THE PUBLIC HEARING, WE WON'T ENTERTAIN QUESTIONS, BUT AFTER THE PUBLIC HEARING CLOSES, WE'LL OPEN IT BACK UP. AND IF THERE'S QUESTIONS, WE'LL HAVE YOU ALL COME BACK AT THAT TIME SO YOU CAN JUST STAY IN THE FRONT. OKAY. TO THE SIDE THOUGH. PERFECT. YEP. THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING. IS THERE ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF THE REQUEST FOR A SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR HABITABLE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE AT 1962 MONTROSE DRIVE? ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK IN FAVOR. IS THERE ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF THE REQUEST FOR HABITABLE ACCESSORY PERMIT FOR HABITABLE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE IN 1962 MONTROSE DRIVE. IS THERE ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION TO THE REQUEST FOR A HABITABLE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE AT 1962? I MIGHT HAVE JUST SAID 65. 1962 MONTROSE DRIVE. ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION. IS THERE ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION? CAN I GET A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING? SO MOVED. COUNCIL MEMBER. ATKINS SAID SO. MOVED. [01:10:03] SO. COUNCILMAN. SECOND. SECOND. IT'S BEEN MOVED AND PROPERLY SECONDED. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. IS THERE ANY FURTHER ACTION ON THIS ITEM? COUNCIL MEMBER. ATKINS. YES, MADAM MAYOR. I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE MADAM MAYOR. I MOVE THAT WE WAIVE THE FIRST READING FOR THE HABITABLE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE APPLICATION FOR 1962 MONTROSE DRIVE. SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOVED AND PROPERLY SECONDED. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES ANY FURTHER ACTION ON THIS ITEM? YES. COUNCIL MEMBER ATKINS. YES, MADAM MAYOR, I MOVED TO APPROVE THE HABITABLE ASSESS THE HABITABLE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE USE PERMIT FOR 1962 MONTROSE DRIVE. MOTION TO ADOPT THE ORDINANCE. MOTION TO ADOPT THE ORDINANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS AS STATED BY STAFF. I KNOW THAT SHE SAID THAT THERE WERE SOME, BUT I'M GOING TO GO IN DISCUSSION. SO THERE'S A MOTION TO ADOPT THE ORDINANCE GRANTING A SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR ACCESSORY STRUCTURE AT 1962 MONTROSE DRIVE. IT'S THEIR SECOND. IT'S BEEN MOVED AND PROPERLY SECONDED. ANY DISCUSSION, COUNCILMEMBER ATKINS? I KNOW THAT DIRECTOR SMITH SAID THAT THERE WERE SOME CONDITIONS. WITH THIS APPLICATION, WOULD YOU PLEASE REVIEW THOSE CONDITIONS FOR US? I MAY HAVE MISSED THEM. THE FIRST CONDITION APPLICANT SHALL HEAR TO ALL APPLICABLE STATE AND CITY CODES. CONDITION NUMBER TWO APPLICANT MUST SUBMIT A SURVEY OF PROPERTY TO CONFIRM SETBACK REQUIREMENTS FOR EXISTING STRUCTURES. OKAY. THANK YOU. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? I'M LOOKING AT MADAM MAYOR. I'M SORRY. ORDINANCE. I'M SORRY. MAYOR. I WAS JUST GOING TO MENTION THAT IF I LOOK AT THE ORDINANCE THAT'S IN YOUR PACKET. THERE ARE THREE CONDITIONS IN THE ORDINANCE THAT'S IN YOUR PACKET. THOSE CONDITIONS ARE THE STRUCTURE MUST MEET THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS OF HABITABLE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE PER YOUR ZONING CODE AND THE INTERNATIONAL RESIDENTIAL CODE WITH STATE AMENDMENTS, PLANNING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT SHALL HAVE FINAL REVIEW AND APPROVAL OF THE ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN, AND THE APPLICANT AND OWNER MUST RESIDE IN THE PRINCIPAL STRUCTURE OR THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE AT THE SUBJECT LOCATION AND ADHERE TO ALL CITY SHORT TERM RENTAL GUIDELINES AND PROVISIONS. THOSE ARE THE CONDITIONS THAT ARE IN THE ORDINANCE IN YOUR PACKET. YEP, YOU READ MY MIND BECAUSE I WAS GOING TO THOSE BECAUSE I DON'T SEE THE APPLICANT MUST SUBMIT A SURVEY OF THE PROPERTY AS ONE OF THESE CONDITIONS. AND TO YOUR POINT, THERE'S THREE. SO. MR. JONES STAFF LIKE ONE OF THE CONDITION TWO IS NOT IN THE ORDINANCE THAT'S IN OUR PACKET. STAFF WILL AMEND THE ORDINANCE TO ADD CONDITION NUMBER TWO, AND ALL OTHERS SHALL REMAIN THE SAME. AT THIS POINT IS BEFORE FOR COUNCIL. WE'RE IN A MOTION TO ADOPT THE ORDINANCE. IT CAN BE DONE A COUPLE OF WAYS. ONE COULD BE THERE'S A MOTION TO DEFER IT FOR IT TO COME BACK. BUT THERE ALSO COULD BE DONE WITH A MOTION TO APPROVE WITH THE CONDITIONS STATED IN THE ORDINANCE, AS WELL AS ADDING AND THEN READ THE ONE THAT'S ON THE SCREEN INTO THE RECORD SO THAT WE CAN DEAL WITH IT AT THIS JUNCTURE, IF THAT'S THE DESIRED COUNCIL. COUNCIL MEMBER ATKINS. YES. AS THE MAKER OF THE MOTION I WOULD PREFER THAT WE DEAL WITH IT AT THIS JUNCTURE. AND SO IF I MAY AMEND THE MOTION TO INCLUDE THE CONDITIONS AS STATED IN THE ORDINANCE WITH THE ADDITION OF NUMBER TWO THAT IS ON OUR SCREEN THAT READS, APPLICANT MUST SUBMIT A SURVEY OF THE PROPERTY TO CONFIRM SETBACK REQUIREMENTS FOR EXISTING STRUCTURES. THANK YOU. SECOND STILL STAND. I THINK COUNCIL MEMBER CUMMINS MADE THE SECOND. THAT'S PROPER ATTORNEY HARTLEY. THAT'S PROPER MAYOR. JUST FOR THE RECORD, THERE WILL BE FOUR CONDITIONS. CORRECT. SO THE THREE THAT ARE IN THERE AND THE ONE THAT WAS READ WILL BE CONDITION FOUR AND THE MOTION WAS AMENDED THE SECOND. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION COUNCIL MEMBER MITCHELL DISCUSSION. SO DOES THIS APPLICANT MEET ALL OF THE QUALIFICATIONS FOR THIS? [01:15:04] I BELIEVE ONE OF THOSE. DO THEY ACTUALLY STAY THERE. WAS THAT A OH YOU ACTUALLY STAYED THERE OKAY OKAY OKAY. THANK YOU. JUST DOUBLE CHECKING. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES. AND TO THE APPLICANT, THERE WERE NO ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS. SO THAT DISCUSSION WE JUST HAD, THE QUESTIONS DIDN'T REALLY GIVE RISE TO WHAT YOU ALL NEEDED TO ANSWER. SO THAT'S WHY WE ASKED STAFF, BUT IT WAS JUST APPROVED. SO CONGRATULATIONS. YOU'RE WELCOME. NEXT, CAN WE GET A MOTION TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE ORDINANCE [X.6. Ordinance Granting a Special Use Permit for a Habitable Accessory Structure at 3020 Church Street PUBLIC HEARING REQUIRED] GRANTING A SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR HABITABLE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE AT 3020 CHURCH STREET. SO MOVED. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND? IT'S BEEN MOVED AND PROPERLY SECONDED. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN, MR. JONES. I'LL TURN IT OVER. YOU AND STAFF OVERVIEW. YES. DIRECTOR SMITH WILL WALK US THROUGH THIS ITEM AS WELL. THANK YOU, MR. JONES. IN REFERENCE TO THIS ITEM. PROPERTY LOCATED AT 3020 CHURCH STREET. CASE NUMBER KNOWN AS P20252-00104. THE APPLICANT IS FRANCIS CROWDER, A TYPE LLC. THE CURRENT ZONING AT THE PROPERTY IS R-1, A, WHICH IS OUR URBAN RESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICT CLASSIFICATION. THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A USE PERMIT FOR ACCESSORY STRUCTURE IN THE R-1, A URBAN RESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICT. THIS IS A MAP SHOWN ON THE SCREEN. THE ZONING MAP SHOWING R-1. THE PROPERTY IS SURROUNDED BY ALL URBAN RESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICT. THE MAP THAT YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN IS THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP DESIGNATION, SHOWING THE PROPERTY AS REDEVELOPMENT NEIGHBORHOOD. THE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS FOR REDEVELOPMENT NEIGHBORHOOD ACCEPT ACCESSORY STRUCTURES AS PERMISSIBLE USES. TYPICAL ZONING IN THIS AREA IS R1, RL, R1, R2, R2, AND R3, WHICH THIS PROPERTY IS R1. A STAFF AND PLANNING COMMISSION DID RECOMMEND APPROVAL WITH SEVERAL CONDITIONS. CONDITION NUMBER ONE, THE APPLICANT SHALL ADHERE TO APPLICABLE STATE CODES. CONDITION NUMBER TWO. BASED ON FULTON COUNTY TAX RECORDS, THE EXISTING STRUCTURE IS APPROXIMATELY 1750 ONE SQUARE FEET IN AREA. THE PROPOSED ACCESSORY STRUCTURE CANNOT EXCEED 50% OF THE PRIMARY STRUCTURE. THE APPLICANT WOULD NEED TO ADHERE TO ALL PROVISIONS OF SECTION TEN, 2130. PORTABLE ACCESSORY STRUCTURES. AND BASED ON THE ORDINANCE THAT WAS PRESENTED THERE ARE ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS AS WELL. WE'LL HAVE TO WE'LL RECOMMEND DOING A SIMILAR ACTION AS THE PREVIOUS CASE. ALL RIGHT. WE'LL LET THE APPLICANT AT THIS TIME. START THE CLOCK, MADAM CITY CLERK, ONCE THEY START SPEAKING. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME? HI, MY NAME IS FRANCIS. I WORK WITH ATYPE LLC. WE ARE OR WE WERE HIRED TO BUILD THE HABITABLE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE FOR LAKE NARROW FARLEY. THEY'RE BUILDING. THEY'RE WISHING TO BUILD A SMALL UNIT IN THE BACK IN THEIR BACKYARD FOR THEIR MOTHER. JUST TO KIND OF, YOU KNOW, TO KEEP HER CLOSE TO THE FAMILY. AND I CAN'T REMEMBER ANY ANYTHING THAT'S ON THE. BUT THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE. THANK YOU. I'M GOING TO SEE IF THERE'S ANYONE ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OR AGAINST. AND YOU CAN COME BACK UP IF YOU HAVE REBUTTAL AT THE END. YES. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF THE REQUEST FOR A SPECIAL USE PERMIT? 3020 CHURCH STREET? YES. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS SEAN COMMERCE. I RESIDE AT 658 LINDBERGH DRIVE. I'M ALSO THE PROJECT MANAGER FOR A TYPE. I WAS HERE BUILDING A HOME ON IN A NEIGHBORHOOD. MR. CAME BY AND WE TALKED, AND WE STRUCK UP A CONVERSATION ON HOW SHE'S GETTING ELDERLY. AND HER DAUGHTER AND I HAD A CONVERSATION. SO THEY ASKED US IF WE COULD PUT SOMETHING TOGETHER SO THEY COULD BRING THEIR MOTHER CLOSER TO THEM SO THEY COULD WATCH OUT FOR HER [01:20:05] AND TAKE CARE OF HER, WHILE STILL GIVING HER HER SPACE. AND THE FAMILY HAD THEIR SPACE. SO WE DESIGNED AN ADU BASED ON THE CODES BASED ON THE GEORGIA STATE AND IN EASTPOINT CODE. IN ORDER TO FACILITATE THAT WISH FOR MISS ANABEL AND HER DAUGHTER AND THEIR FAMILY. SO I'M ASKING AND REQUESTING THAT THIS GETS APPROVED SO THAT MR. ANABEL WILL BE ABLE TO BE WITH HER FAMILY. THEY CAN WATCH OUT FOR HER. SHE CAN WATCH OUT FOR THEM. THEY'RE IN CLOSE PROXIMITY OF OF EACH OTHER. AND THAT'S MY WISHES, PLEASE. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE IN FAVOR? GOOD EVENING, GOOD EVENING. I AM IN BELL, AND THAT IS MY DAUGHTER AND SON IN LAW'S PROPERTY. AND I'M NOT GETTING YOUNGER, AND I CURRENTLY LIVE WHERE I HAVE STAIRS, AND THEY YOU KNOW, HAVE AGREED TO BUILD THE ADU UNIT SO I CAN BE CLOSER TO THEM AND MY GRANDCHILDREN. SO I AM ASKING FOR THIS TO BE APPROVED. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. ANYONE ELSE WHO'D LIKE TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF THE REQUEST FOR A SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR HABITABLE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE AT 3020 CHURCH STREET. ANYONE ELSE IN FAVOR? IS THERE ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION TO A REQUEST FOR A SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR HABITABLE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE AT 3020 CHURCH STREET? ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION. IS THERE ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION? CAN I GET A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING? SO MOVED. IS THERE A SECOND? IT'S BEEN MOVED AND PROPERLY SECONDED. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. IS THERE ANY FURTHER ACTION ON THIS ITEM? MADAM MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBER. SHROPSHIRE. I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE FIND IT. WAIVE THE FIRST READING. THAT WE WAIVE THE FIRST READING. SECOND. BEEN MOVED AND PROPERLY SECONDED. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. THOSE OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES ANY FURTHER ACTION ON THIS ITEM. MADAM COUNCILWOMAN, I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE ORDINANCE GRANTING SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR A HABITAT ACCESSORY STRUCTURE AT 3020 CHURCH STREET WITH THE CONDITIONS SECOND ADDED. IT'S BEEN MOVED AND PROPERLY SECONDED. ANY DISCUSSION AT THE END? NOTED WITH THE CONDITIONS ADDED. SO FOR THE RECORD, THERE ARE THREE CONDITIONS IN THE ORDINANCE THAT DON'T INCLUDE THE TWO THAT ARE HERE. AND SO I THINK, COUNCILMEMBER SCHREIBER, IF YOU WERE TO AMEND THE MOTION TO ADOPT THE ORDINANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS CONTAINED IN THE ORDINANCE AND THEN CONDITION FOR WOULD BE THE FIRST ONE, A CONDITION FIVE WOULD BE THE SECOND ONE AND READ THEM. WE'D BE ABLE TO DO IT TONIGHT. SO MOVED. NO, YOU'D HAVE TO. OH. SO I AMEND THE ORDINANCE, WHICH I MEAN, I AMEND THE MOTION WITH THE FIRST THREE CONDITIONS AND THE TWO ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS THAT'S ADDED, WHICH WILL BRING IT TO FIVE CONDITIONS. CORRECT. READ THE TWO ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS, BECAUSE NOW WE'RE AMENDING A MOTION SHALL ADD ORALLY. SO WE HAVE TO READ THE LANGUAGE. OKAY. SHALL ADHERE TO ALL APPLICABLE STATE AND CITY CODES BASED ON FULTON COUNTY TAX RECORDS. THE EXISTING STRUCTURE APPROXIMATELY 1750 ONE SQUARE FEET. THE PROPOSED HABITABLE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE CANNOT EXCEED 50% OF THE PRIMARY STRUCTURE. APPLICANT WOULD NEED TO ADHERE TO ALL PROVISIONS. SECTION TEN 2130 HABITABLE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE. DOES THE SECOND STILL STAND? COUNCILMEMBER MARTIN ROGER. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. YOU WILL BE ABLE TO LIVE BY YOUR GRANDKIDS. WELCOME TO EASTPOINTE. NEXT UP, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? [XI. PUBLIC COMMENTS] WE HAVE FOUR PUBLIC COMMENTS. THANK YOU. CHAPTER TWO. SECTION 2-2002 B.B. RULE 28. THE PUBLIC MAY SPEAK DURING THE PUBLIC COMMENT SECTION OF THE AGENDA. SPEAKERS MUST COMPLETE A COMMENT FORM PRIOR TO THE START OF THE MEETING. SUBJECT MAY INCLUDE ANY SUBJECT OF CHOICE. THERE WILL BE A THREE MINUTE TIME LIMIT FOR EACH SPEAKER. SPEAKERS THAT HAVE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK MAY GIVE ALL OR PART OF THEIR TIME, UP TO THREE MINUTES TO ANOTHER SPEAKER, FOR A TOTAL OF SIX MINUTES OF SPEAKING TIME. SPEAKERS MAY ADDRESS THE COUNCIL ONLY ONCE DURING THIS TIME OF THE AGENDA. SPEAKERS MUST IDENTIFY THEMSELVES AT THEIR ADDRESS AND THEIR ADDRESS PRIOR TO SPEAKING. [01:25:03] QUESTIONS FROM THE SPEAKERS MAY NOT BE ADDRESSED DURING THE PUBLIC SPEAKING SECTION OF THE AGENDA. EAST POINT RESIDENTS WILL HAVE PRIORITY OVER OTHER SPEAKERS. THERE WILL BE A TOTAL OF NOT MORE THAN 60 MINUTES FOR THE PUBLIC SPEAKING SECTION OF THE AGENDA. SPEAKERS MAY ONLY ADDRESS THE PRESIDING OFFICER. SPEAKER SHALL OBSERVE ALL RULES OF DECORUM. NO DEBATE, DISRESPECT OR OBSCENITY SHALL BE TOLERATED. THE PRESIDING OFFICER SHOULD RULE ANY SUCH INDIVIDUAL OUT OF ORDER THAT FAILS TO COMPLY WITH THE FOREGOING. MADAM CITY CLERK, YOU MAY CALL THE FIRST SPEAKER. FIRST WE HAVE MISS STEPHANIE CARPENTER. SHE'S STEPHANIE CARPENTER, BUT I JUST LET ME KNOW THAT SHE'S NOT IN HERE. STEPHANIE CARPENTER WAS THE FIRST ONE. YES, SHE WAS THE FIRST ONE. ALL RIGHT. THEN WE HAVE RONALD TOLBERT. YEAH. COME ON. YOU COME SPEAK. SO JUST A MOMENT, MR. TOLBERT. IF YOU CAN, BISHOP, IF YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO HELP HIM, IF YOU COULD PRESS THE BUTTON ON THE MIC. I WAS JUST. DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER SPEAKERS? I WAS JUST INFORMED THAT MR. TOLBERT IS A SOUTH FULTON RESIDENT. THE OTHER TWO SPEAKERS, ARE THEY EAST POINT RESIDENTS? SORRY. I'M SORRY I SAID FOR, BUT I HAVE FIVE, SO TWO OTHERS ARE MR. BERRY AND MISS STYLES ARE EAST POINT RESIDENTS. AND THEN WE HAVE. SO THAT WOULD BE TWO SOUTH FULTON RESIDENTS BECAUSE COUNCIL MEMBER HELEN WILLIS IS SOUTH FULTON AS WELL. SO, MR. TOLBERT, I APOLOGIZE IF YOU COULD JUST GIVE ME ONE SECOND. I'M GOING TO CALL UP THE OTHER TWO EAST POINT RESIDENTS AND THEN I'LL CALL YOU BACK UP. WHO'S THE FIRST EAST POINT RESIDENT? TRACY. STILES. TRACY. STILES. YES. COME FORWARD. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL MEMBERS. AND I DO APOLOGIZE IN ADVANCE, FOR I LEFT MY GLASSES AT CHURCH, SO PLEASE FORGIVE ME. I'M NOT SQUINTING OR BEING RUDE. I DO APOLOGIZE, BUT I JUST CAME HERE BECAUSE I WANT TO PETITION THE COUNCIL TO VOTE FOR THE WEDNESDAY WIND DOWN AND TO CONTINUE TO LOOK AT THAT PROGRAM, OR I CALL IT AN INITIATIVE FOR THE PEOPLE, BECAUSE THE PEOPLE ARE GOING THROUGH AND WE ALREADY KNOW THEY ARE REALLY GOING THROUGH, AS WE JUST HEARD FROM THE MEN THE ASSOCIATION, THAT THE SENIORS ARE EVEN BEING PRESSED AND SQUEEZED. SO IF YOU KNOW, THEY'RE BEING SQUEEZED AND PRESSED, CAN YOU IMAGINE THE OTHERS, THE YOUNG ADULTS, THE, THE PEOPLE IN THEIR 30S AND SO ON AND SO FORTH. PEOPLE CAN'T AFFORD RENT, THEY CAN'T AFFORD FOOD, SO THEY'RE HAVING TO CHOOSE FROM ONE TO ANOTHER. SO IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING OUT HERE THAT CAN GIVE THEM SOME RELIEF AND YOU HAVE THE POWER TO DO SO JUST BY A VOTE. WHY NOT GIVE IT TO THEM? BECAUSE IT'S NOT OUR MONEY. IT'S THE TAXPAYERS MONEY. NOT ONLY THAT, IT'S ONLY, WHAT, 2% OF THE HOTEL FUND? SO IT'S NOT COMING FROM GENERAL FUND. IT'S NOT COMING FROM ANYWHERE ELSE. SO IT'S NOT HURTING NO ONE OR NOTHING. AND I FEEL LIKE IF YOU DON'T WANT TO VOTE FOR IT, THEN COME UP WITH YOUR OWN INITIATIVE OR YOU COME TOGETHER AND COLLABORATE WITH A PROGRAM THAT YOU FEEL WOULD OFFSET OR EVEN HELP BENEFIT THE COMMUNITY. OKAY, IT'S NOT JUST THE FOUR COMMUNITIES OVER TO THE LEFT THAT FEELS LIKE THAT IS NOT A GOOD THING TO DO BECAUSE YOU FEEL LIKE WE'RE ON. WE DON'T WANT ANY UNDESIRABLES. YOU CAN HAVE UNDESIRABLE IN THE DOWN OR DOWN SOUTH PROGRAM OR WHATEVER YOU HAD GOING ON, AND YOU CAN HAVE IT AT WINSTON WINE DOWN, OR YOU CAN HAVE IT AT CINCO DE MAYO. IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT INITIATIVE YOU HAVE GOING ON, PEOPLE GOING TO COME OUT AND PEOPLE ARE PEOPLE. YOU CAN'T STOP PEOPLE FROM BEING PEOPLE. BUT WHAT WE CAN DO, WE CAN TRY TO GIVE THE PEOPLE OUR OUTLET, BECAUSE I CAN WALK UP AND DOWN MY STREET AND LET ME AND I DO APOLOGIZE. MY NAME IS TRACY AND I LIVE AT 2641 PLANTATION DRIVE, AND I WALK UP AND DOWN MY STREET. I HAVE WHITE PEOPLE, BLACK PEOPLE, MEXICAN PEOPLE, ALL KIND OF NATIONALITY. AND WE SAY HI, WE WAVE AND WE TALK, AND I DON'T EVEN KNOW THEM. AND WE COME OUT AND TALK TO EACH OTHER. SO WE DON'T HAVE NO ISSUE AND WE DON'T HAVE NO RACE ISSUES. ISSUES. RIGHT. SO WHAT I SAY IS THAT WHY WE JUST CAN'T VOTE FOR THIS AND WE ALL GET ALONG AND DO SOMETHING TOGETHER. IT DOESN'T HURT. IT DOESN'T HURT IF YOU DON'T LIKE WHEN SWANA WHEN DON'T COME BECAUSE I DON'T LIKE THE LGBT WHATEVER THAT YOU KNOW, THAT PARTY IS. I DON'T PARTICIPATE AND I DON'T GO, BUT I'M NOT JUDGING IT, YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT I'M SAYING? BUT I FEEL LIKE THAT WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO HAVE A RIGHT TO CHOOSE AND DO WHAT WE WANT TO DO AND CELEBRATE. YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR COMMUNITY. [01:30:02] IT'S NOT ABOUT THAT COMMUNITY. BUT WE ARE A COMMUNITY ALL TOGETHER. WE ARE ONE COMMUNITY. AS YOU CAN SEE, WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE UNITED STATES RIGHT NOW, WE DON'T HAVE SPACE. WE DON'T HAVE TIME FOR TO TRY TO HAVE YOUR LITTLE BOX AND YOUR FOUR AND NO MORE. IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT IT'S NOT THAT NO MORE. WE NEED TO ALL LOOK AT IT AS ONE UNIT. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UP NEXT, WE HAVE MR. RALPH BERRY. RALPH BERRY I LIVE AT 2502 JEFFERSON TERRACE IN WARD B. I COULDN'T ATTEND THE JUNE 2ND BUDGET HEARING. SO BEFORE COUNCIL TAKES ACTION ON THE BUDGET OR ANY ACTION ON THE BUDGET TONIGHT, I WANTED TO EXPRESS SOME CONCERN. PARTLY, I'M CONCERNED THAT THE BUDGETS INCREASE. THIS YEAR IS SO LARGE, NEARLY 20% OVER ONE YEAR. I REALIZED THAT $33 MILLION. THE MONEY FOR THE MULTIGENERATIONAL REC CENTER REPRESENTS NEW DEBT, NOT NEW REVENUE AND NEW EXPENDITURES. BUT TAKING ON DEBT RIGHT NOW SEEMS TO ME RISKY. WE'VE ALL WITNESSED OUR PRESIDENT'S ERRATIC BEHAVIOR, AND WE'VE SEEN ITS EFFECT ON EQUITIES, MARKETS, JOB GROWTH, CONSUMER CONFIDENCE AND INTERNATIONAL TRADE. IF ECONOMISTS WORST PREDICTIONS COME TRUE, BORROWING MONEY IS GOING TO BECOME EXPENSIVE. MY CONCERN IS NOT THAT WE CAN'T REPAY THE DEBT, IT'S THAT IF THE ECONOMY WEAKENS, CARRYING THE DEBT COULD LIMIT THE OTHER THINGS WE BADLY NEED TO DO. THE MULTIGENERATIONAL REC CENTER IS THE KIND OF AMBITIOUS PROJECT OF WHICH EVERYONE IN EAST POINT CAN BE PROUD. IN THAT WAY, IT'S LIKE THE EAST POINT PATH PROJECT, THE 24 MILES OF INTERCONNECTED BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN TRAILS LINKING ALL OF EAST POINT'S PARKS AND NEIGHBORHOODS, OR THE CITY AUDITORIUM RENOVATION. WITH ITS POTENTIAL TO TURN A DOWNTOWN EYESORE INTO AN EVENT SPACE AND ARTS VENUE. THESE ARE ALL PROJECTS OF WHICH EVERYONE IN EAST POINT CAN BE PROUD, BUT THEY HAVE TO BE COMPLETED. THE 2023 AND 2024 BUDGETS INCLUDED $7 MILLION FOR THE AUDITORIUM RENOVATION, AND AS FAR AS I CAN TELL, NO WORK HAS EVER BEEN BEGUN. THIS YEAR'S BUDGET SIMPLY LEAVES IT OUT. THE EAST POINT PATH WAS UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED IN 2016, BUT ONLY A MILE AND A HALF HAVE BEEN COMPLETED. I'M PLEASED THAT THIS YEAR'S BUDGET INCLUDES $430,000 FOR ANOTHER TWO MILES OF THE PATH, BUT AT THE RATE OF THREE AND A HALF MILES EVERY NINE YEARS, IT WILL TAKE 62 YEARS TO COMPLETE. THE REC CENTER. THE PATH, THE AUDITORIUM ARE ALL PROJECTS OF WHICH WE CAN ALL BE PROUD. BUT WE CAN'T WAIT A LIFETIME. WE NEED TO SEE PROGRESS. AND WE NEED IT TO HAPPEN EVEN WHEN GRANTS FALL THROUGH. CONTRACTORS PROVE UNRELIABLE AND COSTS RISE FOR UNLESS WE CAN COUNT ON OUR CITY TO STICK WITH THE PROJECTS IT UNDERTAKES, THEN IT DOESN'T MATTER WHETHER WE INCREASE THE BUDGET BY 20%, BY 50%, OR BY 100%. THE MULTI-GENERATIONAL REC CENTER WON'T BE COMPLETED. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UP NEXT, WE HAVE MR. RONALD TOLBERT. IT IS OKAY. MY NAME IS DOCTOR RONALD TORBERT. I LIVE AT 4525 RIDGE ROAD. CITY OF SOUTH FULTON 30349. I AM THE OWNER AND OPERATOR OF RED OAK ANIMAL HOSPITAL. IN THAT SAME CITY. I'M HERE TO PETITION THE COUNCIL AND THE HONORABLE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL TO JOIN WITH CITY OF SOUTH FULTON IN PAVING THAT VERY ROAD. IT IS A FORGOTTEN ROAD. I'VE LIVED THERE FOR ALMOST 40 YEARS, AND I'VE BEEN THROUGH SEVERAL DIFFERENT ADMINISTRATIONS PLEADING AND, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO PETITION THEM TO PAVE THAT ROAD. I AM HERE ONLY BY THE GRACE OF GOD. I'VE ALMOST LOST MY LIFE THREE TIMES ON THAT VERY ROAD. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN REMEMBER BACK IN DECEMBER 25TH, 2019 WHEN CLAYTON COUNTY CHASED THIS GUY DOWN INTO OUR COMMUNITY. HE WAS RUNNING FROM POLICE. HE DECIDED HE WANTED TO TURN AROUND AND RUN OVER A POLICE OFFICER, AND THEY SHOT HIM DEAD IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE. HE ALMOST T-BONED ME COMING DOWN THE STREET. AND I BARELY ESCAPED INJURY AND ALMOST MY LIFE. [01:35:03] THIS HAPPENED ONE OTHER TIME IN 2018. WE'VE EXPERIENCED PEOPLE RUNNING, YOU KNOW, PROSTITUTION ON THIS ROAD. I'VE HAD STOLEN CARS LEFT THERE. WE'VE BEEN TRAPPED DOWN THERE AT LEAST SEVEN TIMES BY PEOPLE DUMPING STUFF IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. IT'S A DIRT ROAD, SO THEY DON'T THINK IT'S A REAL STREET. AND THEY WILL COME THERE AND DUMP TRASH EVERYWHERE AND WHERE YOU CAN'T GET BY. AND SINCE IT'S A DEAD END STREET, I CANNOT ESCAPE. I CANNOT GO TO WORK, MY CHILD CANNOT GO TO SCHOOL. AND THIS HAS HAPPENED MORE THAN ONCE. I HAVE PERSONALLY TAKEN IT UPON MYSELF TO GET CLEANING UP TRASH THERE. WHEN TREES FALL, I CUT THEM UP. BUT I'M 70 YEARS OLD RIGHT NOW. I CAN'T DO THAT ANYMORE. WE DO NOT HAVE A STREET LIGHT. I'VE HAD ONE PERSON POINT A GUN AT ME. WHEN I ASK THEM TO AT LEAST LET ME GET BY. THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN. SO IT WAS THE COMBINING WITH THE CITY OF SOUTH FULTON. WE HOPE THAT YOU WILL TAKE THE TIME TO LOOK AT THIS. AND OUR JOINT FORCE WITH THE CITY OF SOUTH FULTON, SO THAT WE CAN GET THIS ROAD PAVED ONCE AND FOR ALL. I'VE BEEN LOOKING AT THIS FOR ALMOST 40 YEARS, AND I'M HOPING AND PRAYING THAT YOU WILL CONSIDER THIS SERIOUSLY. IF I COULD GET DOWN ON MY KNEES AND BEG YOU, I WOULD. BUT I'M SORRY, I DON'T THINK I CAN GET BACK UP. MY SON ALSO IS HERE, AND IF YOU COULD JUST SAY ONE WORD, I'D APPRECIATE IT. MOSES. COME HERE. WHAT YOU WANT TO DO ABOUT THE ROAD? FIX THE ROAD. SAY PLEASE. PLEASE FIX THE ROAD. OKAY. MY SON HAS AUTISM AND I'VE RAISED BOTH MY CHILDREN BY MYSELF ALL THIS TIME, SO HOPEFULLY YOU CAN TAKE A GOOD LOOK AT THIS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. LASTLY, WE HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER HELEN WILLIS FROM THE CITY OF SOUTH FULTON. HELLO, EVERYONE. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. I KNOW IT'S HARD, AND WE HAVE BEEN VERY GOOD NEIGHBORS. I'M NOT NEW TO EASTPOINT. MY FATHER IN LAW IS AN 80 YEAR RESIDENT OF EAST POINT. LIFETIME MEMBER ON ELIZABETH STREET AND EASTPOINT. ALTHOUGH MUSLIM WAS BORN IN GRADY. HE WAS. HE GOT HIS START IN EASTPOINT OUT OF MONTEL HOLMES. HIS ENTIRE FAMILY CAME OUT OF MONTEL SO I'M IN EASTBOURNE A LOT, VISITING MY FATHER IN LAW AND HIS AUNT AND UNCLE THAT STILL RESIDE HERE. I AM HERE BECAUSE WE DID NOT KNOW THAT THIS ROAD WAS IN EAST POINT AND SOUTH FULTON. PART OF THIS ROAD IS IN EAST POINT. PART OF THIS ROAD IS IN SOUTH FULTON. LOOK, WE ARE DEALING WITH THE HAND THAT WAS DEALT TO US WHEN WE INCORPORATED IN 2017. WE INHERITED A LOT OF JAGGED BORDERS. WE END UP HAVING TO WORK WITH EAST POINT A LOT. OTHER CITIES A LOT. EAST POINT HAS BEEN GOOD NEIGHBORS. WE HAVE THE CITY OF SOUTH FULTON HAVE APPROVED OUR BIFURCATION. WE AGREED UNANIMOUSLY TO ENTER INTO AN IGA AND PAY THE $33,000. THIS MAP IS UP BECAUSE JUST LAST WEEK, A DEVELOPER CAME IN AND ASKED IF WE WOULD CONSIDER A REZONE. SEE THAT BOX? THAT RED BOX? THAT CITY OF SOUTH FULTON? EVERYTHING AROUND IT IS EASTPOINT AND THAT'S ON COMMERCE. WE VISITED THIS ISSUE A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, AND WE DID CHANGE OUR LAND USE MAP TO COMPLEMENT THE EASTPOINT BUSINESS ZONING. THAT RED BOX IS ZONED FOR RESIDENTIAL, AND WE CAN'T BUILD HOMES IN THAT RESIDENTIAL ZONING. WE REALLY CAN'T DO ANYTHING WITH THAT ZONING. THE DEVELOPER CAME LAST WEEK AND ASKED US IF WE WOULD CONSIDER TO REZONE THE PROJECT THAT HE WANTS TO PUT THERE WILL BE WORTH $15 MILLION THAT CAME FROM HIM IN WRITING. THE BUILDING THAT'S 204FT² IS ALREADY BUILT. THERE IS A TENANT THAT'S GOING IN THERE, AND I'LL LEAVE THAT UP TO YOU ALL TO ANNOUNCE. BUT HE'S ALREADY INFORMED ME WHO'S GOING THERE, AND I THINK EVERYBODY WILL BE HAPPY. BUT THAT'S UP TO YOU ALL. TO ANNOUNCE, THE 250,000 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING IS HAS NOT BEEN BUILT [01:40:02] YET. THAT'S WHAT HE DESIRES TO BUILD. AND SO HE ASKED US TO REZONE IT. HE DOES NOT HAVE TO COME BEFORE YOU ALL TO REZONE IT. IT'S ALREADY ZONED. HE HAS TO COME TO SOUTH FULTON. AND IT'S MY DISTRICT. THEN HE SAID AFTER HE ASKED, AFTER THAT IS REZONED, IF WE WILL CONSIDER TO ENTER INTO A IGA WITH EASTPOINT TO ALLOW YOU ALL TO HANDLE THE PERMITTING, THE PERMITTING IS $40,000. MY POINT IS WE WILL GET VERY LITTLE BENEFIT FROM REZONING THIS PROJECT. AND SO I WOULD ASK THAT YOU PLEASE CONSIDER HONORING THE BIFURCATION. WE ARE PAYING OUR PART. I HAVE NO DESIRE TO HURT EASTPOINT WHOLE EASTPOINT BACK IN ANY WAY. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SEVERAL OF THESE ISSUES THAT WILL ARISE. AND I JUST HOPE THAT WE CONTINUE TO BE GOOD NEIGHBORS TO ONE ANOTHER AND SUPPORT EACH OTHER. BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE ARE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER, AND WE DIDN'T ASK TO BE A PART OF THIS. THANK YOU. AND WE APPRECIATE YOU COMING TONIGHT. I GAVE YOU A FEW SECONDS OVER BECAUSE IN THE FUTURE, IF YOU COME BACK, WE SHOULD MAKE IT A PRESENTATION AND NOT NECESSARILY PUBLIC COMMENTS, BECAUSE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT TWO DIFFERENT PROJECTS THAT INTERSECT WITH THE CITY OF EASTPOINT. AND SO I WAS NOT AWARE THAT YOU WERE COMING TONIGHT, BUT JUST LET US KNOW AND WE CAN MAKE IT A PRESENTATION SO IT WOULDN'T HAVE THE THREE MINUTE TIME LIMIT. OKAY. I COMMUNICATED WITH COUNCIL MEMBER. NO, I MEAN, I DIDN'T MEAN IT IN THAT WAY. I'M GLAD TO SEE YOU. I'M JUST SAYING I HAVE TO CUT YOU OFF. LIKE I CAN'T ALLOW YOU TO KEEP TALKING BECAUSE IT'S PUBLIC COMMENTS, BUT THERE'S A WAY MOVING FORWARD. I APPRECIATE IT. OKAY. YOU'RE WELCOME. THANK YOU ALL. BYE BYE. THOSE ARE ALL THE PUBLIC COMMENTS WE HAVE THIS EVENING. THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO SPOKE THIS EVENING DURING PUBLIC COMMENTS. WE WILL NOW MOVE TO OUR CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS. [XII. CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS] CAN I GET A MOTION TO APPROVE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS SEVEN THROUGH 24. COUNCIL MEMBER, SHROPSHIRE. I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS SEVEN THROUGH 24. SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOVED AND PROPERLY SECONDED. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. NEXT UP WE HAVE SOME AGENDA ITEMS FROM WATER AND SEWER. [XIII.25. Council Discussion and Possible Action of Final Optional Year Term Issued to Brown and Caldwell from RFQ No. 2021-1769 for Sewer Main Replacement, Design, Inspection and Project Management Services Not to Exceed $315,000. Sewer Mains and or Degraded Segments Will be Replaced on : Sylvan Rd., Plant St., Dauphine St., Dunlap Ave., and Pearl St., This Project is Funded by Georgia Environmental Finance Authority Loan # CW2021003 in the Amount of $2,000,000 and Capital Improvement Program FY2025 Project WTRSLR. This Firm is the Engineer of Record on the GEFA Loan. the Design and Bid is Complete. the Construction Bid Will be Presented to Mayor and Council in July 2025.] THE FIRST ITEM, CAN WE GET A MOTION TO EITHER OPEN THE FLOOR FOR DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION OR FOR APPROVAL AND DO DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION? COUNCIL MEMBER, SHROPSHIRE. MADAM MAYOR, I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE. OPEN THE FLOOR FOR DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON ITEM 25. ITEM 25. SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOVED AND PROPERLY SECONDED. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. I NEED FIVE, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? THOSE OPPOSED? IT WAS. IT WASN'T. FIVE I CAN COUNT. IT WAS THIS SIDE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES. THE FLOOR IS OPEN, MR. JONES. I'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU AND STAFF. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. I'D LIKE TO ASK DIRECTOR TO COME UP AND WALK US THROUGH THIS ITEM. GOOD EVENING, MADAM MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. ITEM NUMBER 25 IS COUNCIL DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION OF FINAL OPTIONAL YEAR TERM ISSUED TO BROWN AND CALDWELL FROM RFQ NUMBER 2021. DASH 1769 FOR THE SEWER MAIN REPLACEMENT, DESIGN, INSPECTION AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT SERVICES NOT TO EXCEED $315,000. THIS RFQ WENT OUT TO REPLACE SEWER MAINS AND DEGRADED SEGMENTS ON SYLVAN ROAD, PLANT STREET, DAUPHIN STREET, AND DUNLAP AVENUE AND PEARL STREET. THIS PROJECT WAS FUNDED BY THE GEORGIA ENVIRONMENTAL FINANCE AUTHORITY, LOAN NUMBER CW 2021 003, AND AMOUNT OF $2 MILLION IN THE YEAR OF 2021. SO MY REQUEST TODAY IS JUST TO EXTEND THE OPTIONAL YEAR TERM SO WE CAN CLOSE OUT THIS PROJECT. THE BID FOR CONSTRUCTION HAS ALREADY BEEN COMPLETED, AND I WILL BE PRESENTING THE CONSTRUCTION BID TO YOU AT THE JULY WORKSHOP. SO THIS IS JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT THE SAME FIRM THAT HAS DESIGNED WILL COMPLETE TO MANAGE THE PROJECT. AND ALSO, IT'S GOOD TO NOTE THAT THIS ENGINEER FIRM IS THE ENGINEER OF RECORD ON THE LOAN DOCUMENTS WITH GEORGIA ENVIRONMENTAL FINANCE AUTHORITY. [01:45:03] THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS OR FURTHER ACTION ON THIS ITEM? COUNCIL MEMBER COMES. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. JUST ONE QUESTION. SO THIS. HOLD ON. SO THIS GROUP, THEY WILL SEE THE PROJECT FROM BEGINNING TO FROM BEGINNING TO FINISH. CORRECT? YES. SO THE ORIGINAL BID WENT OUT. LET ME GIVE YOU THE DOCUMENT IN 2022. AND THIS 319. EXCUSE ME, 315,000 IS THE REMAINING BALANCE OF THAT AWARD. SO THE ORIGINAL BID WAS FOR $600,000 AND 315,000 IS THE REMAINING BALANCE. SO THIS COMPANY DESIGNED THE PROJECT. THEY SURVEYED THE PROJECT, BUT THEY ALSO WILL BE INSPECTING THE PROJECT PER G FOR RECOMMENDATIONS AND THEIR REQUIREMENTS. SO JUST TO COMPLETE THE PROJECT SO WE CAN GET COUNCIL TO ADOPT THE BID IN JULY, I THINK 3 TO 6 MONTHS WE'LL BE ABLE TO COMPLETE THE REHABILITATION OF THE SEWER LINE ON THESE STREETS. OKAY. THANK YOU. THAT WAS THE NEXT QUESTION TO START THE POTENTIAL START AND FINISH DATE. SO YOU SAID OKAY ABOUT THREE. YES. JULY IS WHEN I PRESENT THE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT FOR MAYOR COUNCIL TO APPROVE. AND THEN WE'RE LOOKING AT A 30 TO 60 DAY WINDOW TO BEGIN CONSTRUCTION, BECAUSE AGAIN, WE'LL HAVE TO CLOSE DOWN SOME STREETS AND DO SOME OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL PERMITS BEFORE THE PROJECT CAN START. BUT THIS PROJECT WILL BE COMPLETED BY THIS YEAR. BY THIS YEAR. OKAY. THANK YOU I YIELD. ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS OR ANY FURTHER ACTION ON THIS ITEM? MADAM MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBER SHROPSHIRE. I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE ITEM NUMBER 25. SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOVED AND PROPERLY SECONDED. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? THOSE OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES. NEXT UP IS ITEM NUMBER 26. OKAY. [XIII.26. Council Discussion and Possible Action of Final Year Optional Term Issued to Lowe Engineers LLC from RFQ No. 2021-1769 for Ben Hill Dam Repair, Design, Inspection and Project Management Services in Compliance with Georgia Safe Dams Program Not to Exceed $290,000.This Project is Funded by Georgia Environmental Finance Authority Loan # GF2021001 in the Amount of $1,400,000 and FY2025 Capital Improvement Program Project WTRBEN. This Firm is the Engineer of Record on the GEFA Loan Documents. This Project Final Design is Scheduled to be Completed in July 2025.] MOTION TO OPEN THE FLOOR FOR DISCUSSION. POSSIBLE ACTION. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. IT'S BEEN MOVED AND PROPERLY SECONDED. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. THAT WAS TWO. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. THOSE OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES. THE FLOOR IS NOW OPEN. MISS ECHEVARRIA. OKAY, I APOLOGIZE. ITEM NUMBER 26. COUNCIL DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION OF THE FINAL YEAR. OPTIONAL TERM ISSUED TO LOW ENGINEERS, LLC FROM RFQ NUMBER 2021 1769 FOR BEN HILL DAM REPAIR, DESIGN, INSPECTION AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT SERVICES IN COMPLIANCE WITH GEORGIA SAFE DANCE PROGRAM NOT TO EXCEED $290,000. THE BEN HILL PROJECT WAS FUNDED BY GEORGIA ENVIRONMENTAL FINANCE AUTHORITY LOAN NUMBER 2021 1001 AND AMOUNT OF $1.4 MILLION, AND ISSUED TO THE CITY IN 2021. THIS, AGAIN LOW ENGINEERS IS THE ENGINEER OF RECORD ON THE LOAN DOCUMENTS AND THIS JUST ALLOWS THEM TO COMPLETE THE PROJECT. WE ARE SCHEDULED TO TURN IN OUR DESIGN FOR THE BEN HILL DAM REHABILITATION PROJECT IN JULY OF 2025, FOR APPROVAL FOR GEORGIA EPD. ANY QUESTIONS OR ACTION ON THIS ITEM? MADAM MAYOR. COUNCIL MEMBER. BUTLER. I MAKE THE MOTION THAT WE APPROVE. IT'S BEEN MOVED AND PROPERLY SECONDED THAT WE APPROVE ITEM NUMBER 26. ANY DISCUSSION? COUNCIL MEMBER, ANY DISCUSSION. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ALL THOSE OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. NEXT UP, ITEM NUMBER 27. COUNCIL MEMBER MARTIN ROGERS. [XIII.27. Council Discussion and Possible Action on Utilizing Autaco from on Call Services RFQ 2024- 1857 for Installation of Sewer Line, Wash Bay and Sand Trap Interceptor for Fleet Maintenance and Water & Sewer Department for Environmental Compliance Not to Exceed $318,954.00. Water & Sewer Will Share Cost of Providing $35,000 for Sewer Line Installation and $283,954 Paid by Fleet.] YES. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE HAVE DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON UTILIZING AUDIO FROM THE CALL SERVICES RFQ 2024 1857 FOR THE INSTALLATION OF A SEWER LINE, WASH BAY AND SAND TRAP INTERCEPTOR FOR THE FLEET MAINTENANCE AND WATER AND SEWER DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE NOT TO EXCEED THOUSAND $954. WATER AND SEWER WILL SHARE THE COST OF PROVIDING $35,000 FOR SEWER LINE INSTALLATION, AND $283,954 PAID BY FLEET. IS THERE A SECOND? BEEN MOVED AND PROPERLY SECONDED. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ALL THOSE OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. THE FLOOR IS NOW OPEN. MISS ECHEVARRIA AND I SEE YOU HAVE A COLLEAGUE FROM FLEET WITH YOU. YES, I FIND SO, LIZZY, FLEET SERVICES MANAGER. AND SO THIS IS A PROJECT THAT HAS BEEN ABOUT TEN YEARS IN THE MAKING. IT IS DEFINITELY TIED TO WATER AND SEWER. AND BECAUSE WE'RE KIND OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL SPECIALIST FOR THE CITY IN TERMS OF THIS, [01:50:07] YOU CAN'T MIX GRIT, WASTE AND CAUSATIVE SUBSTANCES LIKE SOAP INTO THE STORMWATER SYSTEM. SO THIS MEANS THAT WE CURRENTLY ARE NOT IN COMPLIANCE. SO THAT MEANS WE CAN'T WASH ANY OF OUR VEHICLES DOWN. THEY HAVE TO BE OUTSOURCED TO NEIGHBORING CAR WASHES THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF EASTPOINTE. THIS GIVES US THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET IT IN THERE. SO WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO NOW IS WE'RE GOING TO RUN A SEWER LINE. WE'RE GOING TO BUILD A PRETREATMENT OF SORT SO THAT THE WASTE FROM THE VEHICLES IS TREATED BEFORE IT DISCHARGES INTO OUR SANITARY SEWER SYSTEM VERSUS BEING IN THE STORMWATER SYSTEM, WHICH IS A VIOLATION OF THE NPDES PERMIT AND ALSO THE CLEAN WATER ACT. SO THIS IS A COMPLIANCE MEASURE TEN YEARS IN THE MAKING, AND WE'RE READY TO PUSH FORWARD WITH WITH IT. COUNCILMEMBER ROGERS. YES, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE. SECOND ITEM, NUMBER 27. IT'S BEEN MOVED. IS THERE A SECOND? IT'S BEEN MOVED AND PROPERLY SECONDED. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ALL THOSE OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU SO MUCH. NEXT UP IS YOU KNOW, MOTION FOR DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON ITEM NUMBER 28. [XIII.28. Council Discussion and Possible Action on Zoning Application P2025RZ-001-03 Request to Rezone Property Located at 3380 Bachelor Street from R-1A (Urban Residential) Zoning District to R-T (Zoning District with Concurrent Variances to Reduce the Minimum Lot Area from 3,000 to 2,148 Square Ft)] SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOVED AND PROPERLY SECONDED. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ALL THOSE OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. THE FLOOR IS NOW OPEN. MR. JONES, THIS IS A PLANNING AND ZONING REZONING REQUEST THAT WE'VE ALREADY HAD A PUBLIC HEARING ON, AND IT WAS DEFERRED. AND SO I SEE STAFF APPROACHING TO GIVE US AN UPDATE. YES. DIRECTOR SMITH WILL WALK US THROUGH THIS ITEM. THANK YOU, MR. CITY MANAGER JONES, IN REFERENCE TO ITEM NUMBER 28 ON THE AGENDA THIS EVENING PROPERTY LOCATED AT 3380 BACHELOR STREET. THIS ITEM CAME BEFORE YOU AT THE MEETING LAST MONTH. THIS ITEM WAS DEFERRED TO TONIGHT'S MEETING TO GIVE THE APPLICANT THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO BEFORE THE EGAN PARK COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION ON JUNE ON JUNE 5TH. STAFF WAS ABLE TO ATTEND THIS MEETING AS WELL. AND AT THIS MEETING, THE APPLICANT PREPARED AND PROPOSED A NEW PROPOSAL, WHICH REDUCED THE REQUEST FROM WANTING TO BUILD FOUR TOWNHOMES ON THIS PROPERTY TO TWO TOWNHOMES ON THIS PROPERTY. AND WITH THAT PROPOSAL IT WOULD ELIMINATE THE NEED FOR THE VARIANCE, THE CONCURRENT VARIANCE THAT WAS REQUESTED WHILE STAFF AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION. WE STILL HAVE OUR RECOMMENDATION OF DENIAL. IF IT IS THE WILL OF COUNCIL, WE HAVE PREPARED AN ORDINANCE OF APPROVAL. AND I'LL READ A PORTION OF IT FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION IF YOU LIKE. BUT WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO IS GIVE THE APPLICANT THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME UP AND PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF THE PROPOSAL THAT THEY PROVIDED FOR THE EGAN PARK COMMUNITY. ASK FOR IT AT THIS TIME. WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO HELP? SORRY. I SAID YES. I THINK IT'S STILL ON THE BOTTOM CORNER HERE. THIS ONE. OOPS. HERE WE GO. MY NAME IS TIMOTHY HELMS. AND WE ARE HERE TO TALK ABOUT 3380 BACHELOR STREET. I'LL BE VERY BRIEF BECAUSE THIS IS OUR THIRD TIME IN FRONT OF YOU. WE DID ENJOY THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO THE EGAN PARK NEIGHBORHOOD. IT WAS A REALLY ENGAGING CONVERSATION. AND SO UPON EVEN BEFORE GETTING TO THAT MEETING, WE REACHED OUT TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD, AND WE WERE ABLE TO DISCUSS SOME THOUGHTS THAT HE HAD SPECIFICALLY GATHERED FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD. [01:55:01] SO WE COULD ADJUST THE DESIGN PRIOR TO GOING TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING. AND WE PRESENTED IT. SO THIS IS THAT PRESENTATION THAT WE PRESENTED TO THEM. THIS IS THE ORIGINAL SITE PLAN, OUR SURVEY. I WON'T GO THROUGH THIS. THERE'S A SINGLE FAMILY HOME AND A ADU ON THE PROPERTY. NOW, THIS IS THE NEWLY PROPOSED SITE PLAN TO SINGLE FAMILY HOME UNITS DIVIDE THE PROPERTY DOWN THE MIDDLE. AGAIN, THIS IS JUST A REZONE. NO VARIANCE THIS TIME. OR PREVIOUSLY, WE WERE ASKING FOR A VARIANCE FOR REDUCTION IN THE LOT SIZE. THE LOT IS ACTUALLY BIG ENOUGH TO PUT THESE TWO INDIVIDUAL HOMES ON. WE JUST NEED TO REZONE IT TO TT TO GET THE TWO HOMES TO BE ABLE TO BUILD TWO HOMES ON THE LOT. YOU CAN SEE ON THAT SITE PLAN, WE WERE BRINGING IN A LOT OF THE GREENERY FROM THE EGAN EGAN PARK. WE'RE ALSO PROPOSING THE SIDEWALKS TO MAKE IT MORE PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY. YOU CAN ALSO SEE THE WAY WE'VE PUSHED THE HOUSES APART. ALLOW US TO GET A DRIVEWAY SO EACH OF THESE INDIVIDUAL HOMES WOULD HAVE A TWO CAR GARAGE, AS WELL AS A PARKING PAD FOR TWO CARS, SO A TOTAL OF FOUR CARS FOR EACH OF THE STRUCTURES. THESE ARE THE LAYOUTS SHOWING YOU THE PROPOSED GARAGES. WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT ONE. THESE ARE THE ELEVATIONS. SO THE BOTTOM ELEVATION IS ALONG WALKER AVE. YOU'LL SEE THOSE GARAGES ON THAT ELEVATION, WE'VE ACTUALLY TAKEN THE BACK HOME AND FRONTED WALKER WITH THE BACK HOME. SO THE, THE THE SECOND HOME WOULD BE A WALKER AVE ADDRESS AND THE FRONT HOME ON THE TOP ELEVATION WOULD ACTUALLY BE A BACHELOR ADDRESS. WE WALKED THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO GET THE INSPIRATION FOR THE FOR THE HOMES THAT WE DESIGNED. OF COURSE, THEY NEED MORE YOU KNOW, DETAILING AS THESE ARE SCHEMATIC LEVEL, BUT THESE ARE THE HOMES THAT WE MIMICKED. WE TOOK THOSE ELEMENTS THAT YOU SEE CIRCLED, AND WE SPECIFICALLY PUT THEM IN, THE HOMES TO MAKE THEM RELATE TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD. THESE ARE ALL THE PROPERTIES SURROUNDING IT. SO AGAIN, JUST REMINDING YOU THOSE SIX STORY HOTELS ARE FLANKING OUR PROPERTY. AND SO THAT IS A SECOND. SECOND ROW FIRST COLUMN AND THIRD ROW SECOND COLUMN. AND THEN THIS IS AGAIN THAT DIAGRAM. NOW PROPOSING WHAT WE WANTED TO SHOW YOU IS THE SIX STORY HOTEL ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE, THE ONE AND A HALF STORY HOUSE ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE, THE EXISTING HOME IN RED, BUT ALSO THAT HOME THAT IS NORTH OF OUR PROPERTY. THAT'S THE DASHED OUTLINE THAT YOU'RE SEEING. SO WE'RE ALMOST WE'RE JUST SLIGHTLY OVER ABOUT A FOOT HIGHER THAN THEY ARE. SO CREATING KIND OF BRIDGING THAT GAP AS WE TALKED LAST TIME ABOUT THE MISSING MIDDLE HOME. AND THESE ARE SOME ELEVATIONS TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF PERSPECTIVE ABOUT THE SIX STORY, THE HOME ON THE NORTH HAND SIDE. AND THEN EVEN FARTHER DOWN THE ONE AND A HALF STORY STOREY HOME BEYOND THAT. AND THAT'S OUR PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THE UPDATE AND PRESENTATION. ANY DISCUSSION OR ACTION? I DON'T SEE ANYONE'S LIGHT ON ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION OR ACTION. COUNCIL MEMBER. FREELAND. YEAH. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO WAIVE THE FIRST READING. IS THAT A MOTION TO WAIVE THE FIRST READING? YEAH, IT'S BEEN MOVED AND PROPERLY SECONDED. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES ANY FURTHER ACTION, MADAM MAYOR? YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. FREELAND. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 28, THE ORDINANCE. WE HAVE THE, TO READ EITHER THE AGENDA ITEM OR THE TOP OF THE MOTION. THEY PRINTED IT OUT FOR US. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE OFFICIAL ZONING MAP OF THE CITY OF EASTPOINT BY REZONING PROPERTY LOCATED AT 3380 BACHELOR STREET FROM R-1A URBAN RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT TO RESIDENTIAL TOWNHOUSE DISTRICT WITH CONCURRENT VARIANCE. DO YOU NEED THE APPLICATION NUMBER? NO, THAT'S FINE RIGHT THERE. AND IT'S BEEN SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER CUMMINGS. THE QUESTION I HAVE ATTORNEY HARTLEY. ANY DISCUSSION? YES, SIR. COUNCILMEMBER REUNION FOR DISCUSSION. OH, SORRY. OKAY. COUNCILMEMBER ATKINS. COUNCILMEMBER. COUNCILMEMBER. ROGERS. OKAY. JUST A POINT OF CLARIFICATION. I KNOW THAT THE CAPTION READS WITH CONCURRENT VARIANCE, MISTER ATTORNEY, TOURNEY. BUT NOW THAT THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT IS NO LONGER FOUR UNITS, BUT TWO AS THE APPLICANT AND I BELIEVE THE DIRECTOR STATED, [02:00:05] A VARIANCE IS NO LONGER NEEDED, BUT THAT IS THE MOTION. SO SHOULD WE AMEND THE MOTION TO REMOVE THE VARIANCE PORTION? AND BEFORE YOU ANSWER THAT, ATTORNEY HARTLEY, IF YOU GO TO SECTION TWO OF THE ORDINANCE ON PAGE TWO, IT INDICATES THAT THE VARIANCE IS DENIED. I HEARD FROM STAFF THAT IT WAS WITHDRAWN. SO AS IT RELATES TO WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER ATKINS JUST INDICATED, SHOULD IT SAY WITHOUT VARIANCE, AND SHOULD SECTION TWO INDICATE THAT THE VARIANCE REQUEST WAS WITHDRAWN? I'M NOT. EXCUSE ME, MAYOR, I'M NOT AWARE THAT THE CONCURRENT VARIANCE HAD BEEN WITHDRAWN, BUT I THINK BECAUSE THE LANGUAGE THAT IS IN SECTION TWO DENIES THE CONCURRENT VARIANCE, I THINK THE ORDINANCE IS APPROPRIATE AS WRITTEN. OKAY. OKAY. THANK YOU. ANYTHING ELSE? COUNCIL MEMBER. ATKINS. NO. THAT'S IT. THANK YOU. MR. SHROPSHIRE. I HAVE A QUESTION. BECAUSE THEY CHANGED IT. DID THEY NOTIFY THE NEIGHBORHOOD? AND WERE THEY OKAY WITH THE CHANGES THROUGH THE CC THAT THE APPLICANT ATTENDED THE COMMUNITY NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING ON JUNE THE 5TH? OKAY. AND AT THAT TIME, THEY UPDATED THEM THAT. THAT'S CORRECT. AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD WAS OKAY WITH IT. THEY HAD A HEARTY DISCUSSION ABOUT IT. AND SO, YES, I WOULD SAY YES. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER ROGERS. HI. YES. I JUST WANTED TO GO ON RECORD AND STATE THAT, YOU KNOW THIS IS A GOOD PROJECT. IT REALLY IS. HOWEVER, BACK IN JULY 2020, FOUR TOWNHOMES WERE STACKED IN WARD D, AND I'M SURE THAT THE RESIDENTS FOR THAT COMMUNITY THEY WOULD HAVE LIKED TO MEET WITH THE DEVELOPER, MAKE CHANGES TO GET THE DEVELOPER ON BOARD WITH WHAT THEY WOULD HAVE DESIRED TO SEE IN THEIR COMMUNITY. BUT I JUST WANTED TO GO ON RECORD THAT BACK IN JULY 2024, SAME TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT CAME TOWARD D OR TOWNHOMES ARE GOING TO BE STACKED. I'M SURE THAT THOSE RESIDENTS WOULD HAVE APPRECIATED THE OPPORTUNITY FOR A CONVERSATION. THANK YOU. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? THERE'S A MOTION TO ADOPT THE ORDINANCE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ALL THOSE OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. NEXT ITEM. LET'S OPEN THE FLOOR FOR DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON THE FY 26 PROPOSED BUDGET. [XIII.29. Discussion and Possible Action on FY 2026 Proposed Budget] THERE A MOTION. MOTION TO OPEN THE FLOOR. SECOND. PROPERLY SECONDED. ANY DISCUSSION ON THAT MOTION? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ALL OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. THE FLOOR IS NOW OPEN. COUNCIL MEMBER. MADAM MAYOR, I ACTUALLY HAD TWO QUESTIONS. ONE FOR CITY MANAGER AND ONE FOR POSSIBLY YOU, MADAM MAYOR OR THE CITY MANAGER. IN THE BUDGET THE COMMUNICATION DEPARTMENT IS SORT OF BROKEN OUT AS A DEPARTMENT, AND I KNOW THAT WE'VE GONE BACK AND FORTH ON WHETHER OR NOT THAT IS, IN FACT, ACCURATE. HAVE WE SETTLED THAT QUESTION? MISS JESSIE MAY BE ABLE TO. YEAH, I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY I'VE SEEN IT REFERENCED BOTH WAYS. SO I'M GOING TO YIELD TO OUR HR DIRECTOR, ALSO INTERIM DEPUTY MANAGER TO ANSWER THAT. MADAM MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. UNDER A PREVIOUS CITY MANAGER, THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT ESTABLISHING A DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATIONS. HOWEVER, I DON'T THINK THE CITY MANAGER AT THAT TIME EVER BROUGHT THAT FORWARD, AND I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT IT WAS LISTED IN THE BUDGET THAT YEAR AS A DEPARTMENT. IT HAS BEEN AN OFFICE OF COMMUNICATIONS SORT OF A DIVISION UNDER THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE. SO WOULD WE JUST CONSIDER THE WAY THE BUDGET IS LAID OUT? THAT'S JUST SORT OF THE WAY IT'S FORMATTED AS KIND OF A STANDALONE DEPARTMENT. UNLESS THERE HAS BEEN A DISCUSSION WITH CITY MANAGER JONES ABOUT ESTABLISHING A DEPARTMENT. [02:05:08] IT WOULD CONTINUE TO BE A DIVISION IN THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE UNLESS THEY'VE DECIDED OTHERWISE. THANK YOU. AND THEN MY SECOND QUESTION DURING THE I THINK IT WAS THE SECOND BUDGET HEARING A RESIDENT WHO IS HERE WITH US AGAIN TONIGHT, SPOKE VERY PASSIONATELY ABOUT THE DESIRE FOR A SORT OF A QUOTE UNQUOTE RAINY DAY FUND POTENTIALLY TO BE LOOKED INTO WITH, YOU KNOW, SURPLUS. AND MADAM MAYOR, I THINK YOU HAD SOME COMMENTS. YOU SAID THAT THAT WOULD PROBABLY NEED TO BE LOOKED AT BY THE CITY ATTORNEY, YOU KNOW, TO SEE IF THAT SORT OF DEALT WITH GRATUITIES OR ANYTHING ALONG THOSE LINES. DO WE HAVE ANY SORT OF LEGAL OPINION ON THAT YET? SO I'M NOT SURE IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT ATTORNEY WIGGINS BRIEFED ATTORNEY HARTLEY ON FOR THE MEETING TONIGHT. SO I'LL ASK HIM ON THAT. THE QUESTION WAS AROUND THE GRATUITIES CLAUSE AND THAT PROHIBITS CITIES FROM PROVIDING GRATUITIES, BUT LOOKING INTO WHETHER, WHAT, ONE, WHETHER OR NOT THAT VIOLATES THE GRATUITIES CLAUSE, OR IS THERE A WAY THAT WE CAN MAKE THAT HAPPEN? WE HAVE PROVIDED FUNDING FROM ARPA FUNDING, FROM CARES ACT, FUNDING FROM BASICALLY FEDERAL FUNDS THAT HAVE COME IN OR GRANT FUNDS THAT HAVE COME FOR A SPECIFIC REASON, SO HAVE COME TO THE CITY FROM THOSE AGENCIES FOR THE TYPE OF RELIEF THAT WAS PROVIDED, BE IT UTILITIES ASSISTANCE RENTAL ASSISTANCE, MORTGAGE ASSISTANCE. AND I THINK I'M TRYING TO THINK OF OTHER ASSISTANCE, BUT IT'S COME THROUGH GRANTS, RIGHT. EMERGENCY SOLUTIONS GRANT WAS OUR FIRST ONE. AND SO THE QUESTION IS, AND WE KNOW THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS BEING CUT AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL. AND SO THE DESIRE TO CONTINUE TO BE ABLE TO HELP OUR RESIDENTS IN DIFFERENT WAYS, STILL EXIST. LIHEAP LOW INCOME HOUSING ENERGY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM IS ALSO FUNDED BY THE STATE, PROBABLY THROUGH FEDERAL DOLLARS THAT THEY RECEIVE. RIGHT. SO THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING BECAUSE THEY HAVE BEEN PROVIDED THROUGH FEDERAL FUNDING. THE QUESTION IS NOW ALLOCATING GENERAL FUNDS TO MEET THOSE NEEDS. AND THE INITIAL I THINK, CONCERN THAT ATTORNEY WIGGINS HAD WAS THE GRATUITIES CLAUSE. I'M NOT SURE IF SHE'S LOOKED AT IT AND IF THERE IS A WAY TO EVEN WITH THAT, LIKE IS THERE AN EXCEPTION, IS THERE A WAY FOR US TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN? AND PREPARING FOR THE MEETING TONIGHT, THIS IS NOT AN ISSUE THAT ATTORNEY WIGGINS DISCUSSED WITH ME. AND SO I DON'T KNOW ENOUGH OF THE SPECIFICS OF THE PROGRAMS AND THE DESIRES OF COUNCIL TO BE ABLE TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION. UNFORTUNATELY. AND WAS NOT AWARE OF THE ISSUE IN ADVANCE BECAUSE IT'S NOT SOMETHING ATTORNEY WIGGINS AND I DISCUSSED. UNDERSTOOD. THANK YOU. THAT WAS ALL. FURTHER DISCUSSION ON. SEE ANY OTHER LIGHTS ON RIGHT NOW? AND ABOUT COMMUNICATIONS. I WAS FLIPPING THROUGH THE TABS ON MY PREVIOUS BUDGET, AND I FEEL LIKE. THERE WAS A SEPARATE. IT WAS PRESENTED AS LIKE, A SEPARATE DEPARTMENT AND NOT WITHIN. MAYBE I DIDN'T TAB IT. THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE. THE CHARTER DOES GIVE MAYOR AND COUNCIL THE ABILITY TO DETERMINE THE FUNCTION AND DUTIES OF ALL. POSITIONS WITHIN THE CITY AS WELL AS DEPARTMENTS. SO I KNOW I SAW IT. MY QUESTION TO THE CITY MANAGER IS BASED UPON THE WAY IT WAS PRESENTED. AND LET ME GO TO THE NEW BUDGET. [02:10:25] WE WERE TOLD THAT THIS BUDGET HAD AN APPENDIX THAT SHOWED SAID TO US THE PAGE NUMBERS, BUT COMMUNICATIONS IS ON PAGE NINE AND I HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO TAB THE ONE THAT WAS DONE ON JUNE 10TH. ARE YOU ATTEMPTING TO CREATE IT AS A SEPARATE DEPARTMENT BY VIRTUE OF THE PRESENTATION IN THIS BUDGET AS SUCH, OR WHAT IS YOUR INTENT? MY INTENTION IS TO LEAVE IT STATUS QUO. SUCH A CHANGE WOULD PROBABLY NEED TO BE CONSIDERED AS AN ORGANIZATION. SUCH A CHANGE WOULD WOULD NEED TO BE PART OF AN ORGANIZATIONAL REVIEW, WHICH I HAVE NOT HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO SO. HOWEVER, THE CITY HAS HISTORICALLY VIEWED THAT ACTIVITY. THAT SERVICE IS MY INTENTION TO KEEP AT THIS PARTICULAR TIME. THE. BUDGET. COUNCIL MEMBER MITCHELL. YES. TO THAT POINT, SIR. DOES THE DEPARTMENT HAVE TO HAVE A DEPARTMENT HEAD? I CAN'T I CAN'T REMEMBER THE WORD YOU USED EARLIER TO DESCRIBE THE COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT OR WHAT IT WAS. CURRENTLY. CURRENTLY, THERE'S AN INTERIM INTERIM. I'M NOT SURE IF IT'S CONSIDERED DIRECTOR OR COORDINATOR OR MANAGER. IN COMMUNICATIONS. COUNCIL MEMBER MITCHELL. WE COULD YOU COULD CALL SOMEONE WHO IS A HEAD OF A DIVISION. A DIVISION DIRECTOR OR DIVISION MANAGER. AND I THINK IS IN THAT REGARD THAT WE'VE REFERRED TO THE COMMUNICATIONS OFFICE AS A DIVISION. WELL, IT'S UNDER THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE. IF IT'S NOT A DEPARTMENT THAT STANDS ALONE BY ITSELF, IT WOULD BE A DIVISION UNDER THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE. OKAY. HOW ABOUT THE SOMETHING LIKE THE OFFICE OF EQUITY AND INCLUSION? WHAT WOULD THAT BE UNDER? IS THAT STILL UNDER THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE? YES. OKAY. THANK YOU. MR. JONES, YOU WEREN'T HERE AT THE LAST MEETING. WE TALKED ABOUT THIS $37 MILLION INCREASE TO THE BUDGET BASED UPON $33 MILLION OF DEBT THAT DOESN'T HAVE A REVENUE SOURCE. FOR THE REC CENTER. THE. IN ORDER TO ISSUE BONDS, IT WOULD EITHER HAVE TO BE A GOVERNMENT OBLIGATION BOND, WHICH REQUIRES A REFERENDUM, OR IT WOULD HAVE TO BE A REVENUE BOND, WHICH REQUIRES A FULL FEASIBILITY STUDY AND INFORMATION ABOUT WHATEVER THE PROJECTED USE IS TO TO BE ABLE TO DETERMINE THAT THERE WILL BE ENOUGH REVENUE GENERATED OR ENOUGH REVENUE IS PROJECTED TO BE GENERATED TO FUND THE DEBT SERVICE. THIS HAS NOT BEEN PLACED ON THE BALLOT FOR REFERENDUM, SO THE PEOPLE HAVE NOT APPROVED OR GIVEN US AUTHORITY TO ISSUE A $33 MILLION BOND. SO IF THAT'S THE PATH, WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO INCLUDE THAT BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T WE DON'T HAVE AN APPROVED REVENUE SOURCE. AND FOR A REVENUE BOND, WE DON'T HAVE THE INFORMATION PROJECTING THAT THE REVENUE FROM THE REC CENTER WOULD BE ENOUGH TO SERVICE DEBT ON A $33 MILLION DOLLAR BOND. SO AT THIS POINT, WE DON'T HAVE THE REVENUE SIDE TO MATCH WITH THE DEBT SIDE OR THE EXPENSE SIDE IN THE BUDGET. YET THERE'S STILL $33 MILLION OF GHOST FUNDS BUDGETED. I CALL THEM GHOST FUNDS BECAUSE WHEN AT THE LAST MEETING, I ASKED STAFF, THE FINANCE STAFF, WHETHER OR NOT BUDGETING IN SUCH A WAY, INFLATING THE BUDGET BY $33 MILLION WITHOUT AN APPROVED REVENUE SOURCE FOR IT AT THIS TIME. I MEAN, THERE'S A DESIRE TO GET THERE, BUT AT THIS TIME WE DON'T HAVE IT WAS APPROVED BY THE GENERALLY ACCEPTED ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES, [02:15:05] GAAP OR LOCAL GOVERNMENT FINANCE. AND THEY INDICATED NO. SO I'M NOT SURE IF THEY'VE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU OR HAVE THAT DISCUSSION WITH YOU. DOESN'T SEEM LIKE THERE'S GOING TO BE ACTION TAKEN TONIGHT ON THE BUDGET. BUT AS WE ARE MOVING FORWARD AND TRYING TO GET TO A PLACE OF APPROVAL. I THINK THAT IS SOMETHING THAT DEFINITELY SHOULD BE ADDRESSED. SO THAT ONE, WE CAN MAKE SURE WE'RE IN LINE WITH GENERALLY ACCEPTED ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES AND STANDARDS. AND TWO, THAT WE ARE MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE A BUDGET THAT IS. YEAH, FOLLOWING THE STANDARDS, FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE. AND I MEAN, THERE IS A UNANIMOUS DESIRE TO BUILD A REC CENTER. THAT'S NOT THE ISSUE. THE ISSUE IS THE FUNDING. AND IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING OUR FINANCIAL ADVISOR IS SUPPOSED TO BE COMING BACK TO HOPEFULLY A MEETING IN JULY OR AUGUST, BECAUSE WHEN THEY WERE LAST HERE, THEY GAVE THEY ADVISED US THAT WE SHOULD BE THINKING ABOUT THE CITY OWNED PROJECTS AS A GROUP AND NOT IN ISOLATION. AND SO THE $7 MILLION THAT'S IN THE BUDGET FOR THE AUDITORIUM HAS A REVENUE SOURCE BECAUSE IT CAME FROM HOTEL MOTEL FUNDS. SO THOSE FUNDS ARE NOT GHOSTS. THEY'RE REAL. AND THOSE ARE FUNDS THAT HAVE BEEN ALLOCATED. BUT NOTHING HAS HAPPENED AS OF YET. THERE'S BEEN DISCUSSION ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT WE WOULD NEED TO ISSUE BONDS TO COMPLETE THAT PROJECT, OR WHETHER OR NOT THAT WOULD BE ENOUGH. WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE AUDITORIUM, THE RECREATION CENTER. I FEEL LIKE THERE WAS ONE OTHER CITY PROJECT, AND THEN THE EASTPOINTE CONVENTION AND VISITORS BUREAU DID A PRESENTATION AND INDICATED TO US THAT WE NEED CONFERENCE SPACE. WHEN THE FINANCIAL ADVISOR WAS HERE, THEY INDICATED THAT HE WAS JUST GUESSING. BUT IN ORDER FOR US TO MAINTAIN OUR DOUBLE A BOND STATUS, HE HIS GUESSTIMATE WAS THAT OUR TOTAL BONDING SHOULD NOT BE OVER $70 MILLION. WE PAID OFF THE CAMP CREEK. CRETE CORRIDORS HAD. AND SO I THINK WE PROBABLY ARE STARTING LIKE WE MIGHT HAVE A $70 MILLION RANGE. BUT HE ALSO WAS GUESSING AND HE SAID THAT HE WOULD COME BACK TO US AND WE WOULD NEED TO THINK ABOUT THESE CAPITAL PROJECTS NOT IN ISOLATION, BUT IN COLLABORATION OF DECIDING WHAT IT IS, WHICH PROJECTS WE WANT TO DO. AND IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT SOME CAN'T START SIMULTANEOUSLY OR THINGS OF THAT NATURE. BUT HAVING A GLOBAL PICTURE OF WHAT ARE THE PROJECTS THAT THE CITY WANTS TO DO, CAPITAL PROJECTS THAT MIGHT REQUIRE BOND FINANCING. WHAT ARE THE PROJECTED COST OF THOSE? HOW DO WE I MEAN, HE ALSO SAID THAT SOME CITIES SAY, WELL, IF SOMETHING IS IMPORTANT ENOUGH, THEN, YOU KNOW, MAYBE YOU GO ABOVE THE 70 BECAUSE YOU DON'T. HE WASN'T RECOMMENDING NOT DOING SOMETHING THAT NEEDED TO BE DONE, BUT JUST UNDERSTANDING THAT IT COULD POTENTIALLY IMPACT OUR AA BOND RATING. AND SO I'M NOT SURE IF THEY'RE COMING TO OUR JULY 14TH WORK SESSION, BUT I THINK IT'S PROBABLY IT WOULD BE GOOD FOR THEM TO COME BACK SOONER RATHER THAN LATER. SO AS WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THIS AGAIN, IF IT IS GOING TO BE A GOVERNMENT OBLIGATION BOND AND WE HAVE TO DO A REFERENDUM, THE NOVEMBER ELECTION IS FAST, IS QUICKLY APPROACHING, AND THE ABILITY TO BE ABLE TO GET SOMETHING ON THAT BALLOT FOR A REFERENDUM, THERE'LL PROBABLY BE A NUMBER OF THINGS THAT NEED TO BE DONE IN ORDER FOR THAT TO HAPPEN. IF WE'RE NOT GOING THAT ROUTE, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S THIS LEVEL OF FEASIBILITY STUDY AND PROJECTION PROFORMA AROUND THIS PROJECT SO WE CAN KNOW WHAT THE POTENTIAL REVENUE MIGHT BE TO MAKE A DETERMINATION IF WE'RE GOING TO DO REVENUE BONDS. I MEAN, IF WE DON'T DO NOVEMBER, THERE'S ALSO THE GENERAL ELECTION IN MAY OF 26. I MEAN, THERE ARE OPTIONS, BUT WE NEED TO GET BEYOND SAYING WE'RE GOING TO ISSUE BONDS TO DECIDING WHICH TYPES OF BONDS WE'RE GOING TO ISSUE IN WHICH CAPITAL PROJECTS WE WILL DO AS A COLLABORATIVE OR THINKING OF ALL OF THE PROJECTS TOGETHER SO THAT THEN OUR FINANCIAL TEAM CAN TAKE THE STEPS NECESSARY TO, TO TAKE THE APPROPRIATE ACTIONS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THE FUNDING FOR THE PROJECTS TO BE DONE. AND SO NOT REALLY EXPECTING AN ANSWER TONIGHT. I DON'T SEE ANYONE ELSE IN. I'M JUST BRINGING YOU UP TO SPEED REGARDING THE DISCUSSION AT THE LAST MEETING. ALSO BRINGING UP THE FINANCIAL ADVISOR WHO SAID HE'D COME BACK AND HOPEFULLY THEY CAN COME BACK AT THE JULY 14TH WORK SESSION SO WE CAN MAKE SOME DECISIONS ABOUT ALL OF THESE CAPITAL PROJECTS. [02:20:02] THE REC CENTER, THE AUDITORIUM, AND. THE PATH. I MEAN, WE HAVE T-SPLOST FUNDING, AND WE WERE. WE REALLY SHOULD PROBABLY BE TALKING ABOUT THAT, TOO, BECAUSE WE WERE APPROVED FOR AS A PART OF A REGIONAL GRANT WITH THE ATLANTA REGIONAL COMMISSION FOR IT WAS A 60, ABOUT $65 MILLION GRANT, OF WHICH WE WERE ESTIMATED TO GET 35 MILLION TO CONNECT OUR EAST POINT PATH FROM OVER AT THE HEADWATERS OF THE FLINT, DOWN IN THE COLLEGE PARK AREA, DOWN TO THE BELTLINE IN ATLANTA. AND THOSE FUNDS HAVE BEEN IMPACTED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S FREEZE DECISIONS AROUND EQUITABLE PROJECTS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. SO WE DO NEED TO HAVE THE CONVERSATION. I'VE SPOKEN WITH CEO ANNA ROACH WITH ATLANTA REGIONAL COMMISSION. WE'RE ALSO COMMITTED TO THE PROJECT BUT TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN STILL FUND IT, PRIORITIZE IT MAYBE THROUGH OTHER FUNDING SOURCES AS NEEDED. SO I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT. LOOK FORWARD TO OUR JULY 7TH DISCUSSION. INCLUDE THE BUDGET DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON THE FISCAL YEAR 2026 BUDGET FOR THE JULY 7TH MEETING, BUT I'M HOPEFUL THAT OUR FINANCIAL ADVISOR AND TEAM COULD BE READY TO COME BACK TO US JULY 14TH, BECAUSE THAT ALSO MIGHT IMPACT SOME BUDGET DECISIONS OR FINAL BUDGET DECISIONS. SO, MAYOR, I DO HAVE MR. JONES. YES. THANK YOU. DO HAVE A RESPONSE. SO I DID GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO VIEW THE LAST MEETING AND IT IT MANY OF YOUR POINTS WILL WILL STATED DOES KIND OF REMIND ME OF AN ANECDOTE THAT FOLKS THAT PROBABLY A TRIBUTE TO PRESIDENT TRUMAN WHEN HE HAD ASKED ON ONE OF HIS ACCOUNTS, HIS ACCOUNTING ECONOMIST. WHAT IF I DID SOMETHING A CERTAIN KIND OF WAY? AND THE ECONOMIST SAID, WELL, MR. PRESIDENT, IT CERTAINLY WOULD RESULT IN THESE ACTIONS AND THESE EVENTS FOR THE ECONOMY. AND BUT ON THE OTHER HAND, IF YOU YOU DID THE SAME SET OF ACTIVITIES, IT WOULD RESULT IN OPPOSITE COUNTER ACTIONS FOR THE ECONOMY. AND FAMOUSLY, THE PRESIDENT RESPONDED, WELL, WHAT I REALLY NEED IS A11 HANDED ACCOUNTANT ONE HANDED ECONOMIST. BEING THAT YOU CAN LOOK AT IT TWO DIFFERENT WAYS. AND CERTAINLY OUR BUDGET, YOU CAN SAY, WELL, IF THE PROJECTS NOT FUNDED FOR YOU CAN REMOVE THAT BUDGET OR YOU CAN LOOK AT THE BUDGET AS WHAT IT REALLY SHOULD BE IS A PLANNING INSTRUMENT FOR FINANCE FOR YOUR FINANCES. SO CERTAINLY IT INVOLVES ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES AND ASPECTS. BUT THE BUDGET FOR MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT, ESPECIALLY ONE OF OUR SIZE, IS REALLY A A PLANNING DOCUMENT TO SHOW OUR INTENTION AND PURPOSE ON WHAT WE VIEW MOVING FORWARD IN HOW WE'RE GOING TO BE MAKING OUR INVESTMENTS AND LOOKING AT OUR EXPENDITURES AND HOW WE SPEND AND USE AND, AND PROVIDE SERVICES. SO WITH THAT, THAT BEING SAID WE STILL CONTINUED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE DOLLARS FOR THAT PROJECT BEING FORECAST IN THIS BUDGET. THERE ARE SOME OTHER IMPLICATIONS THAT ALSO NEEDED TO BE CONSIDERED. THE PROJECT IS IN, IN ITS LOCATION BEING PROPOSED. IS RELATED TO LAND THAT IS ON A TIME LIMITED TIMELINE. AND IT IS. I'VE BEEN PART OF PROJECTS IN THE PAST THAT IF YOU DON'T RECOGNIZE THOSE TIMELINES WITH ANY TYPE OF SIGNIFICANT ACTIONS, THEN IT'S VERY HARD TO GET SAY EXTENSIONS OR EVEN BE CONSIDERED NOT TO HAVE MADE SUBSTANTIAL ACTION AND AND LOSE THAT THAT THAT LAND. THE BUDGET DOCUMENT IS ONE OF THOSE COMMUNICATION DEVICES THAT'S BEEN WIDELY ACCEPTED AS A SIGNIFICANT EFFORT TOWARDS A PARTICULAR GOAL. SO THE, THE JUST THE PRACTICE OF SAYING, WELL, WE WON'T CONSIDER IT NOW AND WE'LL CONSIDER IT AT SOME FUTURE DATE IN THE FORM OF A BUDGET AMENDMENT OF SOME SORT LIKE THAT DOESN'T CONVEY THE INTENTIONALITY OF THE ORGANIZATION MOVING FORWARD TO [02:25:09] OBSERVE VARIOUS TIMELINES. SO THAT WAS ANOTHER REASON WHY IT WAS THOUGHT THAT YES, WE WANT TO GO AHEAD AND KEEP THIS PLANNING DOCUMENT ON THERE. AS THE COUNCIL ALSO KNOWS, WE JUST GOT FINISHED MAKING AN INVESTMENT OF $2 MILLION FOR DESIGN EFFORTS IN THAT AREA. THAT ACTION ITSELF PROVIDES THAT NARRATIVE THAT THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT ACTIONS HAPPENING. THAT IN ADDITION, WITH OUR BUDGET, I THINK EVEN IF WE NEEDED TO HAVE AN EXTENSION, GIVES GIVES A CLEAR INDICATION THAT THESE ACTIONS ARE INTENTIONAL AND SIGNIFICANT, MOVING TOWARDS PROJECT COMPLETION OR PROJECT START WITHIN THE TIME FRAME. THAT IS PART OF THE AGREEMENT THAT THE CITY HAS. SO BY THE WAY, ALSO YOU TALKED ABOUT A NUMBER OF WELL, YOU TALKED ABOUT A COUPLE FINANCE OPTIONS. THERE ARE OTHERS, AND GEO BONDS ARE ALSO ABILITY TO ENTER INTO AN INTERGOVERNMENTAL GEO BOND, WHICH WOULD NOT REQUIRE A REFERENDUM. THERE'S ALSO PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS, LEASE BACK, LEASE BACK OPTIONS AND OTHER OPTIONS THAT ARE FINANCE ADVISER WOULD GO THROUGH THOSE. I JUST WANTED TO SAY, WHILE YES, THE TWO THAT YOU IDENTIFIED ARE TRUE OPTIONS, BUT THERE ARE SEVERAL OTHERS. AND A PROJECT OF THIS NATURE HAS A MULTITUDE OF TOUCH POINTS. THE BUDGET IS JUST ONE OF THOSE TOUCH POINTS. GETTING DESIGNED IS ANOTHER TOUCH POINT. GETTING FINANCING, WEIGHING THOSE VARIOUS OPTIONS IS ANOTHER TOUCH POINT. THERE'LL BE EVEN FURTHER TOUCH POINTS WHERE THEY WOULD COME BACK FOR COUNCIL, COME BACK FOR COMMUNITY AND, AND FEEDBACK. THIS IS JUST REALLY THE, THE BEGINNING OF THAT PROCESS. BUT I THINK THE THING THAT REALLY GUIDED, GUIDED MY DIRECTION WAS TO SAY WE NEED TO PROTECT OUR INVESTMENTS THAT WE'VE MADE UP TO THIS POINT. WE NEED TO PROTECT OUR AGREEMENT THAT WE HAVE FOR THE LAND, FOR THE SITE, AND WE NEED TO PLAN PRACTICALLY IF WE KNOW BEFORE WE'VE BEEN USING $15 MILLION AS A PLACEHOLDER IN SEVERAL OF OUR PAST BUDGETS. THIS IS NOT A A NEW APPROACH THAT THE CITY HAS TAKEN. MY INFLUENCE HAS JUST SAID, LET'S MAKE THAT NUMBER REALISTIC. THERE'S NO SENSE. WE'VE NOT SEEN ANYTHING THAT COSTS $15 MILLION FOR THAT PARTICULAR PROJECT. SO TO CONTINUE TO GO ALONG WITH THE $15 MILLION NUMBER, WHEN WE KNOW THAT WE'VE GOT DESIGNS COMING TO US AT $33 MILLION, DIDN'T SEEM TO BE PRACTICAL OR TRANSPARENT. SO THAT'S THE REASON WHY WE'VE TAKEN THIS APPROACH. BUT IT'S NOT THE ONLY APPROACH. IF LIKE THE EXAMPLE WITH PRESIDENT TRUMAN, SURE. YOU CAN HAVE A WHOLE NOTHER APPROACH BY NOT PUTTING ANY OF THOSE NUMBERS IN THERE AND LOOK TO SOME FUTURE BUDGET AMENDMENT. BUT I THINK THERE'S SOME SOME COSTS TO THAT APPROACH THAT GUIDED MY RECOMMENDATION TO MOVE FORWARD IN THIS MANNER. I THINK THE OTHER THING THAT THE COUNCIL SHOULD KNOW IS CERTAINLY JULY. WE'VE BEEN TALKING TO THE FINANCIAL ADVISOR. JULY IS WHEN THE FINANCIAL ADVISOR HAS SOME TIME OPPORTUNITIES TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN. I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS THE FIRST WEEK IN JULY OR THE SECOND WEEK IN JULY, BUT WE CERTAINLY HAVE HAD THOSE CONVERSATIONS AND DO PLAN TO MAKE THAT A PART OF THE UPCOMING COUNCIL CYCLES. BUT WE ALSO ARE AWARE THAT IF WE DON'T HAVE AN APPROVED BUDGET AT THIS TIME, THAT IT WILL ROLL US INTO A WHOLE NOTHER SET OF REQUIREMENTS. I THINK YOU ALLUDED TO SOME OF THEM BEING UTILIZED IN LAST YEAR'S BUDGET AMOUNTS. ODDLY ENOUGH, IF YOU LOOK AT THE OPERATIONS ASPECT OF THAT OUR PROPOSED BUDGET IS ACTUALLY $2 MILLION SHORTER THAN THAT. SO WE'RE NOT REALLY CONCERNED WITH MEETING THE SERVICE LEVELS. BUT IT DOES CREATE ANOTHER SITUATION THAT WILL PUT US BEHIND IN GETTING OUR AUDITS DONE. WHICH THEN ALSO COULD AFFECT OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS AVAILABILITY. IT ALSO WILL HAVE AN EFFECT ON THE COMPENSATION PLAN, IMPLEMENT IMPLEMENTING THE COMPENSATION PLAN THAT THE COUNCIL JUST APPROVED. BECAUSE THAT'S SUPPOSED TO GO LIVE JULY 1ST. PUSHING IT BEYOND THIS DATE IS GOING TO LOGISTICALLY MAKE IT DIFFICULT TO MAKE THAT TIMELINE. SO THERE'S SOME OPERATIONAL THINGS THAT WILL BE IMPACTED IF WE CAN'T GET THE BUDGET PASSED THIS EVENING, [02:30:04] I UNDERSTAND. COUNCIL MEMBER BUTLER. THANK YOU. FIRST OF ALL, THIS ALLOWS ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS A GOOD FRIEND OF MINE, MR. BERRY. I THOUGHT THAT YOUR WORDS WERE POIGNANT, AND I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THIS TIME TO ADDRESS SOME OF THOSE CONCERNS AND ADDRESS THE FALSE NARRATIVE OF A GHOST BUDGET. THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A GHOST BUDGET, A GHOST NUMBERS. WE HAVE HAD $15 MILLION IN OUR BUDGET SEVERAL TIMES OVER THE YEARS. IN FACT, WHEN WE HAD OUR FIRST COMMUNITY MEETING AROUND THIS MUCH NEEDED RECREATIONAL CENTER AND NATATORIUM, THE BUDGET WAS $15 MILLION. BASED ON NUMBERS. NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT $33 MILLION BECAUSE WE FAIL TO ACT WHEN WE SHOULD HAVE ACTED. SO WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONSTRUCT THIS NATATORIUM RECREATIONAL CENTER FOR HALF THE PRICE. THE PEOPLE OF EASTPOINTE ARE TIRED OF US TALKING. THEY WANT US TO DO SOMETHING. SO LET'S TALK ABOUT WHAT WE HAVE DONE IN ORDER TO REALLY PUSH US FORWARD. JUST TO SUMMARIZE, THE PLAN HAS ALWAYS BEEN TO USE THE RESTRICTED FUNDS OF OUR HOTEL MOTEL TAX TO SERVICE AS DEBT SERVICE FOR THE DEBT FOR THE RECREATIONAL CENTER. THAT HAS ALWAYS BEEN THE PLAN. THERE HAS NEVER BEEN A DISCUSSION BY STAFF OF HAVING A REFERENDUM FOR ANOTHER TYPE OF BOND THAT THAT CONVERSATION HAS NEVER HAPPENED. WE AS COUNCIL PEOPLE AND MAYOR, WE RELY ON THE EXPERTISE OF THE STAFF. SO FRED GARDNER, WHO'S BEEN OUR LONGEST SITTING CITY MANAGER, CAME UP WITH THIS PLAN AND FIRST STARTED THE BALL ROLLING. AND JUST TO BRING US BACK INTO FOCUS, WE LOOKED AT SEVERAL PIECES OF PROPERTY IN WARD D IN ORDER TO HAVE THIS RECREATIONAL CENTER. SO THERE WAS SOME FEASIBILITY DONE IN STUDYING WHERE WE SHOULD PUT THIS. AND THE CONCLUSION WAS WE WOULD PUT IT NEAR THE SOCCER PARK WHERE THE LAND WAS DONATED, THUS REDUCING SOME OF OUR COSTS. BUT LET'S TALK ABOUT. WHAT HOWARD BROWN DID AS CITY MANAGER. HOWARD WAS THE PERSON THAT SAID WE NEEDED FINANCIAL ADVISORS TO CLEARLY GIVE US AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THAT DEBT SERVICE WOULD LOOK LIKE. AND COULD WE AFFORD IT? SO WE SPENT MONEY ON NOT ONLY DEBT FINANCIAL ADVISOR, BUT WE ALSO. AND I'M PROUD TO SAY THAT THIS COUNCIL DID THIS IN ISSUING THE BONDS WITH J.P. MORGAN. THIS COUNCIL, ALL OF US AGREED THAT WE WILL ALSO HAVE MINORITY PARTICIPATION IN THE ISSUANCE OF THAT BONDING WITH J.P. MORGAN. THAT'S AN ADDITIONAL STEP. WE HAVE ALSO SPENT $2 MILLION IN THE PROCESS OF SPENDING $2 MILLION IN ORDER TO GET PLANS FOR THIS. SO I ASK, WHAT IS THE DELAY? THAT $2 MILLION IS NOT GHOST. THAT $2 MILLION IS MONEY THAT'S SPENT. SO LET ME SUMMARIZE. WE HAVE HAD SEVERAL CITY MANAGERS TO WORK ON THIS PROJECT. WE'VE WE HAVE A PLAN AND WE HAVE SOMEONE THAT IS AN EXPERT OUTSIDE OF OUR STAFF TO DETERMINE HOW PHYSICALLY RESPONSIBLE WITH OUR BUDGET AND OUR INCOME CAN WE REASONABLY SERVICE THE DEBT? NOW, I CAN'T SPEAK FOR THE OTHER COUNCIL PEOPLE, BUT I WILL SPEAK FOR ME AND THE PEOPLE OF WARD D. THE REASON WHY WE DON'T HAVE A POOL IS A TRAGEDY, AND THE PEOPLE OF EAST POINT UNDERSTAND THAT WE DON'T LIVE IN THAT TIME BECAUSE OF DESEGREGATION. THE LEADERS AT THAT TIME CLOSED TWO POOLS. THE COLORED POOL AND THE WHITE POOL. SO, YES, I WANT US TO BUILD THE AUDITORIUM. YES, I WANT US TO RENOVATE OUR OLD CITY HALL. BUT FOR ME, THE PRIORITY MUST BE TO CORRECT THE HISTORIC IMBALANCE AND MAKE SURE THE PEOPLE OF WARD D HAVE AN AMENITY. THERE ARE NO AMENITIES ON THAT SIDE, AND WE CAN BRING OUR PEOPLE BACK TOGETHER WITH A POOL WHERE WE CAN TEACH KIDS HOW TO SWIM, AND THAT'S A SKILL THAT THEY WILL LEARN AND TAKE WITH THEM FOREVER. [02:35:02] SO WE IT'S NO GHOST FUNDS, WE KNOW HOW WE'RE GOING TO PAY IT, AND WE HAVE AN EXPERT THAT'S GOING TO TELL US IF THE MONEY IS THERE OR NOT, AND IF IT'S NOT THERE, THEN WE MAY HAVE TO PUSH IT BACK. WE MAY HAVE TO SCALE IT DOWN, BUT WE'RE MAKING THE RIGHT STEPS TO MAKE IT HAPPEN. AND WE DO NOT NEED TO FURTHER DELAY THIS. AND BY PUTTING THIS IN THIS BUDGET NOW, I KNOW IT HAS INCREASED THE BUDGET TREMENDOUSLY. THAT'S NOT THIS CITY MANAGER'S FAULT, BUT IT DOES SERVE AS A PLACEHOLDER TO LET OUR PARTNERS KNOW THAT WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO MOVE DOWN THIS ROAD AND TO GET THE EXTENSION THAT WE MAY NEED IF WE HAVE NOT DONE OUR CONSTRUCTION. MR. JONES, YOU SAID THE FINANCIAL ADVISER IS COMING JULY 14TH. BECAUSE I ALSO HEARD BUNS. SO IN THE PREVIOUS PRESENTATION, WHEN ASKED ABOUT HOW THIS REC CENTER WOULD BE FUNDED, THEY INDICATED BONDS. THE PREVIOUS DISCUSSIONS ABOUT USING HOTEL MOTEL TAX, THOSE REVENUE FUNDS EXIST. SO THE BONDS DIDN'T COME OUT OF THIN AIR. WHEN WILL THE FINANCIAL ADVISOR BE HERE? YOU SAID THEY WERE PLANNING TO COME. THE ONLY REASON WHY I'M ASKING IS THAT SUGGESTED TO ME LIKE YOU MIGHT HAVE A DATE. THE WORK SESSION. I JUST WANTED TO CONFIRM. JULY 14TH. THE SECOND MONDAY? YES. OKAY. AGAIN ON OUR JULY 7TH AGENDA. NEXT WE HAVE HAS COUNCIL MEMBER COMMENTS THE MOTION TO OPEN THE FLOOR FOR DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION [XIII.30. Discussion and Possible Action on Council Budget Accountability] ON BUDGET ACCOUNTABILITY. SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOVED AND PROPERLY SECONDED. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. THE FLOOR IS OPEN. COUNCIL MEMBER COMES. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. LET'S SEE. MADAM CITY CLERK, SHE WILL PULL UP THE SPREADSHEET. SO GOOD EVENING, MAYOR. COUNCIL. ALL OF OUR GUESTS HERE. SO WHAT I WANTED TO DO WAS TO COME UP WITH A SIMPLE SPREADSHEET THAT BASICALLY GO BACK TO THE THE TOTAL PAGE. THERE WE GO. RIGHT THERE. SO WHAT IT IS, IT'S A BASIC, BASIC SPREADSHEET BECAUSE A LOT OF TIMES WE'LL HAVE OUR RESIDENTS, OUR STAKEHOLDERS, THEY WANT TO KNOW WHAT THE COUNCIL SPENDING IS ON, WHAT ARE WE SPENDING THE THE MONEY FOR THE INDIVIDUAL, COUNCIL MEMBERS WHAT THAT MONEY IS BEING SPENT ON. SO WHAT I DID WAS I JUST CAME UP WITH A BASIC SPREADSHEET, ONE SPREADSHEET. THE FIRST PAGE BASICALLY LISTS WHAT. AND FIRST OF ALL, LET ME LET EVERYBODY KNOW THESE ARE FICTITIOUS NUMBERS. THESE AREN'T TRUE NUMBERS HERE. JUST SO EVERYBODY KNOWS, THESE ARE FICTITIOUS NUMBERS THAT I JUST THREW OUT HERE. BUT WHAT IT IS ON THE FIRST PAGE, IT JUST LISTS WHAT EACH WARD MEMBER, WARD SPECIFIC AND WARD AT LARGE, WHAT THEIR BUDGET IS FOR THEIR PARTICULAR WHATEVER IT IS, THEIR PROJECTS THAT THEY'RE DOING. AND THEN THERE ARE TABS. THERE ARE NINE TABS AFTER THAT. THAT'S FOR EACH WARD SPECIFIC AND AT LARGE MEMBER AND THE MAYOR AS WELL. SO IF YOU'LL GO DOWN TO WARD C AT LARGE, PRETTY MUCH WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE, I JUST DECIDED TO DO MINE FOR THESE FOR SOME OF THE PROJECTS THAT I HAVE. SO ON THE FIRST PAGE IT HAD WARD SAID, LARGE BUDGET AT 14 $14,000. SO WHATEVER THE EVENTS THAT WE'RE HAVING, LIKE MINE, I DO. I DO A SENIOR STROLL IN THE THREE ON THREE BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT. THE BUDGET AMOUNT THAT I HAD IN THERE WOULD BE WILL BE $7,000. AND THE ONLY THING IS, AS WE PASSED, INVOICES OR PURCHASES ARE MADE ON A ON OUR CREDIT CARDS OR WHATEVER, THAT INFORMATION IS PASSED OVER TO THE CITY CLERK BECAUSE SHE'S THE ONE NORMALLY THAT WE TURN OVER OUR PAPERWORK THAT I TURN MY PAPERWORK INTO SO SHE KNOWS EVERYTHING. ONCE I'VE DISCUSSED THE BUDGET WITH HER, WHAT I WHAT I THINK MY PROPOSED BUDGET AMOUNT SHOULD BE. AND I JUST GIVE HER A A SUMMARY OF ALL THE MONEY THAT WAS SPENT. SO YOU'LL SEE HERE THESE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS. AND EACH THE DOLLAR AMOUNT IS JUST DELETED OUT. SO I MEAN IT'S REDUCED FOR WHATEVER THE ITEMS ARE THAT WE'RE SPENDING ON. SO FOR HERE YOU HAVE $500 FOR DJ RETRACTABLE SIGNS T SHIRTS SO THAT THOSE AS THOSE AMOUNTS GO IN IT REDUCES MY BUDGET. THE ITEM THAT'S IN RED THAT LETS YOU KNOW WHEN YOU'RE AT 25% OF THAT BUDGET AMOUNT. SO ONCE YOU YOU SPENT 75% OF YOUR BUDGET AND YOU HIT 1750. MY REMAINING BALANCE. THE ONLY THING WE'LL DO IS WE WILL JUST NOTIFY, MAKE SURE THAT THE CITY CLERK SENDS SOMETHING OUT TO THAT PARTICULAR COUNCIL MEMBER, THE FINANCE DIRECTOR, AS WELL AS THE CITY MANAGER. JUST TO LET YOU KNOW, HEY, THIS IS WHERE YOU ARE. WITH REGARDS TO THE PROPOSED BUDGET THAT YOU HAVE AND JUST TO MONITOR THE SPENDING AND WHAT THAT DOES IS BECAUSE WE HAVE SO MANY OPEN REQUESTS FOR WANTING TO KNOW WHAT IT IS THAT WE DO WITH THIS MONEY. I THINK THIS IS JUST A PERFECT I THINK IT'S A REALLY GOOD WAY TO SHOW ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY. SO THERE ARE NO IFS, ANDS OR BUTS ABOUT WHATEVER IT IS THAT WE'RE SPENDING AND YOU ARE ABLE THE RESIDENTS ARE ABLE TO TO SEE EXACTLY WHAT IT IS. [02:40:07] IT ALSO SERVES AS SOMETHING TO, I GUESS, TO HELP KEEP THE COUNCIL MEMBERS ON TRACK, JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE BEING GOOD STEWARDS OF THIS MONEY. I THINK ALSO IT ENCOURAGES. LET'S SEE, I WROTE DOWN A COUPLE OF THINGS. IT KEEPS US KEEPS US COMPLIANT. I MEAN, BECAUSE TECHNICALLY THIS COULD BE CONSIDERED LIKE A LEGAL DOCUMENT, JUST THIS, THIS BUDGET SPREADSHEET. AND BECAUSE WE DO INCUR OBLIGATIONS AND WE PAY EXPENSES, IT CAN AID IN ENSURING THAT WE'RE COMPLIANT, YOU KNOW, WITH ALL THE BUDGETARY MANDATES THAT ARE OUT THERE. I THINK IT WILL ALSO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF OPEN RECORDS REQUESTS. LIKE I SAID BEFORE, IT KEEPS THE MEMBERS AWARE WHEN WE'RE MAXING OUT ON OUR BUDGETS. I THINK IT WILL BE A BETTER TRACKING SYSTEM AND ACCOUNTABILITY FOR THE FOR COUNCIL SPENDING. AND IT ALSO IT COULD ALSO FACILITATE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT WHERE IT HELPS TO KEEP INFORM THE PUBLIC AND ENCOURAGE CITIZEN PARTICIPATION IN THE BUDGET PROCESS FOR US. AND THE MAIN THING I THINK IS JUST A IT'S JUST HUGE FOR JUST BEING TRANSPARENT AND ACCOUNTABLE. NOTHING ELSE TO IT, JUST SOMETHING, ANOTHER TOOL, I GUESS, TO ADD IN THE TOOLBOX TO JUST MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE GOOD STEWARDS OF THE MONEY AND JUST MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE ACCOUNTABLE AND WE'RE TRANSPARENT TO THE PUBLIC. THAT'S IT. SO I'LL JUST SAY PROCEDURALLY, I REMEMBER YOU PRESENTING SOMETHING SIMILAR TO THIS PREVIOUSLY. I BELIEVE AT A WORK SESSION, BECAUSE THIS SEEMS LIKE A WORK SESSION ITEM, BUT IT'S ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT. ARE YOU ASKING FOR ACTION TONIGHT? YES, I AM. COUNCIL MEMBER. MARTIN ROGERS. THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. I GUESS MY QUESTION IS, WHAT IS THE CITY CLERK DOING ALREADY, AND CAN THEY BE MERGED TOGETHER BECAUSE SHE DOES KEEP A COUNT. I KNOW THAT I AM. I SET UP MEETINGS TO KEEP. HEY, THIS IS WHAT I'VE DONE. HERE'S THE DOCUMENTATION. BUT WHAT IS SHE DOING ALREADY THAT THIS COULD BE MERGED WITH? OR HAS THERE BEEN ANY INPUT FROM THE CLERK'S OFFICE? AND THAT'S JUST MY QUESTION. LIKE. SO WE DO ALREADY KEEP SPREADSHEETS SIMILAR TO THIS. THE ONLY THING THAT'S DIFFERENT THAT COUNCIL MEMBER COLLINS IS DOING IS THAT SHE WOULD LIKE TO BE NOTIFIED WITH 25% ONCE THEY HAVE 25% OF THEIR BUDGET LEFT. THAT'S THAT'S ABOUT IT. BUT MY OFFICE DOES KEEP A SPREADSHEET. SO YOUR OFFICE ALREADY HAS A SPREADSHEET FOR ALL OF MAYOR AND COUNCIL EVENTS? YES, MA'AM. THAT'S ACTUALLY SOMETHING WE'VE BEEN DOING SINCE I WAS A DEPUTY. SO JUST HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN IN THAT POSITION? NO. EVEN PRIOR TO ME BEING CLERK. YEAH, WHEN I WAS A DEPUTY, WE USED TO DO THAT, SO. SO ABOUT HOW MANY YEARS IS THAT? TEN YEARS. OKAY. SO THE. AND MAYBE I MISSED THAT. THE 25% NOTIFICATION. FROM WHO? THE CLERK, MADAM. COUNCIL MEMBER CUMMINGS WHO'S WHO'S SUPPOSED TO PROVIDE THE NOTIFICATION? SHE SAID I WOULD LIKE. WELL, BECAUSE BECAUSE THE INFORMATION IS TURNED IN HER. AND I THINK SHE'S THE FIRST PERSON THAT I KNOW THAT MY INVOICES AND THINGS ARE TURNED INTO. I'M ASSUMING SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE FOR FOUR YEARS, I'VE TURNED IT INTO HER SO SHE WOULD MAKE THAT NOTIFICATION. AND I THINK ANOTHER THING THAT WOULD BE GOOD IF WE IF THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC. SO I DON'T KNOW IF WE PUT IT MAYBE ON THE CITY WEB PAGE AND IT'S JUST A LINK THAT THEY CLICK ON TO BECAUSE, I MEAN, I KNOW SHE SAID THAT HER OFFICE IS ALWAYS THEY ARE ALWAYS BOMBARDED WITH OPEN RECORDS REQUESTS FOR THESE THINGS. SO MAYBE THIS WOULD BE I MEAN, I DON'T THINK YOU GET ANY MORE TRANSPARENT THAN THIS, AND IT'LL JUST GIVE THE COMMUNITY AN OPPORTUNITY. AND THEY DON'T HAVE TO JUST KEEP ASKING FOR WHAT IS IT THAT YOU KNOW, WHAT WE'RE DOING? WITH THE FUNDS, IF IT'S SOMETHING, A LINK THAT THEY CAN CLICK ON AND THEY CAN JUST SEE IT FOR THEMSELVES. SO I GUESS THE ASK WOULD BE THE COMPONENT TO LET YOU KNOW THERE'S A WHEN YOU REACH A CERTAIN DOLLAR AMOUNT, YOU KNOW, FOR YOUR BUDGET. AND I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT HAS TO GO TO IT, YOU KNOW, JUST TO SEE IF IT'S EVEN POSSIBLE TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS, BUT TO HAVE SOME SORT OF LINK, OR MAYBE JUST A WAY THAT, LIKE I SAID, TO ENGAGE THE PUBLIC AND, YOU KNOW, SO THAT THEY'LL BE ABLE TO SEE IT THEMSELVES. WHEN YOU SAY THE 20, WHEN IT'S 25% LEFT OR 25% OVER, I MISSED THAT PART. 25% LEFT. SO IT'S $7,000 WHEN I GET TO 20. I'VE SPENT 75% OF THE BUDGET. IT WILL TAKE ME DOWN TO $1,750. SO ONCE YOU YOUR REMAINING BALANCE COMES TO SEVEN 1750, WHATEVER, 25% OF WHATEVER YOUR BUDGET AMOUNT IS, JUST TO NOTIFICATION, JUST TO GO OUT, JUST TO LET YOU KNOW, HEY, THIS IS WHERE YOU ARE AND MOVING FORWARD. IF YOU GO PAST THAT, THEN I GUESS IT'D HAVE TO GO TO COUNCIL OR WHATEVER IT IS. [02:45:02] IF YOU DO REQUIRE ADDITIONAL FUNDS AND THIS IS JUST FOR EVENTS OR THE WHOLE WARD, ALL THE ENTIRE BUDGET FOR THE COUNCIL BUDGET. I MEAN, BECAUSE WE SINCE WE SEEM TO ALWAYS BE IN THE SPOTLIGHT WHEN IT COMES TO THIS STUFF. RIGHT. BUT I'M SAYING THERE'S ABOVE THE LINE ITEM. SO THE SALARY, THE BENEFITS, THE THOSE SALARY AND BENEFITS ARE JUST SAD. THEY KNOW WHICH WHICH ITEMS WOULD THIS APPLY TO? COUNCIL? WHAT ARE THEY? ARE THEY CONSIDERED WHAT COUNCIL EVENTS? WHAT IS THE ONE THAT'S AT ABOUT $1 MILLION THAT WE HAVE. THOSE ARE WHAT JUST SPECIAL TOTAL FOR EVERYBODY OR WHATEVER IT IS THAT THAT WE HAVE. COUNCIL. ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THE EVENT? THEY'RE JUST SPECIAL OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER ATKINS YES, I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS. COUNCILMEMBER CUMMINGS, WOULD THIS NOT ONLY INCLUDE WHATEVER DOLLARS ARE AGREED UPON FOR EVENTS, BUT ALSO OUR OTHER BUDGETS? AS IT RELATES TO OFFICE SUPPLIES, TRAVEL AND TRAINING AND SPECIAL HELP SO THAT WE CAN STAY IN COMPLIANCE WITH THOSE. I MEAN, A PART OF THE CONCERN THAT I HAVE WITH THOSE IS THAT WE HAVE A CREDIT CARD THAT HAS A BALANCE A MAXIMUM BALANCE PER MONTH. AND SO IF WE WERE TO EXPEND UP TO THAT AMOUNT EACH MONTH, WE WOULD BE WAY OVER WHAT HAS BEEN APPROVED IN THE BUDGET FOR THOSE THREE BUCKETS THAT I JUST MENTIONED OFFICE SUPPLIES, TRAVEL AND TRAINING, AND EXTRA HELP. SO HOW ARE WE TRACKING THOSE THINGS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE IN LINE WITH THOSE LINE ITEMS THAT HAVE BEEN APPROVED BY THE BUDGET? HOLD ON A MINUTE. SO I HAVE COUNCILMAN AND COUNCIL MEMBER MITCHELL AND THEN THE SELECT YOUR MIC SO THAT THE CITY CAN SELECT THE MIC. OKAY. YEAH. WE ALSO HAVE THOSE ITEMS LISTED AS WELL, TO BE HONEST. LIKE OUR SPREADSHEET IS SIMILAR TO THIS WITH ALL THE WARDS ON THERE. BUT THEN WE ALSO HAVE A SEPARATE SPREADSHEET BECAUSE THERE'S ONE TOTAL SPREADSHEET THAT WE HAVE. WE ALSO HAVE A SEPARATE SPREADSHEET WITH ALL THE EVENTS ON IT AS WELL. BUT YOUR STUFF IS ALL BROKEN OUT. SO SAY WAR A AT LARGE, SO IT'LL HAVE EDUCATION AND TRAVEL, OTHER PROFESSIONAL FEES AND THEN YOUR COUNCIL ALLOWANCE. SO IT'S STILL THE SAME. IT'S LITERALLY SIMILAR TO WHAT SHE HAS, WHAT WE HAVE IN OUR OFFICE. IT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT WE'VE UTILIZED OVER THE YEARS. SO FOR EACH OF THOSE DIFFERENT BUCKETS I JUST MENTIONED, THERE'S ALREADY AN ACCOUNTING FOR THOSE THINGS, AND WE'RE STAYING WITHIN WHATEVER THE LINE ITEMS ARE. LIKE I SAID, IT'S JUST STILL WE'VE BEEN USING A SIMILAR SPREADSHEET LIKE, SINCE I'VE BEEN WORKING HERE FOR THE PAST TEN YEARS. SO IT JUST KEEPS IT HELPS US AS A WHOLE, AS A STAFF. AND IT ALSO, YOU KNOW, YES, WE'VE BEEN DOING IT. OKAY. SO LIKE I SAID, NOT JUST FOR EVENTS BUT FOR YOUR OTHER STUFF THAT YOU GUYS DO SO COUNCIL MEMBER CUMMINGS I WOULD JUST LIKE IF, IF WE DO ADOPT THIS VERSION, THAT IT WOULD INCLUDE THOSE BUCKETS SO THAT WE'D KNOW WHERE WE ARE ON THOSE THINGS AS WELL. AND THEN AS THE NEWEST MEMBER ON THE COUNCIL, I HAVE MY RECEIPTS. I'VE NEVER TURNED IN RECEIPTS BECAUSE I'VE BEEN ASKING ABOUT AN EXPENSE REPORT. SO DO WE HAVE AN EXPENSE REPORT? BECAUSE TURNING IN A RECEIPT DOES IS ONLY GOING TO TELL YOU FROM WHERE THE CHARGE IS AND HOW MUCH THE STATEMENT DOES THAT. AN EXPENSE REPORT TELLS YOU THE WHY. AND SO I THINK THAT THAT WOULD BE VERY IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHY THE CHARTS. BUT THE STATEMENT ACTUALLY WOULD TELL YOU FROM WHERE AND HOW MUCH THE SAME THING THAT THE RECEIPT WOULD. BUT DO WE HAVE EXPENSE REPORTS THAT WE'RE ABLE TO COMPLETE FOR EACH MONTHLY STATEMENT SO THAT WE CAN PROVIDE THE SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION AND GIVE THE EXPLANATION? WE DON'T. BUT IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT IS THE WILL OF COUNCIL, THEN IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE COULD I COULD EASILY MAKE UP. SO OKAY. SO WE DON'T HAVE WE DON'T WE DON'T HAVE ANY EXPENSE REPORTS. NO. OH, OKAY. ALL RIGHT. I YIELD. COUNCIL MEMBER MITCHELL. YES. THANK YOU. SO I WALKED IN ON THE TAIL END OF WHO WILL BE RESPONSIBLE, I GUESS, TO OVERSEE THIS. AND I WAS JUST READING. I THINK IT'S IN SECTION 2-2006. AND THIS MAY EVEN BE FOR THE CITY MANAGER, BUT AT A CERTAIN POINT, ISN'T THE FINANCIAL DIRECTOR AND THE CITY MANAGER OBLIGATED TO TELL US WHEN? I GUESS WE HIT A CERTAIN THRESHOLD WITH, I GUESS, OUR BUDGET, OR I WAS TRYING TO LOOK IT UP REALLY QUICK. [02:50:13] TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION. I GUESS THAT WOULD TAKE SOME FURTHER RESEARCH BECAUSE I'M NOT AWARE OF THAT. THAT. OKAY. REGULATION. OKAY. THAT WAS MY ONLY THING. I'M NOT SURE. I MEAN, I GUESS, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY KEEP AN EYE ON IT, BUT I THOUGHT IT MAY HAVE SAID IN THE CHARTER THAT THAT MAY HAVE BEEN THE FINANCIAL DIRECTOR'S JOB. AND I THINK ALSO THE CITY MANAGER'S TO INFORM COUNCIL AT CERTAIN AT THREE CERTAIN THRESHOLDS. ZERO SIX ON THE SCREEN THAT DEALS WITH FISCAL FISCAL RELATED POLICIES. AND I'M READING IT QUICKLY AND I DON'T SEE IT, BUT EVERYONE BE ABLE TO READ IT IF YOU. OKAY. SECTION 2-2006 OR OH FIVE. 5-103. I THINK IT'S LETTER C. I HAD SOME NOTES ON. MY DAD. WHAT IS IT AGAIN? 5-103. DASH 200. IF YOU'RE SAYING IT'S NOT IN TWO. OKAY, SO IF IT'S NOT THERE, 200103. ONE SECOND. SO I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT'S NECESSARILY WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR. BECAUSE THESE AMOUNTS THAT ARE BEING REFERENCED ARE WHAT'S BEING RECOMMENDED WOULD NOT RESULT IN A BUDGET AMENDMENT. BUT THAT'S 2-2006. HOLD ON, HOLD ON. LET ME READ IT. OKAY. CAN YOU SCROLL DOWN SOME MORE? LET'S DO YOU WANT TO TRY TO GET THIS DONE? OKAY. I'M NOT SAYING. I DON'T KNOW THE FIRST TIME. OKAY. MR. CITY ATTORNEY, ARE YOU AWARE OF ANYTHING LIKE THAT? A CERTAIN THRESHOLD WHEN THE FINANCIAL DIRECTOR HAS TO CONTACT, I GUESS, THE COUNCIL, THE COUNCIL MEMBER, THE FINANCIAL RELATED POLICIES THAT YOU MENTIONED IN SECTION 2-2006 MENTIONS A 10% VARIANCE ON A LINE ITEM IN THE BUDGET. THAT ON A MONTHLY BASIS, THAT THE FINANCE DIRECTOR SHOULD NOTIFY COUNCIL OF. OTHER THAN THAT SPECIFIC PROVISION, I'M NOT AWARE OF ANYTHING ELSE. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER. THANK YOU. THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER CUMMINGS, FOR BRINGING THIS IN. I DON'T SEE ANY ISSUES WITH ADDING THAT OTHER COMPONENT. WITH THE CLARK NOTIFIED WHEN IT GETS TO A 25% DOWN PART. AND THAT JUST KEEPS PEOPLE UPDATED ON WHERE THEY ARE AND EVERYTHING ELSE. SO YEAH, THAT'S FINE. THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER. COUNCILMEMBER BUTLER. YES, MADAM MAYOR, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO RESPOND TO MY COLLEAGUE REGARDING THE EXPENSE REPORT. WHAT I USUALLY DO IS ATTACH A SPREADSHEET WITH THE WITH THE DESCRIPTION OF WHAT THAT PURCHASE WAS FOR. ANYTHING ELSE? COUNCILMEMBER. COUNCILMEMBER. FREELY REALLY? YEAH. THANK YOU. MADAM CLERK, I JUST WANTED TO FOLLOW UP ON COUNCIL MEMBER. ATKINS QUESTIONS ABOUT THE CREDIT CARD CHARGES. SO IN THE SPREADSHEET THAT YOU MAINTAIN FOR ALL OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, ARE YOU SAYING THAT YOU GO THROUGH EACH MONTHLY CREDIT CARD STATEMENT AND YOU SORT OF ESSENTIALLY DISSECT IT AND ADD EACH OF THOSE CHARGES TO THE APPROPRIATE PROJECT EVENT BUCKET? WE HAVE TO BECAUSE THERE'S DIFFERENT ACCOUNT NUMBERS, LIKE SO WHEN WE'RE PAYING THE CREDIT CARD. SO I LIKE WE LITERALLY GO THROUGH THE CREDIT CARDS AND PUT THE ACCOUNT NUMBERS BY EACH TRANSACTION BECAUSE THEY CHANGE LIKE YOU COULD DO. YOU COULD HAVE YOUR TRAVEL FOR SAVANNAH ON ONE, BUT YOU ALSO COULD HAVE SOMETHING FOR ONE OF YOUR EVENTS ON THE SAME THING. IT'S NOT TAKING IT OUT. IT'S NOT TAKING IT OUT THE SAME POOL, OR YOU USE SOMETHING FOR YOUR OTHER PROFESSIONAL FEES. [02:55:04] SO WHEN WE DO, WHEN WE PROCESS THE CREDIT CARDS PRIOR TO PUTTING THEM IN THE SYSTEM, WE GO DOWN EACH ITEM LINE ITEM TO PUT DOWN. EACH DIFFERENT ACCOUNT NUMBER THAT GOES FOR WHATEVER TRANSACTION WAS MADE ON THE CREDIT CARD. AND HOW DO YOU DETERMINE FROM THE CREDIT CARD STATEMENT WHERE THAT CHARGE BELONGS IN YOUR SPREADSHEET? NINE TIMES OUT OF TEN, WE ALREADY KNOW WHAT THE STUFF WAS BOUGHT FOR. COUNCIL MEMBER I'M GONNA USE YOU AS A REFERENCE AS SHE PROVIDED ME HER THE RECEIPTS THAT THEY DID FOR THE AT HOME THEIR HOME EVENT THAT THEY HAD. SO I ALREADY KNEW WHAT LINE ITEM THAT WOULD COME FROM FROM HER CREDIT CARD STATEMENT BECAUSE YOU JUST SENT THEM TO ME. SO YOU WAS IN HERE LOOKING RIGHT AT ME, SO IT WAS EASY FOR ME TO USE YOU. SO. YES. OH, SORRY. YES. BUT LIKE I SAID, LIKE SHE HAD JUST PROVIDED ME THOSE. I KNEW WHAT THEY WERE FOR. WE HAD ALREADY SPOKE ABOUT IT, BUT THAT'S HOW, LIKE NINE TIMES OUT OF TEN, WE ALREADY KNOW WHAT THE RECEIPT GOES TO. IF WE DON'T, WE ALWAYS CALL AND SAY, HEY, WHAT'S THIS? SO IN THE MULTIPLE INSTANCES WHERE THERE ARE CREDIT CARD CHARGES AND NO RECEIPT, AND THERE'S JUST THE MISSING RECEIPT FORM SUBMITTED, WHICH SO IS THERE SUFFICIENT INFORMATION IN THOSE MISSING RECEIPT FORMS THAT YOU CAN DETERMINE WHERE IT BELONGS OR YOU'RE FOLLOWING UP ON EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THOSE? WE WILL BE FOLLOWING UP. SO FOR INSTANCE WE GOT CREDIT CARD BILLS. AFTER FIVE ON FRIDAY. IT'S I CAME IN ON SUNDAY TO START WORKING ON THEM. I ALSO CAME IN AT 7:00 THIS MORNING SO THAT I CAN START WORKING ON THEM, BECAUSE I KNEW I HAD AN APPOINTMENT THIS MORNING, SO. AND THEN THE STAFF FINISHED THE REST. BUT IT WAS AN URGENCY FOR US TO FINISH HIM BECAUSE THE CREDIT CARDS CAME LATE AND EVERYONE'S GONE. JUST THE MAJORITY OF EVERYONE IS GOING ON TRAINING THIS WEEK. SO AS AN FYI, ALL CREDIT CARD BILLS HAVE BEEN PAID TODAY. JUST SO YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY SHOULD BE GOOD. BUT YES. SO WHEN THINGS LIKE THAT HAPPEN, YES, THOSE MISSING RECEIPTS WILL BE FILLED OUT FOR THAT. BUT WE'LL SEND SOMETHING OUT TOMORROW. TOMORROW'S TODAY'S TODAY'S BEEN A LITTLE ALL OVER THE PLACE, BUT WE'LL SEE. WE TYPICALLY SEND EVERYBODY THERE THE ONES WHO SPECIFICALLY ASKED FOR THEIR STATEMENTS ANYWAY, WHAT WE NEED. AND THEN FOR OUR MISSING RECEIPTS, WE SEND THOSE OUT TO, LIKE, HEY, DO YOU HAVE CAN YOU PROVIDE US WITH THESE RECEIPTS? AND THEN WE GO FROM THERE AND IN THE INSTANCE WHERE THE MISSING RECEIPT FORM IS SUBMITTED, WHICH AGAIN HAPPENS IN A HUGE PERCENTAGE OF CASES ARE YOU, AFTER YOU CLARIFY WITH THE COUNCIL MEMBER EXACTLY WHAT THIS WAS, WHAT IT WAS FOR, SO THAT YOU KNOW WHERE TO PUT IT. ARE YOU NOTING THAT ON THESE MISSING RECEIPT FORMS? NO. BECAUSE THE MISSING RECEIPT FORMS ARE FILLED OUT PRIOR TO THAT. SO, LIKE, IF THEY'RE FILLED OUT PRIOR TO. BUT WE DO ALSO HAVE OUR NOTEBOOKS THAT WE KEEP THAT SEPARATED BY EACH INDIVIDUAL COUNCIL MEMBER THAT WE ADD THEIR RECEIPTS TO. SO SAY YOU GAVE ME RECEIPTS FOR SOMETHING THAT YOU'VE PURCHASED IN THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS THAT WOULD SHOW UP ON YOUR NEXT STATEMENT. WE ALREADY HAVE THOSE RECEIPTS AND YOU KNOW WHERE IT GOES IN YOUR SPREADSHEET. AND IF WE DIDN'T AND IF I DIDN'T, I WOULD JUST ASK. SO. GOT IT. THANK YOU. NO PROBLEM. COUNCIL MEMBER ATKINS. YES. I THINK MY QUESTIONS WERE ALONG THE SAME LINES, BECAUSE I JUST HAVE ALL OF MY RECEIPTS IN A BIG ENVELOPE. AND SO I'M NOT REALLY SURE IF STAFF IS ABLE TO DETERMINE WHICH BUCKETS THOSE GO IN. SO I JUST PROBABLY NEED TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT. AND HOW SOON WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO CREATE AN EXPENSE REPORT? I DID HEAR COUNCILMAN BUTLER TALK ABOUT AN EXCEL SPREADSHEET, WHICH I THINK IS A GREAT START, BUT TO HAVE SOMETHING STANDARDIZED SO THAT EVERYBODY IS HAVING TO TURN IN THE SAME. I'M NOT SURE WHAT HIS EXCEL SPREADSHEET LOOKS LIKE, SO JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY IS CAPTURING THE SAME INFORMATION SO THAT IT'S ALL STANDARDIZED. HOW SOON WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO HAVE ONE? I WOULD LIKE HER. HER SPREADSHEET IS LIKE PERFECTLY FINE. LIKE I CAN JUST. I CAN START WORKING ON IT IN THE MORNING TO REVISE IT, TO LOOK SIMILAR TO WHAT SHE HAS. AND THEN I CAN DO THE 25% AMOUNTS FOR EACH PERSON. SO PROBABLY ABOUT 10:00, 10:00 TOMORROW MORNING. OKAY. YEAH. BECAUSE LIKE I SAID, WE ALREADY HAVE SOMEWHAT OF A SOMEWHAT OF A BASE ANYWAY. IT'S JUST A COUPLE OF TWEAKS THAT WILL HAVE TO BE MADE. SO. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. COUNCIL MEMBER MITCHELL. [03:00:05] THANK YOU. MADAM CITY CLERK, I THINK I FOUND IT. SO IT WAS THE SECOND WHEN I QUOTED. ARE YOU ABLE TO PULL UP SECTION 5-103? AND IF WE CAN HAVE THE CITY ATTORNEY TAKE A LOOK AT THIS. IT'S ENTITLED REDUCTION OF APPROPRIATIONS. AND IF I WANT TO KNOW IF THIS APPLIES TO NOT JUST, I GUESS, THE COUNCIL BUDGET, BUT TO, I GUESS, EVERYTHING. 5-103. CORRECT. YES, YES. SECTION C OKAY. I KNOW I WALKED IN ON THE TAIL END OF THAT CONVERSATION, BUT I KIND OF HAD THIS QUESTION THE OTHER DAY, AND I THOUGHT I ALSO INCLUDED THE FINANCIAL DIRECTOR, BUT I'M JUST SAYING THE CITY MANAGER RIGHT NOW. CAN YOU TELL HIM TO SPEAK INTO THE MIC? BASICALLY SAYING IF THE MONEY ISN'T THERE, THEY HAVE TO FOR ANYTHING OR ANYTHING THAT'S BEEN APPROPRIATED TO THEY HAVE TO CONTACT US IMMEDIATELY. OKAY. IS THAT HOW YOU'RE READING THAT? THAT IS CORRECT. AND THEN ON TOP OF THAT, YOU HAVE THE PREVIOUS ORDINANCE THAT WE TALKED ABOUT WHERE IF THERE'S A 10% VARIANCE THAT THE FINANCE DIRECTOR WOULD NOTIFY THE COUNCIL ON A MONTHLY BASIS OF ANYTHING THAT IS OFF BY MORE THAN 10%. AND THEN THIS LAYER IS ON TOP OF IT THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE A DEFICIT IN THE CITY MANAGER NEEDS TO NOTIFY COUNCIL AND EXPLAIN WHAT ACTIONS NEED TO BE TAKEN TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU DON'T ACTUALLY END UP WITH A DEFICIT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. COUNCILWOMAN. MARTIN. ROGER. ALL RIGHT. YES. AND MY FOLLOW UP QUESTION IS, SO YOU IT APPEARS AS THOUGH YOU WELL DOCUMENT WITH YOUR OWN SPREADSHEET. WE'RE GOING TO GET COUNCIL MEMBERS. COUNCIL MEMBER CUMMINGS SPREADSHEET. THOSE CAN BE MERGED TOGETHER. I DID HEAR THE MENTION. SO WOULD THIS BE A PART OF AN OPEN RECORDS REQUEST? I HEARD DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT. BUT WHEN YOU GET THOSE OPEN RECORDS REQUESTS, WHAT DO YOU PROVIDE OR LIKE? WOULD YOUR SPREADSHEET BE PROVIDED AS OR IN LIEU OF WHAT HAS BEEN PROVIDED FOR OPEN RECORDS REQUEST? MY SPREADSHEET HAS NOT BEEN REQUESTED BECAUSE NO ONE KNEW THAT I HAD IT UNTIL NOW. SO IT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT WE DO INTERNALLY IN OUR OFFICE. SO IT'S NOT ANYTHING THAT I PUBLICLY SAY, HEY, I CAN JUST GIVE YOU MY SPREADSHEET. THAT IS NOT NOTHING THAT I THAT THAT IS EXTERNAL. LIKE IT'S IT'S JUST AN INTERNAL PROCESS THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING IN OUR OFFICE. SO. BUT BASED OFF OF WHAT WAS SAID, IT LOOKS LIKE IT IT WOULD TURN INTO THAT BECAUSE Y'ALL STATED THAT. WELL, SOMEONE STATED THAT THEY WANTED IT ON THE WEBSITE. SO WHAT'D YOU SAY? SO THIS IS THE DISCUSSION THAT HAD TO BE A VOTE TO MAKE THOSE THINGS HAPPEN. OKAY, I'M SURE THEY ALREADY HAD THE VOTES FOR THAT, BUT ALRIGHT. I HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS. SO MISSING RECEIPT AND LIKE THE MISSING RECEIPT FORM OR WHATEVER. LIKE, DO YOU ALL EVER REACH OUT TO THE VENDOR OR THE RESTAURANT TO TRY TO GET A DUPLICATE RECEIPT? IF IT'S A RESTAURANT, IF IT'S AMAZON, LIKE, ARE THERE EFFORTS TO TRY TO REACH OUT TO GET THEM? BECAUSE EVEN IF ONE IS A PROVIDER, IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY DOESN'T EXIST. BUT NO, WE HAVE NOT DONE THAT AT ALL. AND TO BE HONEST, I HAVEN'T EVEN HONESTLY, I HAVEN'T CROSSED MY MIND. AND THEN WHEN WE DO PUT IN THOSE MISSING RECEIPT FORMS, THAT'S JUST SO WE CAN GET THE BILL PROCESSED IMMEDIATELY. WE DON'T WANT TO HOLD UP THE BILL SPECIFICALLY WHEN THEY ALREADY COME LATER THAN THEY SHOULD. NO, I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT WHAT THE REASON I'M ASKING IS CERTAIN TYPES OF RECEIPTS COULD POTENTIALLY CREATE CERTAIN ISSUES DEPENDING ON WHAT WAS PURCHASED, RIGHT? SO LIKE YOU CAN'T PURCHASE ALCOHOL WITH A CITY CARD. AND IF A MISSING RECEIPT WAS FOR A RESTAURANT, YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT WAS PURCHASED. THAT'S TRUE. YOU'RE RIGHT. ARE THERE EFFORTS TO TRY TO REACH OUT TO GET A DUPLICATE RECEIPT FROM THE RESTAURANT? BECAUSE GENERALLY ALL YOU WOULD NEED TO DO IS USE THE LAST FOUR DIGITS OF A CARD AND THEN GET THAT INFORMATION. SO RIGHT, LIKE MISSING RECEIPTS FOR AMAZON. I MEAN, I SHOP A LOT ON AMAZON. I CAN GO IN AND GET PRIOR INVOICES. I GET PRIOR INFORMATION LIKE, YOU KNOW, IF THERE ARE A LOT OF MISSING RECEIPTS, [03:05:03] WE CAN'T JUST KEEP PROCESSING CERTAIN THINGS THAT COULD POTENTIALLY CAUSE CHALLENGES IF WE DON'T KNOW WHAT WAS ACTUALLY PURCHASED, RIGHT. THE OTHER THING IS THAT I THINK THE REAL ISSUE IS NOT NECESSARILY THE STATEMENT OR THE RECEIPTS OR WHAT LINE ITEM. IT'S THE THE DESCRIPTION, WHAT IT WAS FOR. I'VE HEARD OF SOME PEOPLE PUTTING ON THE RECEIPT ON THE BACK OF THE RECEIPT, LIKE WHAT WAS PURCHASED, LIKE WHAT IT WAS FOR, LIKE IF IT'S AN EVENT OR WHATEVER. HAVING A FORM THAT REQUIRES THAT INFORMATION WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR YOU ALL TO BE ABLE TO PROCESS IT. MY QUESTION IS, WHAT ARE OTHER DEPARTMENTS DOING? BECAUSE WE'RE NOT THE ONLY DEPARTMENT THAT DEPARTMENTS THAT HAVE THESE TYPES OF LINE ITEMS. SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S MR. JONES OR MISS JESSIE LIKE OR OR SHANNON GOLDEN. HOW ARE OTHER DEPARTMENTS TRACKING SPENDING FOR THESE TYPES OF THINGS OR SIMILAR THINGS WITHIN THEIR DEPARTMENT? MR. JONES? YEAH, BUT THERE WAS THERE WAS A NUMBER OF THINGS, MR. GOLDEN. THERE WERE BEFORE I WHILE HE COMES UP, I GUESS THERE WAS ANOTHER A NUMBER OF THINGS I WANTED TO RESPOND TO. I WAS JUST GOING BACK OVER THE, THE LANGUAGE OF SUBSECTION C, AND WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT THAT NOTIFICATION IS BASED ON REVENUES. SO ANTICIPATED REVENUES. THIS DISCUSSION IS MORE ON THE EXPENDITURE SIDE. SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE THAT CLARIFICATION. THE EXAMPLE WOULD BE IF THERE WAS SOME KIND OF SHORTAGE IN HOTEL MOTEL, THAT WOULD BE A REVENUE SHORTAGE THAT COULD AFFECT THE BUDGET VERSUS A BUDGET LINE ITEM GOING OVER BUDGET. OKAY. WITHIN THE BUDGET. THAT BEING SAID, I'LL LET MR. GOLDEN TALK ABOUT OUR PRACTICES ON CREDIT CARD VERIFICATION. CITY MANAGER JONES. MADAM MAYOR, IT'S THE SAME PRACTICE WITH MOST DEPARTMENTS. THEY SUBMIT THE RECEIPTS. IT'S ATTACHED TO THE STATEMENT FOR THE CREDIT CARD. AND, VESNA WE REVIEW THAT AP REVIEWS THAT AND MAKE SURE THE DOCUMENTATION IS THERE. RECEIPTS GENERALLY ITEMIZE WHAT WAS PURCHASED WAS PURCHASED. HOW DO YOU KNOW WHICH LINE ITEM IT APPLIES TO THAT DEPARTMENT ADMIN APPLIES IT TO THE LINE ITEM THAT IT REPRESENTS. SO IF YOU HAD TRAVELING EXPENSES, IT WOULD BE UNDER TRAVEL, EDUCATION AND TRAVEL. IF YOU HAD ITEMS THAT WERE DEPARTMENT OFFICE SUPPLIES, IT WOULD BE IN THAT LINE ITEM FOR OFFICE SUPPLIES. AND GENERALLY WHAT'S ON THE RECEIPT INDICATES WHERE IT CAN WHAT IT APPLIES TO. RIGHT. CORRECT. OFFICE DEPOT, IKEA MARSHALLS, WHATEVER. THESE OTHER THINGS THAT PEOPLE PURCHASE, PLACES LIKE THE LIST OF WHAT'S PURCHASED IS LISTED ON THE RECEIPT. CORRECT. IS THERE ANYONE IN THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS WHO DOES A LEVEL OF INVENTORYING WHAT WAS PURCHASED LIKE? IF I SAY I PURCHASED 12 BINDERS OR 12 BOXES OF BINDERS OR WHATEVER, SOMEBODY'S LIKE CHECKING TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE THINGS HAVE BEEN PURCHASED AND BROUGHT INTO THE CITY. IF IT'S IF IT'S DONE THROUGH OUR OFFICE VENDOR OFFICE DEPOT IS IS ITEMIZED ON THE ON THE, ON THE RECEIPT. BUT I'M SAYING THAT SOMEONE CHECKED THAT IT WAS RECEIVED. YES. THAT DEPARTMENT ADMIN WOULD DO YOU KNOW, AND MAYBE YOU DON'T KNOW. NOW YOU CAN GET THE INFORMATION TO US LATER. LIKE WHAT PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL EXPENSES OR RECEIPTS? WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THIS GROUP MAKES UP THE MISSING RECEIPTS BUCKET. LIKE WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THE OVERALL ACCOUNTING FOR EXPENDITURES IS MIXED? MIXED RECEIPTS LIKE MISSING RECEIPTS. ITEM LIKE HOW MANY OF THOSE FORMS DO YOU ALL HAVE FOR THE TOTAL NUMBER OF EXPENDITURES? OKAY, I'LL HAVE TO GO RESEARCH THAT FOR EACH MONTH. SO FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2025, I CAN GO FOR EACH MONTH AND FIGURE OUT HOW MANY MISSING RECEIPTS FORMS THAT WE HAVE FOR THAT AND THEN [03:10:09] REPORT BACK TO THE COUNCIL. YEAH. AND I THINK MADAM CITY CLERK, IT WOULD BE HELPFUL FROM A COUNCIL PERSPECTIVE. AND MY, MY ASSISTANT WILL PROVIDE FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, I THINK I HAD LIKE 1 OR 2 THAT WERE LIKE PARKING OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, BUT HOW MANY MISSING RECEIPTS FORMS HAVE WE RECEIVED FOR LIKE THE DIFFERENT EXPENDITURES BY COUNCIL MEMBER AND MAYOR AS WELL? LIKE THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL. AND WE CAN'T HAVE A WHOLE BUNCH OF MISSING RECEIPTS THEN WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S BEING PURCHASED. BUT YEAH, YEAH, YEAH, I'LL HAVE A TIME FRAME FOR ME. I CAN'T HEAR YOU. I'M SORRY. DO Y'ALL HAVE A TIME FRAME FOR ME SO I CAN I'M NOT SURE WHAT ACTION IS GOING TO BE TAKEN TONIGHT. ONE, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE YOUR CURRENT EXISTING FORM SPREADSHEET THAT YOU USE. TWO I MEAN, YOU COULD PROBABLY EVEN GIVE THAT TO US BY EMAIL, LIKE, ONCE YOU HAVE IT. I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG THAT WOULD TAKE. I'M NOT TRYING TO NECESSARILY MAKE IT A PRIORITY, BUT IT'S INFORMATION THAT WE SHOULD KNOW. THE ASSUMPTION IS EVERYBODY'S PROVIDING RECEIPTS. IF WE'RE NOT PROVIDING RECEIPTS, YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT'S BEING PURCHASED. YOU CAN'T REALLY TELL THAT THE ITEMS ARE PERMISSIBLE OR NOT. SO IT WOULD BE GOOD TO KNOW COUNCIL MEMBER COMMENTS COUNCIL MEMBER MITCHELL AND COUNCIL MEMBER. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. SO I THINK WHAT WHAT MAY BE BEST, BECAUSE THERE ARE A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT WE'RE SORT OF TRYING TO WORK ON THIS, THAT WE TAKE THIS ITEM TO WORK SESSION AND KIND OF WORK ON IT AND JUST FLESH OUT SOME OTHER THINGS. BECAUSE I REALLY, REALLY, REALLY WOULD LIKE TO SEE IF WE CAN PIVOT TO MR. TALBOT. I MEAN, I KNOW HE'S BEEN HERE FOR A WHILE, AND I DO KNOW THAT HE HAS HIS SON HERE, AND I'M SURE HE'D LIKE TO TRY AND GET HOME IF IT IF AT ALL POSSIBLE. SO I KNOW WE STILL GOT A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS THAT WE'RE ASKING ABOUT THIS. SO IF IT WOULD PLEASE COUNCIL IF WE CAN JUST TAKE IT AND WE'LL MOVE IT TO WORK SESSION AND WE CAN KIND OF WORK OUT A COUPLE MORE KINKS ON IT. I STILL THINK IT'S A GOOD IDEA, BUT I THINK THERE'S SOME THINGS THAT WE NEED TO JUST KIND OF WORK ON, ON THERE, LIKE YOU SAY, POSSIBLY MERGING FILES, CREATING AN EXPENSE REPORT. SO IF WE CAN DO THAT, I WOULD GREATLY APPRECIATE IT. AND SINCE MR. TALBOT HAS BEEN HERE SO PATIENTLY WAITING, IF WE COULD, YOU KNOW, MAYBE MOVE TO HIM. SO THE CLERK WILL SHARE WITH US CURRENTLY THE SPREADSHEET SHE USES. AND THEN WE'LL HAVE THIS ONE. AND THEN THE EXPENSE REPORTS. WE STILL HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER MITCHELL AND COUNCIL MEMBER FREELY TURN THEIR LIGHTS ON AGAIN. OH, I WAS DONE. I'LL YIELD TO COUNCIL MEMBER FREELY. COUNCIL MEMBER. PERRY. YEAH. THANK YOU. AND THIS IS TO YOUR POINT, MADAM MAYOR. I RECENTLY AND THIS IS CERTAINLY NOT A SCIENTIFIC SAMPLING, BUT I RECENTLY DID REVIEW ABOUT TEN MONTHS OF ONE CARDHOLDERS STATEMENTS AND LESS THAN 12% OF THE ROUGHLY $30,000 HAD RECEIPTS, 88% HAD MISSING RECEIPT FORMS. JUST CONTEXT. SO YEAH, THAT'S THE OTHER ITEM NUMBER. MISSING RECEIPTS. AND I MEAN, AGAIN, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE WHAT THE MISSING RECEIPTS ARE FOR. IF THEY'RE RESTAURANTS, IF THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS THAT COULD POTENTIALLY BE A CHALLENGE, BECAUSE IF WE DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU BOUGHT AT A RESTAURANT, ESPECIALLY A RESTAURANT THAT SERVES ALCOHOL, WE WON'T HAVE ANY ASSURANCE OF WHETHER OR NOT THE CAR WAS USED FOR THAT. I MEAN, THAT'S JUST ONE EXAMPLE. MATT COUNCIL MEMBER COMMENTS. DO YOU WANT THIS ON THE JULY WORK SESSION. JULY 14TH WORK SESSION. NEXT IS IF WE CAN GET A MOTION TO OPEN THE FLOOR FOR DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION. [XIII.31. Council Discussion and Possible Action on Amendment to Ordinance Section 2-2022 Rule 6] SO MOVE ITEM 31. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. IT'S BEEN MOVED AND PROPERLY SECONDED. OH, MADAM CITY CLERK, IF YOU CAN COME BACK AND PULL UP THESE ORDINANCES SO WE CAN ALL SEE THEM ON THE SCREEN. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES THE CITY ATTORNEY WIGGINS. AND STAFFED IT [03:15:08] WITH ATTORNEY HARTLEY HAS DRAFTED SOME AMENDMENTS THAT ARE IN RULE ORDER ON OUR AGENDA. I THINK 31 AND 32 ARE SOMEWHAT CONNECTED. AND YOU'LL SEE WHEN SHE PULLS IT UP. OKAY. WELL, THERE'S. WHILE WE'RE WAITING TO MAX MAXIMIZE OUR TIME, IF WE LOOK AT THE ORDINANCE PROVIDED FOR RULE SIX, YOU CAN KEEP TRYING TO PULL IT UP. MADAM CITY CLERK. THE ITEMS WERE MOVED UP. APPROVAL OF COUNCIL AGENDA, APPROVAL OF CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS. MINUTES, PUBLIC HEARINGS, PUBLIC COMMENTS. COUNCIL COMMENTS. THAT AND IT INDICATES THAT IT SHALL BE NO MORE THAN TWO MINUTES THEN THE QUESTION OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE IS ON THE AGENDA. I WOULD RECOMMEND AS HAS BEEN PREVIOUSLY DONE. AND WHEN WE LOOK AT ITEM NUMBER 12 THAT WE DON'T PUT QUESTION OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE SPECIFICALLY ON THE AGENDA, BUT IN THE AMENDMENT TO RULE 12, WE INDICATE WHERE A QUESTION OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE CAN BE ENTERTAINED. RIGHT NOW, IT SAYS DURING COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL OR COUNCIL COMMENTS. IT COULD SAY AFTER THE COMPLETION OF ALL AGENDA ITEMS, WHICH WOULD BE BEFORE EXECUTIVE SESSION OR SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE. SO BASED UPON THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT THAT SHE, THE CITY ATTORNEYS, HAVE SHARED I WOULD RECOMMEND DELETING QUESTION OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE AND INDICATING IN THE RULE 12, WHICH WE'LL DISCUSS NEXT, WHERE IT SHOULD GO. OTHER DISCUSSION. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? QUESTIONS ON. AND SHE'S ABOUT. THERE IT IS RIGHT THERE. SCROLL DOWN. YES. AND SCROLL BACK UP. GO CHIME IN. NO, I THINK THAT'S IT. THOSE ARE THE ONLY RED AREAS. AND I THINK FOR CLARITY, IT SHOULD SAY THE MAYOR OR ANY COUNCIL MEMBER MAY MAKE COMMENTS DURING THIS PORTION OF THE AGENDA, PROVIDED THAT COMMENTS SHALL BE LIMITED TO TWO MINUTES. THE ANY. THE TIMES WITH THIS CHANGE SCROLL UP. THE TIMES FOR COUNCIL TO SPEAK WOULD BE DURING COUNCIL COMMENTS AND THEN AFTER THAT IS PRESENTATIONS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS. WHICH IS WHERE WE GENERALLY HAVE PRESENTATIONS AND OR APPOINTMENTS OR OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS. SO LIKE AT THAT POINT THERE WOULD BE NO OTHER SPEAKING AT THE END OF THE MEETING BECAUSE AFTER THE AGENDA ITEMS, WE GO THE NEXT ITEM IS EXECUTIVE WOULD BE EXECUTIVE SESSION. COUNCIL MEMBER SHROPSHIRE. THANK YOU. FOR SOME REASON, I THOUGHT THAT PUBLIC COMMENTS WAS GOING TO COME BEFORE PUBLIC HEARING. THE IT'S CURRENTLY AFTER PUBLIC HEARINGS. WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT IT. WHEN WE ADVERTISE A PUBLIC HEARING WE GIVE A SPECIFIC TIME LIKE 630. OKAY. SO IT HAS TO COME AFTER IF WE KEEP IT. AND THEN ALSO WHEN PUBLIC HEARINGS ARE HELD AND PEOPLE COME OUT TO SPEAK, OFTENTIMES IF THEY'VE SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS, THEY CHOOSE NOT TO BECAUSE THEY'VE ALREADY SPOKEN ON THE ITEM THAT THEY WANT TO SPEAK ON. [03:20:09] COUNCIL MEMBER. YES, I JUST WANT TO GO TO NUMBER 14. SO IS IT THAT ARE YOU ASKING THAT WE REMOVE THE PERSONAL PRIVILEGE? NUMBER 14 AND THEN JUST GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION AFTER THE AGENDA ITEMS. RIGHT. AND THEN WHEN WE TALK ABOUT RULE 12, LIKE CURRENTLY, IT SAYS A QUESTION OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE CAN BE ENTERTAINED DURING COUNCIL COMMENTS. RIGHT. SO WE COULD IN THAT RULE SAY A QUESTION OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE COULD BE ENTERTAINED AT THE CONCLUSION OF ALL AGENDA ITEMS. SO THEN IT WON'T BE ON THERE AS A STANDARD LIKE IT'S NOT ON OUR AGENDA NOW, RIGHT? RIGHT. SO IT WOULD STILL BE THERE WOULD STILL BE AN OPPORTUNITY INDICATED WHERE IT WOULD GO. IT WOULD JUST BE IN THE RULE AND NOT AN AGENDA ITEM. SO WE'RE CHANGING THE LANGUAGE INSTEAD OF ADDING A NUMBER 14, WE'RE CHANGING THE LANGUAGE WHERE IT SPEAKS TO PERSONAL PRIVILEGE, NOT FOR IT TO HAPPEN DURING COUNCIL COMMENTS, BUT DURING THE DURING THE AGENDA ITEMS OR AFTER THE AGENDA ITEMS. RIGHT. WHEN WE WHEN WE LOOK AT RULE 12, WE CAN SAY WHERE IT GOES. YEAH, WE CAN DECIDE WHERE WE WANT TO GO. WE COULD SAY IT CAN BE ENTERTAINED AFTER COUNCIL COMMENTS WHICH HAS BEEN HAS MOVED UP. RIGHT, RIGHT. WE COULD DECIDE AND PUT IT IN THAT RULE VERSUS MAKING AN AGENDA ITEM. THERE'S NOT A QUESTION OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE EVERY MEETING. RIGHT. BUT THESE OTHER THINGS GENERALLY HAVE. OKAY. SO THEN I WILL BE GENERALLY IN FAVOR OF THAT. IF WE JUST WANT TO SAY AFTER REGULAR AGENDA ITEMS AND THEN THERE'S NOT A NUMBER 14. RIGHT. YEAH. SO WE HAVE THEM IN ORDER. BUT IF YOU WANT TO GO AHEAD AND PULL UP RULE 12, WE'LL STILL OPEN THE SCORE, THE FLOOR FOR DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION AFTER THIS. BUT I THINK IT MIGHT HELP. SO SEE WHERE IT'S DURING COUNCIL COMMENTS, WE WOULD SAY WE COULD SAY, WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE WHEREVER WE WANTED IT. OKAY. AND IT COULD STILL BE DURING COUNCIL. WELL, IT COULD BE DURING COUNCIL COMMENTS BECAUSE WE LIMITED THAT TO TWO MINUTES, BUT IT COULD BE AFTER. OKAY. I SHOULD GO BACK TO 60 COUNCIL MEMBER MARK MITCHELL. YEAH. SO MY QUESTION, I GUESS IT MAY HAVE JUST BEEN ANSWERED, BUT ISN'T PERSONAL PRIVILEGE AND COUNCIL COMMENTS KIND OF THE SAME THING? NO. SO GO TO THE 12 AGAIN. GO TO THE OTHER ONE. SO QUESTION OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE IS WHEN LIMITED CASES IN WHICH INTEGRITY, CHARACTER OR MOTIVES ARE QUESTIONED OR IMPUGN. SO THAT'S WHEN YOU GET TO HAVE ONE. AND PREVIOUSLY FIVE MINUTES WERE ADDED ON, THREE MINUTES WERE ADDED ON TO. I WOULD SAY NORMALLY WHEN YOU JUST ADDRESS THAT IN YOUR FIVE MINUTES COUNCIL, I MEAN IN THE COUNCIL COMMENTS, WOULDN'T YOU ADDRESS. YOU KNOW, ANYTHING YOU WANTED TO RESPOND TO? BUT SO YOU'RE RIGHT. AND IF THAT IS THE CASE, WHAT COULD HAPPEN IS THE RULE STAYS THE SAME AND IT'LL BE WHICH INCLUDES TWO MINUTES ALLOWED FOR COUNCIL COMMENTS. YOU SEE WHAT I'M SAYING? LIKE BECAUSE COUNCIL COMMENTS HAS MOVED UP, IT COULD STILL BE ADDRESSED IN COUNCIL COMMENTS. THIS GIVES FIVE MINUTES BASICALLY FOR A POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE BECAUSE IT'S ADDED ON TO THE COUNCIL COMMENT TIMES. WE WOULD THEN CHANGE IT FROM 8 TO 7. I WOULD MORE SO I KNOW I KNOW THE RESIDENTS LIKE RESPONSES TO, YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY COME UP TO PUBLIC COMMENTS, IF WE CAN SOMEHOW MOVE ONE OF THOSE TO AFTER PUBLIC COMMENT SO WE CAN GIVE THEM A RESPONSE, AND THEY DON'T HAVE TO WAIT THE WHOLE MEETING FOR THAT, GO BACK TO THE FIRST ONE. PERSONAL COUNCIL COMMENTS. IS MOVED UP TO. AFTER PUBLIC COMMENTS. OKAY. OKAY. BUT THE WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT AND IS A DECISION THAT WILL HAVE TO MAKE REGARDING QUESTION OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE IS WHERE DOES IT GO? RIGHT. DO WE STILL GET AN ADDITIONAL FIVE MINUTES IN COUNCIL COMMENTS? RIGHT. I SEE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING TO ADD IT. I MEAN, TO ADDRESS IT. OR DO WE SAY IT GOES AT THE END OF AGENDA ITEMS LIKE. BUT WE CAN DO THAT IN THE RULE VERSUS MAKING IT A SEPARATE AGENDA ITEM. OKAY. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER MARTIN. THANK YOU. I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT NUMBER 14 SHOULD PROBABLY STAY IN. MY REASONING BEHIND IT IS WHAT IF A COUNCIL MEMBER COMES LATE TO A COUNCIL MEMBER A COUNCIL MEETING, AND THEY DON'T HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE PUBLIC COMMENTS? THEY CAN CIRCLE BACK AT THE QUESTION OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE. [03:25:02] THAT'S NOT WHAT THE QUESTION OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE IS. SO THEN WE HAVE TO DO IT ALL IN THE BEGINNING. YEAH. THERE'S NOT A QUESTION. THE QUESTION OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE AS CURRENTLY DEFINED IS FOR ONLY FOR INSTANCES WHERE. SHALL BE LIMITED TO CASES IN WHICH INTEGRITY, CHARACTER, OR MOTIVES ARE ASSAILED, QUESTION OR IMPUGNED. SO IT'S ONLY FOR THAT IT'S NOT TO BE ABLE TO MAKE ADDITIONAL COMMENTS. UNLESS THAT'S WHAT ALLEGEDLY OCCURRED. I MEAN A QUESTION OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE IS NOT WE DON'T HAVE THEM EVERY MEETING. RIGHT. IT ALSO IS SOMETHING THAT SUGGESTS A LEVEL OF DECORUM THAT WE DON'T WANT TO SEE. SO TO HAVE IT ON THE AGENDA AS A SEPARATE ITEM IS KIND OF INVITING THAT OPPORTUNITY OR PUTTING ONTO THE AGENDA, LIKE THE BEHAVIOR THAT WE DON'T WANT TO SEE, BUT HAVING AN OPPORTUNITY WITHIN OUR RULES TO ADDRESS IT IF IT OCCURS, IS WHAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE. COUNCILMAN. I WAS GOING TO SAY TO THAT POINT, SO SAY IF AN INCIDENT DOES OCCUR, I'M NOT SURE IF IT'S NECESSARY TO HAVE IT ON HERE, BECAUSE CAN YOU JUST CALL A POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE? YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? RIGHT. SO YOU CAN CALL IT THAT'S WHAT WE'RE SAYING, THE SAME THING. SO I DON'T THINK IT SHOULD BE ON THERE IN THE RULE. RULE 12 ABOUT IT. WE CAN SAY WHERE IT GETS ADDRESSED, OKAY. WHEN WHEN IT CAN BE ADDRESSED. RIGHT. AND THE QUESTION IS DO WE WANT TO HAVE IT THERE TO THE POINT OF, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING MAY HAPPEN LATER IN THE MEETING DURING AN AGENDA ITEM? AND SO WHEN COUNCIL MEMBER ATKINS MENTIONED, LIKE AT THE END OF ALL AGENDA ITEMS, RIGHT, LIKE BEEN WILLING TO AGREE TO THAT IF WE SAY IN THE RULE THAT THAT THAT'S WHERE IT HAPPENS. IT ALLOWS THAT OPPORTUNITY IF SOMETHING SHOULD HAPPEN. YEAH. I JUST FEEL THAT'S A LITTLE AGGRESSIVE. IT CAN'T BE LIKE DISCUSSION OR YOU KNOW, SOME OTHER I DON'T KNOW. NO. WE CAN JUST TAKE IT OFF. OKAY. SO WE COULD APPROVE THIS RULE. AND THERE WOULD BE A TOTAL OF 15 ITEMS BECAUSE 14 WE CAN SAY IN THE MOTION MOTION TO ADOPT THE ORDINANCE STRIKING ITEM NUMBER 14. RIGHT. SO THEN IT'LL GO AWAY AND THEN WE GO TO RULE 12. WE SAY WHERE IT CAN BE ADDRESSED. AND IF WE SAY IT'S AT THE END OF ALL AGENDA ITEMS, IN THE EVENT THAT SOMETHING HAPPENS DURING DISCUSSION THAT WOULD GIVE AN OPPORTUNITY AT THE END OF THE MEETING TO DEAL WITH IT. IF FURTHER DISCUSSION, WE WOULD NEED A MOTION TO WAIVE THE FIRST READING ON THIS ORDINANCE. MADAM MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBER. SHROPSHIRE. I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE WAIVE THE FIRST READING. SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOVED AND PROPERLY SECONDED. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. THOSE OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES ANY FURTHER ACTION ON THIS ITEM. AND IF THERE'S A SCROLL, GO BACK. THIS IS THIS SIX. YES. SCROLL BACK UP SO THEY CAN WRITE SO WE CAN SEE ALL THE REDS THERE. IF THERE IS BASED ON THE DISCUSSION, IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE'S CONSENSUS TO ADOPT THE ORDINANCE AS WRITTEN. STRIKING NUMBER 14 STRIKING WHAT IS INDICATED OR STRIKING QUESTION OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE, I SHOULD SAY, MADAM MAYOR. YES, COUNCILMAN. SHROPSHIRE. QUICK QUESTION. I'M GOING TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ORDINANCE. BUT QUICK QUESTION. SO FOR PERSONAL PRIVILEGE, IT WILL STILL BE THERE, BUT IT WON'T BE HERE. IT'LL STILL BE AN OPPORTUNITY OR A POSSIBILITY. IT JUST WON'T BE ON THE AGENDA BECAUSE IT DOESN'T HAPPEN TO ME. OKAY. I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE AGENDA. STRIKE. I MEAN, ADOPT THE ORDINANCE. STRIKING NUMBER 14. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND? THERE'S A MOTION TO ADOPT THE ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE SECTION 2-200 SHOULD BE 2-2002. SCROLL UP. TO THE MEET THE AGENDA ITEM. YEAH. 2-2002. RULE SIX, WHICH IS SECTION F. ANY DISCUSSION ON THAT MOTION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ALL THOSE OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. NEXT COUNCIL DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION. COULD WE GET A MOTION TO OPEN THE FLOOR FOR DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON 32? [XIII.32. Council Discussion and Possible Action on Amendment to Ordinance Section 2-2022 Rule 12] IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND? IT'S BEEN MOVED AND PROPERLY SECONDED. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ALL THOSE OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. [03:30:01] AND SO SCROLL UP. COUNCIL, MISS CITY CLERK. SO QUESTION OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE. THERE ARE A COUPLE OPTIONS THAT WE JUST TALKED ABOUT. ONE IS WE COULD LEAVE IT AS IS AND JUST CHANGE 3 MINUTES TO 2 MINUTES. RIGHT. SO IT COULD STILL BE DURING COUNCIL COMMENTS, BUT THAT WOULD BE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING. AND THAT'S BEFORE ALL OF THE AGENDA ITEMS WHERE THERE'S OTHER DISCUSSION, WE COULD CHANGE THE QUESTION OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE, MUST BE ENTERTAINED AT THE CONCLUSION OF ALL AGENDA ITEMS. FOR A PERIOD OF FIVE MINUTES. COUNCIL MEMBER ATKINS. YES, MADAM MAYOR MY SUGGESTION WOULD BE TO AMEND THIS PARTICULAR PORTION OF THE RULE TO LEAVE IN PERSON A QUESTION OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE TO TAKE PLACE AT THE END OF AGENDA ITEMS FOR A TOTAL OF FIVE MINUTES. SO THEN THAT WOULD BE THE THAT SENTENCE WHERE THERE ARE EDITS TO SAY THE QUESTION OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE MUST BE ENTERTAINED AT THE END OF ALL AGENDA ITEMS. PERIOD O FOR A PERIOD OF FIVE MINUTES, SO THAT READ PORTION WILL BE STRICKEN. THE QUESTION OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE MUST BE ENTERTAINED AT THE END OF ALL AGENDA ITEMS FOR A PERIOD OF FIVE MINUTES. THAT'S REALLY JUST CLARIFICATION. IS THAT A TOTAL OF FIVE MINUTES FOR THE EVENING, OR FOR THAT COUNCIL MEMBER TO RESPOND. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? RIGHT. LIKE ADDING THE TWO FROM BEFORE. YOU MEAN ADDING INCLUDING WHAT IS IT? THREE BECAUSE THERE WERE ALREADY TWO IN COUNCIL COMMENTS OR A TOTAL OF FIVE. IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? MY QUESTION IS THE FIVE MINUTES IS PER PERSON ESSENTIALLY. RIGHT. OKAY. GOT IT. AND THAT'S A GOOD POINT. I THINK THE TOP PART, THE RIGHT OF COUNCIL MEMBER TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL ON A QUESTION SHALL BE LIMITED TO THAT. SO THAT GIVES IT TO EVERYBODY. AND THEN THE QUESTION OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE MUST BE ENTERTAINED DURING THE QUESTION. DURING I MEAN. THE QUESTION OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE MUST BE ENTERTAINED AT THE END OF AGENDA, THE AGENDA ITEMS FOR A PERIOD OF FIVE MINUTES. YES. YEAH. AND IMPLICIT IN THIS IS THAT THE MAYOR IS CONSIDERED A MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL. I MEAN, THAT'S OKAY. SO IF NO OTHER DISCUSSION, WE COULD DO A MOTION TO WAIVE THE FIRST READING. MOTION TO WAIVE THE FIRST READING. SECOND. SECONDED. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIED. THEN THE MOTION ON THIS ITEM WILL BE A MOTION TO AMEND ORDINANCE SECTION TWO, DASH 002, SECTION L. TO REFLECT THE QUESTION OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE MUST BE ENTERTAINED AT THE END OF ALL AGENDA ITEMS FOR A PERIOD OF FIVE MINUTES PER FIVE MINUTES PER PERSON. IF. WELL, IT'S THE RIGHT OF A COUNCIL MEMBER SO IT WOULD BE PER PERSON. OKAY. SO MOVED. SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOVED AND PROPERLY SECONDED. ANY DISCUSSION? NO. WE'RE GOOD. FAVOR. ALL THOSE OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES. THEN THE LAST ONE IS RULE 28. [XIII.33. Council Discussion and Possible Action on Amendment to Ordinance Section 2-2022 Rule 28] CAN I GET A MOTION TO OPEN THE FLOOR FOR DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION? IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND? IT'S BEEN MOVED AND PROPERLY SECONDED. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ALL THOSE OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. SCROLL UP. SO THIS IS THE ONE. AND THE ATTEMPT HERE WAS TO ADDRESS COUNCIL'S DESIRE TO ALLOW A PERSON WHO SHOWS UP AND SIGNS UP TO SPEAK, TO GIVE HIS OR HER TIME AT THE TIME OF SIGNING UP BY INDICATING IT ON THE COMMENT FORM. SO THAT'S WHAT THE INTENT IS. Y'ALL READ THE LANGUAGE AND SEE IF WE THINK THAT ACCOMPLISHES THE INTENT. YES. AND IT ALSO INDICATES WHEN THEY THE TIME BY WHICH THEY HAVE TO SIGN UP. [03:35:25] OKAY. HERE WE GO. THIS ONE IS THE 28. YEAH. TRYING TO ALLOW PEOPLE TO SIGN UP, TO SPEAK BY BEING HERE AT THE TIME OF SIGNING UP AND NOT HAVING THE MONEY. OH. I'M SORRY. SITE. COUNCIL MEMBER. ZIEGLER. COUNCILWOMAN FRIEDLAND. YES. I THOUGHT THAT THE LAST MEETING WE HAD TALKED ABOUT NEEDING TO TURN IN THE COMPLETED FORM BY 625 IT ALSO DOESN'T SAY WHEN IT'S AVAILABLE TO BE TO BE SIGNED FOR, FOR YOU TO SIGN UP. SO IT'S FROM 6:00 TO 625 IS WHAT I THOUGHT WE HAD AGREED ON THE LAST MEETING. ALSO IF WE COULD HAVE SOME KIND OF LANGUAGE IN THERE ABOUT WHERE TO FIND THE COMMENT CARD OR THE THE COMMENT FORM I THINK THAT THAT IS A LITTLE MUDDY FOR SOME PEOPLE WHEN THEY WANT TO SIGN UP FOR COMMENTS. BUT OTHER THAN THAT, I THINK IT'S OKAY. SO YOU'RE SUGGESTING THAT WOULD BE RULE SIX? YOU'RE SUGGESTING THAT WHERE IT SAYS ALL SPEAKERS MUST COMPLETE A COMMENT FORM AND PROVIDE A COMPLETED FORM TO THE CITY CLERK BETWEEN 6 P.M. TO 6:25 P.M.. COMMA. PRIOR TO THE START OF THE MEETING. CORRECT? YEAH. YOU ALSO MENTIONED IT DOESN'T SAY HOW THEY GET A FORM, RIGHT. SO AND I DON'T KNOW IF WE WANT TO DO THAT IN THE ORDINANCE BECAUSE MAYBE THINGS CHANGE YEAR AFTER YEAR. BUT I THINK IT WOULD BE PRUDENT TO ADD THAT SOMEWHERE, I DON'T KNOW, ON THE AGENDA ITSELF, MAYBE. SO THAT IT'S NOT WE'RE NOT LOCKED INTO IT IN THE ACTUAL ORDINANCE. BUT. STATING WHERE YOU FIND THE THE FORM AND WHERE THE CLERK SITS. BECAUSE OTHERWISE PEOPLE DON'T KNOW WHO THE CLERK IS, OR EVEN IF SOMEONE'S GOING TO STAND IN FOR THE CLERK OR WHERE SHE SITS OR WHAT HAVE YOU. SO MAYBE IT'S OUR SPEAKERS WAS. RE. RUTH I WANT TO SAY RETRIEVE, BUT. I DON'T WANT TO SAY GET. THAT'S COLLOQUIAL. ALL SPEAKERS. OKAY. PUBLIC MAY SPEAK DURING THE PUBLIC COMMENT SECTION OF THE AGENDA. THE CITY CLERK. WORK. WILL BE IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS. TO PROVIDE COMMENT FORMS TO INTERESTED SPEAKERS. ALL SPEAKERS MUST COMPLETE A COMMENT FORM AND PROVIDE A COMPLETED FORM TO THE CITY CLERK. BETWEEN 6 P.M. TO 6:25 P.M. PRIOR TO STARTING MEETING. I MEAN, IF THAT WORKS FOR THE CLERKS, I THINK THAT'S A DIFFERENT PROCESS THAN WHAT WE DO NOW. OH, HOLD ON A MINUTE. LET ME SEE. I HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER. MARTIN, RODGERS AND MITCHELL. YOU CAN BE LIKE THE LIGHTS OVER. CITY CLERK CAN TALK, MADAM MAYOR. OKAY, BUT I KNOW IT KEPT KICKING OUT, SO. OKAY, I'LL HAVE YOU OUT TO COUNCILMEMBER MITCHELL. GO AHEAD. SO THE FORMS ARE SET OUT ON THIS ON THE TABLE OUT FRONT, RIGHT NEXT TO THE AGENDA. SO IT'S THE AGENDAS IN ONE STACK. AND I PUT THE PUBLIC COMMENT FORMS ON A TIGER STRIPED CLIPBOARD. SO ALL THE PUBLIC COMMENT FORMS ARE SAT RIGHT BESIDE THE AGENDA ITEMS. WELL, THE ACTUAL AGENDA THAT THE CITIZENS GET WHEN THEY COME IN. SO IT'S ON THE CIRCULAR TABLE. I JUST GO AND PULL IT OUT AT 620. [03:40:03] MAYBE IT'S THE DURING THE PUBLIC COMMENT SECTION OF THE AGENDA, THE CITY CLERK WILL MAKE THE PUBLIC COMMENT FORMS AVAILABLE. TO THE PUBLIC. RIGHT. PRIOR TO THE MEETING, SOMETHING LIKE THAT. YEAH. LIKE I SAID, I MEAN, IN CASE SHE WANTS TO DO IT OUT THERE, SHE MIGHT COME INSIDE, LIKE, BUT THEY WOULD KNOW TO GO TO THE CITY CLERK, TO YOUR POINT, THERE'S A BALANCE BETWEEN BEING PRESCRIPTIVE BECAUSE IT MIGHT CHANGE. BUT THERE'S ALSO, I THINK, A DESIRE TO MAKE SURE IT'S CLEARER ABOUT WHO THEY GET IT FROM, HOW THEY GET IT WHERE THEY ARE. RIGHT. SO LIKE, MAYBE IT'S SOMETHING LIKE THE CITY CLERK WILL MAKE THE PUBLIC COMMENT FORMS AVAILABLE AT CITY HALL PRIOR TO THE MEETING. OR HOW ABOUT THAT THE PUBLIC COMMENT FORMS WILL BE IN THE LOBBY AND JUST GENERAL LOBBY AND THEN WE CAN STILL KEEP THE SAME PROCESS, BUT PEOPLE KNOW THAT IT'S GOING TO BE SOMEWHERE IN THE LOBBY, BECAUSE OTHERWISE YOU'LL HAVE PEOPLE COME IN AND SIT DOWN AND THINK THAT, OKAY, SO THE CITY CLERK SHALL MAKE THE PUBLIC COMMENT FORMS AVAILABLE IN THE LOBBY OF CITY HALL PRIOR TO THE MEETING AND BY LOBBY. IT STILL CAN BE AT THAT TABLE RIGHT BY THE DOOR. CORRECT. BUT THEY'LL KNOW WHEN THEY COME IN TO ASK THE PERSON AT THE DESK, AND I CAN EASILY PUT A THOSE LITTLE PLASTIC SIGNS IN FRONT OF THAT CLIPBOARD THAT JUST SAYS PUBLIC COMMENT FORMS HERE WITH THE TIMING ON THIS. I COULD DO THAT. AND I THINK THAT'S IT. THANK YOU. CITY CLERK SHALL MAKE THE PUBLIC COMMENT FORM AVAILABLE IN THE LOBBY OF CITY HALL OR IN THE CITY HALL LOBBY. I DON'T KNOW, CITY HALL LOBBY PRIOR TO THE MEETING, PRIOR TO THE START OF THE MEETING. OKAY. AND THEN THE NEXT ONE WILL TELL THEM WHAT TIME THEY NEED TO SUBMIT IT TO HER. SO I THINK WE'LL ADDRESS THAT. COUNCIL MEMBER. SHROPSHIRE. THANK YOU. MY QUESTION WAS GOING TO BE MAYBE HAVE YOU HAVE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT PUTTING IT, PLACING THE FORM ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE SO PEOPLE CAN PROBABLY PRINT IT OUT BEFORE THEY COME AND OR IF THEY CALL, MAYBE IT COULD BE EMAILED TO THEM, I DON'T KNOW. HOWEVER WHATEVER IS EASIER, I THINK PROBABLY PUTTING IT ON THE WEBSITE WOULD PROBABLY BE EASIER. THAT WAY THEY CAN PRINT IT OUT ALONG WITH THE SIGN OUT THERE THAT SAYS PUBLIC COMMENT FORMS. MY NEXT QUESTION IS THIS AND I KNOW WE SAID, BECAUSE WE HAVE TO BE VERY CLEAR IN THE ORDINANCE AND I KNOW WE SAID THAT THE PERSON HAS TO BE HERE NOT TO GIVE THEIR TIME, BUT TO TURN IN THE FORM TO YOU. SO IT NEEDS TO SOMEWHERE NEEDS TO BE STATED THAT THE PERSON NEEDS TO ACTUALLY BE HERE TO TURN IN THE FORM TO THE CITY CLERK SO SHE CAN VISIT. SEE THAT PERSON WHO'S GIVING THEIR TIME WRITING THEIR TIME ON THE FORM? NO. I THINK THE WIGGINS ATTEMPT TO TRY TO DO THAT WHERE IT SAYS SHALL RECEIVE THE TIME ON HIS OR HER COMING FORM, PROVIDED THAT IT SHOULD SAY THAT THE SPEAKER THAT PROVIDED THAT THE SPEAKER HAS TIMELY PROVIDED THAT THE SPEAKER TIMELY SUBMITS A COMMENT FORM. RIGHT. LIKE SO THE IDEA IS THAT EVERYBODY HAS TO COME. BUT SEE, IT COULD GO TO BOTH WAYS. WHO WHO'S THE SPEAKER? THE SPEAKER MIGHT BE THE PERSON WHO'S SPEAKING AND NOT THE PERSON WHO'S GIVING THE TIME. SO I THINK IT NEEDS TO BE VERY CLEAR, BECAUSE I KNOW WE'LL PROBABLY GET CHALLENGED ON THAT, BUT IT NEEDS TO BE VERY CLEAR. YEAH. THIS SECTION THAT SHE ADDED SAYS SHOULD THE SPEAKER DESIRE TO GIVE HIS OR HER TIME TO ANOTHER SPEAKER. SO IT'S TALKING ABOUT THAT PERSON. HE OR SHE MAY DO SO BY NOTATING WHAT SPEAKERS SHALL RECEIVE THE TIME ON HIS OR HER COMMENT FORM. PROVIDED WE CAN SAY THAT THE SPEAKER GIVING TIME HAS TIMELY SUBMITTED A COMMENT FORM TO SPEAK. OKAY. THE SPEAKER WHO'S GIVING TIME TIMELY SUBMITS A COMMENT FORM. SO THEY HAVE TO COME HERE AND THEY HAVE TO DO IT. YES. AND THEY INDICATE. SO YOU MIGHT HAVE TO CHANGE YOUR FORM FOR THEM TO INDICATE WHO THEY'RE GIVING TIME TO. BUT. OKAY. I THINK THAT WAS WHAT COUNSEL EXPRESSED THE DESIRE. [03:45:03] LIKE BOTH PEOPLE HAVE TO BE HERE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING. THEY HAVE TO COMPLETE A COMMENT FORM. IF SOMEBODY'S GOING TO GIVE THEIR TIME, THEY HAVE TO INDICATE WHO THEY'RE GIVING THEIR TIME TO AND THEY HAVE TO SUBMIT THEIR FORM TIMELY, WHICH WOULD BE BETWEEN 6 AND 625. SO NO ONE PERSON CAN SAY THEY CAN'T GET YOU ON THE AIR. CORRECT. THAT'S WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT. THE CLERK VERIFYING IT BEFORE. I MEAN, AT THE TIME OF SIGNING UP, I ALSO THINK THAT'S PROBABLY WHY WE MAY NOT. I MEAN, YOU CAN HAVE THE FORM ONLINE, BUT THE IDEA IS IF THEY GET IF THEY HAVE TO GET THE FORM HERE IN THE LOBBY, THEN THEY'RE HERE, THEY'RE SIGNING IT AND THEY'RE TURNING IT IN. MY INITIAL POINT WAS ALREADY ADDRESSED ON THE TIME. IT WAS IT WAS THE 625. AND THEN JUST TO THAT LAST POINT, I MEAN, DO WE FEEL THAT THE TEXT HERE NOTATED ON HIS OR HER FORM, THAT HE OR SHE GIVES ALL OR PART OF HIS TIME? I MEAN, THAT ADDRESSES THAT, CORRECT. RIGHT. IT'S ACTUALLY THE PART A LITTLE BIT FOR IT. RIGHT. SO. HERE. SPEAKER WHO DESIRES TO GIVE HIS OR HER TIME TO ANOTHER SPEAKER MAY DO SO BY NOTATING WHAT SPEAKER SHALL RECEIVE THE TIME ON HIS OR HER COMMENT FORM. SHOULD BE COMMENT PROVIDED THAT YOU CAN SAY SUCH SPEAKER HAS TIMELY SUBMITTED A COMMENT FORM, OR PROVIDED THAT THE SPEAKER GIVING TIME HAS TIMELY SUBMITTED A COMMENT FORM TO SPEAK. RIGHT. AND NOTATED ON HIS OR HER FORM THAT HE OR SHE GIVES ALL OR PART OF HIS OR HER TIME. SO I HAVE TO SAY HOW MUCH TIME. SO THAT GETS THAT PART. BUT I THINK THE PREVIOUS PART IS. HE OR SHE MAY DO SO BY NOTATING, PROVIDED THAT THE SPEAKER GIVING TIME HAS TIMELY SUBMITTED A COMMENT FORM. GOT IT. THANK YOU. AND JUST AS AN FYI TO ALL OF YOU, LIKE AT LEAST 50 TO 60% OF THE PEOPLE DO PUT GIVE MY TIME TO WHOEVER. LIKE ON THEIR PUBLIC COMMENT FORM. RIGHT. BUT WE ALSO NEED FOR THEM TO INDICATE HOW MUCH TIME. OH, AND I CAN GIVE UP TO THREE MINUTES, RIGHT? I GUESS I JUST HAVEN'T HAD ANYBODY GIVE LESS THAN THEIR THREE MINUTES, BUT OKAY. I MEAN, IF WE GO BY THE RULE, RIGHT? YEAH. THEY JUST NEED TO INDICATE I MEAN, JUST COUNCIL MEMBER MARTIN ROGERS. YES. AND I THINK WHAT WILL ALSO BE HELPFUL IS RIGHT AT 6:00 OR 559, AN ANNOUNCEMENT IS MADE PUBLICLY EITHER IN HERE OR, WELL, MAYBE COUNCIL CHAMBERS. AND THEN WHEN WE GET DOWN TO THE LAST TWO MINUTES, YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES TO TURN IN YOUR FORMS. THAT'S JUST AS A COURTESY. SO THAT WAY PEOPLE CAN'T SAY, I DIDN'T KNOW IF YOU'RE IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS AND YOU MAKE THAT ANNOUNCEMENT TO THEM. THANKS. Y'ALL MIGHT HAVE ALREADY GONE OVER THIS, BUT I THINK A GOOD SUGGESTION WAS MADE EARLIER. IF WE CAN PUT THE LOCATION OF THE FORM, MAYBE ON THE AGENDA. OKAY, YOU ALREADY DID THAT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALSO, AND IT MAY HAVE BEEN MENTIONED AS WELL, BUT JUST OUTSIDE ON THE CLIPBOARD, WILL THEY SIGN UP? MAYBE SOME SOME LITTLE CARD OR SOMETHING THAT SAYS, YOU KNOW, JUST THE TIME TIME TO TURN IN YOUR FORM IS FROM SIX TO WHAT WAS IT, 625 OR WHATEVER. JUST MAYBE SOMETHING THAT'S ATTACHED TO THE CLIPBOARD, JUST SO PEOPLE KNOW WHEN YOU TAKE THE FORM, THIS IS THE TIME THAT'S ON THERE. I SAID, I WILL PUT UP THE LITTLE THE LITTLE PLASTIC SIGN SO THEY CAN SEE, AND I'LL JUST SIT IT RIGHT IN FRONT OF IT. YEAH. HAVE WE MADE THE FIRST READING. NO. WE'RE DISCUSSING. DID WE WAIVE THE FIRST READING? NO WE HAVEN'T. I THOUGHT. NO, WE PROBABLY WE'RE ON DISCUSSION BECAUSE. YEAH, WE'RE ON DISCUSSION. SO WE NEED A MOTION TO WAIVE THE FIRST READING. MADAM MAYOR. YES, COUNCILMAN. I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE WAIVE THE FIRST READING. SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOVED AND PROPERLY SECONDED. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. THOSE OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. NOW WE NEED A MOTION TO ADOPT THE ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 2-2002, RULE 28, SECTION B, TO READ. THE [03:50:02] PUBLIC MAY SPEAK DURING THE PUBLIC COMMENT SECTION OF THE AGENDA. THE CITY CLERK SHALL MAKE THE PUBLIC COMMENT FORM AVAILABLE IN THE CITY HALL LOBBY PRIOR TO THE START OF THE MEETING. ALL SPEAKERS MUST COMPLETE A COMMENT FORM AND PROVIDE A COMPLETED FORM TO THE CITY CLERK BETWEEN 6 P.M. AND 6:25 P.M., PRIOR TO THE START OF THE MEETING. SUBJECT MAY INCLUDE ANY SUBJECT OF CHOICE. THERE WILL BE A THREE MINUTE TIME LIMIT FOR EACH SPEAKER. SHOULD THE SPEAKER DESIRE TO GIVE HIS OR HER TIME TO ANOTHER SPEAKER, HE OR SHE MAY DO SO BY NOTATING WHAT SPEAKERS SHALL RECEIVE THE TIME ON HIS OR HER COMMENT FORM. PROVIDED THAT THE SPEAKER, GIVEN HIS OR HER TIME GIVING HIS OR HER TIME, HAS TIMELY SUBMITTED A COMMENT FORM TO SPEAK AND NOTATED ON HIS OR HER FORM THAT HE OR SHE GIVES ALL OR PART OF HIS OR HER TIME, UP TO THREE MINUTES TO ANOTHER SPEAKER, FOR A TOTAL MINUTES OF SIX MINUTES OF SPEAKING TIME. AND THEN THE REST OF THE RULE REMAINS THE SAME. SO MOVED. SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOVED AND PROPERLY SECONDED. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. NEXT UP IS A DISCUSSION ON THE SCHOOL SUPPLY DRIVE. IS THAT GOING TO BE BRIEF, OR SHOULD WE GO TO BIFURCATED. AND THEN CAN I SUGGEST THAT WE GO TO THE BIFURCATED. YEAH. SO LET'S GO TO ITEM NUMBER 35. THANK YOU. [XIII.35. Council Discussion and Possible Action on Bifurcation Agreement for Ridge Road] CAN I GET A MOTION TO OPEN THE FLOOR FOR DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION. SO MOVED. SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOVED AND PROPERLY SECONDED. ANY DISCUSSION? YES. NOT ON OPENING THE FLOOR. YES. NO. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES. THE FLOOR IS NOW OPEN. COUNCIL MEMBER MARTIN ROGERS. THANK YOU. AND WHAT I WANTED TO SAY WAS, I FIRST WANT TO THANK DOCTOR TOLBERT FOR HANGING IN WITH US WITH HIS SON AND COUNCIL MEMBER, WILLIS. THE VERIFICATION AGREEMENT. THE CITY OF SOUTH FULTON IS SIMPLY ASKING THAT THE CITY OF EAST POINT BE A GOOD NEIGHBOR. WE'VE HEARD FROM A PILLAR IN THE COMMUNITY AND TO HIS SON. ON MAY 27TH, THE CITY OF SOUTH FULTON VOTED TO ENTER INTO AN INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT TO REPAVE RIDGE ROAD UP TO $35,000. THE CITY OF SOUTH FULTON HAS A PROJECT THAT WILL BECOME THAT WILL COME BEFORE THEIR COUNCIL IN A FEW WEEKS, THAT IS LOCATED IN THE PROLOGIS BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT. ONLY ONE THIRD OF THIS PROJECT IS IN THE CITY OF SOUTH FULTON. THE IMPORTANT FACTS ARE THIS. IT DOES NOT AND WILL NOT IMPACT EAST POINT RESIDENTS. I VISITED THE SITE. I THINK FRIDAY I WENT OUT THERE TO LOOK AT THE SITE PERSONALLY. THE CITY OF SOUTH FULTON IS FINE WITH EAST POINT PERMITTING THE PROJECT, WHICH WILL YIELD AN ADDITIONAL $40,000 IN PERMITTING FEES FOR OUR CITY. THIS BUSINESS WILL ALSO GENERATE UP TO $14 MILLION IN REVENUE, AND MY REQUEST IS SIMPLE, AND THAT IS TO DIRECT THE CITY MANAGER TO COLLABORATE WITH THE CITY MANAGER AND THE CITY OF SOUTH FULTON TO BRING BACK A SUITABLE VERIFICATION AGREEMENT AND PRESENT IT TO OUR CITY ATTORNEY FOR REVIEW, AND THEN HAVE IT PRESENTED TO COUNCIL FOR SUPPORT. ARE YOU ABLE TO DO THAT, MR. JONES? IF COUNCIL VOTES TO DIRECT HIM TO DO SUCH. SO SO THAT'S ANY FURTHER MY MOTION. ARE YOU MAKING A MOTION NOW? YES, I AM MAKING THE MOTION NOW. I HAD A DISCUSSION, SO I'LL COME TO YOU ALL FOR DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION. RESTATE THE MOTION. THE MOTION. THE MOTION IS TO DIRECT OUR CITY MANAGER TO WORK WITH OR COLLABORATE WITH THE CITY MANAGER IN THE CITY OF SOUTH FULTON TO BRING BACK A SUITABLE BEAUTIFICATION AGREEMENT, BEAUTIFICATION AGREEMENT, AND PRESENT IT TO OUR CITY ATTORNEY FOR REVIEW AND APPROVAL FROM COUNCIL. IS THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR? IS THERE A SECOND FOR DISCUSSION? SECOND FOR DISCUSSION. IT'S BEEN MOVED AND PROPERLY SECONDED. DISCUSSION. COUNCILMEMBER BUTLER MITCHELL. YES, MADAM MAYOR. OH. EXCUSE ME. I'M TRYING TO GET UP. WHAT? I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT TO THE MOTION. HAVING SAID THAT, MR. REEVES, WOULD YOU LIKE TO. COULD YOU STEP TO THE PODIUM FOR A QUESTION? MR. REEVE? JUST SO THE PUBLIC KNOWS. HOW MUCH DOES IT COST TO CONSTRUCT A TRADITIONAL ROAD TO THIS PROPERTY? [03:55:08] AN ESTIMATE. THE PROPOSAL THAT WE HAVE IS FOR 66,000. NO, NOT THAT ONE ORIGINALLY. THE ORIGINAL CONCEPT. WE REACHED OUT TO CONTRACTOR TO DO ORIGINAL CONCEPT DESIGN TO GIVE US A COST OR KIND OF TELL US WHAT WE COULD DO AND WHAT WE COULDN'T DO. THAT COST WOULD HAVE BEEN 500, SOME THOUSAND DOLLARS TO DO THAT TYPE OF PROJECT. SO YOU GUYS CAME BACK WITH A SOLUTION THAT WAS $66,000 AS OPPOSED TO HALF $1 MILLION? YES. YES, SIR. AND SO I'VE HAD A CHANCE TO TALK TO MR. TOLBERT. AND HE DOES LIKE THAT AGREEMENT. SO YOU GUYS DID A GREAT JOB REDUCING THE COST FROM HALF $1 MILLION TO $66,000. YES, SIR. AND THAT DISCUSSION CAME THROUGH OUR CITY MANAGER, AND WE ALL DISCUSSED THAT WITH OUR TRANSPORTATION ENGINEER, OUR TEAM. DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH IT COST US TO DO THAT? THAT STUDY THAT BROUGHT THE COST DOWN FROM HALF 1 MILLION TO $66,000. WELL, WHEN WE DID, THE FIRST STUDY WAS WHEN WE WERE PREVIOUS CITY MANAGER, WHEN WE WERE TRYING TO GET WHAT THIS PROJECT WOULD LOOK LIKE. AND THAT WAS $15,000 THAT WE SPENT ON THAT. I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT TO THE MOTION THAT THE CITY APPROVES, PAYING FOR HALF OF THE ROAD, WHICH WOULD BE ABOUT 33,000, WHATEVER THAT NUMBER IS, AND THAT WE ASK OUR NEIGHBORS IF THEY WOULD PAY HALF OF THAT, THAT STUDY, WHICH WAS ONLY $15,000, AND THAT WE WOULD GIVE THEM THE CHECK SO THAT THEY CAN MAKE SURE THAT THEY GET THIS DONE IN A TIMELY MANNER. SO I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION. THAT'S MY FRIENDLY AMENDMENT TO THE MOTION. THE SECOND AMENDMENT THAT REQUIRES THE CITY OF SOUTH FULTON TO PAY HALF OF THE $15,000 STUDY. YES, BUT I HAVE A QUESTION, THOUGH. SO THE FRIENDLY. YES, I'LL ACCEPT THE FRIENDLY AMENDMENT. WHO PROVIDED THE SECOND ON THE ORIGINAL MOTION? DOES THE SECOND STILL STAND? YES. FURTHER DISCUSSION, COUNCILMEMBER BUTLER. NO. NO, MA'AM. I'M OUT. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER. MITCHELL. THANK YOU. MR. REESE, CAN I ASK HOW MANY EAST POINT RESIDENTS LIVE OVER THERE? I SAW THE MAP. I'M SORRY. IT'S ONLY. IT'S ONLY ONE HOME. OKAY. AND I SEEN MRS. COUNCILMAN. WILLIS IS STILL HERE. I KIND OF HAD A QUESTION FOR HER. I KNOW SHE PRESENTED ON THIS EARLIER. EARLY. COUNCILWOMAN. WILLIS, YOU COME. OKAY. SO THANK YOU FOR STICKING WITH US. THAT'S OKAY. I HAD A QUESTION. MAYBE SOMETHING YOU CAN TAKE BACK TO YOUR COUNCIL. SINCE, YOU KNOW, WE GET CALLS ABOUT STREET, EVERY, YOU KNOW, STREETS EVERY DAY IN THE CITY OR, YOU KNOW, HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE LIVE THIS, THAT AND THE THIRD. HOW WOULD YOU FEEL ABOUT SOUTH FULTON PAYING 75%? OF THE COST? AS I STATED EARLIER, WE ARE ENTERTAINING A PROJECT THAT WE YIELD YOUR CITY 12 MILLION. WE DON'T HAVE ANY RESIDENTS TO STAY ON THAT SIDE OF THE PROJECT. ADDITIONALLY, WE WERE ALSO ASKED TO ENTER INTO AN IGA FOR YOU ALL TO HANDLE THE PERMITTING FEES, WHICH WILL YIELD ANOTHER 40 MILLION. AND SO, I MEAN, NOT 40 MILLION. SORRY. 40,000. 40,000. SO WE'RE KEEPING THAT IN MIND. I'M JUST SAYING IT'S. NO, IT'S A NEGOTIATION, YOU KNOW. YEAH I UNDERSTAND. BUT I JUST FEEL KIND OF GUILTY KNOWING THAT, YOU KNOW, WE GET CARS ARE TORN UP EVERY DAY. YOU KNOW, PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, I GET THOSE CALLS ALL DAY AND NOT THE SAYING I DON'T WANT IT THERE. I'M JUST SAYING, IF I THINK THAT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO WORK TOGETHER ON SEVERAL ISSUES, WE'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT WE'RE ONLY GETTING A THIRD OF THAT 12, $14 MILLION PROJECT THAT'S COMING YOUR WAY. AND WE'RE TOLD THE DEVELOPER THAT WHAT THE CITY ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER SAID WE WILL WORK WITH THE PERMITTING FEES. SO I JUST THINK THAT WE'RE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER. AND THIS IS NOT ABOUT, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, IT'S WE'RE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER. UNFORTUNATELY, WE'RE DEALING WITH A HAND THAT WAS DEALT TO US BY NOT VOTING TO BECOME A CITY IN 2006. [04:00:01] SO THAT'S WHAT LEFT THESE JAGGED BORDERS. AND SO I CANNOT MAKE THAT TYPE OF AGREEMENT BECAUSE I'M ONLY ONE VOTE. BUT I CAN SAY THAT THE PROJECT THAT WE HAVE TO CONSIDER IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS WILL YIELD EAST POINT $14 MILLION. ARE WE GOING TO IS THERE ANY WAY WE CAN GET A PRESENTATION OR ANY MORE DETAILS ON THAT? YES, I PROVIDED THAT TO YOU. OKAY. I PROVIDED THE SITE MAP TO YOU. OKAY. AND ALSO I PROVIDED THE MINUTES WHERE WE DID VOTE UNANIMOUSLY TO PAY UP TO $35,000 FOR OUR HALF OF THE ROAD. AND AGAIN, WE HAVE THESE BIFURCATION AGREEMENTS WITH SEVERAL CITIES BECAUSE WE HAVE JAGGED BORDERS. RIGHT. AND AND PRIOR TO THIS ADMINISTRATION. WE'VE HAD TO WORK WITH EASTPOINTE ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS WITH DEVELOPMENTS BECAUSE OF JAGGED BORDERS. AND WE HAVE ALREADY SOMEWHAT COMPROMISED BECAUSE WE'VE CHANGED OUR LAND USE MAP TO BE COMPATIBLE WITH YOUR BUSINESS ZONING. SO THAT AREA IN OUR LAND USE MAP IS NOW IN ONE. SO THE DEVELOPER IS COMING BACK TO REZONE. OKAY. WELL THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. YEAH. I'M DONE. I, I HAVE COUNCILMEMBER WILLIS. COUNCILMAN. COUNCILMEMBER WILLIS. YES. SO WHAT IS THE DEVELOPER WANT TO REZONE IT TO? WHAT? HE WANTS US TO REZONE IT TO M-1. YOURS IS RESIDENTIAL. HE WANTS YOU TO REZONE IT? YES. BECAUSE THAT SQUARE IS RESIDENTIAL. OKAY. AND WE DON'T WE CAN'T. I MEAN, WE DON'T EVEN HAVE ACCESS TO THAT ROAD. IT COMES FROM THE COMMERCE SIDE. SO MY OTHER QUESTION IS, IS THAT YOU INDICATED THAT THE COUNCIL UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED TO PAY UP TO 35,000. YES. I THINK THE ROAD IS 66,000. SO THAT WOULD BE ANOTHER 5500 BASED UPON THE AMENDED MOTION, BECAUSE IT WOULD BE 50% OF THE $15,000 STUDY. AND I KNOW YOU CAN'T VOTE ON THAT. I MEAN YOU CAN'T TELL US HOW THEY'RE GOING TO VOTE. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE AWARE THAT THAT AMENDED MOTION WOULD REQUIRE AN ADDITIONAL $5,500, AT LEAST FROM THE CITY OF SOUTH FULTON. SO I DON'T WANT YOU ALL TO BE SURPRISED WHEN IT OR THEM TO BE SURPRISED WHEN IT COMES BACK THAT WAY. NO. THAT'S FINE. OKAY. AT THIS POINT, IF I HAVE TO TAKE IT OUT OF MY OWN BUDGET, I WILL 5500. YOU GOT A NICE BUDGET THEN? BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THOSE KIND OF BUDGETS. COUNCIL MEMBER. BUT BUT I'M FINE WITH THAT. IF YOU ALL MAKE THE MOTION AND VOTE TO APPROVE ON THE CONDITION OF THE 5500 STUDY, WE WEREN'T AWARE OF THE STUDY COSTING THAT MUCH. BUT I MEAN, I'M I'M FINE WITH THAT. COUNCIL MEMBER CUMMINGS. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. SO I'M I'M LOOKING AT THE SITE PLAN, AND I'M TRYING TO SEE WHAT THAT IS IN RESPECT TO THE THE SQUARE BLOCKS. YEAH. THE SQUARE THAT SQUARE IS SOUTH FULTON. THE RED SQUARE. I GET THAT, BUT I'M LOOKING AT THE SITE. EVERYTHING AROUND THE SQUARE IS EAST POINT. I'M LOOKING AT THIS ONE FROM THE SITE. OH, OKAY. THAT'S THE ROAD. YEAH. SO. OH THAT'S SOMETHING. OKAY. SO WE TALKED ABOUT THAT. OKAY. SO I WAS JUST TRYING TO BUT THE PORTION IN THE SO IT'S HIS HOUSE A PORTION OF THE LAND IS EAST POINT. AND THEN THE REST THAT GOES BACK OUT TO THE SOUTH FULTON. YES. AND WE HAD NO IDEA THAT SOME OF THIS ROAD WAS IN EAST POINT UP UNTIL IT WHEN WE DID SURVEY. RIGHT. AND A LOT OF I'M JUST GOING TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, A LOT OF OUR ROADS ARE LIKE THAT IN EAST. I MEAN, IN SOUTH FULTON, I HAVE A ROAD, MASON ROAD, A HUNTER ROAD. SOME OF IT IS IN UNION CITY. THEY PAID THEIR SHARE. WE PAID OUR SHARE. SOMETIMES WE ENTER ONCE WE IN ONE TIME WE ENTERED INTO A BIFURCATION AGREEMENT. AND ALSO ON THE FEDERAL SIDE. I MEAN, WHEN WE DIDN'T, WHEN CITIZENS DID NOT VOTE FOR US TO BECOME A CITY IN 2006 YOU KNOW, A LOT OF CITIES WENT FOR LAND GRAB. AND THAT'S HOW WE ENDED UP WITH THESE JAGGED BORDERS. AND THEY WEREN'T LOCKED UNTIL WE MUNICIPALIZED IN 2017. OKAY. AND THIS ROAD. THIS IS ALL MR. TALBOT. DOCTOR TALBOT, THIS IS ALL YOUR ROAD. THIS. WELL, IT'S NOT HIS ROAD. HE'S RIGHT. NOW, THERE WERE MORE PEOPLE STAYING ON THIS ROAD. BUT IF YOU WERE TO DRIVE DOWN WILLY ROAD, YOU WOULD SEE, LIKE, ANOTHER HOUSE THAT IS PARTIALLY TORN DOWN. [04:05:06] SO THERE IS DEVELOPER. THERE IS LAND THAT CAN BE DEVELOPED ON THAT ROAD. BUT RIGHT NOW HE'S THE ONLY PERSON ON THAT ROAD. OKAY. AND I'M JUST ASKING, I, I KNOW HE TALKED ABOUT YOU KNOW, WITH PEOPLE LEAVING, YOU KNOW, BURNING CARS, LEAVING CARS, JUST CRIME AND EVERYTHING. SO THE PURPOSE OF PAVING THE ROAD, I'M JUST TRYING TO SEE WHERE. WELL, WHAT HE HAS EXPRESSED TO YOU ALL AND WHAT HE HAS EXPRESSED TO US WITH HIM HAVING AN AUTISTIC SON WITH HIM, BEING 70 YEARS OLD. A LOT OF THINGS THAT HE'S ABLE, HE USED TO BE ABLE TO DO. TO DO, HE'S NOT ABLE TO DO ANYMORE. AND SO IT WOULD MAKE IT EASY, ACCESSIBLE FOR THE ROAD TO BE PAVED. AND HE'S BEEN ASKING FOR A LONG TIME BECAUSE OF THE ISSUES THAT HE'S ARTICULATED TO YOU ALL AND TO ME TO HAVE THE ROAD PAVED. WHEN WE GOT AROUND TO GOING TO PAY THE ROAD, THAT'S WHEN WE REALIZED WE COULDN'T JUST GO AND PAVE ANOTHER MUNICIPALITY'S ROAD. SO MY GOAL IS TO GET THE ROAD PAVED AND TO PUT THE ADDITIONAL LIGHTING IN OUR BUDGET FOR THAT ROLE, YOU GOT TO REALIZE THAT AREA HAS BEEN RULED FOR A VERY LONG TIME. OKAY. THAT'S FINE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, DOCTOR TALBOT. YOU'RE THE ONE. THE RED OAK VETERINARIAN. YES. OKAY. WELL, I DID MY CLINICALS THERE. HE SERVED THE REGION FOR OVER 40 YEARS. SO. THANK YOU. I KNOW HE KNOW. THANK YOU. I KNOW SHE SAID THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US. I DID MY OWN PARAMEDIC CLINICS. I DID, I DID MY PARAMEDIC CLINICS CLINICALS AT YOUR AT THE VETERINARIAN. YOU ALLOWED US TO INTUBATE. YES. YOU KNOW OKAY. THE CATS. EXACTLY. I JUST WANT TO MENTION TOO, THAT BECAUSE OF THE WAY THE ROAD IS MADE, I'M HERE. I'M HAVING SOME FLOODING ISSUES INTO MY DRIVEWAY, SO I HAVE TO CLEAN UP MUD. ALL THIS, YOU KNOW, JUST SO IT IS, YOU KNOW, KIND OF AMAZING TO ME. BUT I HAVE MY DRIVEWAY ALL THE WAY. YOU WANT TO START OFF? THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER BUTLER. AND TO ADDRESS COUNCILWOMAN CUMMINGS STATEMENT, ONE OF THE REASONS MR. TALBOT IS REQUESTING THAT THE STREET BE PAVED FOR PUBLIC SAFETY. REASON IS HE THINKS AND IT BEARS OUT THAT PEOPLE THINK THAT'S A DIRT ROAD. SO THEY COME DOWN THAT ROAD TO DO NEFARIOUS ACTIVITIES, BUT HE THINKS THAT IF IT'S PAVED, THEN PEOPLE WILL BE LESS LIKELY TO COME DOWN THAT ROAD AND THINK THAT THEY CAN DO THESE NEFARIOUS ACTIVITIES. SO THAT'S HIS PUBLIC SAFETY REASON FOR HAVING THIS ROAD PAVED. ALL RIGHT. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? OKAY. I WANT TO PUT IT ON RECORD. SINCE MY COUNCIL MEMBER SAYS SHE'S GOT ALL THAT MONEY, I'M GONNA HAVE TO COME TO SOME COUNCIL MEETINGS AND SEE WHAT SHE'S DOING WITH IT. BUT THAT'S IT. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ALL THOSE OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES IT. AND THE CITY ATTORNEY WILL WORK WITH YOU ALL CITY ATTORNEY AROUND THE IGA, AND THAT'LL HAVE TO BE BROUGHT BACK TO US. THANK YOU. WHERE IS IT? YES. WE. FOR THE RECORD, WE ARE. THE MOTION THAT WAS MADE WAS TO DIRECT THE CITY MANAGER TO WORK WITH THE CITY MANAGER, THE CITY OF SOUTH FULTON TO BRING BACK THE IGA. I'M JUST CLARIFYING THAT. NO, MA'AM, THAT'S NOT WHAT THAT'S NOT WHAT THE AMENDMENT WAS. THAT AMENDMENT WAS THAT WE PAY THEM 30 HALF OF THE 60,000. LET ME FINISH. WHAT I'M CLARIFYING IS WHAT IS ON THE AGENDA IS TO APPROVE THE BIFURCATION AGREEMENT. SO THE MOTIONS THAT WERE MADE ARE DIFFERENT THAN WHAT'S HERE. AND REFLECT 50% OF THE TOTAL COST FOR THE ROAD CONSTRUCTION AND THE STUDY. SO, MADAM CITY CLERK, JUST MAKE SURE THAT THE. MOTION REFLECTS, AND I DON'T KNOW IF WE NEED TO CHANGE THE AGENDA ITEM, BUT WE DIDN'T APPROVE THE AGREEMENT. THEY'RE GOING TO BRING THE AGREEMENT BACK WITH THOSE TERMS FOR APPROVAL. SO WE JUST NEED TO MAKE SURE WE ARE CLEAR THAT WE GAVE, DIRECTED AND AUTHORIZED THEM TO GO AND WORK ON AGREEMENT WITH THOSE TERMS, BUT THAT WE DIDN'T APPROVE THE AGREEMENT TONIGHT. NO. YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I HAD. MADAM MAYOR, WE DON'T HAVE THE AGREEMENT BEFORE US. COUNCILMAN BUTLER, IF WE'VE INSTRUCTED THEM AND GIVEN THEM PERMISSION TO PAY FOR IT, THAT ALREADY INCLUDES THE AGREEMENT. SO WHY DO WE HAVE TO BRING THAT BACK? IF WE'VE SAID THE CITY ATTORNEY HAS SAID TO ME THAT HE HASN'T APPROVED THE. [04:10:02] IF WE SAID IN THE MOTION, IF WE SAID IN THE MOTION THAT WE AGREED TO PAY FOR THE ROAD AND SOUTH FULTON WOULD PAY FOR HALF OF THE ENGINEERING FIRM, WHY DOES THAT HAVE TO COME BACK? THAT WOULD DELAY THE PROCESS. WHY WOULDN'T THEY JUST GO FORWARD WITH THAT? BECAUSE EVERY AGREEMENT HAS MORE THAN ONE TERM. SO THE ONLY THING THAT WE'VE AGREED TO IS PRICE. THERE ARE OTHER INDEMNIFICATIONS. THERE ARE OTHER CLAUSES THAT IGAS HAVE TO HAVE BETWEEN MUNICIPALITIES. THIS IS NOT DELAYING THE PROJECT. THIS IS REQUIRING THAT THE CITY ATTORNEY, WHO HAS INDICATED THAT SHE HAS SOME QUESTIONS SO HAS NOT APPROVED THE IGA. THAT IS ALREADY IN OUR PACKET THAT SHE ASKED PUBLIC WORKS SOME QUESTIONS THAT SHE DID NOT GET ANSWERS TO. SO THIS GIVES THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO WORK THROUGH THOSE TERMS TO MAKE SURE WE FINALIZE THE AGREEMENT. SO. WE CAN PUT IT ON THE JULY 7TH AGENDA SO THAT THE OTHER THING IS, IS THAT COUNCIL MEMBER WILLIS WILL HAVE TO GO BACK TO HER COUNCIL, BECAUSE WE JUST ADDED A $5,500 MORE BASED ON THE AMENDMENT TO THE MOTION. SO WHAT WAS ASKED FOR HAS CHANGED. SHE CAN'T AGREE FOR HER COUNCIL TO PAY THE $5,500, AND THE INITIAL AGREEMENT DOES NOT REFLECT THE 50% OF THE STUDY, WHICH WAS IN THE AMENDED THE FRIENDLY AMENDMENT TO THE ORIGINAL MOTION. WE ALREADY CALLED FOR THE QUESTION ON IT, RIGHT? OKAY. NEXT. THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR PATIENCE THIS EVENING. COUNCIL MEMBER WILLIS, WHEN IS YOUR NEXT MEETING? JULY. SO IT'S A DAY AFTER HOURS. SO IF YOU CAN COME UP, JUST. OUR NEXT MEETING IS ON JULY 7TH, BUT WE STAFF COULD BE WORKING WITH THE CITY MANAGER IN SOUTH FULTON PART OF THE MOTION, AND CITY ATTORNEYS TO TRY TO WORK OUT A PROPOSED IGA. AND THEN I GUESS YOU ALL WOULD SUBMIT AN AMENDED. YOU WOULD SUBMIT AN AMENDED. I'M FINE WITH IT COMING TO WHATEVER THE SECOND MEETING IN JULY, BECAUSE WE DON'T MEET UNTIL JULY 8TH. AND THAT WOULD GIVE ME AN OPPORTUNITY TO BRING IT BACK TO COUNCIL WITH THE AMENDMENT OF THE 5500 ON JULY 8TH. THEREFORE, WHEN YOU GET IT ON THE SECOND, WHENEVER YOU ALL MEET. WELL, THE SECOND MONDAY IS OUR WORK SESSION. OUR VOTING MEETING IS THE 21ST. SO THE FIRST AND THIRD MONDAY. THAT'S FINE. THEN BY THE TIME YOU GET IN ON THE 21ST, YOU'LL HAVE EVERYTHING YOU NEED FROM US. THE AMENDMENT AGREEING TO THE 5500 AND HOPEFULLY THE WORKED OUT IGA. OKAY. YEAH. I'M FINE. I APPRECIATE IT. ALL RIGHT I APPRECIATE EVERYONE. THANK YOU. SO I GUESS WE CAN PUT IT ON JULY 14TH WORK SESSION HERE FOR AN UPDATE TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING IS IN PLACE FOR JULY 21ST. THAT'S FINE. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. JULY 14TH WORK SESSION. THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU ALL. NUMBER 34. COUNCILMAN, MARTIN. [XIII.34. Council Discussion and Possible Action on the Teacher Back to School Supply Drive] MOTION TO OPEN THE FLOOR FOR DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION. OH MY GOODNESS. YES. THANK YOU. THE BACK TO SCHOOL TEACHER SUPPLY. I HAD TO MAKE A MOTION TO OPEN THE FLOOR. YES, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO OPEN THE FLOOR FOR ACTION ON THE TEACHER BACK TO SCHOOL SUPPLY DRIVE, WHICH I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE HERE AT. SO THE. THAT'S A MOTION. ALL RIGHT. SO I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION FOR DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON THE TEACHER. BACK TO SCHOOL SUPPLY DRIVE SLATED FOR. JULY 26TH. SO MOVED. IS THERE A SECOND? IT'S BEEN MOVED AND PROPERLY SECONDED. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. THAT'S TWO. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. THE FLOOR IS OPEN. COUNCIL MEMBER. MARTIN. YES. THANK YOU. JULY 26TH WILL BE THE SECOND TEACHER BACK TO SCHOOL SUPPLY DRIVE. THAT IS A SUPPLY DRIVE THAT SUPPORTS LOCAL TEACHERS HERE IN THE CITY OF EASTPOINTE. I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THAT DRIVE HERE AT CITY HALL IN TWO PHASES FROM 8:00. NO, FROM 830 UNTIL ABOUT 10:00. WE WOULD LIKE TO PACK THOSE BAGS FOR TEACHERS. AND THEN FROM 11:00 TO 1:00, PROVIDING DISTRIBUTION TO EDUCATORS, IT WILL JUST BE A GRAB AND GO PICK UP FROM A [04:15:02] DRIVE THROUGH. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? I DON'T SEE ANYBODY'S LIGHTS ON. COUNCILMEMBER ROGERS. YES. I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO UTILIZE EASTPOINTE CITY HALL ON JULY 26TH FROM 8:30 A.M. UNTIL 1:30 P.M.. ON JULY 26TH. THERE'S A MOTION. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND? IT'S BEEN MOVED AND PROPERLY SECONDED. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? I THAT'S LIKE THREE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES YOU GOING LIVE I DON'T GET ADD ANOTHER. I DON'T ADD ANOTHER PERSON I SAID YOU BEING LOUDER. DON'T ADD ANOTHER PERSON. OH I SHOULD HAVE SAID NEXT UP COUNCIL MEMBER FREELY MOTION TO OPEN [XIII.36. Council Discussion and Possible Action on Recycling Ordinance Rewrite] THE FLOOR FOR DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON ITEM NUMBER 36. SO MOVED THERE A SECOND SECOND BEEN MOVED AND PROPERLY SECONDED. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. THOSE OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES COUNCIL MEMBER FREELY. YEAH. SO IT'S OUR WORK SESSION. THE CITY ATTORNEY PRESENTED WE TALKED ABOUT THE DRAFT ORDINANCE, WHICH WOULD SIMPLY RECONCILE THE ORDINANCE WHICH MENTIONS THE COLLECTION OF GLASS FOR RECYCLING. BUT THE CITY'S SANITATION DEPARTMENT ACTUALLY DOES NOT COLLECT GLASS FOR RECYCLING. AND SO THIS IS JUST AN ATTEMPT TO RECONCILE THE POLICY WITH THE ORDINANCE. MADAM CLERK. WHILE SHE'S PULLING IT UP, IF YOU ALL WANT TO WAIVE THE FIRST READING. PROPERLY SECONDED THAT WE WAIVE THE FIRST READING. ANY DISCUSSION ON THAT MOTION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. MADAM CITY CLERK IS PULLING UP THE ORDINANCE JUST SO WE CAN SEE THE RED LINE VERSION AND WHETHER OR NOT ANY CHANGES NEED TO BE MADE TO THIS. THIS TEXT BEFORE. THE ITEMS ALLOWED TO BE RECYCLED SHALL BE IDENTIFIED BY THE MANAGER OF THE SOLID WASTE DIVISION. IT'S PROBABLY DEPARTMENT, RIGHT? SOLID WASTE IS A DEPARTMENT. SO SOLID WASTE DEPARTMENT. OH. COUNCIL MEMBER, SHROPSHIRE. I HAVE A QUESTION. SO, WILL THEY NOW BE PICKING UP GLASS BOTTLES? NO. COUNCIL MEMBER. NO. THE INTENTION ISN'T TO CHANGE WHAT IS COLLECTED. IT'S JUST TO CORRECT THE FACT THAT WE DON'T ACTUALLY COLLECT GLASS. BECAUSE SOLID WASTE DON'T DO THE RECYCLE. RIGHT. BUT THIS JUST SAYS THAT THE SOLID WASTE MANAGER DID THAT. THE MANAGER? IS IT THE MANAGER OF THE SOLID WASTE DEPARTMENT OR THE DIRECTOR? HAS THE DIRECTOR. IT'S THE DIRECTOR. THE DIRECTOR OF THE SOLID WASTE DEPARTMENT WILL PROVIDE A LIST OF ITEMS THAT ARE RECYCLABLE, ALTHOUGH WE DON'T DO THEM, BUT THEY MANAGE THAT CONTRACT SO THE CITY CLERK CAN PUT IT ON THE CITY WEBSITE SO PEOPLE WILL KNOW WHAT WE DO. RECYCLE. OKAY. WHAT'S THE PEOPLE NAME? I WOULD HAVE SAID IT IF YOU HADN'T ASKED ME. REPUBLIC? YEAH. REPUBLIC. RECYCLING. OKAY. SO THEY'LL JUST PROVIDE A LIST OF WHAT REPUBLIC DO PICK UP ON THE WEBSITE. SO THE DIRECTOR WILL SHARE THE LIST, AND THE LIST WILL BE ON THE WEBSITE. BUT THE DIRECTOR WILL MAKE SURE THAT IT IS WHAT'S RECYCLABLE. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. MADAM MAYOR, COUNCILMEMBER FREELAND, GO AHEAD. I WOULD JUST NOTE THAT IN ADDITION TO THE CORRECTION IN SUBSECTION B, IT WOULD HAVE TO BE CORRECTED AGAIN IN SUBSECTION C, SOLID WASTE DEPARTMENT. YES. [04:20:10] IT'S IN SUBSECTION B AND SUBSECTION C, A AND B. SORRY. IT'S IN THE RED FONT. IN A. EVERYTHING'S RUNNING TOGETHER FOR ME RIGHT NOW, BUT I DON'T SEE IT IN C, I MEANT B, BUT IT'S IN A AND C IT'S NOT IN RED. IT'S IN THE EXISTING TEXT SPECIFIED BY THE SOLID WASTE DIVISION FOR COLLECTION. SO JUST TO CORRECT IT AND IT'S NOT IN C. YEAH. SO A MOTION B WOULD BE TO ADOPT THE ORDINANCE AMENDING. ORDINANCE SECTION 7-2020. SECTIONS 20-20 AS REFLECTED AND INDICATING DIRECTOR OF THE SOLID WASTE DEPARTMENT. IN. SECTION A. REFERENCING THE SOLID WASTE DEPARTMENT IN SECTION B, AS WELL AS THE DIRECTOR OF THE SOLID WASTE DEPARTMENT IN SECTION C, ALONG WITH THE OTHER RED LINE CHANGES. RED FONT CHANGES. SO MOVE. IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER MARTIN ROGERS. ANY DISCUSSION ON THAT MOTION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ALL THOSE OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. ITEM NUMBER 37. MOTION TO OPEN THE FLOOR FOR DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION. [XIII.37. Council Discussion and Possible Action on Voting Delegates for 2025 MEAG Power Board Elections] THE SECOND IT'S BEEN MOVED AND PROPERLY SECONDED. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES COUNCIL MEMBER FREELY. THE BIG POWER ANNUAL MEETING IS COMING UP NEXT MONTH, AND SO NEEDS OUR DELEGATES, OUR VOTING DELEGATES BY JULY 8TH. PLANNING TO ATTEND? I PLAN TO ATTEND. BY RAY JACKSON. SO, COUNCIL MEMBER SHROPSHIRE COUNCIL MEMBER FREELY COUNCIL MEMBER. ATKINS. COUNCIL MEMBER. BUTLER. ANYONE ELSE GOING? SO THE DELEGATE SHOULD BE AMONGST THE THE VOTING AND ALTERNATE SHOULD BE AMONGST THOSE FOUR PEOPLE. COUNCIL MEMBER. SURE. I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO NOMINATE COUNCILMAN FREELY AS THE 2025 VOTING DELEGATE FOR THE POWER BOARD. SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOVED AND PROPERLY SECONDED THAT COUNCIL MEMBER FREELY SERVE AS THE VOTING DELEGATE FOR THE 2025 ELECTION. ANY DISCUSSION ON THAT MOTION? NO DISCUSSION. BUT WHO'S THE ALTERNATIVE? IT SHOULD. SHOULD IT BE IN ONE MOTION OR JUST OR TWO? I WILL MAKE IT TWO, SINCE THEY ONLY DID THE VOTING IN THAT ONE. BUT YOU'RE GOING TO. I SAID I WAS GOING TO DO TWO A SECOND MOTION. I WAS GOING TO THEN GO INTO WHO'S THE ALTERNATE? BUT IF THERE'S A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT. YEAH. BECAUSE I THINK THEY HAVE AN ALTERNATE. SO JUST GO AHEAD ON IF WE CAN JUST GO AHEAD ON AND VOTE IT. OKAY. SO MAKE IT. WOULD THAT BE ME AMENDING IT. SO YOU COULD EITHER AMEND YOUR OWN MOTION BECAUSE IT WAS SECONDED. BY WHO? BUTLER. BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T CALLED THE QUESTION. SO YOU CAN AMEND IT OR YOU CAN TAKE A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT. SURE. AND IN ADDITION TO MR., FREELY MAKE THE ALTERNATE ALTERNATE VOTING DELEGATE, YOU SAID, OH, IT'S TWO. YEAH, THERE'S A VOTING DELEGATE AND THERE'S AN ALTERNATE VOTING. I WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE COUNCILMAN BUTLER TO BE ALTERNATE. SO THERE'S A THAT'S THE AMENDMENT TO YOUR MOTION. I'M SORRY. THAT'S THE AMENDMENT TO YOUR ORIGINAL MOTION. YES. SO THE MOTION AS AMENDED, IS TO APPOINT COUNCIL MEMBER FREELY AS THE VOTING DELEGATE AND COUNCIL MEMBER BUTLER AS THE ALTERNATE VOTING DELEGATE FOR THE 2025 ELECTION. COUNCIL MEMBER BUTLER, DOES YOUR SECOND STILL STAND? ANY DISCUSSION ON THAT? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. MADAM CITY CLERK, IF YOU CAN FILL THAT FORM, AND I'LL GO AHEAD AND SIGN IT. ALL RIGHT. COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL. DO WE HAVE ANY EXECUTIVE SESSION ITEMS TONIGHT? [XIV. COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL] [04:25:04] CITY ATTORNEY. SORRY, I ZONED OUT THERE FOR A SECOND. I HAVE ONE LEGAL, ONE PERSONNEL AND ONE REAL ESTATE ATTORNEY, FRANK HARTLEY. NOTHING. IN ADDITION. MAYOR. OKAY. COUNCIL. YES, MADAM. MAYOR. I HAVE AN APPOINTMENT. I WOULD LIKE TO HOLD ON REAL QUICK. I'M CONFUSED. EVERYBODY. I'M JUST GETTING AN IDEA HOW MANY EXECUTIVE SESSION ITEMS WE HAVE. WE HAVE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION. ITEMS FROM COUNCIL. OKAY. YOU AIN'T DOING NOTHING. COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL. COUNCILMEMBER ATKINS AND COUNCIL MEMBER BUTLER. I DON'T KNOW THAT. THAT'S THE ORDER. IT'S SHOWING UP ON MY SCREEN. THAT'S FINE. OKAY. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. I WOULD JUST LIKE TO ANNOUNCE AND OFFER CONDOLENCES TO THE FAMILY. REPRESENTATIVE JOE HEXTALL, WHO WAS THE FIRST BLACK COUNCIL MEMBER FOR THE CITY OF EASTPOINTE, DID LOSE HIS WIFE OF 59 YEARS LAST WEEK ON JULY, ON JUNE LAST WEEK, WEDNESDAY ON JUNE 11TH. AND SO SHE HAD BEEN VERY SICK FOR QUITE A LONG TIME AND IN HOSPITALIZED FOR 16 MONTHS. SO THAT'S BEEN A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF TIME SPENT AT THE HOSPITAL BY REPRESENTATIVE HEXTALL. AND SO I WOULD JUST LIKE TO OFFER OUR PRAYERS FOR THAT FAMILY AS THEY MOVE FORWARD WITH MAKING ARRANGEMENTS FOR A BEAUTIFUL BURIAL AND HOMEGOING SERVICE FOR MISS ANDREA HEXTALL. JUST WANTED TO MAKE THAT ANNOUNCEMENT. MADAM MAYOR, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT FOR A MOTION. I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE THE MOTION THAT WE APPOINT A NAPOLEON BLACK TO THE UTILITY ADVISORY COMMISSION. IT'S BEEN MOOTED. IS IT A JOINT APPOINTMENT? I DON'T THINK SO. I DON'T THINK IT IS. NO IT'S NOT. IT'S BEEN MOVED AND PROPERLY SECONDED. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ALL THOSE OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. ANYTHING ELSE? COUNCIL MEMBER. BUTLER. YES, MADAM. MAYOR. I WOULD LIKE TO JUST TAKE THIS TIME TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES. AND I WOULD LIKE TO MENTION THEM BY NAME. SHARON SHROPSHIRE, ERIC ERIC FREHLEY, KERRY ZIEGLER, SEAN ATKINS FOR ATTENDING THE JUNETEENTH EVENT. I WOULD LIKE TO ESPECIALLY THANK KEISHA MCCULLOUGH FOR ALWAYS BEING THERE FOR ALL OF OUR EVENTS. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE STAFF. LIEUTENANT BRIDGES AND I HAVE A PROBLEM PRONOUNCING MY BROTHER'S NAME. IT'S LIEUTENANT MOE MOLSON. I'M SORRY FOR SCREWING UP YOUR NAME. I HAD IT WRITTEN DOWN, BUT ALSO WE HAD STATE REPRESENTATIVE KIM SCHOFIELD, MAYOR PRO TEM MCKENZIE FROM COLLEGE PARK, CONGRESSWOMAN NIKEMA WILLIAMS, SENATOR DONZELLA JAMES TO ATTEND, AND BENJAMIN CRUMP GAVE OUT A SCHOLARSHIP TO A WORTHY YOUNG LADY FOR $500 FOR HER ESSAY. AND SO WE DEFINITELY WANT TO THANK HIM AND THANK THE MEMBERS OF OMEGA PSI PHI FRATERNITY, PKK CHAPTER FOR WHAT THEY DID FOR THIS EVENT. SO THANK YOU, COLLEAGUES, AND THANK YOU PEOPLE FOR TURNING UP. AND THANK YOU, STAFF SO MUCH. OH, JEFF REEVES TOO, FOR COMING IN CLUTCH WHEN WE NEEDED HIM AND THE GENTLEMAN IN THE BACK. I DON'T HAVE HIS NAME, BUT THANK YOU NOT TO PUT YOU ON BLAST, BUT YOU CAME IN CLUTCH FOR US, SO WE REALLY DO APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCILMEMBER MARK ROGERS. YES. I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT THE WARD D COMMUNITY GATHERING, WHICH WILL BE HELD ON SATURDAY, JUNE 28TH. INFORMATION HAS ALREADY BEEN SHARED WITH WARD D RESIDENTS, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING AND HEARING AND SHARING PERTINENT INFORMATION WITH YOU. WE'RE GOING TO START PROMPTLY AT 11:00. AND I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SAY THE NEXT GENERATION INTERNSHIP PROGRAM WILL BE STARTING THIS WEDNESDAY IN EASTPOINTE. I WANT TO THANK THE HR DEPARTMENT, ESPECIALLY MISS JESSIE. THANK YOU AND THE OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS FOR ALLOWING TEN STUDENTS TO HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY OF A VALUABLE INTERNSHIP PROGRAM IN THE CITY OF EASTPOINTE. AND I KNOW THAT YOU'RE GOING TO TOUCH ON THIS COUNCIL MEMBER SHROPSHIRE, BUT HAPPY BELATED FATHER'S DAY TO THE FATHERS THAT ARE IN OUR CITY. BUT I HAVE TO JUST SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR COLLABORATION WITH THAT CHURCH FOR THE FOOD DISTRIBUTION ON SATURDAY. I HEARD FROM PEOPLE ALL OVER THE CITY THAT JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUOUS WORK, [04:30:05] THAT FOR PROVIDING THAT RESOURCE TO EVERY RESIDENT IN WARD A, B, C, AND D, AND I DON'T WANT TO TAKE THAT AWAY FROM YOU, BUT I JUST HAD TO SAY THANK YOU. IT WAS PACKED. AND PEOPLE ENJOYED THEMSELVES, SO THANK YOU. MOFFATT AND NICHOL. OOPS. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. AND THANK YOU FOR EVERYONE THAT ATTENDED THE COUNCIL MEETING, BOTH IN PERSON AND VIA LIVE STREAM. AGAIN, CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR EAST POINT. PARKS AND REC 12 YOUTH FLAG FOOTBALL TEAM. AND WE DO LOOK FORWARD TO YOU GUYS BRINGING THE CHAMPIONSHIP BACK HOME. NEXT MONTH. AGAIN, CONGRATULATIONS TO TODD HICKS. THE WORLD'S BEST. I SAY EX BROTHER IN LAW. JUST ON YOUR RETIREMENT MUCH, MUCH SUCCESS. AND GOOD LUCK TO YOU IN THE NEXT CHAPTER IN YOUR LIFE. AND LET'S SEE. WANTED TO INVITE EVERYONE OUT FOR COUNCIL MEMBER MITCHELL AND MYSELF, AND WE PARTNERED WITH PARKS AND RECS, AND WE'LL BE WE'LL BE HAVING SCREEN ON THE GREEN. IT'LL BE THE LAST SATURDAY IN EACH MONTH. JUNE 28TH IS OUR FIRST MOVIE. WE WILL HAVE WE'LL BE FEATURED. WE'LL BE SHOWING MAVERICK, TOP GUN. IT'S GOING TO BE AT SYKES PARK. SO WE'RE ASKING EVERYONE TO COME OUT AND BRING YOUR LAWN CHAIRS OR YOUR BLANKETS. WE'LL BE OUT ON THE TENNIS COURT. WITH THE MOVIE SCREEN, WE'LL BE PROVIDING POPCORN AND BEVERAGES. THERE'LL BE A FOOD TRUCK ON SITE AS WELL. LET'S SEE, THAT'S GOING TO BE JUNE 28TH. JULY 26TH WILL BE SHOWING MOANA TWO, AND AUGUST 10TH IS THE AVENGERS END GAME. SO I'M INVITING ALL OF OUR EASTPOINTE RESIDENTS, OUR NEIGHBORS, ALL MEMBERS OF MAYOR AND COUNCIL STAFF, EVERYONE TO COME OUT AND ENJOY. HANG OUT WITH US AND WATCH SOME GOOD MOVIES. AND I ALSO. I'M SORRY MR.. IT'S GOING TO BE AT SYKES PARK. THAT ADDRESS IS 3235 DOTSON DRIVE CONNECTOR. AGAIN, IT'S GOING TO BE AT SYKES PARK, 3235 DOTSON DRIVE CONNECTOR IN EAST POINT. SO LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING EVERYONE THERE. SHOWTIME STARTS AT 830 AND WE WILL BE THERE UNTIL FROM 830 TO ABOUT 11:00 EACH EVENING. SO LOOKING FORWARD TO EVERYONE COMING OUT. AND I MEANT TO SAY THIS FIRST I HAVE AN APPOINTMENT I NEED TO MAKE AS WELL. TO THE MUNICIPAL UTILITY ADVISORY BOARD, JEREMY HILDRETH. IT'S GOING TO BE MY APPOINTMENT. I'M SORRY. I'M SORRY. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPOINT MY APOLOGIES. JEREMY HILDRETH, TO THE MUNICIPAL UTILITY ADVISORY COMMISSION. SECOND. PROPERLY SECONDED. ANY DISCUSSION? DO DID YOU GET CLARK'S NOT HERE TO GET THE NAME. I SPELLED THE NAME FOR THE RECORD. IN CASE YOU HAVE TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT IT. OKAY? JUST SAY IT. JUST. JUST GO AHEAD AND SPELL IT, OKAY. H I L D R E T H IS THE LAST NAME AND FIRST NAME. JEREMY J E R E M I I'M SORRY, MADAM CITY CLERK. IT'S FINE. I JUST WANTED THEY CAN GO BACK AND LOOK AT IT. THEY NEED TO. IT'S BEEN MOVED AND PROPERLY SECONDED. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE ALL THOSE OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. ANYTHING ELSE? COUNCIL MEMBER COMMENTS. THAT WILL BE ALL, MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER MITCHELL. THANK YOU. I ALSO HAD AN APPOINTMENT TO THE MUNICIPAL UTILITY ADVISORY COMMISSION. SO I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPOINT DEMARCUS CRUZ TO THAT COMMITTEE. SECOND IS THAT A MOTION? I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPOINT DEMARCUS CRUSE TO THE MUNICIPAL UTILITY ADVISORY COMMISSION. THERE A SECOND COUNCIL MEMBER. ZEIGLER. IT'S BEEN MOVED AND PROPERLY SECONDED. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. THAT'S IT. COUNCILMEMBER SHARPE. THANK YOU. I WANT TO SAY FIRST, SENDING CONDOLENCES TO JOE HEXTALL AND HIS FAMILY. AND NORMALLY IN A CASE LIKE THIS, THE CITY DO SEND FLOWERS TO THAT FAMILY. SO IF THE CITY CLERK COULD REACH OUT TO THE HEXTALL FAMILY TO GET TO GET ARRANGEMENTS AND SEND SOMETHING ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL TO MR.. MR. HEXTALL AND HIS FAMILY IN THEIR TIME OF GRIEF. I ALSO WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO ALL OF THOSE WHO CAME OUT ON SATURDAY FOR THE FOOD GIVEAWAY FOR FATHER'S DAY. [04:35:01] AND THANK YOU TO FIRST AFRICAN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AND THE NEHEMIAH FOUNDATION. AND YES, IT WAS IT WAS PACKED PEOPLE LINED UP, I THINK STARTING AT 630 IN THE MORNING. AND IT WAS IT WAS A GOOD DAY. AND BEING ABLE TO PROVIDE GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITIES AND TO THOSE WHO ARE IN IN NEED. AND I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO ALL THE STAFF WHO CAME OUT, ESPECIALLY PARK AND RECREATION, AS WELL AS THE CITY CLERK STAFF WHO PROVIDED, WHO HELPED AND PROVIDED SERVICE AS WELL AS CODE ENFORCEMENT. MR. MCGEE, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND IF I MISSED ANYBODY, PLEASE FORGIVE ME. BUT THANK YOU TO ALL OF O AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, ESPECIALLY, WHO DID AN EXCELLENT JOB ON TRAFFIC CONTROL. SO I HAVE TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE MAYOR AND TO MARTIN ROGERS FOR BEING THERE, HELPING OUT AND EVERYTHING. IT WAS IT WAS JUST REALLY IT WAS REALLY GREAT. AND ONCE AGAIN, IF THE CITY CLERK COULD REACH OUT TO THE HEXTALL FAMILY, JOE HEXTALL TO SEE WHAT THEY NEED AND WHATEVER, PROVIDE WHAT WE WHAT THE CITY WOULD USUALLY DO IN THAT TIME. AND I KNOW IT HAS TO BE VERY HARD ON JOE, BUT. SO THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER. FREELAND. YEAH. I THINK AND I COULD BE INCORRECT, BUT I THINK COUNCIL MEMBER BUTLER MAY HAVE JUST FORGOTTEN TO MENTION THAT FULTON COUNTY COMMISSION CHAIR ROB PITTS ALSO JOINED THE EVENT ON SATURDAY. SO THANK THANK HIM FOR ATTENDING. THAT'S ALL. COUPLE OF THINGS. DEFINITELY. EXTEND OUR DEEPEST SYMPATHY AND CONDOLENCES. I SPOKE WITH FORMER REPRESENTATIVE, FORMER COUNCIL MEMBER JOE HEXTALL THE DAY AFTER HIS WIFE TRANSITIONED AND EXTENDED CONDOLENCES ON BEHALF OF THE CITY. MISSUS HEXTALL WAS DEFINITELY KIND, GIVING AND FULL OF FUN AND ENERGY. FULL OF LIFE. AND SO TRANSITIONING IS HARD AT ANY TIME. AND SO WE ASK YOU TO PRAY FOR PEACE, STRENGTH AND COMFORT FOR MISTER HEXTALL AND HIS FAMILY DURING THIS DIFFICULT TIME. THE FULL GIVEAWAY. THANK YOU TO THE FIRST AFRICAN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, AS WELL AS NEHEMIAH FOUNDATION FOR PARTNERING WITH THE CITY. AND THANK YOU TO COUNCIL MEMBER SHROPSHIRE AND STAFF AND EVERYONE TO ENSURE WE HAD A VERY IMPACTFUL FOOD GIVEAWAY FOR FATHER'S DAY. BUT THERE WERE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO SAID THANKS AND WERE VERY APPRECIATIVE OF THE SERVICE ON THAT DAY. THE HEALTHY POINT FIVE K THE FINALE EVENT THE HEALTHY POINT FIVE K RUN WALK WILL BE ON SATURDAY, JUNE 28TH. THE RACE WILL START. YOU CAN REGISTER ONLINE AT B I L Y FORWARD SLASH 2025 HEALTHY POINT REYES. IT WILL THE. YOU CAN REGISTER ONLINE OR ON SITE THE DAY OF AT 7:30 A.M.. THE RACE WILL START AT 8 A.M., AND THEN WE WILL FOLLOW IT WITH THE CELEBRATION AT 9:30 A.M. IT IS A PEACH TREE ROAD RACE QUALIFIER, SO THOSE WHO ARE PARTICIPATING AND WOULD LIKE TO RECEIVE THE PEACHTREE ROAD RACE CREDIT IT'S $20, BUT IT IS FREE TO HEALTHY PARTICIPANTS AND YOUTH, AND THERE IS STILL TIME TO REGISTER FOR THE HEALTHY POINTS SO YOU CAN REGISTER AND PARTICIPATE IN THAT FOR FREE IF YOU LIKE, OR IF YOU WANT IT TO SERVE AS A QUALIFIER FOR THE PEACHTREE ROAD RACE. THE FEE IS $20 AFTER THAT. THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS AETNA, AMAZON, ESSAR RECYCLING GEORGIA POWER, ATL AIRPORT KIDS AND MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE. EDISON. AFTER THAT, AT 10 A.M., WE WILL HAVE OUR INAUGURAL FLEX FEST. FLEX FEST IS A FREE EVENT WHERE FLAVOR MEETS FREEDOM. WHETHER YOU'RE A SEAFOOD FAN OR A KALE CRUSADER, THIS FESTIVAL LETS YOU EMBRACE WHERE YOU ARE AT WHILE TEMPTING YOUR TASTE BUDS TO EXPLORE SOMETHING NEW. FOOD FUN FOR EVERY KIND OF EATER. FLEX FEST WELCOMES PESCATARIANS, FLEXITARIANS, VEGETARIANS AND VEGANS AND ALL ARE WELCOME. THERE WILL BE FITNESS DEMOS, THE FOLLOWING THE FIVE K RUN WALK, KIDS ZONE, FOOD FEST AND MUSIC AGAIN THAT WILL BE ON SATURDAY, [04:40:07] JUNE 28TH FROM 10 A.M. TO 4 P.M.. THIS WILL ALL TAKE PLACE AT THE JOHN D MILNOR ATHLETIC COMPLEX AT 3009 RANDALL STREET. ALSO THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION ELECTION IS TOMORROW. IF YOU HAVE NOT VOTED EARLY, YOU CAN STILL VOTE TOMORROW. EVERY ELECTION IS CRITICAL TO PROGRESS, EVEN IF THERE IS JUST ONE THING ON THE BALLOT, AS THERE IS THIS TIME. THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT RACE. IT IS A STATEWIDE RACE. AND SO TOMORROW IS THE PRIMARY. POLLS WILL BE OPEN FROM 7 A.M. TO 7 P.M. AND YOU HAVE TO GO. YOU HAVE TO GO TO YOUR ASSIGNED POLLING PRECINCT TOMORROW. AND SO YOU CAN GO TO THE MY VOTER PAGE TO CONFIRM THAT. AGAIN, THE PUBLIC SERVICE ELECTION WILL BE TOMORROW. AND STAY TUNED. THERE WILL BE INFORMATION COMING OUT IN THE NEAR TERM ABOUT OUR UPCOMING STATE OF THE 2025 STATE OF THE CITY ADDRESS. MR. JONES INDICATED HE HAS ONE REAL ESTATE, ONE PERSONNEL AND ONE LEGAL. THE CITY ATTORNEY OR ATTORNEY. HARTLEY INDICATED HE DOESN'T HAVE ANY FROM LEGAL. ARE THERE ANY FROM COUNSEL? IF NOT, LET'S RECESS INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR ONE REAL ESTATE, [XV. EXECUTIVE SESSION] ONE PERSONNEL, AND. ONE LEGAL. YEAH, I WAS JUST MAKING SURE I DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING. ONE LEGAL. SO MOVED. SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOVED AND PROPERLY SECONDED. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. WE'RE IN RECESS. CAN WE GET A MOTION TO RECONVENE? MOTION TO RECONVENE. SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOVED AND PROPERLY SECONDED. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED? THERE IS A REQUEST FROM THE CITY MANAGER THAT WE MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE HIS RECOMMENDED FINAL CANDIDATE FOR FINALIST. CANDIDATE FOR THE DEPUTY CITY MANAGER POSITION, RENEE TYLER, AT A SALARY OF $160,000 PER YEAR, WITH A $8,500 RELOCATION EXPENSES, AS WELL AS THE OTHER STANDARD EMPLOYEE BENEFITS. SO MOVED. SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOVED AND PROPERLY SECONDED. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ALL THOSE OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES THE MOTION TO APPROVE EXECUTIVE SESSION. MEETING MINUTES. SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOVED AND PROPERLY SECONDED. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES MOTION TO ADJOURN. SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOVED AND PROPERLY SECONDED. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? Y'ALL AIN'T READY TO GO HOME. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? THOSE OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES. GOOD NIGHT. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.