2022-08-15 · City Council · Transcript · Special Called Meeting

--- title: August 15 2022 Special Called Meeting date: 2022-08-15 source: 2022-08-15_August_15_2022_Special_Called_Meeting.wav --- [0:06:41, 0:06:42]: Good afternoon. [0:06:44, 0:06:45]: That's everybody doing now. [0:06:51, 0:06:55]: And I've been informed that we are recording live at this moment. [0:07:14, 0:07:15]: Yeah. [0:07:15, 0:07:16]: Okay. [0:07:17, 0:07:18]: [538.3, 539.8]: Afternoon, Mayor Pro Tem. [0:09:01, 0:09:03]: Councilman Barber and Councilman Blount. [0:09:04, 0:09:05]: How you all doing? [0:09:08, 0:09:10]: I'm gonna go off screen for a minute, but I am here. [0:09:10, 0:09:12]: All right, got it. No problem. [0:09:44, 0:09:48]: Mr. Gardner look looks like he's an attendee. I'm trying to promote him to a panelist. [0:09:48, 0:09:51]: Okay. [0:09:52, 0:09:55]: icon that uh allows you to be added. [0:09:57, 0:09:58]: I appreciate that. [0:09:58, 0:09:59]: Yes, sir. [0:09:59, 0:10:00]: All right. [0:10:01, 0:10:02]: Afternoon, Miss Gantt. [0:10:10, 0:10:10]: [612.4, 613.0]: Yeah. [0:10:55, 0:10:57]: Good afternoon. Good afternoon to you as well. [0:10:58, 0:10:59]: Councilman Allison, good afternoon. [0:11:00, 0:11:01]: Uh, let's see here. [0:11:02, 0:11:04]: Good afternoon, sir. All right. [0:11:04, 0:11:06]: Oh there we go. There's Jeremy. Okay. [0:11:07, 0:11:08]: Alrighty then. [0:11:08, 0:11:10]: Well, I have uh [0:11:11, 0:11:15]: Two oh one. So let's uh get the special call meeting uh [0:11:15, 0:11:21]: Like to call it in order. Uh this is the uh August fifteenth and uh once again two oh one. [0:11:21, 0:11:26]: And I will do the invocation at this time. All right. So if you please bow your hands. [0:11:26, 0:11:37]: Lord, thank you for bringing us together for another wonderful meeting. Allow us to have great dialogue, do the benefit of our citizens, make good logical decisions, continue to move the city forward and be us always, Lord, in your name. [0:11:38, 0:11:38]: Amen. [0:11:39, 0:11:41]: Can we stand for the Pledge of Allegiance? [0:11:43, 0:11:50]: I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which stand. [0:11:50, 0:11:57]: One nation, under God, under God, indivisible, the liberty and justice of for all for all. [0:11:59, 0:12:01]: Ma'am Clerk Roll Call, please. [0:12:01, 0:12:04]: Mayor Ford. Present. Mayor Pro Tem Thomas. [0:12:04, 0:12:06]: Present. Councilman Alexander. [0:12:07, 0:12:09]: Present. Councilwoman Barber. [0:12:09, 0:12:11]: Present. Councilman Blount. [0:12:13, 0:12:14]: Councilwoman Gantt. [0:12:15, 0:12:16]: Crazy. [0:12:16, 0:12:19]: Mayor Ford, you have a quorum. Thank you, Madam Clerk. Um [0:12:20, 0:12:22]: Council, I need a motion to adopt the agenda, please. [0:12:24, 0:12:25]: So move. [0:12:26, 0:12:31]: Yeah, uh uh Councilman Barber just made a uh made a motion. Yes, sir, Mayor Putem. [0:12:33, 0:12:35]: Well, I was I was gonna make the motion. [0:12:36, 0:12:40]: for executive session and the purpose for executive for the executive session. [0:12:40, 0:12:46]: Well, it's okay. Well you can do that. I mean she can do that. We'll do that. That's what it's for, the meeting's for. [0:12:46, 0:12:49]: He can do it. All right. Mayor Pro Tem, go ahead, please. [0:12:49, 0:12:55]: Mayor Ford and Council, I move for executive session for the purpose of personnel. [0:12:56, 0:12:57]: That's a good thing. [0:12:58, 0:13:01]: Okay. I miss I got Miss Alexander that time by the second. [0:13:02, 0:13:03]: All in favor, please indicate. [0:13:04, 0:13:09]: Hi. Okay, we're adopting that agenda. New business will be executive session. [0:13:09, 0:13:13]: Um in this aspect. So we've made a motion to adopt the agenda. [0:13:14, 0:13:17]: Uh so and now I need a motion to go into executive session. [0:13:18, 0:13:19]: So [0:13:20, 0:13:24]: That's okay. Okay, Ms. Alexander to Mayor Pro Tem. All in favor, please indicate. [0:13:26, 0:13:31]: All right. All right. All right. Great. All right, Vanessa, we need a a separate link to get in the executive session, please. [0:13:32, 0:13:33]: All right, and good to see you, Jeremy. [0:13:34, 0:13:37]: Don't away. Thank you, sir. Thank you very much. See you in the second session, ladies and gentlemen. [0:13:56, 0:14:00]: Okay, back at the meeting. All right, we're back on recording here. [0:14:02, 0:14:03]: Alrighty. [0:14:04, 0:14:05]: Okay. [0:14:06, 0:14:08]: And we're back live on a [0:14:08, 0:14:09]: Live streaming. [0:14:12, 0:14:14]: Mr. Washington is with us as well. [0:14:14, 0:14:15]: Okay. [0:14:17, 0:14:31]: So what we have now, we actually have a quorum in line. So uh council, I need a uh a motion to reconvene our special call meeting, please. Excuse me, back up, excuse me. I need a motion to end our executor session, please. [0:14:31, 0:14:32]: Mm-hmm. [0:14:33, 0:14:37]: Okay. I move to end uh our executive session. [0:14:38, 0:14:38]: For a second. [0:14:39, 0:14:42]: Second. Mr. Alexander second down. All in favor, please indicate. [0:14:43, 0:14:44]: Thank you. [0:14:44, 0:14:49]: I appreciate it thank you. Now I need a motion to reconvene our special call meeting. Um special call meeting, please. [0:14:50, 0:14:55]: Mayor Ford, sir. I I move to uh reconvene the special call meeting. [0:14:55, 0:14:56]: Okay. [0:14:56, 0:14:57]: So a second? [0:14:57, 0:15:01]: Second. Mr Mr. How's that a second at all fair? Please indicate. [0:15:03, 0:15:05]: All right, thank you. And uh [0:15:05, 0:15:07]: Ms. Cassidy. Yes, sir. [0:15:07, 0:15:09]: I I move to adjoin. [0:15:09, 0:15:22]: Oh stand by a second. Let me make let me make let me make this motion. We have nothing to we're not have nothing at this time for the to announce to the public at this time. So now I need a motion to adjourn, sir. Member Potem made that motion adjourn second. [0:15:22, 0:15:23]: Uh [0:15:23, 0:15:24]: Good thing. [0:15:24, 0:15:25]: Is there a second? [0:15:26, 0:15:28]: Oh. Okay. I okay. [0:15:28, 0:15:30]: That was Ms. Gantt, that was you? [0:15:30, 0:15:33]: Yes. Okay. All favor please in the K. [0:15:34, 0:15:35]: All right. All right. [0:15:36, 0:15:39]: Good night, everybody. Take care. Good night. Good night. Thank you. Bye bye.