[City Council Work Session on July 13, 2026.]
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WELCOME EVERYONE TO THE CITY OF EAST POINTS WORK SESSION FOR JULY 13TH, 2026. MADAM CITY CLERK, CAN WE HAVE ROLL CALL PLEASE? COUNCIL MEMBER HEMMING PRESENT. COUNCIL MEMBER FRIEDLI WILL NOT BE IN ATTENDANCE. COUNCIL MEMBER ATKINS WILL NOT BE IN ATTENDANCE. COUNCIL MEMBER ZIEGLER PRESENT. COUNCIL MEMBER. CUMMINGS PRESENT. COUNCIL MEMBER. MITCHELL.
PRESENT. COUNCIL MEMBER. CALDWELL. PRESENT COUNCIL MEMBER MARTIN ROGERS WILL NOT BE IN ATTENDANCE. PROVISIONAL. MAYOR CUMMINGS, WE DO NOT HAVE A QUORUM. THANK YOU, MADAM CITY CLERK. AND I JUST WANT TO CONFIRM WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY, BECAUSE WE DO NOT HAVE A QUORUM, WE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO HAVE WORK SESSION. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE. SO YOU GUYS HAVE THE SECTION 2-206. WELL, FIRST GOOD EVENING, SECTION 2-206 PROVIDES THAT FIVE COUNCIL MEMBERS AND THE MAYOR OR SIX COUNCIL MEMBERS SHALL CONSTITUTE A QUORUM AND SHALL BE AUTHORIZED TO TRANSACT BUSINESS OF THE CITY COUNCIL. YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO HAVE A MEETING BECAUSE WITHOUT A QUORUM, IT'S NOT A MEETING. WORK SESSION HAS IN THE PAST, ESPECIALLY ON PLANNING COMMISSION, I'M AWARE, HAS BEEN TREATED AS NOT A MEETING. IF THERE WASN'T A QUORUM. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? IT DOES. AND SO THEY WOULD HEAR THE INFORMATION FROM STAFF OR THE APPLICANTS AND JUST HEAR THE INFORMATION, BUT NOT TREAT IT AS A MEETING BECAUSE A QUORUM WAS NOT PRESENT. THAT WAS THE HISTORICAL INFORMATION THAT I RECEIVED FROM STAFF WITH PLANNING COMMISSION AND FROM THE COMMISSIONERS THEMSELVES THAT HAS NOT BEEN PRESENTED ON THIS BODY. AND SO I WOULD LEAVE IT TO YOU, MADAM PRO TEM, AS TO WHETHER OR NOT YOU WANT TO MOVE IN THAT SAME FASHION. I'M GIVING YOU THAT CONTEXT BECAUSE I KNOW IT'S BEEN DONE WITH OTHER BOARDS IN THE CITY. THANK YOU, MADAM CITY ATTORNEY. SO LET ME JUST MAKE SURE THAT I'M CLEAR. SO WHAT WE WOULD ACTUALLY DO IF WE WERE TO CONTINUE PROCEED ON WITH THE MEETING? IT WOULD JUST TO BE TO HEAR PRESENTATIONS. YES. NO MINUTES. RIGHT. AND THAT COULD POSE AN ISSUE FOR FUTURE MEETINGS, RIGHT. THERE WOULD NOT BE YOU CALLING INTO ORDER.
THERE WOULD NOT BE ANY MOTIONS. THERE WOULD NOT BE ANY VOTING. IT WOULD NOT TAKE THE LOOK OF A MEETING. AND SO I WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND THAT WORK SESSIONS ARE ARE USED AND THE MINUTES ARE USED FOR THE FOLLOWING MEETING WHERE YOU DO VOTE. AND SO THAT WILL BE ONE OF THE DOWNSIDES IF YOU SO CHOOSE TO MOVE IN THAT FASHION. I GOT A QUESTION. THANK YOU, MADAM CITY ATTORNEY. SO BECAUSE THERE WERE SO MANY KNOTS FOR THIS MEETING, AND I WOULD LIKE FOR ALL MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, BECAUSE I KNOW ONE OF THE BIG ITEMS IS GOING TO BE THE BUDGET. AND I DO THINK THAT EVERYONE SHOULD BE PRESENT HERE SO THAT ALL VOICES CAN BE HEARD. WHAT WE WILL DO MOVING FORWARD, WE WILL TALK WITH THE CITY CLERK TO SEE IF WE CAN POSSIBLY DO A SPECIAL CALL MEETING, BUT FOR NOW, WE WILL NOT HAVE A COUNCIL MEETING TODAY. BUT LET ME HEAR FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MITCHELL. YOU GOOD? OKAY. WERE THERE ANY OTHER STATEMENTS OR COMMENTS FROM THE MEMBERS HERE ON THE DAIS? OKAY. WELL, MEMBERS OF EASTPOINTE THAT ARE HERE IN PERSON AND THOSE THAT MAY BE VIEWING THE MEETING VIA LIVE STREAM, BECAUSE WE DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH MEMBERS HERE TODAY TO MEET A QUORUM. WE WILL NOT HAVE THE THE JULY 13TH WORK SESSION MEETING WITH EASTPOINTE. SO THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING OUT. AND FOR THOSE THAT DID TUNE IN, HAVE A GOOD
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.