Jun 03, 2026 Special City Council

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OKAY. GOOD AFTERNOON. GOOD EVENING. WELCOME TO THE SPECIAL CALL MEETING FOR THE EAST POINT CITY COUNCIL.

[I. MEETING CALLED TO ORDER]

COUNCIL MEMBER. ATKINS. SEE. COUNCIL MEMBER. ZIEGLER.

PRESENT. COUNCIL MEMBER. CUMMINGS. PRESENT. COUNCIL MEMBER.

MITCHELL. PRESENT. COUNCIL MEMBER. CALDWELL. PRESENT.

COUNCIL MEMBER. MARTIN. ROGERS. PRESENT. MAYOR. CHAPMAN, WE HAVE A QUORUM.

OKAY. THANK YOU. SO FOR TONIGHT'S AGENDA, WE HAVE THE COUNCIL DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION FOR AUTHORIZING AN EMERGENCY PROCUREMENT TO

[III.1. Council Discussion and Possible Action to Authorize an Emergency Procurement to Assist with Reconciliation, Cash Flow Analysis, Reserve Verification and Utility Fund Review in the Pool Cash System and to Include Public Presentations ]

AND SO I WILL OPEN THE FLOOR FOR ANY DISCUSSION.

WE ALSO HAVE THE EXECUTIVE SESSION COUNCIL TO GO INTO.

SO WE WANT TO BE MINDFUL OF THAT. AND DO WE WANT TO GO INTO THIS COUNCIL? MADAM MAYOR, I THINK IT WOULD BE PRUDENT FIRST TO CONFIRM WITH CITY CLERK THAT THERE WAS A MOTION, A SECOND, AND A VOTE ON THIS ITEM. I KNOW THIS ITEM GOT A LOT OF DISCUSSION ON MONDAY, BUT WE SHOULD MAKE SURE THAT THE MINUTES REFLECT THAT THIS HAS ALREADY BEEN APPROVED.

IT'S MY RECOLLECTION THAT IT HAS BEEN. I SEE CITY MANAGER IS NODDING.

I TALKED TO PROCUREMENT, AND OTHER FOLKS ARE INDICATING THAT THIS ITEM HAS ALREADY GOTTEN YOUR COUNCIL APPROVAL TO MOVE FORWARD. AND BASED ON THAT, I DON'T THINK IT NEEDS ANOTHER VOTE.

RIGHT. BECAUSE IT ALREADY GOT ONE. AND SO HOPEFULLY THE RECORD AND THE MINUTES REFLECT SUCH THIS.

THE SECOND THING IS, IS BASED ON OUR CONVERSATION JUST BRIEFLY BEFORE THE MEETING YOU MAY BECAUSE IT'S ON THE AGENDA, YOU MAY WANT TO UPDATE THE COUNCIL ON THE CONVERSATIONS YOU HAD SO THEY CAN KNOW THAT THE CITY HAS ALREADY STARTED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH PROCURING A CONSULTANT FOR THESE SERVICES. SO I'M GOING TO START WITH THE CONFIRMATION OF THE VOTE ON THE RECORD.

MADAM CITY CLERK, DO WE HAVE CONFIRMATION ON THE VOTE FOR THE RECORD? I MEAN, ON THE RECORD FOR THE VOTE. IT WOULD BE IN THE VERBATIM MINUTES.

SO IF ALL OF YOU ARE SAYING IT, I DIDN'T DEFINITELY TAKE THE WORD OF THE CITY ATTORNEY, SO.

OKAY. AND IT'LL BE IN THE VERBATIM MINUTES THAT HAVE TO BE PUBLISHED ANYWAY.

OKAY. SO ALL RIGHT. THAT'S FINE. WE JUST NEED TO CONFIRM THAT THE VOTE WAS ACTUALLY HAD SINCE WE'RE BRINGING UP IN THIS MEETING.

BUT AS WE WAIT, WAIT, WAIT ON THAT CONFIRMATION FOR THE VOTE, I WILL UPDATE COUNCIL THAT I WAS IN CONTACT WITH MISTER ED WALL ABOUT THE REVIEW OF OUR BUDGET BASED ON WHAT WE HAVE HERE FOR THE AGENDA ITEM, HE AGREED TO DO A REVIEW OF OUR BUDGET AT NO COST TO US.

SO THANK HIM VERY MUCH FOR THAT. AND THAT WILL HAPPEN THIS WEEK NO LATER THAN BY THE END OF THE WEEK.

AND AT THAT TIME, ONCE WE HAVE A REVIEW OF THE ITEMS THAT HAVE BEEN LISTED HERE, THEN I WILL GIVE THAT INFORMATION BACK TO COUNCIL.

OR IF THERE'S ANOTHER WAY THAT WE WANT TO GO ABOUT RECEIVING THAT INFORMATION.

OKAY. SO WITH THAT, OH, WE'RE IN FOR DISCUSSION FOR GO AHEAD.

I'M SORRY. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. AND THIS ITEM WAS JUST SIMPLY PLACED ON THE AGENDA.

JUST FOR A SECOND. LOOK, I KNOW THAT WE HAD A LOT OF DISCUSSION ON THIS PAST MONDAY, BUT MY GOAL WAS TO ALSO WE TALKED ABOUT AN EMERGENCY PROCUREMENT.

WE TALKED ABOUT SO MANY THINGS THAT I JUST WANTED TO ENSURE THAT EVEN IF WE NEED TO SOLICIT THE HELP OF THE GEORGIA MUNICIPAL ASSOCIATION, AS WE CONTINUE TO GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS THOROUGHLY WITH ACCURATE NUMBERS AND ACCURATE INFORMATION.

I PLACE THIS ITEM ON THE AGENDA JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE ALL CLEAR.

AND JUST AS AN ADDITIONAL OPTION IF WE WANTED TO ENGAGE GMA.

SO YOU'VE ALREADY GIVEN AN UPDATE THAT I'M PRETTY MUCH SATISFIED WITH, BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE THINKING.

THANK YOU. OKAY. AND COUNCILMEMBER FREELY, COULD YOU REPEAT WHO WHO WAS IT THAT IS GOING TO DO THIS.

SO SO JUST IT ALSO LINKS TO GMA MAYOR MAYOR BROOM FROM COLLEGE PARK IS THE PRESIDENT CURRENTLY OF GMA REACHED OUT TO HER AND SHE GAVE ME

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AND HE CONFIRMED THAT HE WILL REVIEW THE BUDGET AS WELL AS OUR ANY AUDITS THAT WE HAVE ON FILE.

AND THEN HE WILL GIVE HIS ANALYSIS OF THAT THOROUGHLY BASED ON THE INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE HERE FOR HIM TO REVIEW.

OKAY, SO NOT PLANTE MORAN OR THIS IS AN INDIVIDUAL.

THIS IS AN INDIVIDUAL THAT WILL NOT BE CHARGING US.

AND HE SAID IT WILL TAKE HIM LESS THAN A DAY TO GIVE US A GIVE US FEEDBACK ON IT.

OKAY. OKAY. ARE THERE ANY MORE QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSIONS FROM COUNCIL AT THIS TIME? YES. YES. ALL RIGHT. COUNCILWOMAN. MARTIN.

ROGER, WILL YOU BE THE CONTACT PERSON WITH MR. WALZ, AND WILL THERE BE AN EXECUTIVE SUMMARY PROVIDED TO YOU THAT YOU CAN SHARE WITH MAYOR AND COUNCIL? YES, MA'AM. YES, I WILL BE THE POINT OF CONTACT ON THAT AND I WILL BRING BACK A REPORT.

COUNCILWOMAN HEMMINGS THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.

I JUST WOULD, FOR THE RECORD, AND THE PUBLIC, COULD YOU STATE HIS FIRM OR ANY OTHER THINGS THAT YOU MIGHT SHARE THAT YOU KNOW, WOULD COMMENT OR SUGGEST WHAT HIS CREDENTIALS ARE SO THAT THE PUBLIC UNDERSTANDS WHO'S GOING TO BE REVIEWING.

AND THEN ALSO TO CLARIFY, MADAM MAYOR, THIS DOES NOT REPLACE THE OTHER ITEM.

THIS IS A SUPPLEMENT TO THE THE OTHER FORENSIC ANALYSIS THAT WE'VE BEEN ASKING FOR IS THIS ADDITION OR IS THIS A REPLACEMENT? OKAY. SO TO ANSWER YOUR FIRST QUESTION, I DO KNOW THAT HIS NAME IS MR. EDWALL. HE DOES HAVE A HISTORY OF WORKING WITH THE CITY.

AND I MAYBE, MADAM CITY ATTORNEY, SINCE YOU HAVE SOME KNOWLEDGE OF HIS WORK, IF YOU COULD KIND OF SPEAK TO THAT JUST A BIT.

CERTAINLY. SO I'M NOT SURE IF HIS WORK WITH EAST POINT IN THE PAST, BUT I'VE WORKED WITH HIM IN OTHER JURISDICTIONS.

HE'S WITH A FIRM BY THE NAME OF PIPER SANDLER.

HE'S BEEN THE FINANCIAL CONSULTANT FOR OTHER CITIES I'M AWARE OF AND COUNTIES FOR PROBABLY OVER 30 YEARS. HE'S USED AROUND THE STATE A LOT FOR BOND WORK FOR FINANCIAL CONSULTING FOR IT'S ANOTHER WORD I'M LOOKING FOR THAT'S ESCAPING ME.

BUT HE'S A WELL-KNOWN STAPLE IN THE GOVERNMENT FINANCE WORLD.

LITERALLY ALL OVER THE STATE. MAYBE NATIONAL, I'M NOT SURE.

BUT I KNOW HE REPRESENTS AND HAS A NUMBER OF CLIENTS.

I CAN TELL YOU DEKALB, I KNOW HE WORKS FOR DEKALB.

STONECREST. HAMPTON. YES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

IT'S JUST. I'M JUST NAMING THE ONES. I'VE SEEN THEM.

THANK YOU. AND THEN I JUST HAVE. OH, GOD. I THINK YOU'RE MY THIRD QUESTION, BUT I REALIZE I ASKED YOU ANOTHER QUESTION, SO I'LL WAIT FOR YOUR RESPONSE FIRST. YOUR SECOND QUESTION WAS, WHAT WAS THE SECOND QUESTION? MY SECOND QUESTION WAS, DOES THIS REPLACE THE OTHER ANALYSIS THAT IS BEING DONE OVERALL, OR IS IT A SUPPLEMENT? IT'S A SUPPLEMENT. OKAY. AND THEN MY FINAL QUESTION, MADAM MAYOR, IS WHILE I'M VERY GRATEFUL FOR HIS IN-KIND SUPPORT.

US ENGAGING HIM DOES NOT THEN SUGGEST THAT WE'RE GOING TO, YOU KNOW I'M LOOKING FOR THE WORDS TO SAY, BUT IT DOESN'T IT DOESN'T LOCK US INTO SOME FUTURE ENGAGEMENT.

HE'S JUST WILLING TO DO THIS IN-KIND BASED ON YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM AND YOUR REQUEST.

THERE'S NO THERE'S NO EXPENSE AND THERE'S NO OTHER PROMISE OF SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO BE COMMITTED TO BEYOND THE MOMENT.

CORRECT. THANK YOU FOR DOING THIS, MADAM MAYOR. I YIELD.

COUNCILWOMAN CALDWELL SO I GUESS ONE QUESTION.

TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO SAY IT. I WANTED TO KNOW IF THERE WAS GOING TO BE ANY TYPE OF LIKE MEETING AHEAD OF TIME JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE COULD CONVEY OUR EXPECTATIONS. I KNOW THE, THE MOTION HAS SPECIFIC THINGS IN THERE, BUT IT HAS LIKE IN ALL OTHER FINANCIAL CONCERNS OR SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES. SO IS THERE AN OPPORTUNITY WHERE WE COULD POTENTIALLY SHARE SOME OF THAT JUST SO THAT WE KIND OF KNOW WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR OR.

THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. AND SO AT THIS TIME, WE, THE ASK THAT I GAVE HIM WAS BASED OFF OF WHAT WAS APPROVED.

THIS AGENDA ITEM. I KNOW THAT THERE MAY BE OTHER QUESTIONS, IF ANY, IF ANY MEMBERS OF COUNCIL WANT TO HAVE ANY OF THOSE QUESTIONS SUBMITTED TO ME, THEN I CAN CONSOLIDATE ALL OF THOSE. I THINK WE ALREADY STARTED SOMEWHAT OF THAT PROCESS OFFLINE, BUT IF WE WANT TO GATHER THOSE QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS AND IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO I CAN'T SAY JOIN THE MEETING,

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AND IF THERE ARE ANY CHANGES OF THE SCOPE OF WORK COMES, AND IF THERE'S ANY COST, THEN I WILL LET I WILL PUT A PAUSE RIGHT WHERE HE AGREED TO AT THIS POINT, AND THEN COME BACK AND LET YOU KNOW WHAT THAT IS WITH YOUR ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS.

OKAY. THE ONLY OTHER QUESTION IS TIMELINES. IS THERE AN ANTICIPATED TIMELINE AS FAR AS WHEN QUESTIONS NEED TO BE SUBMITTED TO YOU AND THEN WHEN WE BELIEVE THIS WOULD BE COMPLETE.

YES. SO AT THIS TIME FOR THIS ANALYSIS, BASED ON WHAT WE HAVE HERE IN FRONT OF US, IN TERMS OF THE AGENDA ITEM FOR TODAY, THE TIMELINE WAS LITERALLY 45 MINUTES TO AN HOUR BASED ON THIS.

AND SO I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK FOR HIM, BUT IF WE HAVE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, I'M ASSUMING THAT THAT WILL TAKE MAY TAKE A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME.

BUT MY GOAL IS TO START HERE AND MAYBE WE CAN, IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING TODAY THAT WE CAN PRESENT TOMORROW.

I KNOW IT'S A FAST TURNAROUND. IF WE NEED MORE TIME OR WE CAN START WITH WHAT WE HAVE.

SO WE'LL JUST THAT PART OF IT IS, HAS NOT BEEN FULLY DISCUSSED.

SO I CAN'T REALLY SPEAK ON WHAT THAT WILL BE.

OKAY. SO JUST TO CONFIRM QUESTIONS TO YOU SHOULD HAPPEN TODAY, TOMORROW SO THAT YOU CAN PRESENT TO HIM AND THEN YOU'LL COME BACK TO US WITH A DEFINITIVE TIMELINE ON WHEN IT'S COMPLETE. YES, HE SAID HE WILL REVIEW THIS YEAR'S PROPOSED BUDGET.

25, 26 AND MAYBE THREE YEARS BACK OR SOMETHING THAT WILL GIVE HIM A GOOD BASELINE.

AND THEN THAT WILL THOSE WERE THE ONLY ITEMS THAT HE ASKED FOR AT THIS TIME.

BUT IF YOU HAVE MORE THAN YOU, WE CAN SUBMIT THOSE AS WELL.

POINT OF CLARIFICATION, MAYOR. YES, SIR. I JUST WANTED TO SORRY.

POINT OF AM I ACKNOWLEDGED WHO IS SPEAKING? OH.

OH. THANK YOU. I'M SORRY. I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY AS AS STAFF TO CONTINUE UNDER THE UNDERSTANDING OF THE CITY MANAGER.

ONE SECOND, ONE SECOND, WE HAD THE GO AHEAD FINISH.

WE HAD COUNCIL MEMBERS IN THAT WERE GOING TO ASK ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, BUT I DIDN'T SEE YOUR.

OH, I THOUGHT YOU WERE ACKNOWLEDGING. COUNCIL MEMBER MITCHELL.

THANK YOU. THIS IS FOR MADAM CITY ATTORNEY. DO WE NEED ANY TYPE OF MOU TO ENGAGE THIS GENTLEMAN? I WOULD RECOMMEND IT. YES, SIR. WE'LL BE ABLE TO DO THAT TODAY OR.

WELL, NO, YOU ALREADY GOT YOU GUYS ALREADY APPROVED THE EMERGENCY PROCUREMENT.

AND SO PROCUREMENT WOULD JUST NEED TO TYPE UP SOMETHING.

OR IT NEEDS TO BE REDUCED TO WRITING THAT WHATEVER, WHAT THE SCOPE OF HIS SERVICES WILL BE.

AND THE FACT THAT I THINK I HEARD MADAM MAYOR SAID THAT HE'S NOT CHARGING FOR WHATEVER SCOPE HE'S GOING TO, HE'S AGREED TO PERFORM. YES. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THAT THAT BE REDUCED TO SOME WRITING.

YOU GUYS HAVE ALREADY APPROVED THAT GOING FORWARD.

OKAY. AND ESPECIALLY SINCE THERE'S NOT A CHARGE ASSOCIATED WITH IT.

I THINK YOUR APPROVAL ON MONDAY NIGHT GIVES THE GREEN LIGHT FOR THAT TO HAPPEN.

AND IT IS A PROFESSIONAL SERVICE THAT DOES NOT NEED A COMPETITIVE BIDDING PROCESS.

OKAY. PROFESSIONAL SERVICES DON'T REQUIRE IT.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. COUNCILWOMAN CUMMINGS THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.

SO INSTEAD OF IN LIEU OF PLANT MORAN, WE'RE GOING TO USE MR. WALL. CORRECT. NO. HE WILL BE A SUPPLEMENT TO THE PLANT.

MORAN. SO HE'S A THE PROCESS THAT THEY'RE IN.

OKAY. SO HE WILL BE A SUPPLEMENT TO THAT. AND MY, I, I THINK AND YOU YOU'VE ALREADY SPOKEN TO.

I KNOW THEY WERE ASKING FOR ADDITIONAL. THERE MAY BE ADDITIONAL ASKS FOR WHAT IT IS THAT WE'D LIKE MR. WALL TO DO. SO MY SUGGESTION WAS JUST GOING TO BE MAYBE BY CLOSE OF BUSINESS, EITHER TOMORROW OR FRIDAY, WE HAVE ALL OF OUR QUESTIONS SUBMITTED TO YOU SO THAT YOU CAN SEND THOSE TO MR. WALL SO THAT WE CAN SEE EXACTLY, YOU KNOW, HOW BIG THE SCOPE OF WORK IS THAT'S GOING TO BE FOR HIM.

SO IS THAT A OKAY? YES. SO. SO NOW THE QUESTION IS, DO COUNCIL ALLOW ME TO PROCEED WITH THE INITIAL DISCUSSION THAT WE HAD TO PRESENT WHAT WE HAVE ON THE AGENDA AS JUST A HIGH LEVEL OVERALL, AS WE GATHER MORE INFORMATION, LET HIM KNOW THAT THERE IS MORE INFORMATION OR JUST ASK HIM TO DELAY OR JUST TO,

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SO I KNOW THE TIMELINE FOR US IS TO HAVE THE BUDGET APPROVED.

WAS IT THE 31ST? YEAH, I DON'T I JUST DON'T WANT US TO DRAG THIS THING OUT.

AND I JUST, I JUST KNOW HOW, HOW THINGS CAN BE DRAGGED OUT.

SO IF WE JUST SET FOR US, IF THERE'S SOME BECAUSE I THOUGHT THAT THIS WAS WHAT WE WERE ASKING, BUT NOW IT SEEMS THAT THERE ARE GOING TO BE SOME OTHER THINGS THAT SOME MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL ARE WANTING TO ASK.

SO THE THING IS, I JUST DON'T WANT US TO DRAG THIS OUT.

SO IF YOU SET A DATE FOR A DEADLINE FOR ANY ADDITIONAL REQUESTS THAT COUNCIL MAY HAVE, AND I'M JUST SAYING, SUGGESTING MAYBE BY CLOSE OF BUSINESS, EITHER TOMORROW OR FRIDAY, JUST SO THAT THIS THING DOESN'T TAKE FOREVER TO GET DONE.

SO I GUESS TO KIND OF SUMMARIZE THIS, IF WE ARE, THIS HAS ALREADY BEEN PASSED, THEN DO WE NEED TO HAVE A MOTION TO REQUEST ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FROM COUNCIL TO BE SUBMITTED IN A SCOPE OF WORK? FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. NO, I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE.

I MEAN, WERE THERE OTHER MEMBERS ON COUNCIL THAT HAD ADDITIONAL, WAS THERE SOMETHING ELSE THAT OTHER PEOPLE WANTED TO HAVE ON THERE? I DID THINK OF MAYBE 1 OR 2 THINGS. IT'S ESCAPING ME NOW, BUT I CAN HAVE IT TO YOU TODAY.

IF YOU WANT TO INCLUDE IT, GREAT. IF. IF NOT, I DON'T WANT IT TO STOP OR STALL ANYTHING EITHER, SO I'LL DEFINITELY MAKE SURE YOU HAVE IT BEFORE WE LEAVE OUT OF HERE.

LET ME JUST THINK ABOUT IT AGAIN. SO, MADAM MAYOR, WHAT WOULD BE YOUR YOUR DEADLINE? WHAT'S YOUR WHAT'S YOUR HARD STOP TO GET THE INFORMATION? ADDITIONAL INFORMATION? WELL, IF SHE COUNCILWOMAN CALDWELL, IF YOU CAN SEND THOSE THINGS OVER TO ME TONIGHT, I WILL PUT PULL IT ALL IN A PACKAGE.

AND AGAIN, IF HE SAYS THAT WHAT WE ARE ASKING FOR HERE IS WHERE HE WANTS TO STOP AND HE WANTS IS ANY TYPE OF CHANGES IN THE SCOPE OR THE AGREEMENT OR WHAT WE DISCUSSED, AND WE WILL JUST MOVE FORWARD FROM THERE.

AND I WILL GIVE YOU GUYS AN UPDATE. I'LL GIVE YOU AN UPDATE.

I'M GOOD. I YIELD. DO WE HAVE CITY MANAGER JONES? YEAH. SO I JUST WANTED TO I THINK COUNCILWOMAN CUMMINGS TOUCHED ON MY QUESTION, BUT I JUST WANTED TO ALSO GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF UPDATES AS STAFF HAS BEEN KIND OF TRYING TO PULL THIS TOGETHER WITH THE TIMELINES THAT WE ARE FACED WITH. SO WE DID REACH OUT TO PLANTE MORAN. AS PREVIOUSLY STATED, THERE WAS SOME REMAINING UNUSED MONIES ON, ON THEIR CONTRACT WITH US. WE GAVE THEM THE MOTION WITH ALL THE ITEMS THAT WERE IDENTIFIED ON THAT ON THE ADDITIONAL WORK THAT WAS NEEDED. WE HAVE A MEETING PLANNED FOR TOMORROW AT 02:00 WITH THEM TO GET THEIR WHAT THAT MIGHT COST. SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT STAFF SHOULD CONTINUE TO MOVE DOWN THAT, DOWN THAT DIRECTION UNDER THE EMERGENCY PROCUREMENT AUTHORIZATION.

AND, AND THAT THIS OTHER IS IN ADDITION TO THAT ACTIVITY OR IS, IS IT, SHOULD WE, SHOULD WE STAND BY AND WAIT FOR THIS PROCESS TO HAPPEN? OR SHOULD WE MOVE FORWARD CONCURRENTLY? I JUST WANTED TO GET THAT CLARIFICATION. SO SO FROM HERE, I THINK SINCE THE COUNCILWOMAN CALDWELL, DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION? I JUST WANTED TO MAKE A COMMENT BECAUSE I MY PREFERENCE WOULD BE AN UNBIASED.

SO I DO LIKE THIS IDEA OF HAVING SOMEONE THAT IS UNBIASED, TO BE ABLE TO COME IN AND PROVIDE QUESTIONS OR ANSWERS TO THE QUESTIONS THAT WE'VE ASKED, BUT I, I THOUGHT THAT THE EMERGENCY PROCUREMENT, IT WOULD STILL GO THROUGH THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS.

COUNCIL MEMBER. MARTIN ROGERS PROVIDED SOME INFORMATION AROUND GMA CONTEXT.

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THEY ALSO DO AND THEY COULD POTENTIALLY HELP US.

AND SO I WOULDN'T WANT US TO THINK OF THIS AS A SINGLE SOURCE BECAUSE IT'S NOT.

SO WE, IT SHOULD GO THROUGH THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS.

THE EMERGENCY PROCUREMENT PROCESS IS A PROCUREMENT PROCESS, RIGHT? HAVE YOU CONSIDERED ANY OTHER PEOPLE OUTSIDE OF PLANTE MORAN UNDER TIME FRAME THAT WE HAVE, IT WOULD BE HARD TO CONSIDER SOMEONE ELSE, BUT WE, WE HAVE TRIED TO PUT TOGETHER ANOTHER LIST OF, OF OTHER CLIENTS. GMA WAS ONE OF THEM. BUT AGAIN, THE TIMING EVEN WITH PLANT.

MIRANDA TIMING IS, IS, IS PRESSING. I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW IF THEY CAN EVEN DO IT UNTIL OUR, WE HAVE OUR MEETING TOMORROW AT TWO. OKAY. I WOULD JUST BECAUSE GMA DOES THIS.

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I THINK IT WARRANTS AT LEAST A CALL. RIGHT. SO SO I SPOKE TO THE PRESIDENT OF GMA AND THAT WAS THE RECOMMENDATION THAT SHE GAVE.

SO DO WE NEED TO GO BACK. AND SO AT THIS TIME IT SOUNDS LIKE WE WOULD LIKE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS.

AND WE'RE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH IT AT THIS POINT IN TIME.

AND IF THERE ARE ANYTHING OTHER. I THINK EVERYTHING THAT WE HAVE IN MOTION, WE SHOULD KEEP IN MOTION WITH WHAT WE HAVE SET UP FOR MR. WITH THE BALL TOMORROW, AND I CAN GIVE YOU GUYS AN UPDATE ON THAT.

THANK YOU. YES. THANK YOU. MADAM MAYOR. I DON'T THINK THE CITY MANAGER HAS RECEIVED AN ANSWER TO HIS QUESTION. I YES, THAT'S WHAT I WAS SAYING, THAT WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THE MOTION THAT WAS VOTED ON AS IS, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE ASKED THE CITY MANAGER TO DO, SO HE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH STAFF AS WE ASK HIM TO MOVE FORWARD.

AND THEN THE ITEM WITH MR. EDWALL WILL MOVE FORWARD AS WELL.

SO BOTH CONCURRENTLY? YES. OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU.

YEAH. I'M READY TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION. OKAY.

COUNCILWOMAN MARTIN ROGERS YES, MADAM MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR FOR PERSONNEL

[IV. EXECUTIVE SESSION]

WE HAVE FOUR. WE'RE GOING IN FOR THE THE EVALUATIONS OF THE REPORT.

YES. OKAY. AND THEN I HAVE AN ADDITIONAL PERSONNEL.

OKAY. SO WE HAVE TWO PERSONNEL PERSONNEL ITEMS, PERSONNEL ITEMS FROM DOCTOR MARTIN ROGERS AND CITY ATTORNEY WIGGINS.

YES, MADAM MAYOR, I HAVE. FOR 123, FOUR. I HAVE FOUR LITIGATION ITEMS. YOU SAID FOUR. WHAT WAS THAT? THE LAST FOUR. LITIGATION. OKAY. FOR LEGAL. OKAY.

OKAY. SO THERE IS A MOTION. ARE THERE ANY OTHER ITEMS? AND I HAVE ONE LEGAL MATTER. MADAM MAYOR, I HAVE TWO REAL ESTATE AND ONE PERSONNEL.

OKAY. ONE. TWO. THREE. LET'S SEE. SO IT'S THREE FOUR.

AND THEN AND THEN YOU SAID TWO. TWO RETAIL. TWO RETAIL, TWO REAL ESTATE.

REAL ESTATE. RETAIL. REAL ESTATE. TWO REAL ESTATE.

FOR THREE THREE PERSONNEL, TWO REAL ESTATE, THREE PERSONNEL, AND FIVE LEGAL.

MAKE IT SIX. MAKE IT SIX, PLEASE. SIX LEGAL. SO SIX LEGAL, THREE PERSONNEL AND TWO REAL ESTATE. OKAY. OKAY. DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN TO EXECUTIVE SESSION? IS THERE A SECOND? YOU HAVE ONE? OKAY.

YEAH. WE HAVE. NO PERSONNEL. WE HAVE THREE PERSONNEL.

BUT THE ONE. THE ONE, THE ONE PERSON, THE ONE PERSONNEL WILL COUNT WITHIN THE FOR EVALUATION.

SO THAT'S THE PERSONNEL. NO, NO PERSONNEL IS SEPARATE.

WE'RE DOING. WE'RE DOING FOUR EVALUATIONS, MADAM MAYOR.

AND THEN I HAVE A SEPARATE PERSONNEL. SO THAT'S FIVE.

OKAY. SO THAT'S FIVE PERSONNEL PLUS THE 1 TO 6.

I HAVE SIX PERSONNEL. THANK YOU. SO WE HAVE SIX PERSONNEL.

TWO REAL ESTATE. REAL ESTATE. AND FOUR LEGAL.

I HAVE SIX LEGAL. AND MADAM MAYOR, YOU HAD A LEGAL TWO.

SO THAT'S SEVEN. FIVE, I HAVE SIX. YOU HAD ONE.

OKAY. YOU HAVE SIX LEGAL TWO REAL ESTATE. SO WE HAVE WE'RE GOING EXECUTIVE SESSION.

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SEVEN LEGAL. OKAY. SEVEN LEGAL, TWO REAL ESTATE AND SIX PERSONNEL.

ALL RIGHT. OKAY, SO WE HAVE A MOTION, AND WE HAVE A SECOND.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED? AYES HAVE IT.

THANK YOU.

YES. SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED? OKAY. THE AYES HAVE IT. MOTION. YES. YES. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.

I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO DIRECT THE CITY ATTORNEY TO ENSURE THAT THE PERSONNEL MATTER DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION IS INVESTIGATED IN A FULL REPORT IS PRESENTED TO COUNCIL. SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? NO. I'M SORRY. TIME OUT IS ON THE FLOOR. YOU HAVE TO HAVE A SECOND FOR THAT MOTION.

SECONDED. SECONDED. COMING SECOND. WE VOTED. WE ALL AGREE.

WE VOTED ON IT IN THERE ALREADY. CAN YOU RESTATE YOUR MOTION, PLEASE? THE MOTION. THE MOTION IS TO DIRECT THE CITY ATTORNEY TO ENSURE THAT THE PERSONNEL MATTER DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION IS INVESTIGATED IN A FULL REPORT IS PRESENTED TO COUNCIL.

THAT. THAT'S THAT'S NOT A MOTION THAT IS MADE.

YOU CAN BRING A MOTION TO THE FLOOR AT ANY TIME. COUNCIL MEMBER FREELY NOT AFTER EXECUTIVE SESSION.

YES YOU CAN. YES YOU CAN. MY RULES. OKAY. WHERE IS THE.

MOTION FAILED. EXECUTIVE. IT FAILED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.

BUT NOW WE'RE OUTSIDE AND WE CAN HAVE IT ON RECORD.

OKAY. OKAY. SO THE MOTION DID NOT ACTUALLY PASS THOUGH.

SO YOU HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR. IT DIDN'T PASS.

IT DIDN'T. NO YOU DON'T HAVE MOTION. WE DON'T HAVE MOTIONS IN EXECUTIVE SESSION MADAM MAYOR.

JUST A CONSENSUS. SO WHY. SO THE MOTION IS BROUGHT OUT HERE.

I CAN REPEAT THE MOTION. AND THE MOTION IS TO DIRECT THE CITY ATTORNEY TO ENSURE THAT THE PERSONNEL MATTER DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION IS INVESTIGATED IN A FULL REPORT IS PRESENTED TO COUNCIL.

I BELIEVE IT WAS SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER CUMMINGS.

SO WE HAVE DO WE HAVE ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? YES.

ALL THOSE OPPOSED. SO WE HAVE 12345. WE GOT. SO DO CAN WE JUST GO DOWN THE LINE. OKAY. CITY CLERK ROLL CALL. PLEASE DO A ROLL CALL.

MAY I HAVE A ROLL CALL? OH, THERE YOU ARE. I'M SORRY. I THOUGHT YOU LEFT TWO. I'M SORRY, MADAM CITY CLERK, CAN WE PLEASE DO A ROLL CALL? I'M SO SORRY, COUNCILMEMBER. FREELY. NO. OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER.

ZIEGLER. NO. COUNCIL MEMBER. CUMMINGS. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER.

MITCHELL. COUNCIL MEMBER. CALDWELL. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER.

MARTIN. ROGERS. YES. THE MOTION FAILED. NO. IT DID NOT.

COUNCIL MEMBER HEMMING LEFT, AND WE'RE GOING TO INVOKE RULE NUMBER 14.

SHE LEFT WITHOUT PERMISSION. THAT'S A YES VOTE.

SO THE MOTION PASSED THE MOTION.

FROM THE EXECUTIVE SESSION WE HAVE A MOTION. WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO PROCEED.

AS DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION COUNCIL. WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO PROCEED AS DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE.

WE DON'T HAVE A QUORUM. GOOD NIGHT.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.