2020-02-10 · City Council · Transcript · City Council Meeting

--- title: February 10 2020 City Council Meeting date: 2020-02-10 source: 2020-02-10_February_10_2020_City_Council_Meeting.wav --- [0:01:05, 0:01:07]: Sir, how you doing? [0:01:07, 0:01:11]: Happy know you too. [0:01:13, 0:01:16]: Ah side. [0:01:19, 0:01:30]: back with the uh recommendation for the tolling service you know counseling a couple meetings ago we also have it last meeting we didn't have it last meeting it's not intended for night [0:01:31, 0:01:35]: I mean it's a few of the miles but we gotta [0:01:45, 0:01:48]: Get percent. [0:01:49, 0:01:53]: Council, you don't mind. We need to start the meeting. Council, we need to start the meeting. [0:02:05, 0:02:12]: Yes, sir. Give me one second. I've been trying to get there. Okay, hurric, please. Appreciate it. [0:02:16, 0:02:23]: I went I went on vacation. I got back last night. [0:02:23, 0:02:25]: Flora? É. Ponta com. [0:02:25, 0:02:30]: Dominican Republic. Oh wow. Yeah. I know I didn't know you went to um [0:02:30, 0:02:38]: Sweden. Sweden. Sweden. Yes, Stockholm, Sweden. How was it? Pretty good. Different different experience. We're there for a week. Really? [0:02:38, 0:02:44]: Was it cold? No, it was cold, but that's no snow, but it was cold. But uh wasn't too bad. [0:02:44, 0:02:46]: But what talk about a little later? [0:02:47, 0:02:47]: Okay. [0:02:48, 0:02:49]: That's pretty cool. Uh huh. [0:02:51, 0:02:52]: Long plane flight. [0:02:55, 0:02:58]: Fishy. Yes, sir. Did they get better when you took that medicine? [0:02:58, 0:03:02]: It did. Thank you. It did thank you. But I um [0:03:04, 0:03:05]: I um [0:03:06, 0:03:07]: I'm still gonna have to go. [0:03:08, 0:03:09]: I don't know, what's wrong? [0:03:10, 0:03:14]: I'm just gonna make an appointment. I probably shouldn't have these heels on today, but [0:03:14, 0:03:18]: I had court this morning in Gwinnett County. In the morning? [0:03:18, 0:03:23]: For Tony Tony Terry is one of my clients. Tony Terry. You know Tony Terry? [0:03:23, 0:03:25]: Tony Terry seems like the song When I'm with You. [0:03:26, 0:03:29]: Uh oh. Yeah. I have my little. [0:03:30, 0:03:35]: No. Yes and no. Okay. [0:03:38, 0:03:40]: Like all kinda um [0:03:41, 0:03:44]: I usually don't say him'cause he ain't the main person. [0:03:44, 0:03:45]: Alright, good time. [0:03:46, 0:03:52]: All right, uh what are we gonna decide on the uh on that uh [0:03:54, 0:04:05]: You talking about the trail the bridges? Yeah. Well we w I mean it's it's up to you up to the council what you wanna do here. What you wanna do. All right, um I know uh we have a quorum. [0:04:06, 0:04:10]: So I'm gonna get started. I know Mr. Thomas will join us here shortly. [0:04:11, 0:04:18]: So on that note, I'd like to call the meeting to order. I got about a minute or so after six. Okay? This bar gonna be our [0:04:19, 0:04:22]: Mr um Brooks, could you please give an indication please, sir? [0:04:25, 0:04:28]: Uh sh she's tied up with something else happening. [0:04:37, 0:04:42]: Could we all look up forcome? Dear Heaven Father, Lord Jesus, we come to you tonight, Lord and say thank you. [0:04:42, 0:04:46]: Lord, as we come to this meeting tonight, Lord, we ask you to guide us and direct us. [0:04:46, 0:04:48]: The path that you set before us help me follow. [0:04:49, 0:04:52]: As we all come, Lord, we ask you for all your protection and guidance. [0:04:53, 0:05:02]: We ask you to protect us and guide us and leave us and up. No harm come to us. As we mess, pray, Lord. We ask all this in your name. In your son, Jesus' name we pray. Amen. Amen. [0:05:03, 0:05:15]: Pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. [0:05:17, 0:05:20]: Madam Clerk, roll call, please. [0:05:23, 0:05:24]: Councilman Thomas. [0:05:25, 0:05:25]: [326.5, 337.1]: Councilman Blount. Present. Mayor Ford. Present. Councilwoman Gantt. Present. Councilman Alexander. Present. Councilwoman Barber. Present. Mayor Ford, you have a quorum. [0:05:37, 0:05:38]: Thank you. [0:05:39, 0:05:42]: Council, I need a motion to adopt the agenda, please. [0:05:45, 0:05:48]: So move. I second. All right. [0:05:51, 0:05:55]: All right, so with move and moved and seconded. All in favor of adopting the agenda, please indicate. [0:05:56, 0:06:01]: Okay. Opposed? Everybody's agreement agreement? Yes. Okay. All right. Thank you very much. [0:06:01, 0:06:14]: I have here, uh ladies and gentlemen, the adoption of minutes for the following meeting, a special call meeting as of uh thirteenth January twenty twenty, and also the um council meeting on the thirteenth of january twenty twenty. [0:06:15, 0:06:18]: Unless there are any changes, I need a motion to adopt those particular minutes. [0:06:18, 0:06:23]: Mayor, I move that we approve those minutes is right. Thank you. Is there a second? Okay. [0:06:23, 0:06:25]: All in favor, please indicate. [0:06:26, 0:06:29]: I I think said it was Ms. Alezander, I think, seconded that. Did you second that? [0:06:30, 0:06:33]: No, dude, but I will. [0:06:34, 0:06:39]: You made a motion. I thought you said you didn't second. I'll sec I'll second. Okay, thank you. All right. All in favor, please indicate. [0:06:40, 0:06:41]: Thank you very much. [0:06:42, 0:06:44]: All right. Madam Clerk, any public comments at all? [0:06:46, 0:06:53]: Okay. Ladies and gentlemen, before we had our meeting, uh before we started our particular council meeting, we had a ceremonial ceremonial review. [0:06:54, 0:07:12]: And our finance department received um a special achievement award of excellence from the Georgia Finance Officers Association. And John Wiggins, our finance officer, members, several members of the staff were here to receive that. So our finance department's been out doing an outstanding job for several years and once again has been recognized for their their work. [0:07:13, 0:07:16]: We also uh read our Black History Month Proclamation. [0:07:16, 0:07:20]: Uh Jacqueline Johnson that is actually [0:07:20, 0:07:40]: runs the Cochrane Library, accepted that along with a couple of her members of her staff. And uh they're gonna display that at Cochrane Library all this month, along with other uh m mer uh material in reference to Black History Month. And they have a special program on Saturday, I believe it's from ten to two. Kicks off uh other program that they have [0:07:40, 0:07:41]: Uh for folks who want to come by. [0:07:42, 0:07:46]: We also did read a proclam proclamation for the Nas uh National Heart Health Month. [0:07:47, 0:07:52]: And uh Miss Av Abramaty Abernathy, uh from uh Delta Sigma Thea [0:07:52, 0:07:54]: Swardy uh accepted that as well. [0:07:56, 0:08:16]: And then uh the highlight for me would have been the swearing on of uh four members of our youth council members. Uh so we have outstanding four additional outstanding uh students that are now members of our Stockbridge Youth Council, Miss McCoen, uh Mr. Brown, Miss Bell, and Miss Lott all were sworn in today. So it's fantastic. [0:08:15, 0:08:17]: That they we have done that. [0:08:18, 0:08:21]: On that note, that ends our ceremonial type review. [0:08:21, 0:08:23]: And a first presentation actually [0:08:23, 0:08:26]: uh is from a district uh four board of health update. [0:08:27, 0:08:47]: Uh, Miss Glenda Scott is our environmental health manager. Could please come forward. And ladies and gentlemen, I and for the council, I wanted her to give this presentation so you'll have an idea one of the things that the Public Board of Health does and how this environmental health manager, Miss Glenda Scott, her team, how they go and deal with things in our community, whether restaurants. [0:08:47, 0:08:50]: fronts, whether it's dealing with uh the actual um [0:08:52, 0:09:05]: Homeowner Association pools and things of this nature. I mean she'll be able to explain that, but I I serve on the the d District Four Board of Health and I just wanted to make sure that that you all were somewhat educated on some of the things that they do. So Miss Scott, please. [0:09:05, 0:09:15]: Good evening, most honourable mayor and most honourable council ladies and gentlemen. Thank you for allowing me the opportunity to speak to you today about [0:09:16, 0:09:22]: Georgia Public Health briefly at District Four Public Health and Henry County Office of Environmental Health. [0:09:23, 0:09:25]: The Henry County Office of Environmental Health. [0:09:26, 0:09:33]: is a part of district four public health. The state of Georgia is divided into eighteen health districts. [0:09:34, 0:09:36]: Our district is district four. [0:09:36, 0:09:39]: District Four is compromise composed of [0:09:39, 0:09:41]: twelve counties. [0:09:41, 0:09:51]: As of July first, it will be thirteen counties. Clayton County is currently a district of its own, but in in July, Clayton County will become a health department and will and will fall under [0:09:52, 0:09:53]: District four. [0:09:54, 0:09:58]: Georgia Public Health Division has a mission to prevent [0:09:58, 0:10:00]: Disease, injury. [0:10:00, 0:10:04]: And to promote the health of the citizens of the state of Georgia. [0:10:05, 0:10:13]: We also have a responsibility to prepare for the disasters. And environmental health is a cornerstone of public health. [0:10:14, 0:10:24]: our employees are called EH specialists, but we also have the wonderful customer service representatives that we couldn't get anything accomplished without them. [0:10:25, 0:10:27]: But our job is to [0:10:27, 0:10:34]: through scientific education, through studies, through evaluations to investigate and eliminate [0:10:35, 0:10:42]: Environ environmental conditions that will adversely affect the health and well-beings of the citizens of our community. [0:10:42, 0:10:46]: Не ви аккомплештис тру примарали тру превенш. [0:10:47, 0:10:55]: Through the implementation of programs that will combat biological, chemical, and physical. [0:10:55, 0:10:58]: elements that may affect your your health. [0:11:00, 0:11:02]: Our district, district four [0:11:02, 0:11:05]: has twelve environmental health offices. [0:11:05, 0:11:21]: And the way we are divided, we have a district medical director. Our district office is located in Grange, Georgia. Our district health director is a leader and a visionary. His name is Dr. Olabinga Obasanja. [0:11:22, 0:11:30]: He is the best dist health direct director in the state of Georgia, and I can truly speak to that because I worked under him for many years. [0:11:31, 0:11:44]: I've actually worked in environmental health for 32 years, but I've been in public health for 40 years. So this is a way of life for me. I love what I do and I'm here because I care about the citizens of this county. [0:11:45, 0:11:52]: Now District 4 is a nationally public health accredited health department. [0:11:53, 0:11:56]: We achieve accreditation in November. [0:11:57, 0:12:05]: Of 2019. So we are a nationally recon a recognized health department, all of the 12 counties and our district office. [0:12:06, 0:12:09]: The division of environmental health [0:12:09, 0:12:15]: has several programs. Most people usually hear about septic systems and [0:12:16, 0:12:23]: restaurants and that's what we usually mostly get several questions on. But we also have other programs that are vital. [0:12:23, 0:12:26]: to the health and welfare of our citizens that include [0:12:27, 0:12:28]: Swimming pools. [0:12:29, 0:12:30]: Vector control [0:12:31, 0:12:37]: Private water systems, body art or tattoo parlors. [0:12:37, 0:12:39]: Healthy homes. [0:12:40, 0:12:41]: Vector control [0:12:42, 0:12:46]: And emergency preparedness, which is a major component. [0:12:47, 0:12:52]: And I'll give you a little more information on on each of those programs as to what we do. [0:12:54, 0:13:06]: We are governed by the district office as well as the Henry County Board of Health, which Mayor Ford has been elected now the chairman of our Henry County Board of Health. [0:13:06, 0:13:08]: The district office [0:13:08, 0:13:12]: This doctor Obasanja is our CEO of the health department. [0:13:13, 0:13:33]: And the hierarchy is Dr. O. We have a a district environmental health director and a deputy district environmental health director, and then myself, which is the county manager. There are eight environmentalists in our office, including myself and two admin. We are responsible for a county of 2, I think 25 people. [0:13:33, 0:13:36]: people with eight environmentalists. Most counties would have a [0:13:37, 0:13:43]: much larger uh staff, but in our district, the larger counties, that's about it for us. [0:13:44, 0:13:50]: Melinda Knight is our district environmental director and Seth Whitrow is our assistant deputy director. [0:13:50, 0:13:56]: Our county board of health is responsible for determining the health needs and resources of the county. [0:13:56, 0:14:02]: And to develop in cooperation with D PH to programs and activities that uh [0:14:02, 0:14:05]: Respond to the needs of the people of our county. [0:14:06, 0:14:08]: EA specialists are required to have a [0:14:09, 0:14:11]: minimum of a bachelor's degree. [0:14:11, 0:14:21]: But the st it the state is moving toward mat re requiring uh more advanced degrees because of the complicated technical work that we do. [0:14:22, 0:14:42]: They're also looking for forward to requiring standard certification such as uh registered environmental health specialists. We do have some in our county. There are no one in our office, and it's kind of a drawback right now because most of the employees have to pay in our district we have to pay for that exam ourselves, and it's [0:14:42, 0:14:51]: probably$2 to$50 to$300. However, if it's when it becomes required, then it'll probably be on the the County Boards of Health to [0:14:51, 0:14:53]: uh pay for that. [0:14:54, 0:14:55]: Examination. [0:14:56, 0:15:00]: EA specialists start at from one to five to county manager. [0:15:01, 0:15:10]: In our office, we have four specialists that have master's degree. We have one doctor of veterinary medicine. [0:15:10, 0:15:16]: We have two customer service, and one of our customer service the supervisor has an MBA. [0:15:17, 0:15:23]: Regardless of our advanced degrees, all EH have to attend training classes. [0:15:24, 0:15:27]: Ас армплої сравел трейн. [0:15:27, 0:15:38]: Throughout the year, every program there is a week training class, there is an examination that you have to take and pass before you're allowed to be certified in that program. [0:15:39, 0:15:41]: In the on-site program sewage program. [0:15:42, 0:15:48]: We have to be not only certified, but we also have to take a statewide exam. [0:15:49, 0:15:50]: That it's renewable. [0:15:51, 0:15:54]: after two years. No environmentalists can work. [0:15:54, 0:15:57]: full time in that program until it passed [0:15:58, 0:16:03]: А трейні клас форум сайт sewage азвалась a soul. [0:16:04, 0:16:24]: Class for on-site sewage. We are required to be scientists, we are required to be chemists, we're required to be engineers, we review engineer plans for on-site sewage management systems, as well as teachers. The biggest part of our job is education. And that's what we enjoy: educating our citizens. [0:16:24, 0:16:32]: Citizens, as well as our facility owners and our other clients on our programs and how to improve themselves. [0:16:34, 0:16:54]: Just a brief description of each program. The on-site sewage management program involves issuing permits for septic tank systems, inspecting septic tank systems, investigating complaints for septic tank systems. We work hand in hand with builders and developers. We work hand in hand with other county agencies such. [0:16:53, 0:16:58]: such as the building departments, stormwater, and planning and zoning. [0:16:59, 0:17:12]: We also work hand in hand with food with the uh county coat's office. We don't carry guns, we're we we don't issue citations. All of our rules and regulations have been adopted by the Henry County Board of Commissioners. So [0:17:12, 0:17:14]: They are the ones responsible for enforcing. [0:17:14, 0:17:17]: their coast office for enforcing our rules and regulations. [0:17:18, 0:17:20]: In our food service program [0:17:21, 0:17:31]: The employees are required to be standardized after a year and a half of employment. This is state. This is none of our regulations are are county except body art. [0:17:31, 0:17:35]: And our public swimming pools. Our food service program is a state program. [0:17:35, 0:17:43]: Any inspection that is conducted by a member of our staff is based on state rules and regulations. [0:17:44, 0:17:50]: Our uh tourist accommodation program, there is there are no requirements for certification. [0:17:50, 0:17:53]: Public swimming pool, they must be a certified P CPO. [0:17:54, 0:18:01]: We also have well water. If you're on a well and you want to have your water tested for coliform bacteria, that is a program that we have and we will do that. [0:18:02, 0:18:09]: The body art program, there is no certification, but we do review plans and issue permits for the studios and the artists. [0:18:10, 0:18:21]: Indoor air quality, I could stand here and talk to you all night about that because that's a b big problem in Henry County, but the state does not have a program where we can require a land. [0:18:21, 0:18:29]: Lord, to take care of any problems as far as mold or anything else. I get calls all the time. I do I'm a healthy home. [0:18:29, 0:18:32]: А евалюєте сертифай Хелті Хом евалюйтер. [0:18:33, 0:18:38]: But only thing I can do is test for mole. If I find mole, I can give. [0:18:39, 0:18:48]: that renter or that homeowner a letter, but that's the limit as to what we can do because there is no program for that particular uh problem. [0:18:50, 0:18:51]: Emergency preparedness. [0:18:52, 0:18:56]: is a major program and I will say to all of you, are you ready? [0:18:57, 0:19:02]: If a major disaster hits Henry County, do you have a family plan? [0:19:03, 0:19:04]: Our office [0:19:05, 0:19:17]: Works with EMA to respond to any disaster in this county, whether it's a medical disaster, which the clinic will handle but handle but we work with them, or whether it's a a natural disaster. [0:19:18, 0:19:27]: The state is well well organized in public health when it comes around to disasters. District 4 has a strike team. I am part of an environmental health strike team. [0:19:27, 0:19:44]: We are on call twenty-four hours to have our bags packed to respond to a disaster anywhere in central Georgia because we are part of the central Georgia uh strike team. We have taken several exams and several training classes to qualify to be part of a [0:19:45, 0:19:46]: of that program. [0:19:46, 0:19:50]: Ай брат пакет фічів'ю. [0:19:51, 0:19:52]: Where you can [0:19:52, 0:20:05]: Fill out a disaster plan for your family. This is very detailed and you don't have to fill out everything on it. But you need to know that if something happens and you and your family are not together, where are we going to meet up? [0:20:06, 0:20:09]: You can't go back to your home. Do you have? [0:20:09, 0:20:13]: It's written down all of your important information. [0:20:13, 0:20:20]: I also have a list of our services for you and a list of phone numbers for any [0:20:20, 0:20:28]: Program in environmental health in the state of Georgia. And I'll just end with giving you some basic information on what we've done in in 2019. [0:20:29, 0:20:49]: And we have 640 plus restaurants, well, I'll say food service facilities in Henry County. And that includes public and private schools. We have 52 tourist accommodations, 235 public swimming pools, 12 body body art studios, and this is eight employees to handle all. [0:20:49, 0:20:50]: All of this. [0:20:51, 0:20:53]: In twenty nineteen [0:20:53, 0:21:04]: We inspected over five six hundred food service inspections took place, and this include temporaries like for the Atlanta Motor Speedway. [0:21:05, 0:21:21]: We had four hundred and seventy-two facilities to score A's, sixty-five Bs, twenty-five C's, and this is outstanding for this is for one year. Only three restaurants scored an unsatisfactory. That's a big improvement as we've seen over over the past years. [0:21:22, 0:21:24]: For the sewage program we issued [0:21:24, 0:21:44]: 300 permits for new facilities, 184 repair permits, there were 427 systems installed, septic tank systems, and there were 273 existing systems evaluated. For the public swimming pools, all 235 public swimming pools were inspected. [0:21:44, 0:21:45]: Respect it. [0:21:45, 0:21:53]: At least once a year. All fifty-two hotels and motels have been inspected at least once a year. So we are busy. [0:21:54, 0:21:55]: We are not here. [0:21:55, 0:22:07]: For the money, we're here because we don't make that much money. We're here because we love what we do and we feel that it is our responsibility to protect this county. [0:22:08, 0:22:12]: And I hope I'm not jinxing anything, but we have not had a foodborne outbreak in this county. [0:22:13, 0:22:16]: And I've been here thirty two years. [0:22:16, 0:22:18]: And it's been at least thirty [0:22:19, 0:22:21]: Twenty nine to thirty years. [0:22:21, 0:22:30]: But that's because the employees are of our office are on the job, doing what they're supposed to do and caring about the citizens of this county. [0:22:30, 0:22:39]: We just like for facilities, builders and developers to remember facilities on that they have a responsibility as well. [0:22:39, 0:22:43]: Because our job is to educate, especially when it comes around to restaurants. [0:22:44, 0:22:51]: We're in there only one time or two times or three times a year for one particular day. It is the responsibility of that facility. [0:22:52, 0:22:57]: That certified food safety manager to ensure that they're following the codes. [0:22:58, 0:22:59]: За стайто. [0:23:00, 0:23:09]: But we are here. If you need us, pick up the phone and call us. My I have my card here and I always answer my calls and if I'm out. [0:23:09, 0:23:11]: I will return my call. [0:23:12, 0:23:26]: When I get back in and thank you for giving me this opportunity. Miss Scott, thank you for the briefing. I appreciate it. If you can just leave those with with her at this our clerk and we'll get that from her. Uh Glinda, please. Come come back. I'm pretty sure they got some uh uh questions here for you, if you don't mind. [0:23:27, 0:23:28]: Anybody? [0:23:29, 0:23:30]: Yeah, I hope. [0:23:30, 0:23:50]: Okay. And t thank you for coming and making that presentation to us. Um that was uh excellent. Uh I see that uh you said you have six hundred and forty restaurants plus account. That's that's just the kind of total count. Not rest but that includes public schools and private schools as well. That's food service facilities. Right. [0:23:50, 0:23:55]: So and you do in those restaurants twice a year, you see well it depends because [0:23:57, 0:24:10]: The way they're categorized is risk one, two, and three. A risk one, such as a subway, if it's a sandwich shop or they don't prepare food, they're just serving it, they don't have to cook it or anything like that. [0:24:11, 0:24:15]: They're only required to be inspected once a year. If [0:24:15, 0:24:35]: Their score is an A, if they maintain an A. Risk two are required to be inspected twice a year. Risk three, which are restaurants that may have a special uh procedure that they're doing that goes outside of our regulations, they're required to be inspected three or three times a year. Most of our restaurants are risk two. [0:24:35, 0:24:40]: Which are restaur restaurants like uh Piccadilly's or [0:24:41, 0:24:45]: Olive garden or those type of restaurants, but [0:24:45, 0:24:53]: If a restaurant, say a Piccadilly's or an Olive Garden, scores an A on three consecutive inspections. [0:24:53, 0:25:01]: then they can go to one inspection a year. Then the moment they score a B, then it goes back to the two. [0:25:02, 0:25:22]: Okay, is is um that's uh thank you so much for that. I guess uh what I'm kinda getting at is that uh there's a perception in the community that a lot of the restaurants aren't performing up to what they need to be. That's not true. I just gave you those statistics as already. I know what the numbers say, yeah, but that's not what the public is feeling. [0:25:22, 0:25:35]: feeling in terms of what the feedback is is that when they go into these restaurants and I know as a food safety person myself, a restaurant can go from a A to a F within two hours, within an hour, five and ten minutes really. But [0:25:35, 0:25:36]: In terms of that [0:25:37, 0:25:40]: What you're doing with us with this presentation [0:25:40, 0:26:00]: How much of that do you do with the public at large, not just for officials and the restaurants, but educating the public with what you're doing in terms of what you're just explaining to us, so the public understands what you're doing. And you know, we all go into these restaurants every day, okay? [0:26:00, 0:26:20]: Now, some of those restaurants, I can tell you, even or in this general parameter, they're not meeting the standard. I can't figure out how some of them, I'm not gonna call their names, but I can't figure out how they keep passing, especially some of the fast food restaurants. I think you and I have had some communication in the past about [0:26:20, 0:26:40]: When finer restaurants do come here, how them actually being graded harsher than a fast food restaurant. And then I think we kind of work through that in terms of uh, you know, your understanding and my understanding. But I think we have some concern that some of these restaurants coming here. [0:26:40, 0:26:51]: and they were getting slammed because, you know, it's a difference between grating, as you say, at a subway. They have prepackaged food that comes in and then I'm making a fine cuisine meal and I got [0:26:51, 0:27:11]: 50 ingredients to go in it. Right. And uh if you come at you know what I'm saying, having some type of understanding that this restaurant faces different challenges versus the one that uh is is serving pre-packaged food. But in terms of the fast food restaurants and and the [0:27:11, 0:27:28]: grading of a lot of these fast food restaurants. I hear it from the public all the time. I don't know how much they hear from it, but I certainly do that they're not satisfied with the the the operation and the appearance on a lot of these restaurants, but you're saying you're not seeing that. Well [0:27:29, 0:27:30]: Actually [0:27:31, 0:27:32]: It's interesting [0:27:32, 0:27:41]: our office can never win because so if you can remember a few years ago it was we were being too hard on the restaurants. And now we're hearing [0:27:41, 0:27:42]: Maybe we're not [0:27:43, 0:27:46]: being hard enough, but I can assure you that [0:27:47, 0:27:52]: It's one or two times out of a year you have to think about this that we're going into those facilities. [0:27:53, 0:28:01]: We are going to write up what we see on that particular day that we go in. Right. Now, what happens after that? [0:28:02, 0:28:09]: We don't know. That's why it is the responsibility. Every restaurant is required to have a certified food safety manager. [0:28:09, 0:28:27]: It is the responsibility of that certified food safety manager to make sure that every employee understands the state of Georgia food service regulations. It is the responsibility of that certified food safety manager and the person in control to make sure that there are [0:28:28, 0:28:47]: preventing foodborne illnesses because we're coming in as a regulatory agency to regulate, to make sure that they're following and to educate. We can only do so much education we are there because we're already behind in this county to be honest. We're s we're slammed. Our employees are doing 10 to 12 [0:28:47, 0:28:52]: you know, a week just to get caught up. So their responsibility falls [0:28:52, 0:29:01]: on that restaurant owner or that food service manager. We investigate, we get complaints. We do get complaints all the time. Right. We will [0:29:02, 0:29:03]: Within three days [0:29:04, 0:29:09]: If it's a foodborne illness, a complaint that will involve a foodborne illness. [0:29:09, 0:29:20]: We're out there within three days and I guarantee you we're gonna investigate that complaint and we're gonna follow up with that citizen that calls. That is the the protocol that we follow. [0:29:20, 0:29:33]: I am willing and I'm sure my food service manager, we're willing to speak to any group, whether it's a a a subdivision, any group of people that want us to come and talk to them as citizens, because we're here for them. [0:29:33, 0:29:35]: about how [0:29:36, 0:29:42]: The state of Georgia food code is written and how we follow those codes. But [0:29:42, 0:29:48]: Last thing we want is a foodborne illness. That that is not anything that we want. So that's why. [0:29:49, 0:30:01]: When we go in there, we're gonna thoroughly inspect those facilities. Okay, and the last question. Every person that comes before us, we are and you just kinda uh kinda keyed in on the thing that I wanted to talk about too. [0:30:02, 0:30:09]: Always ask, and because you work with us and partner with us, do do you have what you need? Are these uh [0:30:10, 0:30:22]: Inspectors overworked. Do you need more staff? And how does that work? Or we w wh how does that work to add more staff? Is that stake that come down from the state level or how did that work? [0:30:22, 0:30:27]: І something cause I was trying to rush that I did mention this the state office. [0:30:27, 0:30:31]: has no uh how should I put control over [0:30:31, 0:30:38]: local health department. The state office r is really a more of a consulting they [0:30:38, 0:30:48]: implement the rules and regulation, tell us these are the rules and regulations, this is what you follow. But our district office is is our and the county board of health. [0:30:49, 0:30:52]: and the county commissioners, those are [0:30:52, 0:30:56]: Асфарс маніфонсфо [0:30:56, 0:30:58]: Інhраринг Environmentalist now we [0:30:59, 0:31:07]: Our money is partially funded by state, state grants, which is par uh fed federal and state, and Henry County. [0:31:08, 0:31:09]: So it [0:31:09, 0:31:24]: Yes, we do need and this is a big discussion that the mayor can tell you we've already had in the Board of Health about needing more employees because the population of this county is I don't think it's going to decrease. Right. It's continuing to go up. [0:31:25, 0:31:29]: And our office has to keep in step with the growth in this country. [0:31:30, 0:31:33]: We have фафорпіпо. [0:31:34, 0:31:44]: Working in the program last year we hired a new employee. Actually, she transferred from another county and she came all the way already trained. But I'm gonna tell ya. [0:31:44, 0:31:48]: When you're asking people to have masters degrees and certifications, the amount of money [0:31:49, 0:31:54]: The minimum salaries we're not attracting people that are already trained. [0:31:55, 0:32:03]: When you hire a new employee, it takes over a year. Just in the on-site sewage program, it takes a year to get a person fully trained. [0:32:03, 0:32:07]: In all of the scientific data that we have to deal with in the food service program. [0:32:08, 0:32:10]: It takes six months to a year. [0:32:11, 0:32:14]: Lot of people come, they get the training. [0:32:14, 0:32:33]: And another county offers them more money. We spent all of our time and efforts paying for hotels and sending them to those training classes and they leave. But our district is working. They're working on a plan to retain employees. Matter of fact, our district uh environmental health director. [0:32:33, 0:32:53]: is now meeting once a month with all of our new employees. So the state is asking each district to come up with a program to retain em employees. All right. Thank you so much. But thank you for asking that because that is a that is a problem. Yes. Any other questions for uh Ms Scott here [0:32:53, 0:32:53]: Yeah. [0:32:55, 0:32:59]: Thank you, Glinda. Really appreciate you being here. Thank you, thank you. Take care. [0:33:02, 0:33:11]: New business, council consideration to approve resolution appointing city auditors for FY two thousand nineteen. Maldon and Jenkins and Mr. Wiggins, please. [0:33:16, 0:33:18]: Good evening, Mayor and Council. [0:33:18, 0:33:38]: Good evening. Staff is recommending um for your consideration to approve um the auditors, Martin and Dickens, to do the audit for F by 2019. They were the auditors last year and the year before that. [0:33:38, 0:33:50]: did a pretty real good job so we are asking for your consideration to approve them again. Okay. Any questions for Mr. Wiggins or motion so moved. All right. Motion accept this. Says there are seconds. [0:33:51, 0:34:11]: A second. Okay, then for the discussion. Yes, Mayor. Go right ahead, please. I have one question. Uh the are we gonna send out an RFP at some point in time for uh a possible to look into We are. We are when is that gonna come? We will have to do it uh next year. Next year. Yeah, for next year we will have to [0:34:11, 0:34:31]: um this year we will put out RP and then go through the process to see uh who would bid on it so we can um uh for the for the FY twenty twenty. That's how that would work. And I wasn't here earlier, but I wanna congratulate you and staff for doing an excellent job on getting us that [0:34:31, 0:34:35]: Capra award again. Thank you. Tremendous appreciate that. Thank you. [0:34:36, 0:34:41]: Any further discussion? And if not, all in favor of the motion, please indicate. [0:34:41, 0:34:43]: Thank you very much. Thank you, Ms. Williams. [0:34:44, 0:34:49]: Council consideration approved the city's street light policy. Mr. Aaron, please. [0:34:54, 0:35:14]: Good evening, Mr. Mayor and Council. Evening. Good evening. We just come and we want to formalize the process where residents come and ask for street lights, because currently we've had several that that have come and ask in the older sections of Stockbridge that doesn't have an approved lighting plan like in a subdivision. Occasionally we'll get a request, but we just want to have a process in place. [0:35:14, 0:35:33]: place similar to the speed hump process where the residents of that area would come in and petition for the street lights and then it'd be up to mayor and council to approve it. But we just want to have a formal process in place. Not saying that we'll approve, but there's just a process in place of how they inquire about getting a street light. [0:35:34, 0:35:36]: Any questions, Council for Mr. Aaron? [0:35:36, 0:35:39]: Mayor. Go ahead. [0:35:40, 0:35:41]: Um I thought that we had uh [0:35:42, 0:35:55]: supposed to been sitting down and talking about and going over what procedures we was gonna put in place when it came to street lights because when when the installation of street lights throughout the city, especially in subdivisions [0:35:56, 0:36:12]: Um we're we're getting a bill on those and I thought we was gonna talk about and discuss any new uh coming petitions for street lights. Um so I'm trying to figure out why we moving forward with this policy versus having a overall policy after we have our meeting. [0:36:12, 0:36:17]: uh uh to me this makes it's kinda interesting that we're coming together now with a policy before we [0:36:17, 0:36:19]: Discuss a policy. [0:36:19, 0:36:39]: Well, this policy, like I said, is formalized. You have something in the code that talks about streetlights that they come to the city manager and the city manager would say yes or no. But this just formalized policy, not saying that we're gonna approve any streetlights or any additions, but this is just a process. If somebody came and said, hey, there's a [0:36:39, 0:36:44]: Safety issue. Students are there at a bus stop. How we go about getting a street light? [0:36:45, 0:37:04]: in that area. Yeah but but but then a follow up real quick, if we create a policy that that shifts the responsibility, then why would they be coming to the city? Th those are the kind of things that the that we we have to knock out. I thought we was gonna do is have meetings about a policy because if if the if in that policy shifts responsibility [0:37:04, 0:37:07]: then every complaint would not be the city's responsibility. [0:37:08, 0:37:28]: And which becomes a liability. See, but these are mainly streets like thoroughfare streets, say if it was something on n on North Henry, those would be lights that the city would pay for anyway, because there's nobody to attach that payment to. This is different than if somebody in a subdivision came to subdivision, wanted a light, that would be different. This is just [0:37:28, 0:37:48]: Just formalized on those thoroughfares that are not part of a subdivision. That the city, if you went to a policy where subdivisions paid for lights, you're gonna always pay for the lights on North Henry and those things like Davison Parkway, those kind of roads, the city will always pay for those. And this is what this addresses. It doesn't address, you know, if you came for a subdivision. [0:37:48, 0:38:04]: vision like Pine View, Pine Grove or whatever, or Winding Creek that's in the process of building out, that's completely different from this. This addresses those where the city would always have the responsibility of paying for those lights. [0:38:05, 0:38:07]: Any other questions for Mr. Aaron? [0:38:08, 0:38:28]: Yes, but I do. Okay, so this policy is just to have in writing what we're currently approving. No as far as how the city is operating and approving requests currently. Because I'd like just as Councilman Blount [0:38:28, 0:38:48]: Pointed out, I like for us to have discussions about this particular policy. Yes, ma'am. Well I said this would just say if it was somewhere upright quick trip or something, somebody said, Hey, we probably need another light on North Henry for safety purposes, because North Henry would be the area that we'd pay for the lights because we can't visit. [0:38:48, 0:38:58]: But I read the policy and it speaks to public and private streets. No ma'am, we don't [0:38:59, 0:39:19]: On private streets. The city has no jurisdiction. It talks about private streets that the city would not approve lights on private streets. Right, but your policy includes both public and private streets. [0:39:19, 0:39:24]: streets and that the private street would be the responsibility of those residents on that street. [0:39:26, 0:39:28]: Mayor. Mr. Blount, please. [0:39:29, 0:39:32]: You you made it clear for me. I just saw the uh [0:39:34, 0:39:46]: B because when I looked over the I'm th there's some room for assumption and I thought it would it would be for private in in those areas. But if it's just for the areas no, sir that was outlined, uh that we already covered, I I'm I'm okay with it. [0:39:47, 0:39:48]: Ms. Gamp, please. [0:39:48, 0:39:52]: Mayor, I'd like to m make a motion that we approve the city light policy that's presented by Mr. Aaron. [0:39:53, 0:39:56]: Second. Second. Second. There you go. Any further discussion? [0:39:57, 0:40:01]: If not all finished Mayor, I'm sorry. I'd like to table this. [0:40:01, 0:40:08]: It okay, but the motion no well actually right now the motion was made in the second, so you can't table now, so we've got to take a vote. [0:40:08, 0:40:10]: Okay, all in favor please indicate. [0:40:11, 0:40:14]: Anybody wants to pose? All right, four one it passes. [0:40:16, 0:40:17]: Alrighty. [0:40:17, 0:40:37]: Thank you, Mr. Aaron. Oh, actually, you're up next. Council consideration to approve the city's revised municipal utilities ordinance. Title VI of the City's Code of Ordinances. Mr. Aaron, please. Yes, Mr. Mayor. We're in the process. We're completing updating all of the city's public work ordinances, and this addresses some changes that have been made by the [0:40:37, 0:40:57]: state and the federal government and it removes some things that are no longer pertinent to what we're doing in water and sewer and it also addresses some things uh we didn't have in our previous ordinance for industrial if an industrial facility came in and addresses pretreatment requirements and things of that nature so we're just updating our ordinance to comply with the [0:40:57, 0:40:59]: the current standards. [0:40:59, 0:41:07]: Council, any questions for Mr. Aaron? And if not, I just need a motion. So move. I second. Okay, any further discussion? [0:41:07, 0:41:09]: Not all proof, please indicate. [0:41:09, 0:41:11]: Thank you, fantastic. [0:41:11, 0:41:31]: Alrighty. Mr. Aaron, are you still with us? Council consideration to approve the city's cross connection control program, please. Yes, Mr. Mayor. The state requires once you reach a certain population or service area that you implement a backflow prevention program, and this addresses that. Commercial it commercial establishments with backflow prevention. [0:41:31, 0:41:51]: Preventers will be required to test them annually. We currently have the major chains. They submit reports like Walmart, McDonald's, and Wendy's and facilities like that, CBS. They submit those reports annually, but we just want to require all of our businesses that have the backfloor preventers to check them annually. [0:41:51, 0:41:54]: to make sure they're functioning as they're required. [0:41:55, 0:41:57]: Okay. Once again, council, any questions for Mr. Aaron? [0:41:58, 0:42:18]: Uh yes. Go right at the end. Actually I have a question. Maybe Miss Moore might be able to handle it as well. Is that you saying that this deals with commercial, which is excellent? What is the residential standard? Is it a cross con is it a cross connection uh for residential requirement in the zoning or are we waiting to update that now? Yes for residential. [0:42:18, 0:42:26]: Presidential already have theirs, but this addresses the commercial that requires them to submit annual test of the backflow device. [0:42:27, 0:42:42]: Okay, and then those requirements,'cause I know um initially like uh in different jurisdictions you will go, you will see the outside faucet or the s or s would have a backflow connection on it. Do we require that now? [0:42:43, 0:42:50]: For commercial for for a residential. If I'm outside, someone's outside, they're feeding the lawn, they're using some weed in feed. [0:42:51, 0:43:09]: The backflow is there a backflow connection required on the outside faucet for these builders? It's actually it's behind behind the meter. So it prevents, as they say, back siphonage water from getting into the uh drinking water system. So those are protected. [0:43:09, 0:43:17]: Right, but again another layer would be that would prevent it from getting into the system. But what that wouldn't prevent it from getting into the house. [0:43:17, 0:43:18]: But [0:43:18, 0:43:38]: The thing about it is that would be the customer's responsibility. Our main requirement is to protect the drinking water that's provided to all of the citizens. Okay. Well I just like to see that in the future. I see Miss Moore sitting out there. If we don't have that, when the builders do construct the homes that they are required to put [0:43:38, 0:43:50]: those in that that it's already there. The homeowner will already have it when they move into an into a new home. When they come and apply for a meter, they're required to install the backflow prevention. [0:43:51, 0:43:52]: Right. [0:43:53, 0:44:01]: I'm talking about on the outside faucet on the house. Yeah. When you when you install it behind the meter, then that protects. [0:44:01, 0:44:21]: You're trying to protect, we can't determine what the residents do. Our main requirement, the state requires us and the federal government, is that we protect the distribution system. We protect the distribution system from having a residence if they have a backflow incident of introducing contaminants. Like you said, if they're out there with weed and feed and they throw the hose bib and [0:44:21, 0:44:28]: to the bucket of wheat and feed they have, it prevents that from going into the city system, that backflow device. [0:44:28, 0:44:39]: Right. And again I would just say and just closing this, I will p support this. I just want that protection on the home itself and maybe that's in the zoning or building rewrite. [0:44:42, 0:44:47]: Any other questions from Mr. Aaron? Mayor. Yes, ma'am. I move that we approve the city's cross connection control program. [0:44:47, 0:44:56]: Is there a second? Second. There you go, any further discussion. If not, all in favor of the motion, please indicate. Thank you very much. Second, that's my doubts. [0:44:56, 0:45:00]: Okay, I have council's consideration to approve the award of the bid for [0:45:01, 0:45:21]: For replacement of Reese Creek Trail Bridge and to Steel and Associates ITB two thousand two zero one nine-zero zero zero three zero in the amount of one million two hundred and forty two thousand ninety-four dollars and forty-five cents. Funding source to be determined by Mr. Aaron okay, presentation, Mr. Aaron. [0:45:20, 0:45:22]: And Lindell Miller. [0:45:22, 0:45:24]: Good afternoon, Mayor and Council. [0:45:25, 0:45:36]: Uh the procurement division is requesting approval to award the fixed contract as stated uh to the lowest responsive responsible bidder steel and associates. The ITB number is two zero one nine zero zero. [0:45:36, 0:45:37]: Zero thirty. [0:45:37, 0:45:41]: For the record, the city of Stockbridge Reeves Creek Trail Bridge replacement. [0:45:41, 0:45:47]: And the total amount of one million two hundred and forty two thousand ninety four dollars and forty five cents. [0:45:47, 0:45:52]: Thank you. I would imagine we have some questions about this, so who wants to go first? [0:45:55, 0:45:58]: [2758.7, 2759.4]: Please. [0:46:00, 0:46:01]: No, no. [0:46:03, 0:46:18]: What I would recommend to you if the council is uh inclined to uh make this award tonight is that you use a combination of SPLOSC money and fund balance about fifty percent each uh to fund the one point two million dollars. [0:46:19, 0:46:39]: Okay. Sir. I gotta go this way first. Go ahead, sir. Yes, sir. Uh what I'm what miss I just want to understand what the process is. Tonight, you're asking us to award the bid, right? Payment for that bid can be decided at a later date at that point on where the resources are going to come from. Is that correct? [0:46:39, 0:46:42]: correct Mr Knighton, if we decide to move forward with this. [0:46:43, 0:47:03]: That is correct. Okay,'cause I'm I just want to make sure because of all of the complaints and everything that we've gotten, the trail is really an embarrassment for us right now. If you take it and you got plyboard on these on top of these bridges, you got holes in'em, you got missing vandalism going on out there. [0:47:03, 0:47:15]: We gotta move steps forward expeditiously. I wanna be good stewards of the citizens' f money. I wanna make sure that we're handling it correctly. And how long of uh when did the bid close? [0:47:18, 0:47:19]: January ninth. [0:47:19, 0:47:39]: Okay, so the bid closed on January ninth and now we're getting it thirty days, so thirty days has elapsed. You've reviewed it, you've made the determination, you're making the recommendation uh to move forward with it at this point. I I'd just like to see us go ahead and do that and then uh s assign the funding uh when we uh meet at the [0:47:39, 0:47:40]: the retreat. [0:47:41, 0:47:42]: Mr. Blount, please. [0:47:43, 0:47:51]: Um y for me I I believe that we should have a process in place. Um I don't think anything should come before us. [0:47:52, 0:47:53]: What uh [0:47:54, 0:47:56]: uh funding source to be determined. [0:47:56, 0:48:15]: I don't think any project should come before us with that T B D on it. I think that everything should be identified because if we're going to approve anyone to do any work through an RP or whatever sort uh process we do, then funding should already be identified because we got a re budget retreat Monday. [0:48:16, 0:48:36]: When we talk about splots and we talk about uh fund balance and we talk about other avenues of funding, we also have to look at what are we pulling from that we now need to make adjustments on those on one end. When we use the word splots, that doesn't mean never ending money money. That means we're pulling from somewhere to do something. And so [0:48:36, 0:48:47]: if I'm not clear and I understand that this on th this brings in uh approves the contract to uh the certain vendor. [0:48:47, 0:49:07]: But I'm concerned about the TBD that's on this and pertaining to the other projects that we have on board. I think that any time that we approve any contractor, we should never have uh funding source being uh to be determined. It should be already be identified. Ms. Gantt. Ms. Gamp, please. [0:49:09, 0:49:29]: Well, uh in some sense I can I agree with um Councilman Blount. Uh my concern is whether I I see that we have to determine the financial s you know, sources. Another concern I have is what is our normal procedure? Do we normally award a bid without [0:49:29, 0:49:32]: without knowing what our financial source would be. [0:49:34, 0:49:54]: Typically, you would have an identified funding source. In this particular case, it's a large number,$1.2 million. And there are a couple of different options that you have. There is FLOSP money available, there is fund balance money available, and those would be the two mechanisms by which it would be recommended. [0:49:54, 0:49:56]: intended that this would be funded. [0:49:57, 0:49:58]: Either splashed. [0:49:58, 0:50:10]: But which theoretically you could do it in total, um, fund balance or splots. My recommendation, if it was if you were inclined to move forward with it tonight, was do a combination of both. [0:50:11, 0:50:31]: Well, let me make it perfectly clear that I'm not against this. I I know that we need this. I agree with Councilman Alexander on that issue. However, I do think that because we have a retreat on Monday and we have other capital, major capital projects that are [0:50:31, 0:50:51]: on you know that we have to discuss at this retreat. We also have to discuss our roads and and some of the way we're gonna, you know, move some funds around that we should wait and do everything at one time. I think this is a little premature. And so I'm willing to pretty much table this until after the retreat and then [0:50:51, 0:50:58]: then award the bid once we know where the exact funding is gonna come from. I'm not comfortable doing it otherwise. [0:50:58, 0:51:08]: I would mention also um that this bid would be good for another thirty days. Is that correct? Yes, that's correct. Okay, yes. It would be good for another thirty days and when it's in its current pricing. [0:51:09, 0:51:12]: I like to make that as a motion, um, Mayor. [0:51:12, 0:51:14]: Okay, restate it, please. [0:51:14, 0:51:33]: I'd like to make a motion to table this into our next um until our work session after we have our retreat so we can determine the funding sources. Second. All right. Motion was made and seconded, but further discussion. I just got a question in myself. In reference to the when I read through this reference to the ten different bridges. [0:51:34, 0:51:39]: And these bridges or these wall wood bridges and they'll be replaced by steel bridges. [0:51:40, 0:51:56]: Only six of them. And then I saw the number of four that'd be some type of covert instead of a bridge. Now I'm kind of confused about that because if it was a bridge, that means you're going over something. So how can it be if it's a covert, how do you step over? How do you go over the covert? [0:51:56, 0:52:08]: Mr. Mayor, uh the design we removed four of the bridges because it was a cost savings issue. Okay. Uh the bridges are crossing small drainage ways, et cetera, just like a regular ditch. [0:52:08, 0:52:19]: And so there's gonna be a culvert, it's gonna be paved over and the walking trail, the concrete would be extended over the top of that. Okay. That's that's what I needed for clarifying. That was the redesign to save the city money. Okay, that that's what I needed to know. Yes, ma'am. [0:52:21, 0:52:41]: Uh I'm Skip Leighton with Falcon Design. We're the uh engineers on the project. Okay. So otherwise, ten bridges taken out, six steel bridges putting in, four culverts, which is actually the concrete lets you walk a path that you walk or run across across that culvert. The concrete will be extended and there'll just be a culvert underneath them. And the the bridges, by the way, are a little bit more. [0:52:41, 0:53:01]: Aluminum so there's so there's no maintenance on them when they're when you're finished. Got it, good deal. Thank you. I need to need that clarification. Any any further discussion for this, please. Go right in, please. Uh my point being with this entire situation, if we put this off as thirty more days, we've already lost thirty days in terms of the big came in on January the ninth. Here it is [0:53:01, 0:53:21]: It's February 10th. So we point we we delay it to the work session, then that's another 30 days. The they cannot award the bid and for someone to actually start doing this. That trail right now is an embarrassment to the city. It really is. It's a safety hazard and there's a million dollar lawsuit waiting on every day that we wait. [0:53:21, 0:53:24]: on somebody falling, tripping, or being hurt over there. [0:53:25, 0:53:33]: We we we get complaint after complaint from the citizens on what needs to be done. We have 18 million dollars in reserve. [0:53:34, 0:53:36]: Fifty milyen dollars in spots. [0:53:37, 0:53:47]: And every month we bring in about three hundred and sixty thousand dollars more in spots every single month. Yet we're delaying this particular project. [0:53:47, 0:53:52]: I'm asking the council to reconsider and to we're not having [0:53:53, 0:53:54]: Two [0:53:54, 0:53:55]: Beside. [0:53:55, 0:54:02]: what we're gonna do or how we're gonna pay for it. We have thirty plus million dollars available to pay for it. [0:54:02, 0:54:13]: Yes, we can meet next week and decide how we're going or what pot we're gonna take the thirty million uh what pot we're gonna take the m 1.2 million dollars out of. [0:54:13, 0:54:16]: But there's no road project or whatever pending. [0:54:16, 0:54:36]: That's gonna evaporate our$30 million in available funds and fund balance and in splots. And again, by the time we do this, we'll have another$360,000 in splots by the end of February that is coming. Uh you know, to me, I get complaints on [0:54:36, 0:54:56]: This all the time, and it's holding up the process another 30 days needlessly when we can authorize the staff to move forward with awarding the bid, they can go ahead and begin setting up, doing what they need to do, and then payment won't be I guess payment uh at the conclusion. [0:54:56, 0:55:16]: Mr. Knight Ms. Knight, please. Let me let me try to address a couple of things. One is I think uh Councilwoman Gantt's motion was for two weeks, work session, the next work session, to come back then so it'll be two weeks instead of thirty days. The thirty days is that the bids the the bids are good for another thirty days. [0:55:16, 0:55:36]: The second thing I would like to mention is in terms of the overall financial outlook for the city. The city is very strong financially. However, that$18 million fund balance, there have been several commitments that have been made for several projects using fund balance from$18 million. So that is not a a real number. [0:55:36, 0:55:51]: in terms of its practicality because of the several commitments that have been made in addition to also uh the component um that is proposed for the amphitheater as well. There was not a specific funding source for Reeves Creek Trail. [0:55:51, 0:55:55]: There was not a specific funding source identified, and that is why. [0:55:55, 0:56:05]: Um I'd recommend it to be determined and if the council was declin inclined, then it would come from a combination of two sources, SPLOST and Fund Balance. [0:56:05, 0:56:16]: so as to lessen um the impact to both of those funding sources. So I want to be clear about that and then uh in and making sure that the council fully understands [0:56:17, 0:56:20]: We stand in terms of overall projects. [0:56:20, 0:56:21]: Items that are currently committed. [0:56:22, 0:56:29]: and also additional projects that the and initiatives that the council is contemplating at the current time. [0:56:31, 0:56:35]: Ms. Gamp, please. Uh I don't have any Mr. Knighton stated what I was gonna say. Thank you. [0:56:35, 0:56:36]: Mr. Thomas. [0:56:36, 0:56:37]: Thank you, Mayor. [0:56:37, 0:56:52]: Uh, Mr. Nutt, I I think all of the conversations are pretty much relevant um from the diaries and and the comments that you made. But what resonates with me mostly is is the comments from uh Councilman Blount. [0:56:52, 0:56:55]: А I think as a practice. [0:56:55, 0:56:56]: Um [0:56:57, 0:57:08]: These issues should not come before us without those funding sources being identified. And I think if those sources had been identified. [0:57:09, 0:57:11]: Even though you've suggested that after the fact [0:57:12, 0:57:32]: But I think a lot of this conversation would have, you know, actually just cut to the really d you know, the source. So I just think as as a practice, um, it should not come to us like this because this is leading into this discussion. Thank you, sir. Okay, no problem. Go ahead, please. Well, I'm just gonna make this last comment. [0:57:32, 0:57:34]: We talk about knowns and unknowns. [0:57:35, 0:57:55]: One of the things that's unknown is how fast our fund balance is going to shrink because we do have capital improvement projects on board that funding has not completely been identified with. When we talk about I don't want anyone getting the impression that, you know, if we don't do this right now, there's a lawsuit. Um, I got people jogging through my name. [0:57:55, 0:58:04]: neighborhoods every day, walking the sidewalks every day. If we don't fix the potholes and fix the cracked sidewalks, there's a pendant lawsuit everywhere in every city every day. [0:58:05, 0:58:07]: But one thing I won't do [0:58:07, 0:58:21]: is is move on anything because when we talk about the the shrinking of our fund balance because the capital improvement project is on board, not one council member can right here can tell you what everything is going to cost. [0:58:21, 0:58:31]: But until I know what everything is going to cost, I personally would never feel like we can do this without identifying funding across the board. [0:58:32, 0:58:39]: It's not$18 million in the fund balance because we know that money has already been identified to remove that$18 million. [0:58:39, 0:58:59]: It's not going to be the totality of a spLOS because monies has already been identified to use SPLOSS funds in. When we talk about monies that already been identified, then what are we surplusing those? Uh what are we putting back from where we're taken from? And those things have to be discussed. All of this stuff is important. I think it's very important that to fix our [0:58:59, 0:59:19]: trails. It's very important for us also to fix these potholes in the road, to fix these sidewalks that are dilapidating. But where's the money going to come from? And how are we going to make that, make that, make the resources to do that and also survive on the other end? Because we look good now, we don't be careful and cautious, we won't look good tomorrow. [0:59:20, 0:59:21]: And that's my concern. [0:59:21, 0:59:41]: Mr. Alexander, last time. How about it? I appreciate that. I appreciate everybody's comments and I respect everybody's wishes in terms of this particular project. My point being is the city manager has made a recommendation and he's given us the two pots to take it out of. Is waiting two weeks two weeks or three weeks. [0:59:41, 0:59:54]: weeks gonna change that recommendation? I don't think so. In two weeks he's gonna tell us the same thing. He's gonna tell us you can take it out of splice or you can take it out of fund balance. The only other option is not to fix it. [0:59:55, 1:00:15]: Are we not is that even an option at this point not to fix it? I don't think so. The same advice that he's giving us right now, he's gonna give it to us again in three weeks. I don't see the whole I mean, I I I I have one vote. I vote to move forward with it now, but at the same time, I it's not um up to me. But would he just [1:00:15, 1:00:20]: said to us, he's gonna repeat that to us in three weeks and that's what we're gonna vote on. [1:00:21, 1:00:30]: My last comment would be this. Um, whenever this gets approved, whether it's tonight or some other night, do you have any idea? I would imagine we'll go with the same contract that's been identified. [1:00:30, 1:00:40]: You have any idea what the time frame would be to repair it? Because spring is coming and people are gonna want to use this uh as soon as it starts getting warm, see, so you have any idea of that? [1:00:40, 1:01:00]: Mayor, uh the contractor has told us there is uh anywhere from an eight to twelve week lead to uh lead time on the fabrication of the bridges and his contract is four months. Okay. So after the bridges are available, that's when his contract would kick in. So you're really looking at uh five to six months down the road to be finished at best. [1:01:01, 1:01:06]: All right. So it puts it in late well, it puts it late summer of miles to right now. Yes, sir. Okay, easily. All right. [1:01:06, 1:01:23]: All right, okay. So we have a motion in I guess we'll end all discussion. We've got a motion on the floor uh to table this as if I understand that's right, and have further discussion during our retreat and then uh and then talk about further at our um next working session. Okay, so the motion is made in a second. All in favor of the motion please indicate. [1:01:25, 1:01:32]: Three, all opposed? No. No. You're you for that? Favor. Four favor? So it's four, one. Okay. Thank you. Thank you for the thank you for all that. [1:01:32, 1:01:33]: Yeah. [1:01:34, 1:01:45]: Uh let's see, council consideration to approve use of Merrill Manor's Coffer Center by Stockbridge High School, JRTC, on March 20th, 2020. Mr. Merple Tim Thomas, please. [1:01:45, 1:01:46]: Thanks, Mr. Mayor. [1:01:47, 1:01:52]: Uh I come before the council today asking for consideration. [1:01:52, 1:01:53]: Um [1:01:54, 1:01:57]: For the use of the Murr Mandis Conference Center. [1:01:58, 1:01:59]: For the Stockbridge High School. [1:02:00, 1:02:02]: Naval Junior R O T C [1:02:03, 1:02:10]: Um, I'd just like to share, and I think many of us are familiar with the history. [1:02:10, 1:02:11]: Um [1:02:11, 1:02:14]: The Stockbridge High School R O T C [1:02:15, 1:02:35]: Has been a partner with us for for many years. Um Veterans Day, Memorial March, 9-11, African-American Heritage Celebration, pretty much anything we ask them to do, they are always there for us. [1:02:35, 1:02:40]: And I I just think that it is fitting for us to be able to show [1:02:41, 1:02:43]: uh and to reciprocate [1:02:43, 1:02:48]: that partnership toward them um at least once a year [1:02:49, 1:02:55]: uh the ROTC hosts a formal military ball. [1:02:55, 1:03:03]: And it exposes the cadets to the formal military etiquette associated with the ball. [1:03:05, 1:03:09]: It also exposes them to the former dinner etiquette. [1:03:10, 1:03:12]: Uh for military style. [1:03:13, 1:03:32]: Uh it is a form of dress code uh in uniform or a former prom style dress for male and female. Um the ball has several components uh that fulfill that are fulfilled during the course of the evening. [1:03:32, 1:03:36]: Uh one o several of them is they honor the um [1:03:37, 1:03:40]: P.O.W., the missing it action table. [1:03:40, 1:03:48]: Uh there's a cake cutting ceremony that honors the senior instructors and their spouses. [1:03:48, 1:03:57]: and the eldest and the youngest members uh that are present. There's also the crowning of the king and queen. [1:03:58, 1:03:59]: Uh contests. [1:03:59, 1:04:19]: and there is the the winners uh participate in the first dance so with that we see how this ball is is really um very important to the rotc um here in the city of stockbridge so i'm asked [1:04:19, 1:04:32]: for uh council to consider and I know there will probably be some questions, but I will while I'm speaking go ahead and um put this into a motion uh to be accepted. [1:04:32, 1:04:38]: Thank you. Okay. Motion was made to second it. Um any discussion. [1:04:38, 1:04:40]: All in favor of the motion, please indicate. [1:04:41, 1:05:01]: Okay, I guess it was an unanimous decision then. Thank you. I'd like to thank the council. We appreciate it. No problem. Mr. Mayor. Yes, sir. Just just for recognition, um Commander Rice is here. He was able to come out. And we just want to thank him and all of the cadets for what you do as far as being a partner here in the city of Stockbridge. Yes. Thank you. Appreciate it. [1:05:02, 1:05:05]: Did you need to come up and say anything from here, sir? You good? [1:05:05, 1:05:06]: All right. [1:05:14, 1:05:34]: Uh good evening, Mr. Mayor and City Council members. Uh thanks for inviting me, uh, Councilman Thomas. Uh I'd just like to say on behalf of our program, uh one of the things that I'd like to mention in addition to what was already said, we are a citizenship development program. That is the number one goal of our program. Number two is obviously [1:05:34, 1:05:54]: To make sure our cadets graduate successfully. So community service is also a big part of our program. So those three things I would say really help to develop our cadets, make sure that they go on and be very successful in life, no matter what they decide to do. [1:05:54, 1:05:57]: Uh also like to point out a lot of people uh [1:05:57, 1:06:17]: Have a misconception that we are recruiters. Our goal is not to recruit students into the military. We are retired. That is the job of recruiters to come to the school and recruit members into the military. So that's not our goal. We're not trying to uh produce future service members. But uh our program [1:06:17, 1:06:37]: Right now, we're sitting at about 191 cadets. We need to be at least uh 10% of the school population. The school uh enrollment right now is 1423. Um so we're over the 10% mark right now, and we're continuing to try to grow so we can do things in the [1:06:37, 1:06:57]: community. And as Consman Thomas stated, we really do push cadets to provide community service. That's a big part of our program. So we're always looking forward to doing that. We're never looking for anything in return, just to expose kids to lifelong volunteerism is our goal. [1:06:57, 1:07:05]: And really, that's all uh I have on behalf of NGRTC. Thank you, Commander Rice. Appreciate it. Thank you very much. Thank you. [1:07:11, 1:07:21]: Council consideration to approve key amendments to the rel restated Georgia Municipal Employee Benefit System Defined Benefit Retirement Plan Adoption Agreement. Mr. Mike Williams, please. [1:07:22, 1:07:24]: Mr Mayor and Council, this is um [1:07:25, 1:07:28]: primarily a housekeeping measure the uh [1:07:29, 1:07:33]: GMA retirement plan, um the master plan. [1:07:33, 1:07:36]: was amended uh to [1:07:37, 1:07:53]: uh address a number of tax law changes as well as to incorporate a number of um just kind of general changes in the master plan that have been made over the past few years. And so they're asking each of the cities that participate to [1:07:53, 1:07:54]: Um [1:07:54, 1:08:14]: to adopt a new adoption agreement to reflect the changes in the master plan. But it's an o also an opportunity to make uh adjustments in the plan. Um so your retirement committee met to go over uh some of the adjustments and there are two substantive adjustments [1:08:14, 1:08:34]: that were discussed. One would be to increase the formula for determining retirement benefits for members of the governing body from$25 to$50 per month per year of service and and the [1:08:34, 1:08:37]: the what's proposed is that would be s um [1:08:38, 1:08:50]: that would be the effective date would uh or benefits would be calculated based on the effective date. So years accrued prior to that would be based on the old formula and years accrued after that would be based on the new formula. [1:08:50, 1:09:10]: Um, so that was one change that was raised. The other change would be to reduce the vesting period for the one-time lump sum death benefit. Um right now there's a$5,000 death benefit that's payable after 10 years of service, uh, of continuous service, 20 years. [1:09:10, 1:09:30]: Years of combined service and then 10 years if there's a disability. And so what was proposed was that you reduce those periods from five years for continuous service, ten years for combined service, and then five years for disability service. That proposal [1:09:30, 1:09:41]: according to GMA requires a cost study before that's adopted. Um the proposal related to the uh increase in the formula for governing body members does not [1:09:42, 1:10:00]: And so what you have before you is um well let me back up and say that they're asking um each of the cities to adopt this um this month um in terms of the general changes. Um as far as specific changes, you have you can do that at any time. [1:10:01, 1:10:21]: Um so they definitely want you to adopt the underlying agreement. Um if you so choose to increase the uh benefit, you can do that tonight. Um but we can't do the death benefit until we get the cost study. And so there would be one of two proposals on the table. [1:10:20, 1:10:34]: One would be to adopt the agreement with the increase from twenty five to fifty dollars. And then the other proposal, if you if that's not something you wish to do tonight, would just be to adopt the underlying agreement. [1:10:35, 1:10:38]: Okay. Any questions, council any questions from Mr. Williams? [1:10:39, 1:10:59]: If not to have a one question. So if we if we adopt the increase from the twenty five to fifty tonight, we still have to come back and revisit for the death benefits, correct? Yes, ma'am. Okay. And you can do that at any time. [1:10:58, 1:11:18]: Just for the for the record, the the retirement benefit formula change um is not considered uh an increase in compensation for purposes of the statute. So that can be done at any time without the advertising and all that other things associated with uh pay raise or things of that sort. [1:11:19, 1:11:21]: Any more any more questions on this side? [1:11:22, 1:11:26]: Any questions on this side at all? So I'm ready for a motion then. What would the motion be? [1:11:27, 1:11:42]: I wanted to go ahead and make the motion to make the recommendation to make the change as recommended uh or that we can make tonight in terms of the fifty doll going from twenty five dollars to fifty dollars uh going forward uh in the retirement benefit. [1:11:42, 1:11:46]: Sir a second? I second. Okay, and further discussion. [1:11:46, 1:11:48]: Have not all in favor please indicate? [1:11:48, 1:11:56]: Okay, she never said I mean I'm so scared. Abstain. You s she's uh okay abstain. Okay, four one, four zero one. Okay. [1:11:56, 1:11:56]: Um [1:11:58, 1:12:10]: What else we need to do here, sir? So the next item is on the um the resolution um for related to casino gambling. As you may know, there's a [1:12:10, 1:12:19]: Uh there at least one bill, I believe there may be several bills pending before the General Assembly that would allow for casino gambling in the state of Georgia. [1:12:19, 1:12:39]: Uh one of the proposed locations is in our sister city of Hampton and they recently adopted a resolution in support of the legislation and and it's my understanding that they're asking all their sister cities to join with them. So the resolution that you have before you is just that. It's it's urging the General Assembly to [1:12:39, 1:12:59]: consider it and uh put it to the people for a vote. So it wouldn't be the General Assembly making the decision, it would be the uh population of the state of Georgia. That's it's your call whether you want to support that. Mayor. Yes ma'am. I move that we um approve allowing the citizens to vote on the casino gambling in Hampton. [1:12:59, 1:13:04]: I mean in casino gambling period in Georgia. Second. Okay. [1:13:05, 1:13:25]: If not all in favor of the motion, please indicate. Okay, we now thank you. Thank you, Mr. Wayne. Mr. Mayor, I could just make an observation. Um item sixteen is informational um related to general assembly. The the other items between now and and item sixteen, you may wish to go into executive session. I'm just gonna talk about that, sir. [1:13:25, 1:13:38]: Um with the approval of Mayor and Council, I'd like to just briefly go over item sixteen. Go right here, sir. Go ahead. So item sixteen relates to House Bill three oh two. That is uh a bill that would uh [1:13:39, 1:13:49]: preempt local uh governing bodies from being able to uh establish design guidelines and and local control of of development. [1:13:50, 1:14:10]: Um and so last year GMA as well as ACCG um joined in opposition and they asked a number of of or they asked all their members to adopt resolutions opposing House Bill 302. It's my understanding this was recently discussed at the municipal dinner and it was requested that we uh re [1:14:09, 1:14:26]: revisit this, but uh as you see in your agenda packet, it was already a a resolution opposing House Bill three oh two was already adopted last February I believe or maybe last March and so it's not necessary but if you wanted to readopt it that would be perfectly fine as well. [1:14:26, 1:14:37]: Well, I would tell you that since we've did this and uh I signed it and I had to sign it because they agreed, so I don't see any problem with it. I think it's all good unless someone wants to further discuss this issue. [1:14:38, 1:14:45]: Well, I guess is it be more relevant to have a one for this year for this session as they vote on it? Is there is there a benefit to it? [1:14:46, 1:14:50]: Th there's no additional benefit because we're still in the same [1:14:50, 1:14:52]: [4492.8, 4504.0]: Um, you know, we'll certainly be sure that the members of the Henry County delegation have a copy of it so that they they know for certain that Stockbridge is opposed to House Bill three oh two, but you don't have to readopt it. [1:15:06, 1:15:26]: All right, well I would recommend no need to do that, but unless I'm overruled. Is it so good? Any questions? Okay. And just so that it's clear, just so that the public is aware of what House Bill three oh two is, it is a bill that the council and other cities made and GMA, Georgia. [1:15:26, 1:15:27]: Municipal association. [1:15:27, 1:15:47]: opposes because what they're trying to do is take the local building design standards that each city and each community has and state that we can no longer regulate, it would come from the legislators themselves. And so the it it wouldn't it it would cause the uniqueness of your own cities. [1:15:47, 1:15:51]: and the government and we wouldn't be able to [1:15:51, 1:15:52]: Um [1:15:53, 1:15:57]: require higher standards in biz in building development. [1:15:58, 1:15:59]: So just so you know. [1:15:59, 1:16:19]: Yeah, I was I'll speak on that too as well. Excuse me, sir. Yeah, in terms of what we're doing and to expound on what Councilwoman Gantt is actually correct, uh some of the things that we've done to uh heighten our building codes to make like requiring uh prohibiting vinyl. We had uh you know three-size brick in some areas, cement for [1:16:19, 1:16:39]: Fiber board, those types of standard, uh, if we weren't able to control that, we could go backwards and uh we could have all vinyl siding on your house. Uh those are the type of thing that we don't want to see. We could lose our ability to require 50% brick on commercial, and those types of things that we've done to make sure [1:16:39, 1:16:59]: That going forward, that we set a high standard in the city, and that the requirements of like upgraded landscaping and all of that kind of thing, those will go right out the window that we've worked very hard, and I would definitely hate to see uh those things uh go away because they mean they move our uh community in the right. [1:16:59, 1:17:00]: Yeah. [1:17:01, 1:17:20]: Well to follow back up on a comment you made, sir. Uh just while who's gonna take charge and making sure the legislative delegation receives this copy, make sure they re understand our point on this. That'd be the clerk's office doing it? Okay. If you please just make sure they get it off to the delegation, please, and they have that. Okay, and we'll we'll have conversations with them to reiterate that as well. Okay. [1:17:20, 1:17:40]: Council on the next next couple things. So number 12, 13, 14 all deal with personnel matters and appointments to certain boards. And number 15 deals with a council consideration, reclassify procurement, sub supervisor position, pay and reclass. My recommendation and thoughts that we actually handle these in the second session since they are personnel type issues and come back after that and announce. [1:17:40, 1:17:46]: those decisions uh to the public. Some move. Thank you very much. All right. All in favor, please indicate. [1:17:47, 1:17:50]: Executive session for personnel litigation real statement. [1:17:50, 1:18:00]: Yes, sir. I move that we go into executive session for personnel, legislation and real estate. I mean personnel, litigation and real estate. [1:18:02, 1:18:02]: Second. [1:18:03, 1:18:09]: Arm favor, please indicate. Alright, let's go. Let's go do that now. Folks, we'll be back. [1:18:12, 1:18:14]: Thank you, Mr. Williams. [1:18:35, 1:18:37]: [4717.8, 4721.0]: Oh and and and and fetish. [1:18:45, 1:18:47]: I don't know why you didn't cut that short, man. [1:18:48, 1:18:58]: Me and John was like, what's going on? Why are we going so long? I'm about to go to sleep over here. [1:20:40, 1:20:42]: Okay, good. [1:20:45, 1:20:46]: Yeah, just [1:20:47, 1:20:50]: No, no. [1:20:53, 1:20:55]: Okay. [1:21:19, 1:21:24]: [4891.8, 4893.4]: It's a good thing. [1:21:35, 1:21:38]: What's on the back? [1:21:39, 1:21:47]: That's right. [1:21:47, 1:21:49]: Can't wait to be higher. [1:21:54, 1:21:55]: No. [1:22:15, 1:22:17]: All right. [1:22:19, 1:22:21]: Sure, I'm here. [1:22:22, 1:22:23]: See you guys on. [1:22:23, 1:22:24]: So look just like that. [1:22:30, 1:22:35]: And you're invited. Alright. Each and every time. All right, looking forward to it. [1:22:45, 1:22:50]: Yeah, it's hard for us to get out of the thing. [1:22:53, 1:23:10]: Um any bit that I've got covered on uh your district's cover things are getting the cross of the [1:23:10, 1:23:25]: I have a smaller dollar. [1:23:57, 1:23:59]: [5040.0, 5045.1]: Yeah, yeah. [1:24:35, 1:24:36]: Okay. [1:24:36, 1:24:41]: I'm not gonna say this. [1:24:42, 1:24:44]: Yeah. Well actually. [1:25:01, 1:25:04]: Uh well. [1:25:05, 1:25:10]: Uh I'm sorry. [1:25:15, 1:25:18]: Like like Apples are doing that. [1:25:19, 1:25:21]: Do you need to write? [1:25:40, 1:25:42]: I think it's uh [1:27:35, 1:27:37]: [5270.9, 5274.7]: Um look and they're almost later. [1:28:24, 1:28:25]: Yes, right. [1:28:44, 1:28:45]: Yeah. [1:31:54, 1:31:56]: Oh [1:36:58, 1:37:05]: [5840.3, 5840.9]: Just stop. [1:40:35, 1:40:35]: Should be. [1:41:51, 1:41:52]: Exactly. [1:42:09, 1:42:10]: Yeah. [1:42:32, 1:42:34]: I mean they're [1:43:11, 1:43:12]: Mm-hmm. [1:43:59, 1:44:01]: Wow, [1:46:49, 1:46:50]: Okay. [1:47:04, 1:47:05]: That's very funny. [1:47:49, 1:47:50]: [6761.0, 6761.9]: Yeah. [1:52:58, 1:53:01]: So it's a job. [1:53:17, 1:53:17]: Yeah. [1:54:05, 1:54:06]: Okay. [1:54:26, 1:54:27]: [6965.5, 6967.2]: Yeah, I'll say. [1:56:32, 1:56:33]: Is it not? [1:56:43, 1:56:45]: Yeah, it's [1:59:47, 1:59:49]: Like what like I [2:01:56, 2:01:56]: Yeah. [2:03:32, 2:03:34]: Probably so. [2:03:35, 2:03:42]: Okay, still this one. Okay, and yeah, I can't come back because that's probably possible. [2:03:43, 2:03:48]: All right, it's five with it. I don't know. Yeah. [2:04:25, 2:04:26]: Yeah. [2:04:55, 2:04:58]: Everybody yes mail. [2:05:00, 2:05:00]: Yeah. [2:05:13, 2:05:15]: So I might see that. [2:05:35, 2:05:40]: [7629.7, 7633.2]: [2:09:08, 2:09:10]: [7782.8, 7784.9]: How's my big yeah? [2:09:50, 2:09:51]: Exactly. [2:09:54, 2:09:56]: Yeah, um. [2:09:59, 2:10:00]: Oh my god. [2:10:05, 2:10:07]: Yeah, it's a great time. [2:10:10, 2:10:12]: There are people thinking about it [2:10:14, 2:10:16]: That's what we do, yes. [2:10:27, 2:10:32]: Oh yeah, it's very sad. [2:13:28, 2:13:30]: Oh no, that's [2:14:10, 2:14:12]: That one's that'll be a [2:14:29, 2:14:30]: Yeah. [2:15:10, 2:15:10]: Mm-hmm. [2:15:49, 2:15:50]: Mm. [2:16:33, 2:16:35]: Yes, of course they are. [2:23:50, 2:23:53]: [8671.7, 8675.2]: It's uh [2:27:03, 2:27:05]: [8910.1, 8913.3]: We sit in the slower block out. I think we'll go to support. [2:29:09, 2:29:09]: That's it. [2:29:19, 2:29:23]: I don't know. [2:30:32, 2:30:34]: I bet we won't um [2:31:28, 2:31:30]: [9389.2, 9390.0]: Oh yeah. [2:36:49, 2:36:50]: Oh. [2:38:03, 2:38:04]: Yeah. [2:39:42, 2:39:46]: What do you get in that sort of? [2:40:11, 2:40:16]: Let me see it on this. Oh, there you go. [2:40:20, 2:40:20]: Okay. [2:40:20, 2:40:22]: Mm-hmm. [2:40:24, 2:40:25]: Are you there? [2:40:30, 2:40:31]: There we go. Is it cool? [2:40:34, 2:40:36]: My name is Done. [2:40:38, 2:40:39]: It's so. [2:41:00, 2:41:05]: I'm sorry. [2:41:14, 2:41:15]: Yeah, as well as I think. [2:41:17, 2:41:19]: I should need to do a lot. [2:41:36, 2:41:37]: I'm sorry. [2:41:57, 2:41:58]: Yeah. [2:42:27, 2:42:29]: Yeah, yeah. [2:42:50, 2:42:50]: Nice being. [2:42:51, 2:42:54]: Is it only downstairs or is he on? [2:42:56, 2:42:57]: Yeah. [2:42:58, 2:43:07]: We're gonna we're gonna say it's okay. You should have figured that out by now. [2:43:09, 2:43:11]: I start a [2:43:32, 2:43:37]: I'll come out here with you. Okay. [2:43:37, 2:43:39]: All right. [2:43:55, 2:43:55]: Yeah. [2:44:09, 2:44:10]: Wait a minute. [2:44:22, 2:44:23]: Yes, I'm gonna. [2:44:24, 2:44:26]: We we're coming out. We're coming out. [2:44:26, 2:44:28]: We gotcha, we gotcha. [2:44:33, 2:44:34]: We got you. [2:44:46, 2:44:49]: I thought they were [2:44:55, 2:44:58]: I love my little um this little thing. [2:44:58, 2:45:10]: What do you call this? Apple watch? Yeah. To breathe. Relax. Move. Stand up. [2:45:10, 2:45:13]: Well but but like I I want to think it's attached to something. [2:45:14, 2:45:15]: [9925.6, 9935.0]: I have to take something or I come back downstairs, overwatch the car, and I come right back. Because otherwise I would literally just sit there. [2:45:35, 2:45:36]: Well, okay. [2:45:44, 2:45:45]: I finished it. [2:45:46, 2:45:48]: Uh I gotta be that though. [2:45:49, 2:45:51]: Around which it was five or something. [2:45:54, 2:45:55]: [9965.8, 9970.8]: I mean there are occasions, but like for some super serious about it. [2:46:11, 2:46:22]: You can have it out here. Oh, I do have one at home. Yeah, I just shred it so we need it. Okay, alright. [2:46:31, 2:46:36]: Used to be one right now. [2:46:38, 2:46:39]: Okay. [2:47:18, 2:47:18]: Elton. [2:47:22, 2:47:23]: Yeah. [2:47:31, 2:47:45]: I know the mics are on, but uh supervisor. [2:48:00, 2:48:03]: When the mayor looks up in hours. [2:48:03, 2:48:21]: I think it's I don't know. I was good to thank you. Okay. Yeah. Okay. [2:48:21, 2:48:22]: Okay. [2:48:22, 2:48:27]: That's one that's good. [2:48:31, 2:48:39]: Elton, did y'all just y'all get y'all a copy? What's that now? The Henry Heron. Oh yeah, yeah, yeah. The front page. [2:48:39, 2:48:41]: Yeah, with with Tucker. [2:48:41, 2:48:42]: Oh. [2:48:46, 2:49:00]: I said that I said that to jump, right? Mm-hmm. That's the one. That's why I got that picture. That's the That's the picture. Yeah, yeah. So well Taco, we we this is things. We can't do that. [2:49:18, 2:49:20]: Yeah, it's special around here. [2:49:23, 2:49:25]: You don't know. [2:49:26, 2:49:31]: All right, counsel. You asked the patrol. [2:49:31, 2:49:39]: All right, Cal, so I need a motion to uh end the executive session, please. Is there a second? [2:49:40, 2:49:42]: Is there a second? A second. Okay. [2:49:43, 2:49:45]: All in favor of ending the second concession, please indicate. [2:49:47, 2:49:54]: All right. Looks like we're unanimous there. I need a motion to um reconvene or a council meeting, please. So move. I second. [2:49:55, 2:49:56]: All in favor, please indicate. [2:49:57, 2:50:14]: All right. There are a couple items out of the second session that we need to make public. And um Miss Gantt, you have the first item that we need to go public with, please. Yes, Mayor. Um I would like to make a motion that we appoint the following people [2:50:14, 2:50:17]: By last name to the youth council advisory board. [2:50:18, 2:50:19]: Harvey [2:50:19, 2:50:27]: Jones, Adams, Cooley, Coley, Rawls, Warner, and Carter. [2:50:28, 2:50:29]: Okay, sir a second. [2:50:30, 2:50:30]: So [2:50:31, 2:50:35]: Okay, any further discussion? If not, all in favor of motion, please indicate. [2:50:36, 2:50:39]: And we have another item that we need to report. Um [2:50:40, 2:50:41]: Ms. Barber, please. [2:50:42, 2:50:42]: Mayor. [2:50:43, 2:50:52]: I'd like to make the motion to approve the budget amendment to reclassify the procurement supervisor position to procurement manager position. I second. [2:50:53, 2:50:54]: Is there further discussion? [2:50:55, 2:51:03]: If not, all in favor, please indicate. Okay, thank you very much. Is that your first motion? [2:51:04, 2:51:11]: Her very first motion. Now now comments in this aspect. Uh couple of things I wanna mention here. [2:51:12, 2:51:12]: Excuse me, yes. [2:51:17, 2:51:17]: Good point. [2:51:20, 2:51:24]: Okay. So move. I second. There we go. All favor? Please indicate. [2:51:25, 2:51:45]: Thank you very much. Thank you, Madam Clerk, for keeping this straight. Um okay. A couple things I want to mention here. One is uh since we're this is we're in the South and and the Georgia is a football state and we love to game football down here, I wanna start with the Woodland Middle School. Believe it or not, they are the actual middle school champions. [2:51:44, 2:51:59]: We wanna recognize those young gentlemen. Um also I want to recognize the fact that Eagles Landing Christian Academy, the Chargers, I recognize them with a pro uh proclamation not too long ago, the fact that they won the fifth straight uh state championship. [2:52:00, 2:52:20]: And uh for the folks that may be KC Chiefs fans, the state of Missouri, uh got a world uh uh Super Bowl championship, the KC Chiefs did. So congratulations to the Chiefs and the state of Missouri. That's one special to me since I'm originally from Missouri. So I like that one myself as well. Um now. [2:52:20, 2:52:40]: Yeah, Devin Dixon, that's right. Uh set a world record? He said the four by one hundred team at um Texas A and M. They said they ran the fastest time in the world this year. The fastest time in the world. [2:52:41, 2:53:01]: Thank you very much for that. Stop British resident and uh hopefully he'll make it to the Olympics and do well in the Olympics. All right, we'll have another Olympic champion in the city. Um on that note, uh more solemn c uh something that that we just gotta be prepared for, I guess, in a sense. But on February twenty-fourth, uh it's gonna be a uh nationwide, I guess maybe worldwide, celebrating us in [2:53:01, 2:53:21]: say celebration but memorous type of uh activity in reference to Kobe Bryant, his daughter Gigi, and along with the other individuals that died in a tragic helicopter crash a couple of weeks ago. So just wanna make that known and uh hopefully we at the city will do something with purple and gold and to at least recognize uh uh recognize that that great basketball player. [2:53:21, 2:53:41]: Kobe Bryant. Celebration of life service is scheduled for the 24th of this month. On that note, happy Valentine's Day, everybody. And go with your loved ones, your special people in your life, and celebrate on that day, which you'd be celebrating every day, right? But special on that day in that aspect. And citizens keep [2:53:41, 2:53:55]: the faith. We're going to continue to move the city forward. So God bless you all. Let's read some announcements here. Main Street Advisory Board meetings Friday, February 14th, 9 a.m. City Hall Levi Meeting Room. New Council Advisory Committee meetings Tuesday, February 18th. [2:53:56, 2:54:02]: Six thirty Patrick Henry Meeting Room. Downtown Development Authority meeting Tuesday, February eighteenth, six PM Levi Meeting Room. [2:54:03, 2:54:13]: U Council meeting Wednesday, February nineteenth, five thirty, Levi meeting room. Our next work sessions is Tuesday, February twenty-fifth, six PM right here in the City Hall Chambers. [2:54:13, 2:54:18]: Planning Commission meeting is Thursday, February twenty-seventh, six thirty in City Hall Council Chambers. [2:54:18, 2:54:30]: Uh Let's Paint Social at the Tess Strickland Community Center, Thursday, February thirteenth, six thirty. Spirit headed by Councilwoman Gantt. The annual African American exhibit is Saturday, February fifteenth. [2:54:31, 2:54:40]: at the Cochrane Library, Spirit Headed Ma by Mayor Pro Tem Thomas in partnership with the Harrington County Library System. And I believe that time is from ten to two on the fifteenth. [2:54:40, 2:55:00]: Uh the Economic Development Business Breakfast Meet and Greet, Wednesday, February 26th, 7 a.m. to 10 a.m. Merrill Manor's Conference Center. And free to says free to city business, stoppers, business owners, and operators. And you've got to sign up for that one. And James Tushin, our Economic Development Director, is the point of contact there. And we have here B. [2:55:00, 2:55:16]: Bingo Badge, February 26th, 10 a.m. to noon. Romanis Conference Center, spearheaded by Councilman Blount. All right, on that note, that is all for the announcements. And on that note, I need a motion to end our city council meeting. [2:55:16, 2:55:18]: So moved. Sir Second. [2:55:18, 2:55:20]: All in favor, please indicate. [2:55:20, 2:55:22]: We are now journal. [2:55:26, 2:55:34]: Yeah, we closed them out last week. It um we got like s way too many, right? [2:55:36, 2:55:48]: Okay. What is this? Okay, so we got like we did we got we had uh we tried to get fifteen and we actually got nineteen already, so