[VIII.1. Council Discussion and Possible Action on Zoning Application P2026RZ-001-02 Request to Rezone Property Located at 3005 Semmes St from R-1A (Urban Residential) Zoning District to R-T (Residential Townhome) Zoning District]

AGENDA. HOLD ON ONE SECOND.

OKAY. MISS, DO WE HAVE THE PUBLIC HEARING RULES THAT YOU CAN READ FOR US? PLEASE? THANK YOU. I'LL READ THEM FOR YOU. THESE NEXT TWO ITEMS ARE FOR ZONING HEARINGS, AND THERE'LL BE PUBLIC HEARINGS AND ARE SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING RULES. PUBLIC HEARINGS BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL SHALL BE CONDUCTED AS FOLLOWS.

THE PRESIDING OFFICER WILL CALL FOR A MOTION TO OPEN AND CLOSE THE HEARING.

THE PRESIDING OFFICER 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 REPORTS WRITTEN 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 COUNCIL MAY INCREASE THE TOTAL TIME FOR SPEAKERS PROVIDED FOR EACH SIDE.

GIVEN THAT THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME IS ALLOCATED FOR EACH SIDE, THERE.

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 PRCHAL 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, THE SPEAKER CONTINUES TO VIOLATE THE RULES OF DECORUM.

THANK YOU. MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING? DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. OKAY. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ALL THOSE OPPOSED? THE AYES HAVE IT. DIRECTOR SMITH, YOU CAN START, PLEASE.

GOOD EVENING, MADAM MAYOR AND PHILIP COUNCIL.

KIMBERLY SMITH, PLANNING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR, ALONG WITH MR. LEE KELLY, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR. IN REFERENCE TO THIS ITEM.

PROPERTY LOCATED AT 3005 SIMS STREET. PROJECT NUMBER KNOWN AS P2026RZ, THAT'S 001-02.

THE APPLICANT IS SHARIFA JACKSON, THE OWNER IS DEUCE HOMES LLC.

THE CURRENT ZONING OF THE PROPERTY IS R-1, A URBAN RESIDENTIAL, AND THE PROPERTY IS APPROXIMATELY 0.365 PLUS OR MINUS ACRES.

THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A REZONING FROM R-1 A TO R T, WHICH IS OUR RESIDENTIAL TOWNHOME DISTRICT.

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AS YOU SEE ON THE MAP ABOVE, THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED IN THE HIGHLIGHTED BLUE ON THE CORNER OF WEST TAYLOR AND SIMS STREET, AND IT IS CURRENTLY ZONED R-1. A. THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP DESIGNATION OF THE PROPERTY IS REDEVELOPMENT NEIGHBORHOOD AND AS YOU SEE, IT'S SURROUNDED BY REDEVELOPMENT NEIGHBORHOOD LAND USE CATEGORIES.

FUTURE DEVELOPMENT MAP ALONG WITH THE REDEVELOPMENT NEIGHBORHOOD LAND USE CATEGORY IS ALSO IN A DESIGNATED AREA FOR OUR TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT LCI STUDY AREA, WHICH PROVIDES FOR ADDITIONAL DENSITY REQUIREMENTS.

STAFF DID RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE REZONING FROM R-1 A TO RT, SUBJECT TO THREE CONDITIONS AS STATED ABOVE.

I'LL READ THEM FOR THE RECORD. COMPLIANCE WITH PLANS THE DEVELOPMENT SHALL SUBSTANTIALLY CONFORM TO THE SITE PLAN SUBMITTED WITH THE APPLICATION, WITH THE APPLICATION SUBJECT TO STAFF APPROVAL AND FINAL ADJUSTMENTS.

CONDITION NUMBER TWO LANDSCAPING AND SCREENING.

A MINIMUM LANDSCAPE BUFFER WITH EVERGREEN PLANTING SHALL BE INSTALLED ALONG PROPERTY LINES ADJOINING SINGLE FAMILY HOMES.

PURSUANT TO CHAPTER SIX, LANDSCAPE, REQUIREMENTS AND CONDITION NUMBER THREE SHALL GO THROUGH AN INFILL PROCESS AS OUTLINED IN ARTICLE J. ALTHOUGH THESE ARE STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS. THE APPLICANT.

THE APPLICANT HAS MADE A REQUEST TO DEFER THIS ITEM TO ALLOW TIME TO MEET WITH CITIZENS AND THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE.

GIVEN THE DISCUSSION THAT HAPPENED AT OUR WORK SESSION LAST WEEK, AND STAFF HAS NO OBJECTION TO ACCEPTING HER REQUEST FOR DEFERRAL.

THANK YOU. AND I SEE THAT I READ THE PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION.

STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS ARE THE SAME. IS THERE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO I'M SORRY.

THE APPLICANT IS HERE AND WE ARE IN PUBLIC HEARING.

SO IS THERE A DO WE HAVE TO GET APPROVAL FOR FOR THOSE FOR OR AGAINST? CORRECT. OKAY. GOOD EVENING. ALL RIGHT. OH, SORRY.

ARE THERE ANY OTHER ADDITIONAL ITEMS FOR THIS? PROPONENTS? FOR THIS. THANK YOU. OKAY. I JUST REQUESTED DEFERRAL.

OKAY. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO IS THERE ANYONE HERE FOR THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE. IS THERE ANYONE HERE OPPOSED TO THE ITEM? OKAY. MADAM MAYOR, I MOVE THAT WE CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE CASE NUMBER P 2026, R AS IN ROBERT, Z AS IN ZEBRA DASH 001-02. FOR THE ADDRESS 3005 SIMS STREET.

SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED? THE AYES HAVE IT. SO WE HAVE A MOTION TO OPEN A PUBLIC. MADAM MAYOR, I ALSO MOVE THAT WE ACCEPT STAFF'S AND THE APPLICANT'S RECOMMENDATION FOR DEFERRAL.

WITHOUT OBJECTION. THERE'S A SECOND. SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED? ALRIGHT.

THE AYES HAVE IT. THANK YOU. SO WE HAVE ANOTHER

[VIII.2. City Initiated Zoning Case# P2025RZ-002-10]

CASE. IN REFERENCE TO THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA FOR PUBLIC HEARING, IT IS.

A PUBLIC HEARING. IT IS A CITY INITIATED REZONING LOCATED AT 2418 MOLATE STREET, KNOWN AS CASE NUMBER P 2025, R Z AND DASH 002 AND ONE ZERO. IT IS ALSO ASSOCIATED WITH CASE NUMBER P 2026, Z-001-01. THIS IS A CITY INITIATED REZONING. THE PROPERTY IS APPROXIMATELY 0.859 PLUS OR MINUS ACRES, AND THE APPLICANT, WHICH IS THE CITY, IS WHICH IS REQUESTING TO REZONE AND ZONE ZONING DISTRICT PROPERTY TO CL COMMERCIAL LIMITED ZONING DISTRICT. THE CURRENT ZONING MAP SHOWS THE PARCEL IS SURROUNDED BY I ONE

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ON ON THE NORTH WITH R1A ON THE EAST SIDE AND THE SOUTH SIDE, AND THERE IS A PORTION OF IT THAT IS ALSO ADJACENT TO A C2C ZONED PROPERTY. THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY IS LOCATED IN A IN THE TOWN CENTER SUBAREA ONE LAND USE CATEGORY, WHICH ACCOUNTS FOR PEDESTRIAN ORIENTED CENTER COMMUNITY, INCLUDING HISTORIC CULTURE, BUSINESS AND NEIGHBORHOOD TYPES OF LAND USES.

THIS IS A PICTURE OF THE PROPERTY. THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY IS UNIQUE IN THE FACT THAT IT IS ADJACENT AND BOUNDED BY A RAILROAD, A UTILITY, A OVERPASS, AS WELL AS SEVERAL INDUSTRIAL PROPERTIES.

STAFF HAS RECOMMENDED APPROVAL AND PLANNING COMMISSION HAS ALSO RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF THIS CITY.

INITIATED REZONING TO REZONE AN UN ZONED PARCEL TO CL COMMERCIAL LIMITED SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING CONDITION.

CONDITION IS KNOWN AS A UNDER C L LIMITED ZONING DISTRICT.

PERMITTED USES ON THIS PROPERTY ARE LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING PERMITTED USES IN THE CL COMMERCIAL LIMITED DISTRICT EXCEPT FOR THE FOLLOWING, WHICH IS NUMBER 13 IN THAT ZONING DISTRICT NIGHTCLUB.

THAT'S THE CONCLUSION OF STAFF'S REPORT. AND JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, BECAUSE AND I APOLOGIZE FOR THIS, BECAUSE THE PUBLIC HEARING WAS ACTUALLY CLOSED, WE MAY HAVE TO LOOK AT WHAT WE CAN DO TO MOVE THAT PRESENTATION.

THE FIRST PRESENTATION WAS ADDRESSED IN THE PUBLIC HEARING, BUT WE MOVED TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING, AND THAT'S WHEN THE NEXT ITEM KEPT GOING. SO THAT WAS WE'LL HAVE TO LOOK AT THAT.

MADAM MAYOR, WITH THAT, MR. CITY ATTORNEY, WE HADN'T HAD A PUBLIC HEARING.

I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING SO WE MAY DISPOSE OF THE CASE.

THAT IS OKAY. THANK YOU. I MOVE THAT WE OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR CASE NUMBER P 2025, R AS IN ROBERT, Z AS IN ZEBRA DASH 002-10 WITH A STREET ADDRESS 2418 MILLET STREET SECOND.

OKAY. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ALL THOSE OPPOSED? THE AYES HAVE IT. DO. WAS THERE A STAFF RECOMMENDATION FOR THAT ONE? STAFF PROVIDED THE RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL WITH A CONDITION.

OKAY. GO AHEAD. NO. MADAM MAYOR, I THINK WE HAVE TO ALSO ASK FOR OTHER PROPONENTS AND OPPONENTS IS THAT WE HAVE TO ASK FOR OPPONENTS AND OPPONENTS.

CAN WE? MAYOR. I THINK IT'S OKAY THAT STAFF CONCLUDED ITS PRESENTATION OUTSIDE OF THE PUBLIC HEARING.

STAFF DOESN'T NEED TO PRESENT AGAIN. ONE STAFF IS FINISHED AND IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF, THEN YOU WOULD NEED TO CALL FOR THE APPLICANT, WHICH IS THE CITY TECHNICALLY, BUT ANY PROPONENTS AND THEN ANY OPPONENTS.

OKAY, MADAM MAYOR. I DO HAVE A QUESTION. SO DURING THE LAST WORK SESSION, WE ALSO PROVIDED A LIST OF ITEMS THAT.

WERE PROHIBITED. LIKE WE DID NOT WANT TO SEE.

WERE THOSE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION AND ADDED MADAM, MADAM COUNCILWOMAN YES, THOSE WERE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION AND REVIEWED.

STAFF DID LOOK AT THEM. HOWEVER, BECAUSE THIS IS A CITY INITIATED REZONING BY SEPARATING OUT THE NIGHTCLUB, WE FEEL THAT WE ADDRESS THE ISSUE AS FAR AS THE CONCERNS THAT WERE GIVEN BY THE COMMUNITY ADDING ADDITIONAL RESTRICTED ITEMS WOULD TAKE AWAY FROM THE INTENT OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO.

AND SO STAFF FELT AT THIS TIME THAT WE DID NOT WANT TO CHANGE OR CHANGE OUR RECOMMENDATION.

THANK YOU. OKAY. HEARING NO MORE. ANY OTHER DISCUSSIONS ON THE FLOOR? I MEAN COUNCILWOMAN, I MEAN, YES. OKAY. DIRECTOR SMITH, CAN YOU GIVE IT TO US IN LAYMAN'S TERMS? BECAUSE QUITE A FEW COUNCIL MEMBERS PUT CONDITIONS ON THE PROPERTY.

SO ARE YOU SAYING THAT THE NIGHTCLUB ENCOMPASSES EVERYTHING THAT WE TALKED ABOUT? THERE WAS A LIST FROM MANY COUNCIL MEMBERS. ARE YOU SAYING THAT THIS CONDITION ENCOMPASSES EVERYTHING THAT WE SAID?

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I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I'M CLEAR. IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY ENCOMPASS EVERYTHING THAT YOU SAID, BUT BASED ON THE SIZE OF THE PROPERTY AND THE LOCATION OF THE PROPERTY, THE THE PARTICULAR LAND USES THAT WERE PROPOSED TO EXCLUDE, THEY'RE TECHNICALLY NOT GOING TO BE I MEAN, YOU YOU WILL IT WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT FOR THOSE USES TO BE BUILT ON THE PROPERTY AND KNOWING THAT THERE ARE DIFFERENT TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS THAT WOULD APPLY TO THIS PROPERTY BECAUSE IT'S SMALL, WHERE IT'S LOCATED, THE ACCESSIBILITY OF IT, THOSE PARTICULAR USES MOST LIKELY WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT TO DEVELOP ON THE PROPERTY.

SO WE DID NOT WANT TO EXCLUDE OR FOR A LACK OF A BETTER WORD.

DO A SPOT ZONING ON A PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT THE CITY IS IS INITIATING TO APPLY ZONING TO.

WE DON'T WANT TO RESTRICT OUR CODE, IF THAT MAKES SENSE.

THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN MITCHELL. YES. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.

I JUST WANT A LITTLE BIT MORE CLARIFICATION. SO I KNOW SOME STIPULATIONS WERE MADE.

I THINK LAST MEETING, IT WAS STATED THAT WHAT CAN GO ON THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY IS RESTRICTED TO WHAT'S ALLOWED IN THIS. WHAT IS IT, COMMERCIAL LIMITED DISTRICT.

YES, IF I UNDERSTAND THAT CORRECT. THAT'S CORRECT.

OKAY. SO OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. CLARIFY. OKAY.

HEARING. NO ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION THERE. IS THERE A MOTION TO ACCEPT STAFF RECOMMENDED STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS. MADAM MAYOR. I'M SORRY. IS SOMEONE.

IS SOMEONE? DO WE HAVE ANYONE HERE IN FAVOR OF THIS? CODE? GO AHEAD. I JUST WANTED TO STATE FOR THE RECORD AS WELL THAT THIS COUNCIL DOES HAVE THE, THE OPTION TO, TO DENY THE REZONING AS WELL. THAT'S ANOTHER OPTION.

WHAT WAS THE OPTION? I'M SORRY. SAY IT AGAIN. I SAID THERE IS AN OPTION FOR COUNCIL TO DENY TO DENY STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION AS WELL.

OKAY. THAT IS ALSO AN OPTION. ALL RIGHT. DO WE HAVE ANYONE HERE IN FAVOR OF THE CASE? ANYONE HERE OPPOSED? OKAY. HEARING NONE. IS THERE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO. DO WE HAVE A MOTION? MADAM MAYOR. WE FIRST NEED TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING, SO I DO MAKE A MOTION.

IF THERE ARE NO OTHER PROPONENTS OR OPPONENTS TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR CASE NUMBER P 2025, R AS IN ROBERT, Z AS IN ZEBRA DASH 002-10, WITH THE STREET ADDRESS OF 2418 MILLET STREET, SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR? ALL THOSE OPPOSED? THE PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED, BUT WE DIDN'T VOTE ON THE ITEM.

DID WE HAVE. I'M SORRY. ATTORNEY. SO MY QUESTION IS, WITH THE PUBLIC HEARING NOW CLOSED AND THERE'S AN ITEM THAT WAS REVIEWED. THE SECOND CASE THE CORRECT ORDER.

NOW CAN YOU JUST CONFIRM. SO THE THE CORRECT ORDER AT THIS POINT WOULD BE TO PROCEED WITH THE, THE FIRST READING OR TO WAIVE THE FIRST READING AND ADOPT AN ACTUAL REZONING OF THE PROPERTY.

SO OKAY, SO WE NEED A MOTION. IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THIS IS THE FIRST TIME ON THE AGENDA.

SO BECAUSE OF YOUR FIRST READ, SECOND READ. IF YOU WANT TO ACTUALLY VOTE ON THE ITEM TONIGHT, YOU WOULD NEED TO WAIVE THE FIRST READ THROUGH EMOTION AND THEN MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE WITH STAFF CONDITIONS.

DENY APPROVE WITH CONDITIONS DIFFERENT THAN WHAT STAFF RECOMMENDED.

SO IT'S JUST IN THE DISCRETION OF THE COUNCIL NOW AS TO WHETHER OR NOT TO WAIVE THE FIRST READ.

THEY DON'T WEIGH THE FIRST READ. THEN THIS ITEM WILL GO TO YOUR NEXT AGENDA FOR THE SECOND. OKAY.

THERE WAS NO EXPRESS INTEREST IN WAIVING THE FIRST READING.

SO I CAN THINK MOVE FORWARD NOW WITH THAT. OKAY.

THERE'S NO WAIVER OF THE FIRST READ. THEN IT'LL PROCEED FORWARD TO YOUR NEXT CITY COUNCIL MEETING FOR A SECOND READING, AND THEN AN ULTIMATE VOTE AT YOUR NEXT CITY COUNCIL MEETING.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. WE WILL NOW MOVE TO. NO, NO.

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YOU HAVE. YEAH. I'M GOING TO MAKE A MOTION TO WAIVE THE FIRST READING FOR THE CITY INITIATED ZONING CASE P2025RZ-002-10. SECOND.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED? THE MOTION PASSES.

OKAY. AND NOW THANK YOU, DIRECTOR SMITH, FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.

OH, WHAT'S THE DISCUSSION? YES. I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CITY INITIATED ZONING CASE NUMBER TWO.

P2025RZ-002-10. SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? DISCUSSION. DISCUSSION. GO. I'M SORRY. WERE WE GOING TO ADD IN THE ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS.

I'M SORRY. SHE ADDRESSED IT PRIOR TO YOUR ARRIVAL, THAT THEY ARE CONFIDENT THAT OUR ZONING ORDINANCES WILL COVER EVERYTHING THAT WAS DISCUSSED AT THE WORK SESSION.

IT'S TO MY UNDERSTANDING, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT HER TO ELABORATE.

STAFF DIDN'T RECOMMEND TO REMOVE THE ADDITIONAL PERMITTED USES FROM THE C L DISTRICT.

FURTHER RESTRICTING USES ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS WOULD CREATE INCONSISTENCIES WITH THE ADOPTED ZONING ORDINANCE, AND MAY RESULT IN UNINTENDED LIMITATIONS ON THE PROPERTY'S REASONABLE ECONOMIC USE, AND MODIFYING PERMITTED USES OUTSIDE OF THE ORDINANCE FRAMEWORK ESTABLISHES A PRECEDENT THAT IS DIFFICULT TO APPLY CONSISTENTLY ACROSS FUTURE CASES.

AND BECAUSE THIS IS A CITY INITIATED REZONING, STAFF HELD OUR STANCE ON LIMITING THE EXCLUSION TO INTO NIGHTCLUB.

COUNCILWOMAN. I THINK WE WAIVE THE FIRST. BUT THIS IS.

THIS WILL BE ADDED TO THE. WHAT IS IT? THE NEXT REGULAR MEETING.

GO AHEAD. SO, MAYOR, IF THE MOTION TO APPROVE WITH THE STAFF CONDITION MADE BY COUNCIL WOMAN MARTIN ROGERS I'M NOT SURE IF IT'S GOTTEN A SECOND YET OR NOT.

I DIDN'T IT DID. OKAY. IF IT'S APPROVED WITH THE MOTION AND THE SECOND, THEN IT WILL NOT APPEAR ON ANY ADDITIONAL AGENDA.

BECAUSE THE FIRST READING WAS WAIVED AND A MOTION TO DISPOSE OF THE ITEM WAS MADE, SECONDED AND PROPERLY APPROVED.

BUT THE MOTION, AS I UNDERSTAND IT CURRENTLY, IS THAT IT WOULD BE TO APPROVE WITH THE STAFF CONDITION OF LIMITING OR PROHIBITING A NIGHTCLUB USE, BUT ALL OTHER HCL USES WOULD BE ALLOWED ON THE PROPERTY.

AMEN. AND SO JUST TO ALSO CLARIFY, AND I THINK THIS MAY HELP COUNCIL MEMBER ZIEGLER, IS THAT THE PROPERTY IS OWNED BY THE CITY, CORRECT? THE PROPERTY IS NOT ZONED OWNED BY THE CITY.

OKAY. NEVER MIND. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO WITH THIS NOW WE CAN MOVE FORWARD UNLESS THERE IS ANOTHER.

ARE YOU STILL IN? OKAY. THERE HAS BEEN. WHAT IS THE RULE? YES, SIR. CAN WE JUST GET A CONFIRMATION ON WHETHER THE MOTION.

THE SECOND AND A VOTE WAS MADE ON THIS ITEM, I HAVE IT.

THE, THE MOTION TO ADOPT THE ORDINANCE WAS FROM MARTIN ROGERS.

CALDWELL SECONDED THE MOTION CARRIED. AND THERE WAS A VOTE OR THAT WAS NOT THERE WAS NO VOTE.

OKAY. THERE'S NOT BEEN A VOTE. THERE'S JUST A MOTION.

AND A SECOND. SO THE MOTION IS STILL THE MOTION IS READY FOR APPROVAL OR A VOTE.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO ALL THOSE DO WE HAVE ANY MORE DISCUSSION FOR THIS ITEM? SO FOR THE CONDITIONS. SO THE RECOMMENDATION IS JUST THAT WE'RE NOT IS TO NOT PUT ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS BECAUSE IT WOULD SET A PRECEDENCE.

IS THAT WHAT I'M UNDERSTANDING? YEAH. SO THE STAFF, IF YOU LOOK AT THE SITE DUE TO ITS SIZE, THE CONFIGURATION AND A LIMITED ACCESS AND VISIBILITY, THE SITE HAS PHYSICAL CONSTRAINTS ON IT.

SO THE PARTICULAR USES THAT WERE STATED IN THE WORK SESSION.

THOSE USES WOULD HAVE A VERY DIFFICULT TIME TO BE DEVELOPED ON SITE.

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OKAY. AND STAFF IS STANDING WITH WHAT WE HAVE SET FORTH, WHICH IS TO EXTRACT NIGHTCLUBS.

OKAY. I JUST FEEL LIKE THAT THAT SOUNDS SUBJECTIVE TO ME THAT THAT THE CONFIGURATION OF THE PROPERTY IS JUST HARDER TO TO ALLOW THESE, THESE USES ON THERE. I JUST WANT TO PROTECT THE INTEGRITY OF THAT PROPERTY.

AND ALSO YOU KNOW, WE, IT'S SANDWICHED IN BETWEEN JEFFERSON PARK AND COLONIAL HILLS AND WE HAVE TRI CITIES A STONE'S THROW AWAY FROM THIS PROPERTY.

SO FOR ME, I FEEL LIKE THAT WE SHOULD PUT ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS ON THERE.

AND THE VERY LEAST, WE NEED TO HAVE A MOTION THAT ACCEPTS THE CONDITION OF THE NIGHTCLUB.

BUT YEAH, I, I WOULD ADD IN MORE CONDITIONS. THE CONDITIONS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT IN THE LAST MEETING, WHICH WERE NO TIRE SHOPS, NO GAMBLING, NO PAWN SHOPS ALL THOSE ADDITIONAL USES THAT COULD POTENTIALLY GO THERE. IN THE EVENT THEY WERE, THEY WOULD BE SOLD TO AN OWNER WHO WOULD WANT TO DO THAT.

COUNCILWOMAN MITCHELL THANK YOU. DO YOU HAVE A LIST OF ALLOWABLE USES FOR THAT? I THINK THAT MIGHT BE HELPFUL BECAUSE I'M THINKING IF IT'S NOT ALLOWABLE, I THINK WE CAN MAKE, YOU KNOW, 100 THINGS WE RECOMMEND THAT DON'T GO THERE, BUT I THINK IT MIGHT BE HELPFUL IF WE HAVE A LIST IS A RELIABLE DIRECTOR, SMITH. YES. OKAY. THANK YOU.

YES, I'M GETTING THEM. THANK YOU.

OKAY. IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING REALLY QUICK. IF IT'S NOT ON THIS ALLOWABLE USAGE LIST, IT'S NOT WILL NOT BE ABLE TO GO ON THIS PROPERTY.

I'M GOING TO READ THEM OFF FOR YOU, MR. COUNCILMAN MITCHELL.

AND THEY ARE UP ON THE SCREEN AS WELL. PERMITTED USES UNDER CL NUMBER ONE AMUSEMENT.

INDOOR COMMERCIAL. NUMBER TWO AMUSEMENT. OUTDOOR COMMERCIAL NUMBER THREE ART GALLERIES PERMITTED USE.

NUMBER FOUR. BANKS AND OTHER FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS INCLUDING LOAN AND FINANCE COMPANIES.

USE NUMBER FIVE IS BREWPUBS. USE NUMBER SIX IS COUNTRY INN.

THERE ARE MULTIPLE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT USE.

NUMBER SEVEN IS FOOD STORES. NUMBER EIGHT IS HOTEL.

MOTEL. NUMBER NINE IS HOTEL APARTMENT USE NUMBER TEN LIBRARIES 11 MUSIC, MOVIE THEATER 12.

MUSEUMS 13. NIGHTCLUB 14. OFFICE BUSINESS 15.

OFFICE PROFESSIONAL. 16. PAWN SHOP TITLE PAWN AND OTHER SIMILAR USES ARE PROHIBITED.

17 RETAIL SALES ESTABLISHMENT GENERAL MERCHANDISE 18 RETAIL SALES SPECIALTY 19 RESTAURANT BARS, GRILLS, TAVERNS, CAFES, DRIVE INS, FAST FOOD FACILITIES AND SIMILAR EATING DRINKING ESTABLISHMENT.

THERE ARE THREE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS IN REFERENCE TO RESTAURANTS.

NUMBER 20 IS TASTING. ROOM 21 IS THEATRICAL COMMUNITY CENTER.

SO IF ANYONE DISAGREED WITH. IF WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE TYPE OF ESTABLISHMENTS WEREN'T BUILT IN, THAT LAND, WOULD HAVE TO COME FOR THAT LIST. WOULD THAT MAKE SENSE? SO SAY WE DIDN'T AGREE WITH, LET'S SAY, A TASTING ROOM OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT SINCE IT'S AN ALLOWABLE USE.

I GUESS IF SOMEBODY HAD A DISAGREEMENT WITH THAT OR THE COUNCIL HAD TO DISAGREE WITH THAT, LIKE WE HAVE NIGHTCLUB ON HERE EARLIER, THAT'S NOT ALLOWED FOR THIS PROPERTY.

SO IF ANYTHING LIKE THAT WOULD HAVE TO COME FROM THE LIST OF ALLOWABLE USES.

OKAY. GOTCHA. THANK YOU. COUNCILWOMAN CALDWELL.

SO I JUST HAD A QUICK QUESTION. IF THIS ITEM IS APPROVED, THEN CAN YOU WALK US THROUGH THE PERMITTING PROCESS? AND CLARIFY IF THERE ARE ANY STAGES IN WHICH COUNCIL WOULD HAVE THE ABILITY TO INFLUENCE OR SHAPE WHAT'S BEING BUILT THERE.

THESE ARE USES THAT ARE PERMITTED BY. RIGHT. SO THEY WOULD NOT COME BACK BEFORE COUNCIL FOR ANY TYPE OF REVIEW.

OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. ANYBODY ELSE? OKAY, SO WE'VE WRAPPED UP THE DISCUSSION FOR THIS ITEM.

OKAY. DISCUSSION IS NOW CLOSED. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR?

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ALL THOSE OPPOSED? THE AYES HAVE IT.

WHAT WAS THE. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. WE CAN MOVE NOW TO THE PUBLIC COMMENT SECTION OF THE AGENDA AND

[IX. PUBLIC COMMENTS]

FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS. IT READS AS SUCH. THE PUBLIC MAY SPEAK DURING THE PUBLIC COMMENT SECTION OF THE AGENDA.

THE CITY CLERK SHALL MAKE PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR THE PUBLIC COMMENTS FORM AVAILABLE IN THE CITY HALL.

LABOR LOBBY. PRIOR TO THE START OF THE MEETING, ALL SPEAKERS MUST COMPLETE A PUBLIC COMMENT FORM AND PROVIDE A COMPLETED COMMENT FORM TO THE CITY CLERK BETWEEN SIX 8:06 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 NOTATING WHAT? WHAT SPEAKERS SHALL RECEIVE THE TIME HIS OR HER COMMENT ON HIS OR HER COMMENT FORM PROVIDED THAT THE SPEAKER GIVEN HIS OR HER FORM THAT HE OR SHE GIVES ALL OR PART OF HER FORM TO UP TO THREE MINUTES TO ANOTHER SPEAKER FOR THE TOTAL OF SIX MINUTES PER SPEAKING TIME.

SPEAKERS MAY ADDRESS THE COUNCIL ONLY ONCE DURING THE TIME OF THE AGENDA.

SPEAKERS MUST IDENTIFY THEMSELVES IN THEIR ADDRESS PRIOR TO SPEAKING.

QUESTIONS FROM THE SPEAKER MAY NOT BE ADDRESSED DURING THE PUBLIC SPEAKING SESSION OF THE AGENDA.

EAST POINT RESIDENTS SHALL HAVE PRIOR PRIORITY OVER OTHER SPEAKERS.

THERE WILL BE A TOTAL OF. THERE WILL BE A TOTAL OF NOT MORE THAN 60 MINUTES PER PUBLIC SPEAKING SECTION OF THE AGENDA. SPEAKERS MAY ONLY ADDRESS THE PRESIDING OFFICER.

SPEAKERS SHALL OBSERVE ALL RULES AND DECORUM.

NO DEBATE, DISRESPECT OR OBSCENITIES SHALL BE TOLERATED.

THE PRESIDING OFFICERS SHALL RULE ANY SUCH INDIVIDUALS OUT OF ORDER THAT FAILS TO COMPLY WITH THE FOREGOING.

ALL RIGHT. AND, MADAM CITY CLERK, DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS? YES, MA'AM. WE HAVE 17 PUBLIC COMMENTS THIS EVENING.

OKAY. UP FIRST WE HAVE MISS MARIE TERRY. THE TIME.

DO WE HAVE THE TIME FOR THE PRESENTATION? OKAY.

GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL.

MY NAME IS MARIE TERRY. I AM A RESIDENT OF EASTPOINTE.

I'M HERE TONIGHT TO SPEAK ON ACCOUNTABILITY, FAIRNESS AND THE IMPACT OF CITY DECISIONS ON EVERYDAY RESIDENTS.

ISSUE ONE SIDEWALK VEGETATION. YOUR HAD SIDEWALKS PUT IN ON SYLVAN ROAD AND WHEN YOU PUT THEM ON SEVEN ROAD, THERE THEY ARE. THEY PLANTED WEEDS INSTEAD OF GRASS, NOT MAINTAINED GRASS DIRECTLY IN RESIDENT'S YARD.

AT THE SAME TIME, THE CITY ENFORCED AN ORDINANCE THAT SAYS IF GRASS OR WEEDS EXCEED SIX INCHES.

HOMEOWNERS CAN BE CITED OR FIND THIS CREATE AN UNFAIR SITUATION WHERE RESIDENTS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR MAINTAINING VEGETATION THEY DID NOT PLANT.

I AM REQUESTING, I REQUEST MAINTAIN THESE AREAS REPLACED WITH PROPER GRASS.

ALL OF THE YARDS ON CIVIL ROAD ALL THE WAY DOWN TO CLEVELAND ARE REMOVED.

PENALTIES TIED TO THEM. ISSUE TWO RISING COSTS OF CITY SPENDING.

RESIDENTS ARE FACING INCREASED POWER BILLS, RISING PROPERTY TAXES AND A REPORT OF $27 MILLION SHORTFALL.

AND I DID RECEIVE A PAPER IN MY UTILITY BILL ABOUT THE RISING OF THE UTILITIES.

NOW I AM AGAINST YOU GUYS RAISING THE UTILITY RATES BECAUSE IT HAS A GREAT EFFECT ON ME AS WELL AS THE RESIDENTS.

WE DO NOT NEED YOU GUYS TO RAISE THAT. AND I'M ALSO AGAINST YOU GUYS FIRING ANY OF THE EMPLOYEES.

AND THAT GOES TO YOU AS CITY COUNCILS, ALSO AS THE CITY MANAGER.

I WOULD RATHER FOR YOU GUYS TO ACTUALLY TRY TO FIND A WAY TO KEEP THEM MAYBE LOWER THEIR HOURS, DO NOT FIRE ANYBODY. THAT'LL BE ANOTHER ISSUE.

YOU'RE RAISING THE POWER BILL. MONEY SHORTAGES.

RESIDENTS ARE BEING ASKED TO PAY MORE WITHOUT CLEAR ACCOUNTABILITY.

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I REQUEST GREATER TRANSPARENCY IN YOUR SPENDING, AND I A REVIEW OF YOUR CREDIT CARD USAGE AND PROTECT RESIDENTS FROM UNNECESSARY FINANCIAL BURDEN. AND I ALSO WANT AN AUDIT BEFORE YOU RAISE OUR PROPERTY TAXES, BEFORE YOU FIRE ANYBODY. YOU GUYS NEED TO BE AUDIT.

I'M REQUESTING THAT AT IT, AND LET IT BE KNOWN TO ERIC FREELY.

JASPER HUMAN WHO'S NOT HERE. ANDRE. CALDWELL.

LATONYA. MARTIN. ROGERS. MAYOR. KEISHA. CHAPMAN.

SHAUN. ATKINS. CARRIE. ZEIGLER. JERMAINE. MITCHELL.

STARC. CUMMINGS. I HAVE FILED AN ETHICS COMPLAINT AGAINST ALL OF YOU GUYS BECAUSE Y'ALL SPENDING IS RIDICULOUS.

Y'ALL HAVE NO RESPECT FOR THE CREDIT CARDS THAT WE GIVE YOU GUYS.

NO RESPECT AT ALL. AND I'M TELLING YOU, I AM AGAINST RAISING MY PROPERTY TAXES AND I'M AGAINST RAISING MY LIGHT BILL TOO.

I'M AGAINST THAT. SO I'M TELLING YOU GUYS NOW, DON'T DO IT.

UP NEXT, WE HAVE MR. GRIFFIN. MR. GRIFFIN OH THANK YOU.

YES. IT'S A TOUGH ACT TO FOLLOW, THOUGH. GOOD EVENING, MADAM MAYOR.

MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. MY NAME IS GREG FAN AND ALL Y'ALL KNOW ME.

SO THIS IS WHAT I WANT TO JUST TALK ABOUT. I GOT ABOUT THREE THINGS.

ONE, EITHER Y'ALL DON'T KNOW HOW TO USE THE MICS, OR YOU NEED TO GET SOME NEW MICS, CUZ WE TIRED OF Y'ALL DOWN HERE AND TALKING.

WE KNOW WHAT Y'ALL TALKING ABOUT. I SIT AND LISTEN TO COUNCIL MEETING THE OTHER OTHER NIGHT.

AND I STAYED AT 1:00 AND TRYING TO HEAR AND I COULDN'T HEAR ANYTHING.

SO ANYBODY SITTING AT HOME TRYING TO LISTEN TO COUNCIL ME, THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT Y'ALL TALKING ABOUT. LIKE Y'ALL WHISPERING TO EACH OTHER, AND WE DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. THIS IS AN OPEN MEETING, AND WE NEED TO HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.

HELLO? ALRIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AM I RIGHT ABOUT IT? ALRIGHT, NOW, THE OTHER THING I WANT TO TALK ABOUT IS SANITATION FEE GOING UP.

I KNOW TRASH, I KNOW GARBAGE, I WAS A GARBAGE MAN.

THAT WAS MY FIRST JOB WHEN I GOT TO HIGH SCHOOL.

CARRYING GARBAGE ON MY SHOULDER SO I KNOW GARBAGE.

LET ME JUST TELL YOU SOMETHING. Y'ALL LOSING A LOT OF MONEY ON FRANCHISE FEES.

AIN'T NOBODY LOOKED AT NO FRANCHISE FEES. Y'ALL WANT TO GO RIGHT TO OUR POCKETBOOK? FIRST YOU GOT ALL THESE HAULERS HAULING GARBAGE OUT OF EAST POINT.

EAST POINT IS RESPONSIBILITY FOR GARBAGE REMOVAL.

YOU CAN CHARGE. EVERY HAULER WILL GET ONE HAULER A FRANCHISE FEE.

SO YOU CAN MAKE MONEY OFF OF THE GARBAGE THAT'S BEING HAULED OUT OF HERE. BECAUSE GARBAGE IS BIG BUSINESS.

THAT'S ONE. TWO. I SIT AND I LISTENED AT THE PRESENTATION FROM COUNCILMAN HENRY, AND I TALKED TO HER ABOUT IT.

I THINK THAT'S YOUR JOB TO TALK ABOUT REALIGNMENT OF THE EMPLOYEES.

HOW DO YOU REALIGN DEPARTMENTS? I DON'T THINK IT'S COUNCIL JOB.

YOU ARE THE POLICY MAKERS. YOU SAID POLICIES.

YOU DON'T MAKE DECISION AS TO HOW GOVERNMENT OUGHT TO BE STRUCTURED UNTIL HE BRINGS RECOMMENDATION.

THAT'S ONE THING. THE LAST AND FINAL THING I WANT TO SAY IS, YOU KNOW, MEN IN THE UNION, ALL THE YEARS I WAS IN, AND I SEE YOU GUYS TALKING ABOUT LAYING PEOPLE OFF WHEN GAS IS $5.

YOU TALK ABOUT GOING UP ON PEOPLE'S TAXES. YOU TALKING ABOUT GOING UP ON UTILITY BILLS.

WE STRUGGLING. WE DON'T WENT THROUGH THIS ONE TIME BEFORE AND WE HAVE KEPT THIS CITY RUNNING.

DON'T YOU DO IT. DON'T YOU DO IT. BECAUSE GUESS WHAT.

THIS CITY IS KNOWN TO RECALL. AND THEY WILL BE DOING SOME RECALLING.

BUT GOD BLESS YOU. GOD BLESS YOUR FAMILY AND GOD BLESS AMERICA.

THANK YOU. UP NEXT, WE HAVE MISSUS CHERYL GRAY.

HELLO, MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL. THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THE TIME TO SPEAK TO YOU.

MY NAME IS CHERYL GRAY AND I LIVE ON BRIARWOOD BOULEVARD IN THE OAK FOREST COMMUNITY.

AND SOME OF MY NEIGHBORS ARE HERE. I'M COMING OUT OF LEFT FIELD.

THIS IS WHAT I'VE BEEN TRYING TO GET HERE FOR A LONG TIME.

I LIVED IN EAST POINT FOR OVER 50 YEARS. THIS IS JUST A PROFIT OF ME.

IT'S WHAT MY FAMILY HAS GROWN, WHERE MEMORIES WERE MADE AND WHERE I HAD HOPE TO CONTINUE LIVING SAFELY AND SECURELY.

BUT OVER THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS, THAT SENSE OF SAFETY HAS BEEN STEADILY ERODED QUITE LITERALLY.

MY YARDS FLOOD REGULARLY. WHAT APPEARS TO BE INADEQUATE SEWER AND DRAINAGE INFRASTRUCTURE.

AFTER EVEN MODERATE RAINFALL, WATER ACCUMULATES AND SITS FOR EXTENDED PERIODS.

THIS ISN'T JUST INCONVENIENCE, IT'S CAUSING REAL DAMAGE.

WE'RE NOW SEEING SINKHOLES BEGIN TO FORM. THE GROUNDS ARE NO LONGER STABLE.

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SOIL EROSION IS WORSENING WITH EACH STORM. I KNOW WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY LATELY, BUT OVER THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS, THE STORMS HAVE IS WASHING AWAY NOT JUST MY LAND, BUT THE FOUNDATION OF WHAT SHOULD BE A SAFE LIVING ENVIRONMENT.

THIS IS A SERIOUS HAZARD NOT ONLY TO MY PROPERTY, BUT TO POTENTIALLY TO SURROUNDING HOMES AND PUBLIC SAFETY AS WELL.

WHAT'S MOST FRUSTRATING IS THAT THIS IS NOT A NEW ISSUE.

WE AND OTHERS IN THE AREA HAVE BEEN RAISING CONCERN AND FILING COMPLAINTS FOR YEARS.

WE HAVE ASKED FOR INSPECTIONS, FOR ASSESSMENTS, FOR SOLUTIONS, YET THE PROBLEM CONTINUES TO ESCALATE.

AT THIS POINT, THIS IS NO LONGER A MINOR MAINTENANCE ISSUE.

IT IS AN INFRASTRUCTURE FAILURE THAT REQUIRES ATTENTION AND ACTION.

I'M ASKING THE COUNCIL TO TAKE THIS SERIOUSLY, TO INVESTIGATE THE DRAINAGE AND SEWER CAPACITY IN OUR AREA, TO ASSESS THE DAMAGE ALREADY OCCURRING, AND TO IMPLEMENT A LONG TERM SOLUTION BEFORE THE SITUATION BECOMES EVEN MORE DANGEROUS AND MORE COSTLY TO FIX.

AFTER 50 YEARS IN MY HOME, I SHOULD NOT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THE GROUND COLLAPSING BENEATH ME OR MY YARD TURNING INTO A FLOOD ZONE EVERY TIME IT RAINS.

I'M NOT HERE JUST TO COMPLAIN. I'M HERE ASKING FOR HELP, FOR ACCOUNTABILITY AND FOR SOLUTION.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THE BIGGEST PROBLEM IS I LIVE IN THE CURVE OF THE STREET.

SO RAIN FLOWS DOWN HERE ONE WAY. RAIN FLOWS DOWN HERE THE OTHER WAY.

SO I'M IN THE CENTER, MY HIP, MY DRIVEWAY TILTS DOWN A LITTLE BIT.

BUT WHAT HAPPENS? ALL THE RAIN FLOODS MY PROPERTY, I.

MY HOUSE WAS BURNED DOWN ABOUT FIVE YEARS AGO.

I TOTALLY REBUILT BECAUSE I LOVE EAST POINT, SO I REBUILT IN EAST POINT.

OKAY. THE CONSTRUCTOR. HE DID MY JOB. HE BUILT UP THE AREA SO MY HOME WAS FLOODED.

OKAY, MY HOME DIDN'T FLOOD, BUT ALL THE YARD IS WASHED AWAY.

NOW. WE HAVE SINKHOLES ON THE RIGHT. NOW I'M SEEING SINKHOLES IN MY BACKYARD, SO I'VE CALLED.

NOBODY ANSWERED THE PHONE. I'VE TRIED EMAILS.

NOBODY RETURNS MY CALL AND I NEED SOMEONE TO COME OUT AND LOOK AT THE PLACE WHEN THEY COME.

THEY DID A LITTLE SHOVEL AND THEY DIG OUT THE TWO LITTLE DRAINS.

IT'S PRETTY BIG DRAINS ON THE SIDE. THEY DIG THOSE OUT.

WE HAVE A PIPE RUNNING IN BETWEEN MY PROPERTY, MY NEIGHBOR'S PROPERTY. BUT NO ONE HAS EVER DONE ANYTHING.

I MEAN, THEY BROUGHT A MANHOLE OUT AT ONE TIME AND DIDN'T DO ANYTHING.

I NEED SOMEONE TO COME AND VISUALLY LOOK AT THE AREA AND THEY CAN SEE THESE SINKHOLES.

THAT'S COMING UP. ONE TIME MY SON STEPPED IN IT AND HE SPRAINED HIS ANKLE SEVERELY IN A SINKHOLE.

SO I NEED SOME HELP. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU. UP NEXT, WE HAVE MISS JACKIE SLAUGHTER, AND SHE HAD TIME GIVEN TO HER BY MISS CHERYL WARREN. SO SHE'LL HAVE SIX MINUTES.

I NEED TO TALK UP. WE CAN'T HEAR YOU CAN'T HEAR NOTHING IN THE BACK.

SO YOU NEED TO TALK UP SO EVERYBODY CAN HEAR YOU.

I'M HERE ABOUT ONE THING. TWO THINGS FIRST OF ALL, WHO.

BRIGHT IDEA WAS TO INCREASE OUR UTILITY BILL.

SECOND, YOU CANNOT INCREASE OUR UTILITY BILL UNTIL YOU GO TO ME AND LET THEM DO A STUDY.

AND IT'S NOT FOR THE MANAGER TO DO IT. IT'S FOR THE COUNCIL THAT THEY HAVE TO BE NOTIFIED.

HOW I KNOW I SPENT EIGHT YEARS AS A REPRESENTATIVE FOR THIS CITY COUNCIL.

YOU NEED TO GET OKAY FROM ME AND THEY WILL GIVE YOU THE STUDY IF YOU CAN INCREASE OR DECREASE.

NOT ONLY THAT, IF YOU THEY NOT INCREASING THEIR BASE COST, YOU CAN'T DECREASE, CAN'T INCREASE IF THEY DON'T GO UP ON OUR PRICE. AND YOU HAVE TO PUT PART OF THAT MONEY IN RESERVE FOR EMERGENCY, FOR EMERGENCY, NOT TO SPEND, TO GO TO TRAINING, NOT TO SPEND TO KEEP THE CITY OPERATING.

CUT YOUR EMPLOYEE SALARY. WHEN I WAS ON COUNCIL, WE MADE EXACTLY $5,000 A MONTH.

BUT WE SURVIVED AND WE WAS ABLE TO GO TO TRAINING.

HOW MANY OF Y'ALL HAVE BEEN TO ME AT SOUTHEAST WITH THE MUNICIPAL CITY? YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW WHERE YOUR TAX COME FROM.

YOU DIDN'T WHEN Y'ALL WENT TO WASHINGTON. I BET YOU YOU DIDN'T TALK TO ONE REPRESENTATIVE ABOUT GETTING MONEY FOR THE CITY.

THAT'S WHAT GOING TO WASHINGTON IS THING FOR, TO GET MONEY FOR US.

BECAUSE IF YOU COUNT ON FULTON COUNTY GIVING YOU YOUR RIGHT MONEY, I GOT SOME I GOT SOME GOLD IN MY BACKYARD.

YOU CAN COME AND DIG UP. FULTON COUNTY CHEATED US OUT OF MONEY OVER $100,000.

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SO Y'ALL COUNCIL IS HIS BOSS. HE'S NOT YOUR BOSS.

HE CAN ONLY MAKE SUGGESTION. Y'ALL ARE THE ONE THAT'S GOING TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE.

AND I WILL LEAD THE PACK IF THIS CITY GO IN THE RED BECAUSE IT'S ON THE WAY THERE.

YOU GOT A FINANCE MANAGER AS AN INTERIM MANAGER AND AN EXTERNAL.

HOW'S SHE GOING TO BE INVESTIGATING HER BOOKS? NOT ONLY THAT, YOU GOT A LAWYER. KNOW LESS ABOUT LAW THAN I DO.

AND I KNOW ABOUT LAW. I WAS MARRIED TO A LAWYER, AND I PUT TWO KIDS THROUGH LAW SCHOOL.

SO Y'ALL NEED TO GET ON THE BALL, AND I DON'T.

I'M NOT MAD AT YOU, BUT I WILL. AND I WILL START RIGHT NOW UP AND TAKE YOU TO THE STATE.

AND I ASKED MISS PITTMAN, I WON A LAWSUIT AGAINST HER WHEN I WAS ON COUNCIL.

I'M NOT SCARED. BUT Y'ALL BETTER WAKE UP AND START THINKING ABOUT THE CITIZEN AND NINE ABOUT EVERYBODY ELSE.

IT DON'T MATTER WHAT HE THINK. HE CAN'T FIRE YOU, BUT WE CAN.

AND GET. AND IT'S ALREADY, YOU GOTTA SAY, THE ATTORNEY THAT CAN'T EVEN BE HERE EVERY DAY THAT'S IN VIOLATED STATE LAW.

AND PAYING HER ALL THIS MONEY. AND THEN YOU GOT A FINANCE MAN GOING TO DO THREE THINGS.

THAT'S. AND FINALLY, I'M PUTTING Y'ALL ON NOTICE.

YOU BETTER START MAKING SOME CHANGES AND GET PERMANENT CITY ATTORNEY A PERMANENT FINANCE INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL FINANCE MANAGER MANAGER. AND THANK YOU. UP NEXT, WE HAVE SHARON LOVETT.

PRAISE THE LORD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

GOOD EVENING. SHARON LOVETT, THE LITTLE DRYER.

OKAY. I HAD KNEE REPLACEMENT. THAT'S WHY I HAVEN'T BEEN HERE.

BUT I'M BACK. I LIVED IN THIS CITY 38 YEARS, AND I'M HERE TONIGHT TO TALK ABOUT THE SUMMER.

I'M SORRY. MA'AM, CAN YOU SPEAK INTO THE MICROPHONE, PLEASE? CAN I WHAT? SPEAK INTO THE MICROPHONE A LITTLE BIT. OH, YOU CAN'T HEAR ME.

THERE YOU GO. CAN YOU HEAR ME, MA'AM? OKAY. OKAY.

OKAY. ALRIGHT. OKAY. SO I'VE BEEN HERE 38 YEARS, AND I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE RATE INCREASE.

STARTING NEXT MONTH, THE. AND NO REAL NOTIFICATION GIVEN TO THE RESIDENTS EXCEPT THROUGH FACEBOOK POST AND A BILL THAT MY NEIGHBOR RECEIVED LAST WEEK. EVERY TIME THERE'S BEEN TALK ABOUT RATES, THE CITY MADE SURE TO NOTIFY THE RESIDENTS.

BUT THAT HASN'T BEEN DONE LATELY. THERE USED TO BE TOWN HALL MEETINGS OR CITY COUNCIL MEETING, AND THEN THE CITY COUNCIL VOTES FOR IT, AND YOU CAN VETO THE INCREASE.

OKAY. WE VOTED FOR CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS TO MAKE GOOD DECISIONS FOR OUR RESIDENTS, NOT FOR YOU TO HAND THIS CITY OVER TO THE CITY MANAGER TO DO WHAT HE THINKS IS BEST WITH SOME COUNCIL MEMBERS EVEN NOT KNOWING.

WHILE YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT CHANGING RATES FOR THE CITY, ARE YOU GOING TO TALK ABOUT DECREASING HIS $203,000 SALARY HE GOT LAST YEAR? OKAY, THAT WILL BE US. SOME MONEY RIGHT THERE.

AND PLUS, WE'RE NOT HAVING THE WWE ANYMORE IN WHICH WE ANNUALLY GET $5 MILLION FROM THE HOTEL MOTEL MONEY EVERY YEAR. AND THE WWE ONLY TOOK 400 000. SO YOU ADD THEM 400 000 BACK IN THERE.

I AM A SENIOR CITIZEN. I CAN'T AFFORD TO PAY THAT INCREASE.

SO I RECEIVED INFORMATION ON SOME OF THE CREDIT CARDS TOO.

I GOT AN EMAIL FROM GAP GEORGIA ACCOUNTABILITY PROJECT.

YEAH. AND IT WAS SHOWING WHERE Y'ALL MAKING ALL THESE CHARGES AND STUFF, WHICH DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE.

AND IT WAS CVS, CASH APP, $200 TO A CHURCH. NOTHING AGAINST A CHURCH.

I LOVE THE CHURCH. BUT YOU GIVE YOUR OWN MONEY, NOT THE CITY'S MONEY.

I CAN'T AFFORD TO FUND NOBODY'S LIFESTYLE. I, I DON'T MAKE $203,000.

EVERYONE'S CREDIT CARD AND STATEMENT NEED TO BE PUT ON THE CITY WEBSITE, AND NO OPEN RECORDS HAVE BEEN REQUESTED ON THESE CHARGES. I WONDER WHY? BECAUSE WE JUST WENT THROUGH THAT.

THERE ARE FOUR AT LARGE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, WHICH MOST OF THE TIME YOU DON'T HEAR VERY MUCH AND I SHOULDN'T HAVE TO REACH OUT TO MY

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CITY COUNCIL. THEY NEED TO REACH OUT TO ME. I DIDN'T, YOU KNOW, THEY JUST DO.

SO AS I WAS STATING, MOST OF THE RESIDENTS IN THIS CITY ARE NOT ON FACEBOOK.

AND THE THE MEETING IS NOT ON CHANNEL 22 ON XFINITY BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT I HAVE.

AND THE THE MEETING IS NOT ON FACEBOOK. SO A LOT OF THEM DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW TO GET YOUTUBE.

I CAN PULL IT UP, BUT MOST OF THE TIME IT'S IT'S OVER WITH.

BUT ANYWAY, YOU ALL NEED TO FIGURE OUT SOMETHING BETTER AND COLLECT SOME OF THAT OTHER MONEY AND MAKE IT SENSE FOR THE RESIDENTS.

UP NEXT WE HAVE PAT SCOTT.

GOOD EVENING. I'M REAL LOUD. I AM A RETIRED SERGEANT, FIRST CLASS UNITED STATES ARMY.

I DID 34 YEARS IN THE SERVICE. I'VE BEEN IN EASTPOINT EVER SINCE 2006.

I'VE DEPLOYED THREE TIMES TO IRAQ TWICE. I LEFT MY NIECE IN CHARGE OF MY FINANCIAL.

I HAVE MY KIDS ARE GROWN. I HAVE A HOUSE BY MYSELF.

SHE EMAILED ME. I T YOUR LIGHT BILL FROM THIS MONTH ALL THE WAY TO THIS MONTH, WHICH WAS.

THE SUMMER MONTHS IS $400. THERE'S NOBODY LIVING IN THE HOUSE.

THE REFRIGERATOR IS OFF. THE ONLY LIGHTS I HAD ON MY HOUSE WAS THE OUTSIDE LIGHTS.

WHY IS MY HOUSE? WHY IS IT LIKE THAT? SO I CAME UP HERE AND TALKED TO SOMEONE ABOUT IT.

THEY SAID, WELL, THAT'S WHAT WE WERE READING.

NOBODY NEVER READ MY, MY, MY METERS. ONCE I RETIRED IN 2013, I WAS AT HOME EVERY DAY.

I AIN'T SEEN NOBODY COME AND READ NO METERS. I NEED TO KNOW.

BUT THAT'S WATER UNDER THE BRIDGE RIGHT NOW. I'M 72 YEARS OLD.

I CAN'T AFFORD LIGHT BILLS TO BE $400 A MONTH.

I CAN'T AFFORD IT. SO I WOULD APPRECIATE IF Y'ALL REALLY THINK ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE DOING WITH OUR FINANCES.

I LOVE EASTPOINTE. I DON'T WANT TO MOVE ANYPLACE ELSE.

SO PLEASE HELP A SISTER OUT. ALSO, MY SECOND ONE.

YOU JUST BUILT BRIARWOOD ELEMENTARY UP THE HILL.

THEY JUST BUILT IT UP THERE. THERE'S NO SIDEWALKS.

YOU'RE CONSIDERING PUTTING SIDEWALKS OVER HERE? I LIVE RIGHT AROUND THE RIGHT DOWN THE STREET FROM MISS CHERYL.

THERE USED TO BE A CAUTION. LIGHT TRAFFIC IS GOING CRAZY UP AND DOWN BRIARWOOD RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE THE PARENTS HAVE TO COME.

AND THE OTHER SIDE OF BRIDLEWOOD IS FOR THE BUSSES.

SO SOMEONE NEED TO COME OUT AND LOOK WHAT'S GOING ON OVER HERE.

OKAY? PLEASE HELP US OUT. THANK YOU. UP NEXT, WE HAVE KENDALL PHILLIPS. AND SHE HAD TIME GIVEN TO THEM BY ANNIE BARNARD.

MARSHALS. THEY'LL HAVE SIX. SHE'LL HAVE SIX MINUTES.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. MY NAME IS KENDALL PHILLIPS, AND I'M HERE AS A RESIDENT WHO HAS REVIEWED THE 2026 BUDGET AND SEVERAL DOCUMENTS RECEIVED THROUGH OPEN RECORDS. I WANT TO SHARE INFORMATION THAT WILL HELP OUR COMMUNITY UNDERSTAND THE FULL PICTURE AND HELP THE CITY MAKE DECISIONS THAT SUPPORT RESIDENTS.

WHEN REVIEWING THE BUDGET, I NOTICED THAT THE CITY LISTS 15000 FOR EQUIPMENT, BUT NO PROJECTED REVENUE FOR THE SCHOOL ZONE CAMERAS.

THROUGH AN OPEN RECORDS REQUEST, I CONFIRMED THAT FROM FEBRUARY 2025 THROUGH JULY 2025, THE RED SPEED CAMERAS GENERATED $238,000. THAT MEANS NEARLY A QUARTER MILLION DOLLARS WAS GENERATED IN THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF THE PROGRAM'S LAUNCH.

AND THAT WAS A YEAR AGO, BECAUSE THIS TOTAL DOES NOT INCLUDE AUGUST 25TH.

I MEAN, AUGUST 2025 THROUGH TODAY. AND BECAUSE CITATION VOLUME INCREASES ONCE THE SYSTEM IS FULLY OPERATIONAL, IT IS ALMOST CERTAIN THAT AN ADDITIONAL $1 MILLION WAS GENERATED OVER THE FIRST FULL YEAR.

WE KNOW THAT THESE CITATIONS OF REVENUE CAN ONLY BE USED TOWARDS LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY INITIATIVES.

SO HOW CAN WE REDIRECT THIS REVENUE TO THAT? THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL.

SORRY Y'ALL. I'M NERVOUS. SYSTEM ISSUES WITH THE READ SPEED SCHOOL SAFETY ZONE.

AND RESIDENTS DIDN'T RECEIVE LEGAL REQUIRED 30 DAY WARNING PERIODS.

THE FLASHING LIGHTS WERE OFTEN NOT WORKING. PARTY WEST AND HAMILTON EAST HOME SCHOOL ZONES HAD DIFFERENT ENFORCEMENT STANDARDS, CREATING CONFUSION AND INCONSISTENCY. AND THE CAMERAS ACTIVE TICKETING HOURS ARE SET FOR ABOUT TEN HOURS A DAY.

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IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO NOT GET A TICKET. THIS HAS STRUCK MANY RESIDENTS AS AN UNUSUAL ENFORCEMENT WINDOW FOR A SCHOOL ZONE, AND RAISES QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW ENFORCEMENT HOURS WERE CHOSEN AND COMMUNICATED.

MY ORIGINAL CONCERN WAS CAMERA DYSFUNCTION, BUT AS I DUG DEEPER, I REALIZED THAT THE LARGER ISSUE IS HOW THE MONEY COLLECTED IS BEING USED.

EVEN WITH THESE PROBLEMS, THE COMMUNITY HAS CONTRIBUTED A LOT OF MONEY, AND WE HAVE TO ENSURE THOSE DOLLARS ARE SPENT IN A WAY THAT BENEFITS PUBLIC SAFETY AND RESIDENTS. SO OF COURSE, WE WANT TO OFFER A SOLUTION FOR THE PROBLEM OR ATTEMPT TO.

THE 2026 BUDGET RECOMMENDS APPROXIMATELY $1.6 MILLION FOR REPLACING POLICE VEHICLES.

SINCE CITATION REVENUE CAN ONLY BE USED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT.

I RECOMMEND THAT THEY BUY THEIR OWN CARS WITH THE MONEY.

WHY DOES THIS MATTER? WHY DOES THIS MATTER FOR THE REAL PEOPLE IN OUR CITY? SO A LOT OF YOU MAY RECOGNIZE ME BECAUSE I WAS HELPING MY NEIGHBOR WITH THE $67,000 WATER BILL LAST YEAR.

AND LAST YEAR. I ALSO LEARNED ABOUT SENIORS LIVING WITH THE SINKHOLES.

AND I ALSO KNOW THAT THERE'S AN INFLUX OF CHILDREN LIVING IN THE EXTENDED STAYS, WHERE THE SCHOOL BUSSES ARE NOW PICKING UP THE CHILDREN IN FRONT OF THE MOTELS.

THAT'S HEARTBREAKING. THESE ARE PREVENTABLE CRISES.

A SMALL, RAINY DAY HARDSHIP FUND COULD HELP THESE RESIDENTS THROUGH THESE PROBLEMS, SO WE CAN CATCH THEM BEFORE THEY BECOME EMERGENCIES.

LAST YEAR, ALSO, MISS YOLANDA JOHNSON, OUR COMMUNITY SOCIAL SERVICES MANAGER, SHE HELPED A LOT WITH TRYING TO ASSIST MY NEIGHBOR AND OTHERS WITH. BUT WITH LIMITED RESOURCES. I RECOMMEND INCREASING HER DEPARTMENT'S BUDGET.

SO SHE CONTINUED MEETING THE NEEDS OF OUR MOST VULNERABLE RESIDENTS.

IN CLOSING, MY GOAL TONIGHT IS NOT TO CRITICIZE, BUT TO OFFER A DOCUMENTED PRACTICAL SOLUTION THAT USING EXISTING REVENUE TO STRENGTHEN PUBLIC SAFETY AND SUPPORT RESIDENTS. PLEASE PUBLISH A CLEAR SUMMARY OF ALL CITATION, REVIEW AND SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS SO RESIDENTS CAN SEE THE FULL FINANCIAL PICTURE BEFORE DECISIONS ABOUT RATE INCREASES OR TAXES ARE MADE.

THANK YOU. UP NEXT, WE HAVE MISS ROXIE DUMAS.

GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. I'M I'M AGAINST THE PROPERTY TAX AND POWER BILL.

EVER SINCE WE'VE BEEN ON STONE ROAD BE LIMITED BY 35 YEARS.

THE TAX BEEN GOING UP JUST ABOUT. HIGHER AND HIGHER AND I'M A RESIDENT OF EAST POINT.

I'M A SENIOR CITIZEN AND EVERYTHING. YOU KNOW WE DON'T GET A WE GET TO CHECK THAT ONCE A MONTH.

WE GOT TO STRETCH THAT CHECK ONCE A MONTH TO MAKE FOR ANOTHER MONTH.

AND THAT'S IT'S TOUGH WHEN YOUR TAXES GOING UP.

I DON'T THINK I'M, I'M NOT LIKE I SAID, I'M NOT GOING TO BEAT UP ON NOBODY.

EVERYBODY KNOW RIGHT FROM WRONG. WE DO NEED HELP AND WE NEED TO CLEAN IT UP.

WE NEED TO EVER NEED TO BE CLEANED UP. THE BUSHES IN THE ROAD YOU GO BY, YOU SCRATCH YOUR CARS UP AND EVERYTHING.

AND HE'S PROBABLY GOT TO A POINT LIKE A GHETTO BECAUSE THERE AIN'T NO CLEANING UP AROUND THAT AREA.

AND THEN YOU SEE PEOPLE OUT THERE EVERY NOW AND THEN TRYING TO PICK UP PAPER AND STUFF.

AND WE PICK UP PAPER ALL THE TIME IN OUR YARD AND STUFF DOWN THE STREET. YOU SEE PAPER AND STUFF, AND WE PAYING AS MUCH TAX.

WE NEED TO CLEAN IT UP. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY DOING SITTING IN THE TRUCK.

I SEE SOME OF THEM SITTING UP THE. PROBABLY ATE TOO MUCH.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING, BUT WE NEED SOMEBODY TO CLEAN UP EACH PRINT.

WE GO IN THE OTHER PLACE. IT'S CLEAN, BUT EACH PRINT IS NOT CLEAN.

I LIKE EAST PRINT. I'VE BEEN THERE FOR YEARS IN EAST PRINT AND I LOVE IT.

THAT'S A NICE PLACE, BUT I DON'T THINK Y'ALL KNOW WHAT, RIGHT? Y'ALL KNOW WHAT'S WRONG AND GOD SEE IT ALL. Y'ALL BE BLESSED.

UP NEXT WE HAVE ANTHONY DERUBEIS.

GOOD EVENING MAYOR. GOOD EVENING COUNCIL. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK.

TONY DERUBEIS. I LIVE DOWN AT THE END OF EASTPOINTE STREET.

BEEN HERE ABOUT 16 YEARS. THREE SMALL ITEMS. I FEEL OVERWHELMED BY ALL THE COMMENTS SO FAR.

MAYOR CHAPMAN, WHEN YOU WERE RUNNING FOR OFFICE.

I ASKED YOU IF YOU COULD RUN A COUNCIL MEETING FOR THREE IN UNDER THREE HOURS.

THE FIRST ONE WAS PROMISING. WHEN I SEE AN AGENDA, TAKE 30 MINUTES TO GET THROUGH.

SOMETHING'S WRONG. YOU GOT TO SIT. FIGURE OUT YOUR AGENDA.

PEOPLE ARE MAKING SUGGESTIONS EVERY WEEK FOR THE SAME ITEMS TO BE MOVED AROUND.

TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION. FIX THE AGENDA.

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GET IT DONE IN FIVE MINUTES. CITY MANAGER JONES COUNCILWOMAN HEMMING HAS BEEN HAVING BUDGET MEETINGS FOR THE TOWN'S FOLKS, AND I OPENED MY 2026 FISCAL YEAR BUDGET TODAY, MADE MY SPREADSHEET TO GET READY FOR THE 27 BUDGET COMING OUT. I WENT TO FIND YOUR VARIANCES ONLINE.

NOTHING'S BEEN POSTED FOR FISCAL YEAR 2026. EVERYTHING STOPPED IN APRIL OF 2025, SO I'D LOVE TO SEE THE VARIANCES SO I COULD SEE WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN THE BUDGET COMES OUT THIS YEAR. HOW CLOSE WERE WE? HOW CLOSE ARE THE ESTIMATES FOR REVENUE AND EXPENDITURES.

THANK YOU. FINALLY, IN FEBRUARY OF 2025, I WAS KINDLY NOMINATED BY COUNCILMAN ATKINS TO THE UTILITY ADVISORY BOARD. IT HAS BEEN OVER A YEAR.

IT HAS STILL NOT BEEN SEATED. I HAVE WATCHED TWO PRESENTATIONS ONLINE FROM ELECTRIFIED CITY OF GEORGIA AND THE SANITATION SOLID WASTE. ALL OF THESE PRESENTATIONS COULD BE GOING TO THE BOARD TO BE DIGESTED.

SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO DEAL WITH ALL THE MINUTIA OF THE DATA THAT'S COMING IN FRONT OF YOU.

I RAN THROUGH THE NUMBERS TODAY. I FEEL FOR THE PEOPLE WHO CAN'T AFFORD THEIR UTILITY BILLS.

ANY PERSON WHO, WITH OVER 2000 KILOWATT HOURS ON THEIR BILL, SHOULD IMMEDIATELY BE REVIEWED BY THE ELECTRICAL DEPARTMENT IN ONE FORM OR ANOTHER. YOU CAN'T GENERATE THAT MUCH ELECTRICITY AND USE IT WITHOUT A MAJOR PROBLEM.

I'LL GO ON RECORD ANYONE WHO WANTS TO SEE ME.

I WILL TAKE A LOOK AT YOUR BILL. I WILL COME TO YOUR HOUSE.

OFF THE RECORD. NO AFFILIATION WITH THE CITY TO HELP YOU LOWER YOUR BILLS.

IT'S INSANE. OKAY, SO I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU DO.

I KNOW IT'S A TOUGH JOB. THANKLESS JOB. MANY TIMES.

KEEP MOVING FORWARD. THANK YOU. UP NEXT, WE HAVE MR. NAPOLEON BLECK, AND HE HAD TIME GIVEN TO HIM BY MRS. PITMAN. SO HE'LL HAVE SIX MINUTES.

GOOD EVENING, CITY COUNCIL AND MAYOR. I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE BEEN PRETTY EMOTIONAL UP HERE, BUT I THINK WE JUST NEED TO START GETTING OFFICIAL INFORMATION FROM YOU, LIKE THROUGH THE WEBSITE OR THROUGH MAILINGS WITH THE UTILITY BILLS.

AND IF YOU'RE GOING TO GIVE US IF YOU ARE GOING TO INCREASE UTILITY BILLS, LET US KNOW WHAT ARE THE RATE, THE NEW RATES GOING TO BE, WHEN THEY'RE GOING TO BE EFFECTIVE AND HOW LONG EXACTLY.

SO PEOPLE CAN BUDGET IT OUT BASED ON WHAT THEIR PREVIOUS BILLS ARE.

IT SAID THAT WE'RE CONSIDERING LAYING OFF FRONT LINE EMPLOYEES.

OKAY. IF WE DO THAT, WHAT DEPARTMENTS ARE GOING TO BE AFFECTED? OUR ESSENTIAL DEPARTMENTS LIKE THE SEWER, WATER AND ELECTRICITY.

THEY HAVE SOME STAFFING SHORTAGES. SO HOW ARE WE GOING TO LAY OFF PEOPLE IF IT'S I MEAN, WILL THE LAYOFFS AFFECT THOSE DEPARTMENTS? AND IF WE LAY OFF PEOPLE, WHAT ARE THE SEPARATION PACKAGES THAT WE'RE GOING TO OFFER THEM? WILL IT BE A SIX MONTH OR EIGHT MONTH? WHAT ABOUT THEIR BENEFITS? I MEAN, HOW DO WE HANDLE THAT? SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE NEED TO LOOK AT.

AND WILL WE PUT THEM ON SOME KIND OF A RECALL LIST.

SO IF WE LAY PEOPLE OFF, WILL THEY BE ABLE TO COME BACK AND GET THAT INFORMATION OUT THERE IF WE HAVE TO DO THAT? WHAT ARE SOME OF THE EXPENSES WE CAN ELIMINATE NON-ESSENTIAL.

WHAT DEPARTMENTS CAN WE TRIM FAT? WHAT CAN WE DO? YOU KNOW, CAN WE YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS HIRING, EVERYBODY'S TALKING ABOUT WE NEED A BUDGET ANALYSIS.

WE NEED AN INTERNAL AUDIT. WE NEED AN EXTERNAL AUDITOR.

WHEN CAN WE DO THIS AND HOW FAST CAN WE DO IT AND WITHOUT THE EMOTIONS BEHIND IT.

I MEAN, IF WE DO NEED TO GO UP ON RATES, WHAT ARE YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE THE RATES FOR WHAT WHAT ARE WE GOING TO IMPROVE? WILL IT BE OKAY? I LIVE OFF THE LOW IN MONTROSE.

WE HAVE POWER OUTAGES PRETTY OFTEN. SO WHEN ARE WE GOING TO GET THAT POWER STATION OR THE POWER SUBSTATION FIXED THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO JUST TELL US WHAT YOU'RE DOING AND MAYBE PEOPLE WILL BE MORE OPEN TO INCREASE.

I MEAN, I'M OPEN TO IT IF IT'S GOING TO BE IMPROVEMENTS, IF IT'S JUST GOING TO BE RUN OF THE MILL AND WE'RE INCREASING UTILITY RATES, I DON'T THINK ANYBODY'S GOING TO BUY THAT. WHEN ARE WE GOING TO GET AN OFFICIAL AUDIT.

SHOW US THE NUMBERS. WHERE'S WHAT'S THE REVENUE? WHAT'S THE EXPENSES. WHAT'S OUR LONG TERM LIABILITY.

PUT IT IN LAYMAN'S TERMS FOR PEOPLE SO EVERYBODY CAN UNDERSTAND IT.

I MEAN YOU ALL UNDERSTAND IT BECAUSE A LOT OF YOU HAVE HIGHER EDUCATION.

YOU DEAL IN ACCOUNTING. YOU MAY BE AN ATTORNEY, BUT SOME PEOPLE ARE JUST EVERYDAY I'M NOT GOING TO SAY JUST EVERYDAY PEOPLE, BUT PUT IT IN LAYMAN'S TERMS SO PEOPLE CAN SEE THE NUMBERS.

THAT WAY PEOPLE WILL SAY, HEY, YOU KNOW WHAT? I KNOW WHAT THIS IS. I MEAN, I KNOW EVERYBODY SOUNDS LIKE EVERYBODY WANTS,

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OH, I WANT A CLEAN STREET. I WANT BRIGHT LIGHTS, I WANT TRASH SEWER.

AND THEN I DON'T WANT TO PAY ANYTHING. THAT'S NOT THE THAT'S NOT WHAT THE MINDSET IS.

THE MINDSET IS WHERE'S THE MONEY GOING? AND I THINK IF YOU SHOW PEOPLE THE NUMBERS, GIVE PEOPLE THE INFORMATION.

I THINK PEOPLE CAN DIGEST IT A LITTLE BETTER.

THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY. UP NEXT, WE HAVE MISS DEBORAH HARGROVE.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. IT WAS NOT EVEN MY INTENTION TO SPEAK TONIGHT, BUT TWO THINGS CAME TO MIND THAT CONCERNED ME.

THE OIL FUEL SPILLAGE AT HARTSFIELD AIRPORT AND THE SEWAGE PIPE THAT BURST ON DODSON DRIVE, WHICH NEXT TO HEADLAND HEIGHTS UNITED METHODIST CHURCH.

THE SPILL HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR ALMOST A WEEK, BUT THERE WAS NO WATER ADVISORY GIVEN TO THE RESIDENTS.

I NOTICED THERE WERE FOUR ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA THAT PERTAINED TO WATER, AND THERE WAS A CONCERN TO WHY THERE WAS NO WATER ADVISORY NOTIFICATION TO THE RESIDENTS. AND IF SO, HOW WILL IT BE DONE? HOW WILL YOU NOTIFY THE RESIDENTS THAT THEY ARE NOT TO USE WATER OR TO BOIL WATER? ALSO, IN REGARDS TO RAISING THE UTILITY RATE, IT CAME TO ME OVER THE LAST 3 OR 4 YEARS WE'VE BEEN PARTYING LIKE IT'S 1999. WE'VE BEEN PARTYING.

USING REVENUES FRIVOLOUSLY, WHAT I CONSIDER FRIVOLOUSLY, ONE OF THE THE FINANCE REPRESENTATIVES CAME LAST YEAR AND REPORTED $160,000 IN TAX REVENUES.

THAT WAS EXCESS OVER WHAT WE HAD BUDGETED FOR.

THAT REVENUES, EXTRA REVENUES WAS IMMEDIATELY VOTED TO BE ALLOCATED TO THE WEDNESDAY WIND DOWN.

I CONSIDER THIS FRIVOLOUS SPENDING. WHEN UTILITIES, EMPLOYEE SALARIES AND OTHER BUDGET SHORTFALLS WERE AT STAKE.

WHAT ABOUT THE REVENUES FROM CAMP CREEK PARKWAY? WE ARE SUPPOSED TO BE COMPENSATED FOR. WHEN WILL WE REAP THE BENEFITS FROM THAT TAB THAT'S BEING PAID OFF? WE'VE BEEN PAYING ON THAT FOR YEARS AND WE HAVE NEVER GOTTEN THE BENEFITS FROM THAT.

WHAT IS THE BUDGET THIS YEAR? CAN BE POSTPONED FOR FUTURE CONSIDERATIONS SO THAT WE CAN ALLEVIATE RAISING UTILITY RATES FOR RESIDENTS. NEW SIGNAGE FOR THE CITY BOUNDARIES WAS SUBMITTED LAST YEAR.

IS THIS AN URGENT EXPENDITURE OR A A DISCRETIONARY EXPENDITURE THAT CAN BE DELAYED FOR FURTHER USAGE. YOU KNOW, RECONSIDER SOME OF THE SPENDING THAT IS IN THE BUDGET THAT CAN BE DELAYED.

SO WE CAN NOT RAISE THE UTILITY RATES. THANK YOU.

UP NEXT, WE HAVE MR. WILLIE JACKSON, AND HE HAD TIME GIVEN TO HIM BY ANITA SMITH.

SO HE'LL HAVE SIX MINUTES.

GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. MY NAME IS WILLIE JACKSON.

I AM A FORMER. WELL, BEFORE I WOULD GIVE YOU A LITTLE HISTORY.

I FIRST OF ALL WOULD LIKE TO GIVE THANKS TO THE CITY COUNCIL, THE FORMER MAYOR AND THE NEW MAYOR, AND ALSO ESPECIALLY THE FORMER MAYOR, ERNESTINE PITTMAN.

BECAUSE OF THEM. I HAVE BEEN ACCORDED HELP WITH PROPERTY DAMAGE TO MY HOME.

BUT BEFORE I EVEN GO INTO THIS, I'D LIKE TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE HISTORY OF MYSELF.

I AM A VETERAN WHERE I SERVED 20 YEARS IN THE MILITARY, THE UNITED STATES ARMY, ONE OF WHICH WAS IN VIETNAM.

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IN. THANK YOU. IN ADDITION, I DID 19 YEARS WITH THE VETERANS ADMINISTRATION, BETTER KNOWN AS THE VA.

I SERVED MY COUNTRY. I SERVED MY COMMUNITY. I ALSO SERVED ON THE STORMWATER COMMISSION.

WHEN I FIRST GOT TO RVA, NOT RVA, BUT EAST POINT, AND THAT AT THAT TIME WE DID RECOMMENDATIONS TO ASSIST THE RESIDENTS HERE IN TERMS OF PROBLEMS WITH STORMWATER DAMAGE TO THEIR PROPERTY.

I WAS VERY PROUD AND HAPPY WITH THAT. MONEY WAS ALLOTTED TO GO AHEAD AND ASSIST THE RESIDENTS IN TERMS FROM OUR RECOMMENDATIONS.

WELL, THAT WAS LIKE ABOUT 2011 WHEN I SERVED ON THAT COMMITTEE.

IT'S IRONIC THAT I WOULD NEED TO REAP THE BENEFITS OF THE STORMWATER RECOMMENDATIONS ALONG WITH THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS. IT'S COME TO MY ATTENTION THAT LITTLE HAS BEEN DONE IN TERMS OF RECOGNIZING AND HELPING THE RESIDENTS WITH THEIR STORMWATER DAMAGES, AND THERE IS A LOT OF THAT GOING ON IN EASTPOINTE.

IN 2024, I DEVELOPED A PROBLEM WITH STORM WATER DAMAGE.

I HAVE A STORMWATER DRAINAGE ADJACENT TO MY PROPERTY, A SINKHOLE DEVELOPED ON MY PROPERTY JUST PRIOR TO CHRISTMAS.

I GOT AHOLD TO THE TO THE CITY. THEY CAME OUT, DID A SURVEY.

THEY WANTED ME TO PAY A PORTION OF GOING AHEAD AND TRYING TO ADDRESS THIS PROBLEM.

WELL, GIVING YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE HISTORY ABOUT ME.

MY WIFE AND I BOTH ARE DISABLED. I'M 100% SERVICE CONNECTED DISABLED.

MY WIFE WAS RECENTLY DIAGNOSED WITH CANCER. WE ARE STRUGGLING SOMEWHAT.

WE DO WHAT WE CAN DO AND WE MAKE THINGS HAPPEN.

IN ADDITION. THE CITY WANTED ME TO PAY A PORTION OF TRYING TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM WITH THIS SINKHOLE, AND IT WAS LARGE. I TOLD THEM THAT I COULDN'T, AND THAT'S WHERE THE FIGHT BEGAN IN 2025, WITH THE HELP OF MAYOR PITTMAN. WE MADE NUMEROUS VISITS HERE TO THE CITY COUNCIL, EXPLAINING THE SITUATION AND ASKING FOR HELP AND CONSIDERATION.

NEEDLESS TO SAY, THERE WAS SOME RELUCTANCE ON TRYING TO DO THAT.

BUT AFTER NUMEROUS VISITS TO THE CITY COUNCIL AND PRESENTING OUR CASE, IT WAS FINALLY APPROVED THAT THEY WOULD GO AHEAD AND ADDRESS THE ISSUE.

OKAY, FINE. THROUGHOUT 2025. OH MY GOODNESS, WHOLE YEAR IT WAS JUST A BACK AND FORTH DEAL. FINALLY THEY STARTED WORK ON, ON THE SINKHOLE AND THAT TOOK A LITTLE TIME TO GO AHEAD AND GET THAT SITUATION CORRECTED. AT THE END OF 2025 AND THE BEGINNING OF 2026.

IT WAS COMPLETED THAT THE SINKHOLE WAS REPAIRED IN ADDITION TO THAT.

OKAY. I HAD INVESTED TO HAVE PRIOR TO THAT ZOSIA GRASS PLANTED FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO KNOW WHAT IT IS. IT'S A VERY NICE GRASS. AND I LIVE ON GREENWOOD CIRCLE, WHICH THE PEOPLE ON THE RESIDENTS ON THAT PARTICULAR STREET TAKE CARE OF THEIR PROPERTY.

MINE'S WAS THE WORST. IN ADDITION TO THAT, WHEN THE CITY.

I EMPHASIZED TO THE CITY THAT I HAD ZOSIA GRASS AND THAT IT WOULD BE IMPERATIVE THAT THEY GO AHEAD AND REPLACE THAT GRASS, THE SAME AS WHAT I HAD PRIOR TO THE SINKHOLE.

NEEDLESS TO SAY, THEY ASSURED ME THAT THEY WOULD.

I NOW AM THE. THE OWNER OF SOMETHING CALLED JOHNSON GRASS.

JOHNSON GRASS IS A WEED TYPE GRASS, VERY CHEAP, VERY.

I MEAN MY. I LOOK LIKE IT LOOKS LIKE SOMETHING YOU SEE ON THE SIDE OF THE FREEWAY.

MY. I HAVE MY LAWN MAN. GO AHEAD AND CUT IT. AND IN TWO DAYS THE WEEDS COME BACK.

IT LOOKS LIKE IT HASN'T EVEN BEEN CUT OR ADDRESSED.

THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE FAMILIAR, I'M NOT A HORTICULTURIST.

I DON'T KNOW THE DIFFERENCE IN GRASS, BUT I KNOW WHAT I PAID FOR AND I KNEW WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE.

IF YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY. I LIVE AT 2424 GREENWOOD CIRCLE.

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COME BY AND TAKE A LOOK AT IT. BUT WHAT I WANT TO SAY AT THIS POINT IS THAT THE RESIDENTS.

I'VE SEEN A LOT OF DECLINE. I'VE HEARD SOME OF THE COMMENTS THIS EVENING.

I'VE BEEN HERE SINCE OH NINE, WHEN I RETIRED FROM CALIFORNIA AND I JUST SEEN A DECLINE IN EASTPOINTE.

NEEDLESS TO SAY, I DO APPRECIATE WHAT HAS BEEN ACCOMPLISHED, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO GETTING SOME ADDITIONAL HELP FROM THE EASTPOINTE CITY COUNCIL. IN TERMS OF GETTING MY PROPERTY BACK TO WHAT IT ONCE LOOKED LIKE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME AND MAY GOD BLESS YOU ALL.

THOSE ARE ALL THE PUBLIC COMMENTS WE HAVE THIS EVENING.

OKAY. THANK YOU. WE WILL NOW MOVE TO COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL.

[X. COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL]

DOCTOR MARTIN ROGERS. THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING OUT TONIGHT.

I DO NOT TAKE SERVING ON THE CITY COUNCIL LIGHTLY.

WITH THAT SAID, I HAVE RECEIVED NUMEROUS PHONE CALLS, SCREENSHOTS AND EMAILS REGARDING CONCERNS ABOUT RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN THE CITY OF EAST POINT. RESIDENTS THAT I REPRESENT EXPRESS CONCERNS ABOUT THE $27 MILLION DEFICIT.

BUT THEN $10 MILLION HAD BEEN FOUND OVER THE LAST 48 HOURS.

AND TO BE HONEST, THAT FIGURE RAISES CONCERNS ABOUT THE ACCURACY AND TIMING OF FINANCIAL REPORTING, ESPECIALLY GIVEN PRIOR YEARS OF BALANCED BUDGETS AND MAINTAIN RESERVES AND EVEN THE CITY RECEIVING AWARDS FOR FINANCIAL COMPETENCY. ADDITIONALLY, MEMBERS OF MY COMMUNITY HAVE ALSO ADDRESSED CONCERNS ABOUT POSSIBLE EMPLOYEE LAYOFFS OR EARLY RETIREMENT OPTIONS AS OF FRIDAY, APRIL 17TH, 2026, SOME DEPARTMENTS AND EMPLOYEES HAVE ALREADY BEEN REASSIGNED, WHICH HAS CREATED A CULTURE OF FEAR AND UNCERTAINTY AMONG STAFF.

THESE ISSUES WERE NEVER BROUGHT BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL AND I HAD NO KNOWLEDGE OF THEM.

ALTHOUGH SOME COUNCIL MEMBERS MAY HAVE HAD KNOWLEDGE OF THESE ACTIONS, I DID NOT.

THE CITY WENT THROUGH AN ENTIRE PANDEMIC AND MANAGED NOT TO LAY PEOPLE OFF.

THE CITY ADMINISTRATOR DOES NOT HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO GET RID OF DEPARTMENTS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN BUDGETED.

THAT IS A BUDGET AMENDMENT THAT HAS TO BE APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL FOR A VOTE.

IT'S ALSO BEST PRACTICE THAT WHEN MANAGERS ARE REORGANIZING THAT, THEY LET THEIR SUPERVISORS KNOW IF THERE IS A STRUCTURAL DEFICIT, THEN ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS SHOULD HAVE BEEN FULLY BRIEFED.

THIS IS NOT HOW LOCAL GOVERNMENT WORKS. AND I'M EXTREMELY CONCERNED ABOUT ABOUT HOW THE ABOUT THE OPERATIONS OF THIS CITY.

WE OWE THE PUBLIC TRANSPARENCY, CLARITY, AND A COMPLETE ACCOUNTING OF THE CITY'S FINANCIAL POSITION.

SECTION 5-101 ON OR BEFORE THE SECOND REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL.

DURING THE MONTH OF APRIL OF EACH YEAR, THE CITY MANAGER SHALL SUBMIT TO THE CITY COUNCIL A BUDGET.

AS OF 7:56 P.M.. WE JUST RECEIVED THE BUDGET.

THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN ATKINS. YES, THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.

AND I'D ALSO LIKE TO THANK ALL OF THE RESIDENTS WHO'VE COME OUT THIS EVENING TO ALLOW US TO HEAR YOUR CONCERNS REGARDING A FEW THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING IN THE CITY.

I HAVE A FEW ANNOUNCEMENTS THAT I'D LIKE TO MAKE.

THE FIRST TWO ARE REGARDING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WITHIN WARD.

BE HAPPY TO ANNOUNCE THAT THE BISTRO BY WHISK IS NOW OPEN AT 1509 NORMAN BERRY DRIVE.

THAT IS A NEW RESTAURANT PROVIDING BREAKFAST, LUNCH AND COFFEE FOR RESIDENTS TO ENJOY.

THEY'RE OPEN MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY FROM 8 A.M.

TO 3 P.M.. SO WE'RE VERY HAPPY TO SEE THAT ESTABLISHMENT NO LONGER VACANT BUT HAVE A THRIVING BUSINESS.

ALSO, I'D LIKE TO REPORT THAT THE VEGAN HOUSE OF PANCAKES, LOCATED AT 1367 CLEVELAND AVENUE, WILL HAVE ITS RIBBON CUTTING THIS SUNDAY AT 10:45 A.M.

AND SO IF YOU'RE ABLE TO COME OUT TO ENJOY THAT, THEY WILL BE THERE FROM 10 A.M.

TO 4 P.M.. LASTLY, I REGRET TO INFORM MANY OF THE RESIDENTS OF THE PASSING OF A LONGTIME STAUNCH COMMUNITY ACTIVIST, MISS GWEN MATTOCKS. MISS MATTOCKS LIVED AT HILLCREST ACTIVE SENIOR COMMUNITY, AND SHE WAS A HUGE PROPONENT FOR ALL OF THE RESIDENTS WHO LIVED THERE.

WHILE MISS MATTOCKS HAD ACCESS TO A VEHICLE AND WAS NOT ON ANY TYPE OF SCOOTER OR WALKER, SHE WAS VERY CONCERNED ABOUT HER RESIDENTS, HER NEIGHBORS WHO HAD TO CROSS STAUNTON ROAD AND WAS THE FORCE BEHIND THE CITY INSTALLING A CROSSWALK AND HAWK SIGNAL THERE.

SHE SUCCUMBED TO HER ILLNESS ON LAST TUESDAY, AND SO I WISH THAT SHE WOULD BE ALIVE TO SEE US DO A RIBBON CUTTING THERE.

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BUT JUST WANTED TO MAKE THAT ANNOUNCEMENT BECAUSE SHE WAS SO ACTIVE IN THE COMMUNITY AND WAS THE FORCE BEHIND THIS PARTICULAR INITIATIVE.

HER SERVICES WILL BE HELD THIS FRIDAY AT PROVIDENCE MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH, LOCATED AT 2295 BENJAMIN DRIVE IN SOUTHWEST ATLANTA.

AND THOSE ARE ALL OF MY MESSAGES. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU.

COUNCILWOMAN CALDWELL. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.

I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO EVERYONE THAT'S COME OUT TONIGHT AND SPOKEN UP OR JUST YOUR PRESENCE, YOUR VOICE AND YOUR PRESENCE DEFINITELY MATTERS.

I HOPE THAT TONIGHT'S ENGAGEMENT FROM THE COMMUNITY SHOWS THAT OR THIS IS A REMINDER OF WHO WE REPORT TO.

WE DON'T REPORT TO OUR CITY MANAGER, ATTORNEY OR CITY CLERK.

WE REPORT TO YOU ALL. AND I'VE LEARNED THAT WHEN YOUR BOSS SHOWS UP TO WORK AND PROVIDES FEEDBACK AND SETS EXPECTATIONS THAT WE NEED TO LISTEN, I DEFINITELY WANT TO ADDRESS ONE OF THE MAJOR CONCERNS THAT I'M HEARING.

THERE'S BEEN DISCUSSION AND TALKS ABOUT A $27 MILLION DEFICIT AND POTENTIAL OF LAYING OFF EMPLOYEES.

I'VE PERSONALLY ATTENDED EVERY MEETING SINCE WE'VE BEEN ELECTED IN JANUARY.

AND ALSO I'VE BEEN APPOINTED TO THE BUDGET AND FINANCE MEETING.

I'VE NOT SEEN ANY DATA TO THIS DATE THAT SHOWS THAT THERE WOULD BE A DEFICIT OF THAT SIZE.

SO TO COMMUNICATE A MESSAGE TO EMPLOYEES AS MY COUNCIL MEMBER, MARTIN ROGERS SAID, CREATES A CULTURE OF FEAR WHICH NEVER PRODUCES GOOD RESULTS. ALSO JUST TO BE CLEAR AND TO RESTATE WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER MARTIN ROGERS STATED, ANY DECISION AROUND LAYOFFS SHOULD COME BEFORE THIS COUNCIL. I WANT TO THANK AT LEAST THE CITY MANAGER FOR PROVIDING US WITH THE BUDGET.

I'M EAGER TO LOOK THROUGH IT AND ALSO TO FUTURE CONVERSATIONS.

MY GOAL IS TO ADDRESS THE NOTION THAT'S BEEN STATED IN THE ROOM TONIGHT, WHICH IS A DECLINE IN OUR CITY AND THE SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDE.

LASTLY, I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE I'VE RECEIVED A NUMBER OF CALLS AND EMAILS ABOUT THE WINTER AND SUMMER RATES.

I TO SHARE THE SAME CONCERNS WITH RESIDENTS. AND A BIG CONCERN THAT THE PROCESS THAT HAS BEEN IMPLEMENTED DOESN'T APPEAR TO ALIGN WITH OUR ORDINANCES. I DO HAVE SOME INFORMATION THAT I'LL SHARE.

WHEN WE GET TO THAT AS AN AGENDA ITEM. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY MORE COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL? OKAY. THANK YOU. AND I ECHO THE SENTIMENTS OF THE COUNCIL PERSONS IN TERMS OF YOU GUYS ARE OUR BOSSES.

WE REPORT TO YOU AND IT IS IN OUR BEST INTEREST TO LISTEN TO WHAT YOU'RE SAYING SO THAT WE CAN COMMUNICATE THAT AND HELP AND HELP THE CITY MANAGER DO HIS JOB. I WILL STOP THERE. BUT I WANT TO SAY THAT YOU HAVE BEEN HEARD.

YOUR ITEMS HAVE BEEN DOCUMENTED, AND I THINK THAT COUNCILWOMAN HEMMINGS HAD SOMETHING THAT SHE WANTED TO SAY AS WELL.

IF I'M GETTING A MESSAGE THAT. IS THAT RIGHT? YES THAT'S CORRECT. SHE'S IN FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS.

OKAY. EXCUSE ME. COUNCIL COMMENTS. OKAY. YES.

YOU'RE MUTED. COUNCIL MEMBER HAMMOND, CAN YOU.

CAN YOU UNMUTE YOURSELF OR DO I NEED TO? OKAY.

SHE CAN'T HEAR ME. OKAY.

MADAM MAYOR, MAY I BEGIN MY COMMENTS? ALL RIGHT.

COUNCILWOMAN HEMMING. WE CAN HEAR YOU AND THE CITY OF EASTPOINTE AND ITS RESIDENTS.

I WANTED TO SHARE I'M NOT PHYSICALLY PRESENT BECAUSE I HAD TO TRAVEL FOR WORK AND WASN'T ABLE TO GET OUT OF THE ENGAGEMENT, BUT I KNEW THAT IT WAS IMPORTANT FOR US TO BE TOGETHER AND FOR ME TO HEAR WHAT YOU'RE, WHAT YOU'RE SHARING.

I HAVE MOVED TO COUNCIL. I'VE BEEN AT EVERY COUNCIL MEETING.

THE VERY FIRST COUNCIL MEETING ON JANUARY 5TH, WE RECEIVED A BUDGET TIMELINE THAT OUTLINED SOME IMPORTANT STEPS THAT WOULD HAPPEN THROUGHOUT THE BUDGET PROCESS. IMPORTANTLY, IN REACTION TO THAT TIMELINE, I ESTABLISHED A SERIES ABOUT LOCAL MONEY ACCOUNTABILITY AND OVERSIGHT WITH THE INTENTION TO HELP US BETTER ENGAGE AND UNDERSTAND WHAT WAS HAPPENING IN THE BUDGET.

AS I JUST HEARD, MY COLLEAGUE, DOCTOR MARTIN ROGERS SHARE THE BUDGET WAS DELIVERED TO COUNCIL AT 7:57 P.M..

SO I HAVE NOT SEEN IT. SO TO THAT END, I AM NOT AWARE OF ANY $27 MILLION DEFICIT, NOR AM I AWARE OF ANY

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RECOMMENDATIONS THAT HAVE COME TO COUNCIL ABOUT THE LAYOFFS.

I WANT TO SHARE THIS AND SHARE THIS. IMPORTANTLY, THERE ARE A LOT OF IDEAS ABOUT THINKING ABOUT DIFFERENT REVENUE STREAMS, HOW TO APPLY THOSE REVENUE, REVENUE STREAMS EFFECTIVELY, AND IMPORTANTLY, HOW TO DELIVER SERVICES IN WAYS THAT ARE EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE FOR YOU.

SO TO THAT END, I WANT THE COMMUNITY TO KNOW THAT YOU HAVE MY COMMITMENT TO READ EVERY LINE OF THAT BUDGET AND TO CONTINUE EXPLORING IT.

I HAVE ANOTHER BUDGET TOWN HALL ON MAY 13TH SO THAT WE CAN TOGETHER WALK THROUGH THIS BUDGET DILIGENTLY AND IMPORTANTLY, SO THAT WE ALL UNDERSTAND WHAT'S BEING ASKED OF COUNCIL.

SO I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE THAT HAS COME OUT THIS EVENING AND SHARED YOUR CONCERNS.

I HEAR THEM, I FEEL THEM ALL THE WAY HERE IN PENNSYLVANIA.

AND I PROMISE YOU THAT YOU HAVE MY ATTENTION, AND I WILL BE WORKING DILIGENTLY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE FOLLOWING THE PROCESS, THE ORDINANCES, AND DELIVERING THE BEST SERVICES TO THE RESIDENTS OF EASTPOINTE THAT YOU DESERVE.

THANK YOU. I YIELD, MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU ALL FOR HANGING IN THERE WITH US.

[XI.3. Proclamation Honoring Lolita L. Higginbotham]

WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SECTION OF THE AGENDA, WHICH IS PRESENTATIONS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS AND THE FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT.

THAT FIRST PRESENTATION WILL BE A PROCLAMATION TO MISS LOLITA HIGGINBOTHAM.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. AS YOU'RE COMING UP, I'M GOING TO.

WELL, FIRST, IT'S A PLEASURE TO HAVE YOU HERE WITH US TONIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND THEN I'M GOING TO START TO READ YOUR PROCLAMATION, AND THEN WE WILL COME DOWN AND TAKE A PICTURE.

ALL RIGHT. AND SO, OKAY, THE PROCLAMATION OFFICE OF THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF EAST POINT, GEORGIA, IN RECOGNITION OF MISS LOLITA HIGGINBOTHAM. WHEREAS, EAST POINT, WHEREAS EASTPOINTE RESIDENT MISS LOLITA HIGGINBOTHAM HAS FAITHFULLY SERVED AS A VOLUNTEER WITHIN THE ATLANTA PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM FOR 33 YEARS, BEING BEGINNING HER SERVICE AS THE CONTINENTAL CONNALLY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DURING 191992 THROUGH 1993 SCHOOL YEAR. WHEREAS, THROUGHOUT HER DISTINGUISHED TENURE, MISS HIGGINBOTHAM HAS PROVIDED DEDICATED SUPPORT ACROSS ALL GRADE LEVELS KINDERGARTEN THROUGH FIFTH THROUGH FIFTH GRADE, DEMONSTRATING VERSATILITY, CONSISTENCY, AND UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO STUDENT STUDENT DEVELOPMENT.

SHE HAD, WHEREAS SHE HAS ASSISTED TEACHERS IN CLASSROOMS, INSTRUCTIONS, INCLUDING INDIVIDUAL ONE ON ONE SUPPORT FOR STUDENTS, ENSURING THAT CHILDREN RECEIVE THE ATTENTION AND ENCOURAGEMENT NECESSARY TO THRIVE ACADEMICALLY AND SOCIALLY.

SHE HAS FURTHER, WHEREAS SHE HAS FURTHER STRENGTHENED STUDENT GROWTH BY ASSIGNING.

BY ASSISTING CHILDREN WITH THE CRITERIA WITH AT THE CAFETERIA, WHILE PROMOTING POSITIVE BEHAVIOR AND GOOD TABLE MANNERS AND PROVIDING HOMEWORK SUPPORT DURING AFTER SCHOOL, REINFORCING ACADEMIC PROGRESS BEYOND THE CLASSROOM DAY.

WHEREAS THE CITY OF EAST POINT RECOGNIZES SUCH SUSTAINED, SELFLESS SERVICE REFLECTS THE HIGHEST IDEALS, IDEALS OF VOLUNTEERISM, AND POSITIVE POSITIVITY IMPACTING GENERATIONS OF STUDENTS AND FAMILIES WITHIN THE ATLANTA PUBLIC SCHOOL AREA.

AND THEREFORE, BE. IT PROCLAIMED THAT I. KEISHA CHATMAN, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF EAST POINT, ALONG WITH THE CITY COUNCIL, HEREBY HONOR MISS HIGGINS.

MISS HIGGINBOTHAM, WITH AN EXPRESSION OF THE CITY'S APPRECIATION AND ADMIRATION FOR HER CONTINUED COMMITMENT AND COMPASSIONATE SERVICE.

THANK YOU. I'LL ALLOW COUNCIL COMMENTS. I JUST WANT TO PERSONALLY TAKE THIS TIME TO SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH, LOLITA.

HE CAN BOTTOM. I'VE HAD THE PLEASURE OF WORKING WITH MISS HICKENBOTTOM FOR MANY YEARS, AND IT'S TRULY REWARDING TO SEE SO MANY OTHERS RECOGNIZE AND APPRECIATE HER HARD WORK AND DEDICATION. HER COMMITMENT NOT ONLY TO THE LOCAL SCHOOL WHERE SHE HAS VOLUNTEERED FOR MANY, MANY, MANY YEARS, BUT ALSO TO THE BROADER COMMUNITY IS INSPIRING.

AND CONGRATULATIONS, MISS HICKENBOTTOM. AND WE HAVE WORDS FROM COUNCIL MEMBER ATKINS.

YES. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MISS HIGGINBOTHAM. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

I'D ALSO LIKE TO THANK THE MEADOWLARK ESTATES NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION THAT BROUGHT THIS TO OUR ATTENTION ABOUT MISS HIGGINBOTHAM'S MANY YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE AND VOLUNTEERISM AT CONTINENTAL COLONY. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING SO SELFLESS AND GIVING OF YOURSELF TO POUR INTO ALL THE YOUNG CHARGES AT CONTINENTAL COLONY.

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IT IS GREATLY APPRECIATED. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

ECOMMENTS. ANYBODY ELSE? DID YOU DID YOU REMOVE NUMBER FIVE RIGHT HERE? YOU GOT A PRESENTATION? NO. OH, JOHN CLAYTON'S HERE.

OH, YOU DO HAVE A.

ALL RIGHT. SO WE HAVE OH THAT'S STILL TAKING PICTURES.

OKAY. COUNCIL WE ARE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD. WE HAVE GOVERNMENT TAX SOLUTIONS BY THE CITY MANAGER. I'M SORRY.

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GO AHEAD. YEAH. MADAM MAYOR I WOULD LIKE TO BRING THE COUNCIL'S ATTENTION TO A

[XV. EXECUTIVE SESSION (Part 1 of 2)]

LONG STANDING, PRESSING REAL ESTATE MATTER THAT WOULD REQUIRE EXECUTIVE SESSION.

I WOULD ASK THAT WE HAVE SOME GIVE SOME, SOME, SOME GRACE TO ALLOW US TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION. BECAUSE A PERSON THAT WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO MEET WITH IS AVAILABLE, BUT WE'LL HAVE TO BE LEAVING.

SO I ASK THE COUNCIL TO GIVE THAT CONSIDERATION FOR EXECUTIVE SESSION.

ARE YOU GOING TO MAKE IT? I'D BE WILLING, MADAM MAYOR, TO MAKE A MOTION FOR AN EXECUTIVE SESSION ITEM, BUT ONLY FOR 15 MINUTES. I DON'T WANT TO GO BACK INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION, AND WE HAVE PEOPLE WAITING TO GET THROUGH THE AGENDA.

DO WE? I THINK THAT I COULD. SECOND. SECOND. I'M SORRY.

YES. DISCUSSION. DISCUSSION. QUICK QUESTION. SO WOULD THIS BE THE ONLY REGULAR SESSION IF WE DO MAKE IT ONE ITEM? THIS IS JUST FOR SOMEBODY. SO IT SAYS THIS IS JUST FOR THE ONE ITEM.

AND THEN YEAH. AND THEN WE'LL RESUME BACK. SO HE'S ASKING TO WILL WE BE ALLOWED TO HAVE ANOTHER EXECUTIVE SESSION.

WE WILL HAVE TO OPEN IT BACK UP IF THAT WAS THE CASE.

THANK YOU. SO, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. DID YOU HAVE DISCUSSION? I'M SORRY. DID YOU? I WAS JUST GOING TO ASK. WAS THAT TIME SUFFICIENT? OKAY. EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR 15 MINUTES. OKAY.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED? WE WILL NOW STEP INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.

THANK YOU. COUNCIL, CAN WE MOVE FORWARD AND HAVE A MOTION? MOTION TO RETURN TO THE REGULAR SCHEDULED MEETING AND CONCLUDE EXECUTIVE SESSION.

DO WE HAVE A SECOND? ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED? THANK YOU. THE AYES HAVE IT.

WE ARE NOW BACK INTO OUR REGULAR MEETING. AND NEXT WE HAVE THE LEGISLATIVE PRESENTATION. I THINK WE HAVE LOBBYISTS. MR. CLAYTON HERE TODAY TO SPEAK WITH US AND GOVERNMENT TAX.

ISN'T IT. OH I'M SORRY. BECAUSE HE TOOK IT OFF THE ITEM BEFORE WE WERE GOING TO ASK THE TABLE THAT.

[XI.4. Government Tax Solutions]

SO. YEAH. THE TAX SOLUTIONS. THERE WERE SOME QUESTIONS THAT COUNCIL HAD THAT STAFF IS DOING, RESPONDING TO. AND IT HAS BEEN ASKED THAT IT BE TABLED BY STAFF.

SO. OKAY. OKAY. GO AHEAD. NO MADAM MAYOR, I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR.

SO, MR. CITY MANAGER, ARE YOU ASKING TO TABLE OR DEFER? BECAUSE TABLE WOULD REQUIRE THAT WE COME BACK TO IT LATER IN THE AGENDA.

IT CAN DEFER THIS FOR A LATER MEETING. YES, MA'AM.

YES, SIR. LATER IN THE MEETING, A LATER MEETING.

OKAY. SO, MADAM MAYOR, WITH THAT, THEN I MOVE THAT WE TABLE AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FOUR SECOND.

OKAY. ANY. NO. A TABLE IS FOR THIS. I WOULD DEFER WOULD BE NEXT MEETING.

RIGHT. ARE WE DOING. BUT HE WANTS A TABLE. SO IT WOULD BE.

IT WOULD BE DEFER. ITS THE NEXT MEETING. ITS NEXT MEETING.

HE WANTS. YOU WANT A DEFERRAL. YES I THEN I WITHDRAW MY MOTION TO TABLE AND MOVE TO DEFER TO THE NEXT REGULARLY SCHEDULED CITY COUNCIL MEETING. SECOND.

SECOND FOR DISCUSSION. SECOND FOR DISCUSSION.

ALL IN FAVOR? NO. GO AHEAD. YES. AND I'M GLAD THIS ITEM IS GOING TO BE DEFERRED.

HOWEVER, AS I MADE COMMENTS IN OUR LAST WORK SESSION, THIS RFP IS 17 YEARS OLD AND THE CITY HAS A PROCUREMENT PROCESS.

AND NORMALLY THE VALIDITY, THE VALIDITY PROCEEDS OR THE PROCESS IS BETWEEN 60 AND 120 DAYS, 180 DAYS, BUT RARELY MORE THAN A YEAR. THIS MATTER SHOULD BE REISSUED THROUGH THE RFP PROCESS, AS THE ORIGINAL PROCUREMENT IS NEARLY 20 YEARS OLD.

WE'VE HAD UPDATES TO OUR ORDINANCES, AND THE ONE THAT STANDS OUT IS THE LOCAL OPTION PREFERENCE.

AND ALSO THIS IS A VIOLATION OF THE CHARTER SECTION 4-3305, IN WHICH THE COMMUNICATION WE RECEIVED IS THAT THIS IS A SOLE SOURCE PROVIDER. THEY ARE NOT THE SOLE SOURCE PROVIDER.

A CONTRACT MAY BE AWARDED WHEN THE PURCHASING AGENT DETERMINES WRITING A GOOD FAITH REVIEW OF AVAILABLE SOURCES.

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WHERE'S THE REVIEW THAT WE SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED FROM OUR CITY ADMINISTRATION? THE ONLY REVIEW THAT I'VE SEEN WAS MAYBE A ONE PAGE MEMO, AND I CANNOT IN GOOD FAITH, SUPPORT THIS RFP CURRENTLY WE HAVE AN ETHICS POLICY FOR OBVIOUS REASONS AND TO ALSO GO ON RECORD.

SECTION 2-501 FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITY. ELECTED OFFICIALS AND APPOINTED OFFICERS HAVE A FIDUCIARY DUTY TO CITIZENS AND SHOULD ACT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES THAT BENEFIT THE CITIZENS.

I SUPPORT THIS BEING REROUTED TO THE OFFICE OF PROCUREMENT, WHICH IS CONSISTENT WITH THE ESTABLISHED ORDINANCES.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILWOMAN CALDWELL. JUST A QUICK QUESTION.

JUST TO GO BACK TO WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER MARTIN ROGERS ASKED CITY MANAGER, IS THERE A GOOD FAITH REVIEW AND REPORT THAT WE CAN SEE? I MEAN, THAT IS BASED ON OUR RULES, THAT IT STATES THAT A SINGLE SOURCE MUST HAVE THAT GOOD FAITH REPORT OR REVIEW.

THANK YOU. SO THIS GOES THIS HAS GONE THROUGH PROCUREMENT.

SO JUST BECAUSE THE CITY MANAGER IS LISTED HERE, IT IS ACTUALLY BEEN APPROVED AND ROUTED THROUGH PROCUREMENT. AND IT IS A SINGLE SOURCE WHICH YOU USE.

THE RIGHT TERM AS A SOLE SOURCE IS A TOTALLY DIFFERENT PROCUREMENT PROTOCOL.

SO I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR EASILY TO BE CONFUSED.

BUT THEY MEAN VERY DRASTICALLY DIFFERENT THINGS.

AND SO MY UNDERSTANDING IS THE CONTRACTORS HAS BEEN APPROVED BY LEGAL, EVERYTHING IS READY TO GO, BUT IN, IN THE DESIRE TO ANSWER SOME OF THOSE QUESTIONS SO THAT THINGS AREN'T MISCONSTRUED.

STAFF HAS ASKED TO DELAY THIS, DEFER THIS TO ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS.

AND APPARENTLY THEY WOULD LIKE TO DO THAT. I THINK THAT THIS IS A VIABLE SOLUTION.

IS THE THE PROBLEM THAT I'M HAVING WITH IT IS FOREGOING THE BIDDING PROCESS.

AND THERE WERE TWO THINGS THAT CAME UP IN THE LAST DISCUSSION, WHICH WAS THE UNDER OR NO COST.

ANYTHING THAT HAS 12,500 OR MORE SHOULD GO THROUGH THE BIDDING PROCESS.

BUT THE TWO THINGS THAT CAME UP WAS THAT THEY WERE NOT ACCEPTING ANY COSTS OR THERE WAS GOING TO BE NO COST TO THE CITY.

AND THEN THE SINGLE SOURCE OR THE, THE SOLE SOURCE PIECE.

SO IS THAT, IS THAT THE REASON THAT WE ARE FOREGOING THE BIDDING PROCESS? AGAIN, I'M THAT'S A LITTLE BIT INTO THE WEEDS FOR ME.

I CAN MAKE SURE THAT THE DIRECTOR. OH, HERE, HERE HE IS.

HE CAN ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS FOR YOU. THANK YOU.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COUNCIL. TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, SINGLE SOURCE.

IT WAS A SINGLE SOURCE. THE JUSTIFICATION WAS GIVEN BY THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE.

IT WAS RECEIVED. IT WAS ACCEPTED. THE SINGLE SOURCE WAS BASED UPON.

IT'S NOT BASED UPON THE ACTUAL RFP ITSELF. RIGHT.

AS COUNCILMAN DOCTOR MARTIN ROGERS SAID, THE RFP IS EXPIRED.

IT'S OLD. WE'RE NOT USING RFP. WE'RE USING A SINGLE SOURCE, WHICH IS A DIFFERENT PROCUREMENT METHOD.

RIGHT. AND BECAUSE OF THAT, NOT JUST BECAUSE OF THE DIFFERENCE IN THE PROCUREMENT METHOD, IT'S ALSO THE FACT THAT BECAUSE THEY ACTUALLY WERE THE WINNER OF THAT RFP FROM OVER 20 SOMETHING YEARS AGO, WE VIEWED THAT PROCESS, RIGHT? WE VIEWED WHAT THEY HAD AND WE UTILIZED THAT AS A SINGLE SOURCE JUSTIFICATION.

SO YOU HAVE YOUR SOLE SOURCE, WHICH MISTAKENLY WAS MENTIONED.

THAT'S NOT WHAT THIS IS. THIS IS A SINGLE SOURCE.

AND SO THAT'S WHERE THE JUSTIFICATION WAS RECEIVED AND HIT THOSE POINTS.

SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE USING RIGHT NOW. AGAIN, IF IT'S UP TO THE WILL OF MAYOR AND COUNCIL, WE'LL PUT IT BACK OUT. WE'RE NOT FIGHTING TO NOT PUT IT BACK OUT.

HOWEVER, THIS IS A SINGLE SOURCE, JUST THAT CAN BE USED AND WE'VE USED MANY TIMES.

SO I DON'T WANT YOU ALL TO THINK THAT THIS DEPARTMENT IS TRYING TO FIGHT AGAINST PUTTING OUT AN RFQ OR RFP.

THAT'S NOT THE CASE AT ALL. BUT WE JUST WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND THAT THE SINGLE SOURCE JUSTIFICATION WAS PROVIDED AND ACCEPTED.

THANK YOU. I'M STILL IN. YOU HAD ANOTHER QUESTION? YEAH, IT WAS JUST DYLAN. SO TWO THINGS. I MEAN, IN THE ORDINANCE SOLE AND SINGLE SOURCE PROCUREMENT IS ONE DEFINITION FOR IT.

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SO ALTHOUGH I HEAR YOU WITH IT BEING TWO DIFFERENT THINGS, IT IS ONE DEFINITION FOR IT THAT REQUIRES THAT GOOD FAITH REVIEW.

THE OTHER THING IS WOULD WE BE ABLE TO GET A COPY OF THE CONTRACT.

I DO HAVE CONCERNS WITH APPLYING A FEE TO RESIDENTS TO COLLECT THE TAXES AND NOT EVEN KNOWING WHAT THAT FEE IS.

SO WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE A COPY OF THE CONTRACT OR ALL OF THE PRICING.

ABSOLUTELY. THE I'M WORKING WITH THE DEPARTMENT NOW AND MAKING SURE WE GET THE THE REQUEST FROM DOCTOR MARTIN ROGERS ABOUT THE FEE SCHEDULE AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE TO PUT THAT WITHIN THE CONTRACT. SO WE SHOULD HAVE THAT SOMETIME THIS WEEK.

THE OTHER PART ABOUT IT, YES. THE CITY ATTORNEY AND I HAD DISCUSSED THERE WAS ONLY ONE DEFINITION WITHIN THE SINGLE SOURCE AND SOLE SOURCE ORDINANCE.

WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT BEING HAVING THAT REWRITTEN.

THE, I THINK AT THAT TIME, NOT KNOCKING THE PERSON WHO WROTE IT, THEY DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO EXPLAIN SINGLE SOURCE.

SO THEY ONLY HAD THE DEFINITION OF SOLE SOURCE.

BUT THERE ARE TWO DIFFERENT, TWO DIFFERENT THINGS, TWO DIFFERENT PROCUREMENT METHODS. THANK YOU.

ANY MORE QUESTIONS? OKAY. HAVE COUNCIL MARTIN.

DOCTOR MARTIN ROGERS NEXT AND THEN COUNCIL ZIEGLER.

COUNCILWOMAN ZIEGLER. YES. THANK YOU. SO IF IT WERE TO GO BACK OUT WITH AN RFP, WHAT BENEFIT WOULD WE GET? BECAUSE THIS IS ALREADY NO COST TO THE CITY. WHAT, WHAT WOULD WHAT WOULD ANOTHER VENDOR POSSIBLY GET US? THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION, COUNCILWOMAN. THE WAY THAT THIS WAS EVALUATED IN THE SENSE OF TIME, I KNOW THAT THIS WAS PAST, YOU KNOW, SO MANY YEARS.

HOWEVER, WE DID LOOK AT HOW MANY RESPONDED DURING THAT TIME.

THERE WAS A LOT OF THINGS WEIGHED IN THAT IN THAT REGARD, I CAN'T SEE IT BEING BETTER THAN WHAT IT IS RIGHT NOW, ESPECIALLY WHEN THIS COMPANY PROVIDES THIS VENDOR ACTUALLY LIKE THEY PROVIDE THE SAME SERVICE FOR NEIGHBORING CITIES.

SO THIS, THIS IS NOT LIKE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE JUMPING INTO A POOL AND NOT KNOWING WHAT'S IN THERE.

YOU KNOW, WE KNOW FROM NEIGHBORING CITIES WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THIS REGARD.

SO THANK YOU. AND YOU KNOW, LIKE THE PRESENTATION STATED WHEN WE, WHEN WE RECEIVED IT, THEY'RE NOT GOING AFTER SINGLE ELDERLY PEOPLE. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A LOT OF EGREGIOUS OFFENDERS IN OUR CITY AND KNOWING THAT WE NEED TO COLLECT AS MUCH TAX MONEY AS WE CAN BECAUSE WE HAVE SO MUCH STUFF WE HAVE TO DO.

YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT DELAYING THIS ANY FURTHER WOULD ONLY HURT US.

AND YOU KNOW, THAT THAT'S JUST KIND OF WHERE I'M THINKING I KNOW THAT I HAVE PERSONALLY HAVE LOOKED AT CERTAIN BLIGHTED PROPERTIES OR CERTAIN PROPERTIES THAT ARE ARE NUISANCE CASES AND THEY ALSO DO NOT PAY THEIR TAXES.

AND I JUST THINK THAT IT'S A SLAP IN THE FACE TO THOSE PEOPLE WHO DO THAT.

WE'RE NOT COLLECTING IN GOOD FAITH. WE'RE NOT MAKING A GOOD FAITH EFFORT TO COLLECT THOSE THOSE BACK TAXES ON THOSE PROPERTIES THAT ARE, ARE CAUSING PEOPLE TO LIVE IN HELL. OKAY. COUNCILWOMAN ZIEGLER.

COUNCILWOMAN CALDWELL. MR. ME. COUNCILWOMAN. MARTIN, ARE YOU IN? COUNCIL MEMBER. MITCHELL. ME? NO. ARE YOU IN? NO, SHE'S NOT IN. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.

THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING. HOWEVER, THIS IS ALL THAT COUNCIL MEMBERS RECEIVED, AND IT IS DATED APRIL 7TH FROM THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE, REQUESTED BY THE MANAGEMENT ANALYST. SINGLE SOURCE JUSTIFICATION.

THE JUSTIFICATION READS AS FOLLOWS. THE CITY PREVIOUSLY CONDUCTED A PROCUREMENT PROCESS UNDER RFP NUMBER 2009-1348 FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES RELATED TO THE COLLECTION OF DELINQUENT, REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY TAXES.

GOVERNMENT TAX SOLUTIONS WERE SELECTED THROUGH THAT PROCESS.

HOWEVER, THE CITY DID NOT UTILIZE THE SERVICES AT THAT TIME.

THE NEED FOR PROFESSIONAL DELINQUENT TAX COLLECTION SERVICES STILL EXISTS.

THE CITY CONTINUES TO EXPERIENCE CHALLENGES IN COLLECTING OUTSTANDING PROPERTY TAXES IN THESE SERVICES WOULD ENHANCE THE CITY'S ABILITY TO RECOVER DELINQUENT REVENUES EFFICIENTLY AND IN COMPLIANCE WITH APPLICABLE LAWS.

BASED ON GTE'S PRIOR SELECTION THROUGH THE RFP PROCESS, ITS EXPERTISE IN GEORGIA TAX COLLECTION PROCEDURES AND ITS NO COST SERVICE STRUCTURE TO THE CITY, IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT THE CITY PROCEED WITH THE GT AS A SINGLE SOURCE PROVIDER FOR THESE SERVICES.

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AND I WILL SAY IT AGAIN. FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITY.

ETHICS. A LOT OF PEOPLE LIKE THROWING THOSE WORDS OUT, BUT THIS IS A PART OF TRANSPARENCY IN GOVERNMENT WHEN WE GO THROUGH THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS. NOW I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'VE SEEN IN YOUR YEARS OF EXPERIENCE, BUT NEVER HAVE I EVER SEEN A COUNCIL OR A LOCAL MUNICIPALITY VOTE ON AN RFP THAT'S 17 YEARS OLD. AND I'M SURE THAT THERE ARE OTHER COLLECTION TECH SERVICES OUT THERE.

SO YES, THERE IS AN ISSUE. YES, WE MUST ADDRESS THE ISSUE.

BUT TO JUST DO THIS AND THIS BE THE ONLY JUSTIFICATION IS JUST NOT ENOUGH FOR ME AT THIS TIME.

AND IT'S ALMOST LIKE THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS IS BEING CIRCUMVENTED.

LIKE WHY CAN'T IT GO BACK OUT? AND IN ADDITION TO THAT, COUNCIL, MAYOR AND COUNCIL NEED TO WORK ON SOMETHING IN OUR PROCUREMENT CODE THAT AFTER ONE YEAR IT NEEDS TO BE REROUTED. SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY.

THIS ISN'T A THIS THIS, THIS JUST IS NOT ENOUGH JUSTIFICATION FOR ME.

THEY WERE OUT THERE IN 2009. WE'RE IN 2026. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.

I CAN SUPPORT THIS IF IT IS SENT BACK THROUGH OUR PROCUREMENT PROCESS AND I YIELD.

COUNCILWOMAN CALDWELL. SO I THINK COUNCIL MEMBER MARTIN ROGERS CAPTURED A LOT OF WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY.

BUT I DO WANT TO READ WHAT OUR ORDINANCE SAYS.

JUST ONE LINE. IT SAYS A CONTRACT MAY BE AWARDED WITHOUT COMPETITION WHEN THE PURCHASING AGENT DETERMINES IN WRITING.

AFTER CONDUCTING A GOOD FAITH REVIEW OF AVAILABLE SOURCES, THE.

THE GOOD FAITH REVIEW THAT COUNCIL MEMBER BRIAN ROGERS JUST READ OUT.

IT DIDN'T MENTION ANY OTHER AVAILABLE SOURCES OR REVIEW OF AVAILABLE SOURCES.

IT ONLY MENTIONED THIS ONE SOURCE, AND WE HAD A PRESENTATION FROM HDL COMPANIES THAT PRESENTED A VERY SIMILAR SOLUTION.

WE WERE GOING TO USE THEM DIFFERENTLY, BUT THEY PRESENTED A VERY SIMILAR SOLUTION.

AND THAT LETTER REFERENCES ONCE AGAIN, A 17 YEAR OLD RFP.

SO I WOULD SUPPORT IT AS WELL. I JUST DON'T WANT TO FOREGO OUR BIDDING PROCESS.

AS COUNCIL MEMBER MARTIN ROGERS SAYS, YES, THERE'S AN ISSUE THAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS, BUT WE DON'T KNOW WHAT WE DON'T KNOW, AND WE DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'RE MISSING OUT ON IF WE DON'T GO OUT FOR BID.

THANK YOU. IS THERE ANY MORE DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? THANK YOU. CITY MANAGER JONES. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM OF THE AGENDA, THERE'S A MOTION ON THE FLOOR.

IT HAS BEEN SECONDED, SO WE HAVE TO DISPOSE OF THAT ITEM BEFORE WE MOVE ON.

CORRECT. I THINK THERE'S A MOTION THAT'S STILL ON THE TABLE, THE MOTION TO DEFER UNTIL NEXT MEETING.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED? NO.

TO DEFER THE MOTION TO DEFER. OKAY. BUT WE'RE IN WE'RE IN VOTING NOW BECAUSE WE WERE IN DISCUSSION.

OKAY. I'LL TAKE BACK MY NAME AND SEND IT TO THE NEXT MEETING.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED? OKAY.

THE AYES HAVE IT. THANK YOU. AND THIS ITEM WILL BE DEFERRED TO THE NEXT MEETING.

THE NEXT MEETING. OKAY, MOVING ON TO THE NEXT ITEM.

[XI.5. Legislative Presentation]

LEGISLATIVE LEGISLATION PRESENTATION. LOBBYIST JOHN CLAYTON IS HERE FOR THAT PRESENTATION.

AND I THINK THERE WAS A HANDOUT. OKAY. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.

I'M JOHN CLAYTON. I'M HERE WITH GEORGIA PUBLIC AFFAIRS.

I BELIEVE I CAME TO SPEAK TO YOU ALL IN JANUARY AT THE BEGINNING OF SESSION.

AND NOW I MUST SPEAK TO YOU TONIGHT ABOUT SOME OF THE BILLS THAT WERE PASSED DURING THE 2026 LEGISLATIVE SESSION THAT I BELIEVE WILL HAVE AN EFFECT ON EASTPOINTE.

I HOPE ALL OF Y'ALL HAVE HAD A CHANCE TO GET THE TWO PAGER THAT I KIND OF PASSED OUT TO EVERYONE.

AND I'LL KIND OF GO THROUGH THAT SPECIFICALLY. TRY NOT TO GO WORD FOR WORD, BUT PROBABLY WILL HIT MOST OF THEM. BUT THE GEORGIA GENERAL ASSEMBLY CLOSED THE 2026 SESSION IN THE EARLY HOURS OF APRIL 3RD, AND WHEN THE DUST SETTLED, MANY OF GEORGIA'S CITIES WERE IN A BETTER POSITION THAN MOST HAD EXPECTED GOING IN.

PROPERTY TAX REFORM, AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, DOMINATED THE SESSION.

THE PROPOSALS ON THE TABLE AT VARIOUS POINTS WOULD HAVE SIGNIFICANTLY CONSTRAINED CITY REVENUES AND ELIMINATED LOCAL TAX SALES OPTIONS OR LOCAL SALES TAX OPTIONS.

EXCUSE ME. NEITHER OF THOSE THINGS HAPPENED. WHAT EMERGED INSTEAD, SENATE BILL 33 REPRESENTS A REAL CHANGE.

BUT CHANGE THE CITIES CAN WORK WITH. SB 33 REPRESENTS A SCALED BACK APPROACH.

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IMPORTANTLY, THE FINAL BILL DOES NOT IMPOSE CAPS ON CITY REVENUES OR BUDGETS AND DOES NOT REDUCE OR ELIMINATE ANY LOCAL SALES TAX.

I THINK THAT WAS A REALLY, REALLY BIG DEAL GOING INTO SESSION.

IF YOU WERE A LOCAL GOVERNMENT THAT THAT REALLY SCARED YOU YOU'RE PLANNING YOUR BUDGETING PROCESS WOULD HAVE COMPLETELY CHANGED.

THOSE ARE REALLY THE MOST TWO SIGNIFICANT CONCERNS THAT MOST CITIES WOULD HAVE DURING THIS SESSION.

AT THE SAME TIME, THE LEGISLATION DOES MAKE REAL CHANGES TO FUTURE TAX ASSESSMENT INCREASES.

CITIES THAT HAD PREVIOUSLY OPTED OUT OF HB 581, WHICH EASTPOINTE DID NOT DO.

THIS WAS A FLOATING HOMESTEAD. EXEMPTION WILL NOW BE BROUGHT UNDER THAT FRAMEWORK.

THIS EFFECTIVELY LIMITS THE RATE OF GROWTH IN FUTURE ASSESSMENT ON HOMESTEAD PROPERTY TO NO MORE THAN THE RATE OF INFLATION.

BY BRINGING ALL CITIES AND COUNTIES INTO THE HB 581 FRAMEWORK.

NEARLY ALL CITIES WILL BE ELIGIBLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE FLOATING LOCAL OPTION SALES TAX, WHAT WE REFER TO AS THE FLOSSED.

AND THAT IS PENDING VOTER APPROVAL AS EARLY AS NOVEMBER OF THIS YEAR.

FLOSS PROVIDES ACROSS THE BOARD PROPERTY TAX RELIEF AS AN ALTERNATIVE.

SB 33 ALSO AUTHORIZES LOCAL HOMESTEAD OPTION SALES TAX, WHICH IS A L HOST THAT PROVIDES SPECIFICALLY HOMESTEAD TAX RELIEF.

SO THE DIFFERENCE IN THEM IS ONE OF THEM CAN BE USED FOR COMMERCIAL RENTAL PROPERTY.

ANYTHING. A HOST CAN ONLY BE USED FOR HOMESTEAD TO REDUCE REDUCE TAXES THERE.

THAT AUTHORIZATION IS STILL SUBJECT TO LOCAL LEGISLATION AND VOTER APPROVAL, WHICH COULD NOT COULD NOT OCCUR UNTIL NOVEMBER 2027.

WHILE SB 33 REPRESENTS A SUBSTANTIAL CHANGE, IS A CONSIDERABLY IMPROVED, CONSIDERABLY IMPROVED OUTCOME COMPARED TO EARLIER PROPOSALS AND REFLECTS A REALLY BALANCED APPROACH, WE BELIEVE, TO PROPERTY TAX RELIEF.

NOW THERE'S A FEW OTHER BILLS BEYOND PROPERTY TAX THAT I THINK HAD A SIGNIFICANT INTEREST FOR EASTPOINTE, AND SOME OF THEM WE TALKED ABOUT IN JANUARY. HOUSE BILL 651 Y'ALL SPOKE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS TONIGHT, BUT THE SCHOOL ZONE SPEED CAMERAS.

THIS WAS PASSED THIS PASSED IN A MORE MEASURED FORM THAN EARLIER VERSIONS.

THE BILL PRESERVES THE USE OF THE CAMERAS WHILE ADDING NEW GUARDRAILS TO INCLUDE UPDATED NOTICE REQUIREMENTS, CLEAR LIMITATIONS, AND A REQUIREMENT FOR VOTER VOTER APPROVAL TO IMPLEMENT OR RENEW THEIR USE.

SO IF YOU HAVE AN EXISTING CONTRACT, YOU CAN CONTINUE THAT ON.

JUST IN THE FUTURE, THOSE CONTRACTS WILL REQUIRE VOTER APPROVAL.

HOUSE BILL 463. I THINK Y'ALL HEARD A LOT ABOUT THEM TALKING ABOUT THE INCOME TAX.

THIS THIS WAS THE INCOME TAX BILL LOWERS THE STATE INCOME TAX FROM 5.19 TO 4.99.

AND ALSO PLANS FOR REDUCTION IN THIS INCOME TAX BY 1.25% EVERY YEAR TO 2035.

AND THE GOAL IS TO GET IT TO 3.99 BY 2020, 2035 HOUSE BILL 295.

THIS WAS THE HOMELESS ENFORCEMENT BILL. I'M SURE YOU MAY HAVE HEARD ABOUT THIS IN THE NEWS, BUT IT PASSED IN A VERY NARROW FORM AS WELL. A LATE AMENDMENT THAT WOULD HAVE BROADLY WAIVED SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY, IMMUNITY FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS WAS REMOVED, AND THE FINAL VERSION INSTEAD ALLOWS FOR A MORE LIMITED LEGAL REMEDIES.

THE REMOVAL OF THE IMMUNITY WAIVER SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCED THE POTENTIAL EXPOSURE FROM CITY.

SO ESSENTIALLY, THEY WERE SAYING IF IF SOMEONE WAS HARMED BY A HOMELESS PERSON, Y'ALL DIDN'T REMOVE THIS PERSON IN A IN A SCHEDULED AMOUNT OF TIME THAT THEY COULD SUE THE CITY FOR THE HARM THAT THE HOMELESS PERSON DID TO THE INDIVIDUAL.

THAT, THAT, THAT, THAT, AS THEY SAID, THAT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY WATERED DOWN. I THINK THE CITIES THEY DON'T HAVE THE EXPOSURE FOR ANY OF THAT SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY WAIVING PENALTIES THAT THEY WOULD. SO I THINK THAT WENT WELL FOR ALL CITIES.

SENATE BILL 447 UPDATES THE LAND DISTURBANCE PERMITTING PROCESS THAT ESTABLISHED A MORE DEFINED TIMELINES AND PROCEDURES FOR DEVELOPMENT REVIEW.

THESE CHANGES WILL REQUIRE SOME ADJUSTMENT TO THE LOCAL LEVEL, BUT ALSO PLACES A GREATER RESPONSIBILITY ON THE APPLICANTS FOR THESE LAND DISTURBANCE PERMITS. AND I BELIEVE THIS WAS A THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS BROUGHT TO US WHEN I CAME HERE IN JANUARY, BROUGHT TO ME WHEN I CAME HERE IN JANUARY. HOUSE BILL 10,009.

THIS WAS THE CELL PHONE BANNING BILL. I WAS A LITTLE BIT SKEPTICAL OF A CHANCE OF PASSAGE WHEN IT CAME THROUGH IN JANUARY.

THE BILL DID PASS. IT BANS THE CELL PHONE, CELL PHONES IN HIGH SCHOOL FROM BELL TO BELL.

SO IF YOU ALL REMEMBER THIS IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND MIDDLE SCHOOL, THIS WAS ALREADY BANNED.

THIS JUST SPECIFICALLY APPLIES TO HIGH SCHOOL.

AND IT GIVES YOU A LITTLE WHILE TO KIND OF MOVE INTO THIS.

IT'S THE 27, 28 SCHOOL YEAR WHEN IT WILL BEGIN.

AT THE SAME TIME, SEVERAL BILLS WOULD HAVE POSED SIGNIFICANT CHALLENGES TO EASTPOINTE DID NOT ADVANCE. NOTABLY, LEGISLATION THAT WOULD HAVE RESTRICTED MUNICIPAL ANNEXATION, FAILED TO RECEIVE A FINAL VOTE, AND IS NO LONGER ACTIVE. THE 2020. THE 2026 SESSION UNDERSCORES A BROADER REALITY.

THE POLICY DECISIONS MADE UNDER THE GOLD DOME HAVE A REAL AND IMMEDIATE CONSEQUENCE NOT ONLY IN CITIES BUT ALSO ON COUNTIES.

CITY OFFICIALS SHOULD TAKE PRIDE IN THE ROLE THEY PLAYED THIS SESSION.

WE HAD A VERY GOOD EASTPOINTE DAY AT THE CAPITOL. I WANT TO TELL EVERYBODY I APPRECIATE Y'ALL COMING THIS YEAR.

I THINK THAT WAS A VERY GOOD HIGHLIGHT FOR OUR LEGISLATIVE SESSION. AND WE'VE BEGUN MANY CONVERSATIONS WITH OUR ELECTED DELEGATION,

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AND I HOPE WE CAN CONTINUE IN THE FUTURE SESSIONS.

THE DISCUSSIONS WE HAVE THIS MONTH WILL CERTAINLY HELP THE AGENDA THAT WE WILL CARRY INTO 2027.

AND I HAD A BRIEF DISCUSSION WITH THE CITY MANAGER RECENTLY.

WE'D LIKE TO START THAT THAT PLANNING FOR THE LEGISLATIVE AGENDA FOR NEXT YEAR, MAYBE IN THE SUMMERTIME, SO AROUND JULY AND AUGUST. AND I KNOW A LOT OF Y'ALL THINK THAT'S EARLY, BUT IT'LL CATCH UP WITH YOU QUICK.

THAT'S AT LEAST MY EXPERIENCE I'VE HAD ON THAT. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, I'M MORE THAN HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS Y'ALL HAVE REALLY PROUD TO REPRESENT Y'ALL.

AND THANK, THANK Y'ALL FOR EVERYTHING. THANK Y'ALL FOR HAVING THE CONFIDENCE IN US. OKAY.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. COUNCILWOMAN.

COUNCILMAN. COUNCILMAN FREELY. I DO APOLOGIZE, I HAVEN'T HAD MY COFFEE YET TODAY.

SORRY. THANK YOU. HEY THERE. JUST ONE QUESTION FOR CLARIFICATION.

EXCUSE ME. ON THE SPEED ZONE CAMERAS THAT TO IMPLEMENT OR RENEW USE WILL REQUIRE APPROVAL BY VOTE. SO THEY WILL.

CORRECT. THAT IS THE YOU CAN KEEP YOUR CURRENT CONTRACT THAT YOU'RE IN RIGHT NOW.

SO IF YOU HAVE A CURRENT CONTRACT AND YOU WANT TO EXTEND IT, I WOULD RECOMMEND YOU DO THAT BEFORE JULY 1ST OF THIS YEAR.

OKAY. BUT IN FUTURE, IF THE POLICE CHIEF WANTS TO PUT ONE IN FRONT OF A SCHOOL THAT GOES ON THE NOVEMBER, IT WOULD BE A VOTE IF YOU WANTED TO ADD NEW SPEED ZONE CAMERAS IN SCHOOL AREAS.

THERE WAS A THERE WAS A REALLY LARGE PUSHBACK THIS YEAR ABOUT SOME SOME MUNICIPALITIES EXPERIENCE A LOT OF ABUSE, MEANING THEY WOULD RUN THEM 24 HOURS A DAY, NOT JUST DURING SCHOOL HOURS.

AND THAT WAS A THAT WAS A HEAVILY DEBATED ISSUE THIS YEAR.

I WILL SAY THAT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. YES, SIR.

THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN AND COUNCIL ATKINS. YES.

THANK YOU, MR. CLAY, FOR THIS UPDATE. YES, SIR.

ACTUALLY, COUNCIL MEMBER FREELY WENT DIRECTLY TO MY QUESTION, BUT I ALSO WANTED TO GO JUST A LITTLE FURTHER.

SO IT SPEAKS TO THE SPEED CAMERA ZONES AND THE FACT THAT WE WOULD NEED TO GO TO THE VOTERS IF WE ARE NOT CURRENTLY UNDER A PROGRAM.

DOES THAT MEAN THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO HAVE A REFERENDUM IN GENERAL FOR THE CITY, OR DO WE HAVE TO HAVE THE VOTERS TO VOTE FOR THOSE SPECIFIC CAMERAS IN THE VARIOUS ZONES? I THINK RIGHT NOW WE'VE GOT TWO, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, ONE ON HEADLAND AND THE OTHER 1ST MAY BE ON CONNOLLY, BOTH AROUND THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS. SO WILL THE REFERENDUM BE ABOUT THE CITY UTILIZING SPEED CAMERA ZONES WITHIN OUR CORPORATE LIMITS, OR DO WE HAVE TO GO TO EACH INDIVIDUAL ONE, AND THEN DOES IT HAVE TO BE RENEWED AFTER A CERTAIN PERIOD OF TIME? SO IF WE PROBABLY. MULTI-POINTED QUESTION. SO IF THIS HAS TO GO TO A REFERENDUM AT SOME POINT AND THE CITIZENS VOTE YES OVER A PERIOD OF TIME, THE CITIZEN SAYS THIS IS TOO MUCH LIKE WE FEEL THIS IS ABUSE.

IS, IS IT THAT WE HAVE TO GO BACK TO THE CITIZENS EVERY FIVE YEARS, EVERY TEN YEARS, OR ONCE THEY APPROVE IT, THEN THAT'S IT. I'LL ANSWER SOME OF THOSE QUESTIONS AND I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE THE BEST ANSWER I HAVE ON OTHERS, SO I'LL BE DIRECT WITH THAT. ON THE RENEWAL, I DON'T KNOW.

I DO KNOW THAT IT WILL BE A CITY WIDE VOTE. SO ALL THE SCHOOLS WITHIN YOUR CITY IF Y'ALL, IF, IF EASTPOINTE WANTED SCHOOLS TO BE ABLE TO LEVY THAT TAX, THAT WOULD BE A VOTE THAT Y'ALL WOULD TAKE IN THE CITY.

SO JUST ONE VOTE AND IT WOULD INCLUDE ALL OF THE SCHOOLS WITHIN OUR CORPORATE LIMITS.

YES, SIR. YES, SIR. YES, COUNCILMAN. I'LL GET BACK TO YOU.

I DON'T I DON'T KNOW. I GUESS THE SECOND QUESTION WAS, IF YOUR CONTRACT PER SE WAS A TEN YEAR CONTRACT AT THE END OF THAT CONTRACT, WOULD YOU HAVE TO GO OUT FOR A RF OR GO OUT FOR A VOTER VOTER REFERENDUM TO CONTINUE DOING THAT? I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION. I WOULD THINK MOST PEOPLE OR MOST SCHOOL SYSTEMS, THAT I WOULD PROBABLY JUST TRY TO RENEW THAT CURRENT CONTRACT THAT BILL SAYS SIX YEARS, I'LL HAVE TO CONFIRM SIX YEARS.

THE BILL SAYS YOU HAVE TO THINK. IT SAYS YOU CAN ENTER INTO A SIX YEAR CONTRACT.

I THINK, OKAY, BECAUSE A NEW VOTE WOULD BE REQUIRED EVERY SIX YEARS.

I BELIEVE THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. WE WOULD WE CAN CONFIRM IT, BUT I'M PRETTY SURE IT'S SIX YEARS BECAUSE IT SOUNDS TO ME IT'S LIKE IT'S VERY SIMILAR TO LIKE THE MOST LIKE WE HAVE TO GO BACK OUT TO THE VOTERS ABOUT THOSE THINGS.

SO THERE'S A TIME THAT IT SUNSETS. AND THEN IF THE CITIZENS FEEL THAT WE NEED IT AGAIN, IT'S ANOTHER REFERENDUM.

AND SO I APPRECIATE THAT. I'LL LET YOU GUYS GET WITH THAT.

BUT CERTAINLY I'M MORE THAN HAPPY TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THAT.

I WAS NOT UNAWARE OF THE SIX YEAR THING, SO I'LL DEFINITELY DEFER TO YOU ON THAT.

I DON'T KNOW, I MEAN, THE IDEA I, I KNOW THIS WAS HEAVILY DEBATED IN THE LEGISLATURE WAS THE THEORY OF THE CURRENT CONTRACTS THAT ARE CURRENTLY MUNICIPALITIES WOULD HAVE OR SCHOOL SYSTEMS WILL HAVE THESE, THESE CERTAIN JURISDICTIONS.

AND THEY DID SAY THE CURRENT CONTRACTS WOULD BE RESPECTED.

I, I DON'T KNOW WHERE Y'ALL CURRENTLY ARE ON THOSE CONTRACTS, BUT YOU MAY WANT TO, MAY WANT TO CONSIDER THAT IN THE PROCESS. YEAH. MR. CITY MANAGER SITTING IN THIS EVENING, IF WE COULD WORK WITH OUR CITY ATTORNEY BECAUSE IT WOULD BE IMPORTANT FOR US TO KNOW BECAUSE THIS HAS BEEN ENACTED.

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651 YOU KNOW, IF WE HAVE CONTRACTS AND IF WE'RE ABLE TO EXTEND THOSE, THEN WHEN WOULD THE STATE REQUIRE US TO PUT IT ON THE BALLOT? THANK YOU, I YIELD, YES, SIR. COUNCILMAN. COUNCILWOMAN ZIEGLER.

HELLO. HOW ARE YOU? GOOD. HOW ARE YOU DOING? GREAT.

THANK YOU, MR. CLAY, FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. THESE UPDATES ARE, ARE, ARE GREAT.

AND YOU KNOW, MY COLLEAGUES KIND OF THEY ALREADY COVERED MY QUESTIONS.

AND, YOU KNOW, I, I REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO PARTICIPATING IN THE EASTPOINTE DAY OF THE CAPITOL NEXT YEAR.

I DID TAKE THE DAY OFF THIS YEAR TO ATTEND, UNFORTUNATELY I LOST POWER FOR MOST OF THE DAY.

AND AND SO I WAS NOT ABLE TO GET READY IN TIME.

SO HOPEFULLY NEXT YEAR I'LL BE ABLE TO ATTEND WITH EVERYBODY ELSE.

WELL, COUNCILWOMAN, YOU ARE MISSED, I WILL TELL YOU THAT.

THANK YOU. ANY MORE QUESTIONS? OKAY. AND ALSO, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY FOR THAT WAS MY FIRST TIME FOR OUR DAY AT THE CAPITOL.

SO IT WAS REALLY NICE AND EXCITING TO LEARN ABOUT THE PROCESS AND HOW MANY BILLS CAN GO ON THE FLOOR AND THOSE TYPES OF THINGS AND ACTUALLY BEING PRESENT IN SESSION.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR HOSPITALITY AND FOR BRINGING THIS REPORT.

THE ONLY QUESTION THAT I DO HAVE IS AT THE END OF THIS REPORT, OR MAYBE YOU CAN FOLLOW UP AT ANOTHER TIME.

IF THERE IS ANYTHING THAT CAME OUT OF THE SESSIONS, LIKE THE TOP 1 TO 3 THINGS THAT EAST POINT MAY NOT BE PUTTING INTO PLACE NOW, BUT CAN BE LOOKING OUT FOR IN THE FUTURE. AND MAYBE THAT HAS BEEN CAPTURED HERE.

BUT JUST LIKE, I MEAN, I CAN, I CAN CERTAINLY SPEAK PARDON ME, I CAN CERTAINLY SPEAK TO WHAT I, WHAT I THINK WOULD BE ADVANTAGEOUS FOR US TO KIND OF IF WE COME INTO LIKE THE GENESIS OF OUR OR OUR AGENDA FOR NEXT YEAR, I THINK WE NEED TO LOOK AT WHILE THE STATE STILL HAS MONEY, MAYBE SOME STATE APPROPRIATIONS.

WE'VE NEVER REALLY GOTTEN INTO THAT BEFORE. I DON'T, AND THAT KIND OF WILL TAKE SOME GRINDING WITH SOME OF THE STAFF HERE TO SAY, HEY, WHERE Y'ALL LACKING? YOU KNOW, WHAT'S I KNOW WE HAVE A DNR HAS GOT A LEASE HERE WITH EAST POINT.

I MEAN, IT WOULD, IT WOULD BE NICE TO KNOW WHAT WE COULD IF WE GET SOME STATE, MORE STATE INVESTMENT INTO THOSE AREAS SOME OF THESE TAX INCENTIVES, TAX RELIEF PLANS THAT THEY PUT OUT THERE. I HOPE THAT WE REALLY HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO KIND OF LOOK AT THOSE, BECAUSE I DO THINK I KNOW Y'ALL ARE Y'ALL DIDN'T OPT OUT OF 581.

SO Y'ALL WEREN'T. SO Y'ALL HAVE THE THE THE THE CAP MAX THAT INFLATION, YOU CAN'T GO HIGHER THAN THAT.

BUT SOME OF THAT THAT THAT F HOST WHICH WILL ALLOW HOMESTEAD RELIEF.

THAT'S SOMETHING I THINK WE SHOULD REALLY LOOK INTO. AND I DO THINK THAT IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, WHO, WHO WANTS TO, THAT'S A JUDGMENT CALL, REALLY A POLICY CALL FOR Y'ALL, BUT WHERE DO Y'ALL WANT TO GO AFTER ALL PROPERTY OR IS HOMESTEAD MORE IMPORTANT? THAT'S SOMETHING THAT AS A BOARD, Y'ALL MAY YOU MAY WANT TO CONSIDER ON THAT. IF YOU GO WHEN YOU WHETHER YOU GO WITH A COST OR AN L HOST ON THAT. THE OTHER THINGS IS THE OTHER THINGS THAT I WOULD SAY OUTSIDE OF THERE, YOU REALLY DON'T KNOW WHAT NEXT YEAR'S SESSION IS GOING TO BRING UPON US TILL YOU START HITTING THAT MIDTERM TIME FRAME.

THIS BEING AN ELECTION YEAR, WE'LL PROBABLY HEAR MORE THAN MOST.

BUT I ACTUALLY GOT TO STAY VIGILANT. THERE'S A LOT OF IDEAS THAT YOU'RE GOING TO COME UP IN BETWEEN NOW AND THEN THAT I REALLY THINK WE NEED TO DISCUSS. I'M GOING TO, I'LL DEFINITELY BE IN COMMUNICATIONS WITH Y'ALL MULTIPLE TIMES THROUGH THERE TO SAY, HEY, THESE ARE SOME IDEAS THAT I WOULD HAVE IN THE FUTURE.

WE'VE DONE KIND OF A OR IN THE PAST, EXCUSE ME, WE'VE DONE KIND OF A FOUR POINT AGENDA A, B, C, AND D KIND OF LOOKED AT IT. AND THEN, YOU KNOW, WE TRY TO PICK OFF, YOU KNOW, 1 TO 2 AT LEAST AND, AND REALIZE THE NEXT TWO, WE MAY HAVE TO COME BACK NEXT YEAR. YEAH.

BUT I'M MORE THAN HAPPY TO WORK WITH YOU THROUGH THAT PROCESS. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME AND THE INFORMATION THAT YOU PROVIDED.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. MOVING ON TO OKAY. DID WE REMOVE ITEM NUMBER SIX? WE'RE NOT MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT ONE. OKAY.

AND DO WE HAVE ANY COMMITTEE REPORTS FOR TODAY?

[XII. COMMITTEE REPORTS]

NO, NO. MADAM MAYOR. MOVE! YES, I HAVE A COMMITTEE REPORT.

YOU DO? OKAY. YES. FROM THE HUMAN RESOURCE COMMITTEE.

ALL EVALS HAVE BEEN RETURNED FROM ALL FOUR OF OUR DIRECT REPORTS.

AND LET'S SEE TO THE HR COMMITTEE FOR DISTRIBUTION TO COUNCIL FOR THEIR REVIEW.

SO WE'LL MEET THIS THURSDAY TO DETERMINE A TIMELINE TO DISCUSS THOSE EVALS AS A BODY.

AND THEN WE'LL MEET WITH THE DIRECT REPORTS INDIVIDUALLY TO GO OVER THOSE TO GO OVER THEIR EVALS.

SO IT WILL BE FORTHCOMING A CALENDAR DATE, JUST SCHEDULE A TIMELINE THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO COME TOGETHER AS A, AS A BODY TO DISCUSS THE EVALS. AND THEN FROM THERE WE'LL MEET WITH EACH ONE OF THE DIRECT REPORTS.

MITCHELL COUNCIL. YES, THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.

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I JUST WANT TO REMIND EVERYBODY WE WILL BE HAVING OUR BUDGET AND FINANCE MEETING TOMORROW AT 6 P.M.

VIA ZOOM. UNFORTUNATELY, WE WERE NOT ABLE TO HAVE ONE LAST MONTH DUE TO US BEING IN DC.

SO THE INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE TO ZOOM IN AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THE MEETING.

THANK YOU. COUNCILWOMAN FREELY. ON A SIMILAR NOTE, THE BLIGHTED PROPERTY TASK FORCE DID HAVE A MEETING SCHEDULED FOR LAST WEEK, AND WE DID PLAN TO HOLD IT, BUT THEN A CRITICAL STAFF MEMBER WHO WAS DOING A KEY PRESENTATION WAS OUT SICK.

AND SO WE, WE DID CANCEL THAT AT THE LAST MINUTE.

SO WE'RE, WE'RE GOING TO RESCHEDULE. THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR COMMITTEE REPORTS.

ALL RIGHT. AND NOW WE ARE MOVING ON TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.

[XIII. CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS]

DOES THE COUNCIL HAVE ANY LET'S SEE WHERE'S MY.

WITH THE COUNCIL LIKE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE CONSENT AGENDA AS IT IS OR MAKE ANY UPDATES.

YES. I'LL MAKE A MOTION. WE APPROVE CONSENT AGENDA ITEM SEVEN THROUGH 22ND.

OKAY, WE HAVE A SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? GO AHEAD.

SHE DID A SECOND, BUT I HAVE A DISCUSSION FOR ONE OF THE ITEMS. GO AHEAD. ITEM 18. SURE YOU WANT TO REMOVE IT FROM CONSENT? YEAH. NO, I JUST I JUST HAVE A QUESTION I WANT TO ASK.

YOU HAVE A QUESTION. I THINK WE GOTTA TAKE IT OFF, SO WE'LL HAVE TO COME OFF CONSENT TO A NEW MOTION OR AMEND THAT TO I THINK IN ORDER TO TAKE IT OFF, IT WOULD HAVE HAD TO IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN DONE AS PART OF THE APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA TO REMOVE THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEM WHEN YOU APPROVED YOUR AGENDA. SO YOU HAVEN'T YOU DIDN'T TAKE IT OFF AT THE APPROVAL.

SO I DON'T THINK IT'D BE APPROPRIATE TO TAKE IT OFF THE CONSENT AGENDA.

BUT IF SHE HAS A QUESTION, I JUST HAVE A QUESTION.

JUST ONE QUESTION TO ASKED. I THINK IT'D BE OKAY TO ALLOW TO ASK A QUESTION.

OKAY. YOU JUST. IS IT OKAY TO ASK A QUESTION? IS IT. WELL, YEAH, BECAUSE WE HAVE A SECOND FOR IT.

AND NOW WE'RE IN DISCUSSION. YES. SORRY. OKAY. YOU READY? YEAH. OKAY. SO FOR ITEM 18, IT'S COUNCIL APPROVAL ACTION ON A VENDOR LAKESIDE SIGN COMPANY FOR THE RFP.

AND THIS QUESTION IS FOR THE CITY MANAGER. SO THESE FUNDS, THIS IS GOING TO COME FROM OUR GENERAL FUND BUDGET, CORRECT.

TO FOR THE, FOR THE PURCHASE OF THESE SIGNS. YEAH, THAT WOULD BE FROM A SHARED ITEM FROM BOTH PUBLIC WORKS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TO MY UNDERSTANDING. OKAY. SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT I BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION FROM THE GEORGIA HOTEL MOTEL EXCESS EXCISE TAX.

ACTUALLY THIS, THESE SIGNS, THESE WAYFINDING SIGNS SHOULD THEY CAN BE TAKEN OUT OF THE TPD, WHICH IS OUR TOURISM PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT. THIS IS IDENTIFIED IN OCGA 48-13-50.26-8 THROUGH P, AND IT'S GOING TO BE ITEM J THAT IT SAYS THAT TPD WOULD COVER THE WAYFINDING SIGNAGE. SO PERHAPS WE CAN LOOK AT REDIRECTING THOSE FUNDS AS OPPOSED TO SPENDING WHAT THE $1.462 MILLION COMING FROM THE GENERAL FUND. THAT MONEY WILL COME OUT. IT WILL COME OUT OF THE TPD, WHICH IS A TOURISM PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT BUDGET.

SO I JUST WANTED TO BRING THAT TO YOU AND THE FINANCE DIRECTOR'S ATTENTION.

YEAH, WE'LL CERTAINLY LOOK AT THAT. THANK YOU, I YIELD.

MADAM MAYOR. YES, IF I MAY, I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY, ACCORDING TO THE AGENDA, THAT FUNDING IS NOT FROM THE GENERAL FUND, IT'S FROM THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT FUND. SO JUST TO CLARIFY, SO PEOPLE DON'T MISUNDERSTAND.

THAT WHEN YOU SAY IT COMES FROM THE CAPITAL. FROM THE CAPITAL.

COUNCIL MEMBER MITCHELL. AND. OKAY. ANY MORE QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. SO COUNCIL ON THE FLOOR, WE HAVE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE CONSENT AGENDA AS IS.

AND THERE WAS A SECOND. SO ALL THOSE IN FAVOR ALL THOSE OPPOSED.

OKAY. MOTION PASSES. AND WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE AGENDA ITEMS.

[XIV.21. Council Discussion and Possible Action on Approving the Corrected Contract Amount, for Vendor, Pike Electric, LLC (To Assist with the City’s Electrical Infrastructure) of Five Million ($5,000,000) Over 3 Years, Which Reflects the Accurate and Intended Value Within the Contract Versus the Originally Approved Amount of Five Hundred Thousand (500,000), Which was Submitted with a Typographical Error (On the Agenda) and Therefore was Not Approved NOT TO EXCEED: $5,000,000 FUNDING SOURCE: CIP]

ITEM NUMBER 21. COUNCIL DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON APPROVING THE CORRECTED CONTRACT AMOUNT FOR VENDOR.

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PIKE ELECTRIC LLC TO ASSIST WITH THE CITY'S ELECTRICAL INFRASTRUCTURE OF $5 MILLION OVER THREE YEARS, WHICH REFLECTS THE ACCURATE, THE ACCURATE AND INTENDED VALUE WITHIN THE CONTRACT VERSUS THE ORIGINALLY APPROVED AMOUNT OF $500,000, WHICH WAS SUBMITTED BY. TYPE. TYPE. TYPE. TYPOGRAPHICAL ERROR BY TYPOGRAPHICAL ERROR AND THEREFORE NOT APPROVED.

NOT TO EXCEED $5 MILLION. FUNDING SOURCE FOR CIP COUNCILWOMAN MARTIN ROGERS.

YES. I'D LIKE TO MAKE THE MOTION THAT WE. I'M SORRY.

I'D LIKE TO VERIFY THAT THE CONTRACT HAS BEEN CHANGED TO THE CORRECT AMOUNT AND THEN MAKE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL.

OH, WE STILL HAVE. IT WAS THE COUNCILWOMAN MITCHELL.

AND THEN. GO AHEAD. I'M SORRY. THAT WAS GOING TO BE MY QUESTION.

IF WE IF WE HAD THE ACTUAL CONTRACT BASICALLY THE SAME QUESTION HAD IT BEEN CORRECTED? YEAH. I'M SORRY. GO AHEAD. AND THEN COUNCIL, HAS THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT REVIEWED IT? YES, IT IT HAS BEEN CORRECTED. AND THE LEGAL ATTORNEY WIGGINS SIGNED OFF ON IT.

OKAY. WELL, IF THEY DO, WE STILL WANT TO DISCUSS THE QUESTION.

OKAY. WAS IT WAS IT CORRECTED BY AMENDMENT? YES.

YES IT WAS. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. I MEAN, THAT'S WHAT I'D LIKE TO MAKE THE MOTION.

I'D LIKE TO MAKE THE MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE CONTRACT FOR $5 MILLION OVER THREE YEARS, WHICH REFLECTS THE ACCURATE AND INTENDED VALUE WITHIN CONTRACT VERSUS THE ORIGINALLY APPROVED AMOUNT OF 500,000. WHICH IS LOCATED IS ITEM NUMBER 21 ON THE AGENDA.

SECOND. SECOND. YEAH. OKAY. WE HAVE ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? OH, OKAY. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED? NAY. THE AYES HAVE IT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. OKAY, THE NEXT ITEM, ITEM NUMBER 22.

[XIV.22. The City of East Point Council Will Need to Select Two Officials for the MEAG Power Competitive Trust. the Two Selected MEAG Power Competitive Trust Officials Are Authorized to Communicate City Decisions with Respect to the Trust by Jointly Executing Written Directions to MEAG Power and the Trustee. the Two City of East Point Trust Officials Signatures Are Needed to Move Transfer and Move Funds Within the Trust. The City of East Point Trust Officials is Not Limited to a One Year Term, and Can Extend Longer.]

THE CITY OF EASTPOINTE COUNCIL WILL NEED TO SELECT TWO OFFICIALS FOR THE POWER COMPETITIVE TRUST.

AND. OKAY, THE TWO SELECTED POWER COMPETITIVE TRUST OFFICIALS ARE AUTHORIZED TO COMMUNICATE CITY DECISIONS WITH RESPECT TO THE TRUST BY JOINTLY EXECUTING WRITTEN DIRECTIONS TO POWER AND THE TRUSTEE.

THE TWO CITY. THE TWO CITY OF EASTPOINTE TRUST OFFICIALS.

SIGNATURES ARE NEEDED TO MOVE, TRANSFER AND MOVE FUNDS WITHIN THE TRUST.

THE CITY OF EASTPOINTE TRUST OFFICIALS IS NOT LIMITED TO A ONE YEAR TERM AND CAN EXTEND LONGER.

COUNCILWOMAN CALDWELL YES, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION FOR THE MAYOR AND MAYOR PRO TEM TO BE THE TWO OFFICIALS FOR THE MIAC POWER COMPETITIVE TRUST. SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED? THE AYES HAVE IT.

ALL RIGHT. NEXT ITEM NUMBER 23. DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON WINTER SUMMER RATE STUDY.

[XIV.23. Discussion and Possible Action on Winter/Summer Rate Study]

COUNCILMAN MARTIN ROGERS. YES, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE HAVE.

DISCUSSION. DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON THE WINTER AND SUMMER RATE STUDY.

SECOND, I MADE A MOTION. ANY DISCUSSION? YES, SIR.

GO AHEAD. DID SOMEONE WHO SECONDED THE MOTION.