Council - Regular Meeting

God was All right, good afternoon everyone. Thank you for being here. As we prepare for our 6 pm meeting, we'll run through the agenda and check for any changes. Um, asking questions. We will start with the recognition of service for Dellay who served on the board of zoning adjustment. Uh, approval of minutes. Approved February 9th, 2026, 5:00 pm council work session. Approved February 16th, 2026, 9:30 a.m. Council work

session. And approve February 16th, 2026, 10 a.m. council meeting. No changes, any questions. All right. Set public hearings. Ordinance number 264639. Approve reasoning requests 144526 for property located at 3418 Indians Road Southeast to Community Commercial. No changes. This was the one that we added right to get it on the nighttime meeting. We have two public hearings. Ordinance number 264636 approve resoning request 144226 for property located at 3430 Indian Hills Road Southeast to community commercial. The public hearing was set February 2nd, 2026. Good evening, council. How y'all doing?

Good evening. Good evening. Tommy Wiz with the planner department and we did have a neighborhood meeting February 19th for this project. In front of you, you have the neighborhood meeting notes as well as a updated site plan. In attendance for the meeting was the planning director, myself, Jeff Parker, who was representing the uh the land owner, Tyler Henden, who was representing the applicant, and a small group of residents within 500 ft of the development. In your minutes, you have uh some of your concerns and how the applicant addressed them. And the applicant is here if in case y'all want to uh jump into the minutes and have any questions about the minutes. Okay.

Thank you very much. I'm meeting now. You'll wait till the public best I guess best way. It's a public hearing and the public needs to hear whatever is shared. So, all right. Ordinance number 264637 approve reszoning request 144326 for property located at 112 Oxmore Flint Road Southwest to institutional district public hearing set February 2nd 2026. All right, no changes, any questions? All right, resolutions. Resolution number 26047 approve purchase of T880 RO and roll containers for environmental services.

No changes. Any questions? Resolution number 26048 authorize mayor to accept Alabama Department of Conservation grant for bike path from Country Club Road to Wheeler Wildlife Refuge Visitor Center. No changes unless council has question. So this is just accepting the grant line. All right. The plans are still in process. Yeah, but I would just say again, this is anou and once we receive this, they're going to send us 500,000 as soon as we mayor signs that they're going to send us 500,000 for this need.

Okay. Resolution number 26049, approve budget amendment for modus road widening with Skipper Consulting. No changes. No changes. Resolution number 26050 approve Veterans Drive water main extension change order. No changes. No changes. Resolution number 26051 authorize mayor to approve country club road water line relocation for Southbrook development project with QR. So no changes. Resolution number 26052 approve extension of River City Lofts LLC development agreement to October 10th 2026. No changes.

No changes. Uh resolution number 26053 approve reclassification of American Rescue Plan Act state and local fiscal recovery funds to other eligible projects. No changes unless council has resolution number 26054 declare surplus and approved donation of 2009 Ford Escape to Victoria's re-entry program. No changes I'm aware of. All right. Resolution number 26055 approve the renaming of Frasier Park, Frasier ODM Park. We have had a request to remove that. Yeah, we it'll be brought back next meeting. Uh what we're doing, they're going to reverse the names. It was requested by the party that brought this form.

Yes. Yes. To table that. They're going to change it. Reverse the name. Yes. The ODM Fraser. Yeah. We're just going to remove it from the agenda. But please remove it tonight. Yes. And then resolution number 26056 authorize mayor to spend budgeted funds for DY proposed facilities. That's just uh to confirm that he's looking some preliminary already some money in the budget but he's looking at potential locations to make sure we've got the right location. We haven't determined that. Right. All right. Boards and committees. Appoint Carol Pucket to the Historic Preservation Commission with term expiring March 19th, 2027. This will be a partial term. Prince Pucket who's replacing Bill Stone.

No changes. No changes. Reappoint Trudy Gisham to the Historic Preservation Commission with term ending March 19th, 2027. This will be Miss Gisham's second term. No changes. Changes. Appoint Matt Cross to Architectural Review Board with term ending March 19th, 2029. Mr. Cross replace Barbara Kelly beginning March 19th, 2026. No changes. No changes. Appoint J. Clark to the architectural review board with term ending March 19th, 2026. This is a partial term for Mr. Clark replacing Ellis Mr. Ellis who sadly passed away. No changes. All right. Anybody got anything else? All right. Meeting will begin at 6 o'clock. Thank you.

God will lead us in our invocation. Let us [clears throat] pray. Our most kind and gracious heavenly father, we thank you for this day. Lord, we thank you for the blessings of life. Most of all, we thank you for Jesus. And Lord God, as we come to you today, we just ask you to be with our leaders today. Be with each and every one of us here, give us wisdom. Give us guidance. Help us, Father, do everything that will be pleasing in your sight. As we come to you today with thanksgiving in our hearts, we thank you for this country. We ask you to bless it and help us live our lives for you. And all these things, we ask in your most holy name. Amen.

Amen. I 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. All right, roll call here.

All right, the first item of business is a recognition of service for Miss Delane Dean. We'll let the mayor come forward, please. It's my honor and privilege to present uh Elaine Dean certificate of appreciation for eight years of service to the city of Decar. She served on the board of zoning adjustments from 2017 until December this past year. uh the last five years of that. After six years, she was the chair of the board of zoning adjustments and just a great honor to presenter with this and thank you for your service. Thank you very much. [applause]

Thank you, Delane. I know it takes a lot for many volunteers um on these boards. So, we always appreciate the the years of service. I've known you much longer than seven or eight years. You were like eight years. [laughter] All right. Moving on. Um we do not have anybody here for a general related public comment. I believe everyone that signed in is here for a public hearing. So, we will get to those um when we get to the public hearing. So, we'll move into the approval. Is that correct? Everybody that signed in to speak was for the Is there on other agenda items? That's correct.

All right. Thank you. We will move into the approval of minutes. Um is everybody okay with taking these as one? So approve. Let me read them. Approve approve February 9th, 2026, 5:00 p.m. council work session. Approve February 16th, 2026 9:30 a.m. council work session. Approve February 16th, 2026 10 a.m. council meeting. We have a motion by Mr. McMasters. Second. Second by Mr. Atkins. Any discussion? Roll call. I I

All right. The minutes are approved the vote of 50. Set public hearings. We will set a public hearing for ordinance number 264639. Approve reasoning request 144526 for property located at 3418 Indian Hills Road Southeast to community commercial. Nothing to add there. So that public hear will be coming up again April 6th, 2026. Public hearings ordinance number 264636 approved reszoning request 14426 for property located at 3430 Indian Hills Road Southeast to Community Commercial. This public hearing was set February 2nd, 2026. Tommy

Tommy [snorts] Wiz with the planning department and the applicant [clears throat] is requested to reszone 3.3 acres from community commercial. I mean, excuse me, from act to community commercial. This went before the planning commission in January and passed 5 to one with the one commissioner abstaining and the applicant held a neighborhood meeting on February 19th. All right. This is a public hearing. So there's anybody from the public that would like to speak on this matter, you may speak now. All right. Seeing there's nobody from the public, we will consider the public hearing closed. We need a motion in the second. So move a motion by Mr. McMasters.

Second by Mr. Bullard. Any discussion? I would just like to say I think having the neighborhood meeting was a good good thing to do. Um I appreciate the report back on some of the issues that were discussed and some plans to approach that. So all right, any other discussion? Roll call.

I All right. Ordinance number 264636 is approved with a vote of 50. Ordinance number 264637. Approve reszoning requests 144326 for property located at 112 Flint Road Southwest to institutional district. This public hearing was set February 2nd, 2026. Tommy,

the Flint Fire Department is requesting to reszone 1.1 acres to institutional. It went before the planning commission in January and passed 5 to one with one commissioner abstaining. And the applicant is here if you would like to ask him some questions. about more about his resoning and their plans with the property.

All right. This is a public hearing, so there's anybody from the public that would like to speak, you may speak. Now, we've got a few. We don't I don't have to go in order, but if you can just when you get up here, please state your name and um that way we've got it. And just before since we are going into public comment, um want to briefly outline how that process works. Anyone uh for this, it is a open public hearing. If you didn't get to sign in, please get one of these sheets afterward just for us to keep a record. But um each speaker will have up to three minutes. All remarks should be directed to the council in a respectful and constructive manner by signing the end. You're acknowledging and agreeing to follow the rules in the signin sheet. Uh please note that any comments may or may not be addressed after your time ends. Public comment is an opportunity to share ideas, input, and engage with council and mayor and a positive way. That

okay. Well, good evening. My name is Rachel Keith and I live at me and my husband Chris live at 113 Oxmore Flint Road directly across from the property uh requested to be reszoned. When we moved into our home almost 20 years ago, we understood that we were choosing to live across the street from a volunteer fire station. We respect what they do and uh what we didn't anticipate was a significant expansion of the Flint Volunteer Fire Department and in the middle of our densely populated neighborhood. And um when we moved into the property uh when we moved in, the property being considered for reszoning was fenced and privately owned what I thought was by the neighbor next door for over a decade. Then the fence came down. Two community storm shelters were added and we learned the fire department had purchased the property. From our understanding, we only became aware of the detailed plans for this 9600 square foot new fire station by watching the planning commission meeting online back in January. I spoke with someone in the Decatur City Planning Department who said they encouraged the fire department to notify the neighborhood of their plans for expansion, but we've spoken with several neighbors who told us they hadn't been contacted either uh by the fire department. I was also told by the Decar City Planning Department that the fire department plans to keep the current building and build a larger facility beside it if it's reszoned, if that property is reszoned. And that raises some concerns for me and my husband and uh like increased traffic on a narrow road with no sidewalks where children and families walk regularly, more volunteer response traffic and personal vehicles and fire trucks, expanding training activity that is already includes vehicles sitting on the property for months and on end. I know that there's two sitting there that have been there since October. You can go on their Facebook page and see that that um training activity took place in October and those vehicles are still sitting there with ripped off bumpers and things like that right across the street from

our house. And um increased noise at all hours. Um those are some of our concerns. And at the planning commission meeting, the fire chief stated that they did not expect their service area or call volume to grow. Yet they are planning for an additional facility, an additional fire truck, and additional equipment. It's unclear to us why that level expansion is necessary if demand is not increasing. Since Flint was annexed into the city of Decar decades ago, our neighborhood is serviced by Decatur Fire and Rescue. The proposed complex on Oxmore Flint Road would likely be larger than the Spring Avenue fire station that serves our own area. If expansion is needed, we respectfully ask why cannot it it not occur on the existing property they've owned since the 1980s that is already zoned institutional or a site better suited for a facility of this size within their service area. [snorts] We simply are asking for smart planning long thinking about the long-term um you know planning that is involved in this transparency and consideration for the safety of the neighborhood where we live. Thank you for your time. Impressive timing time that [cough] is up next. I've got Chris Keith signed in if we want to go in order.

Okay. Is there anybody else like to speak on this matter? All right. Once twice. All right. Um, seeing there's no one else to speak, we will consider the public hearing closed. We need a motion and a second to put this on the floor. I will yield the gavl and make a motion if if no one else um plans to. I think we need to put it on the floor. So, so moved.

We have a motion by Miss Wler. I'll second. Second by Mr. Bullard. Any discussion? [clears throat] I would like to say I did watch um actually I think I attended the planning commission meeting where this was discussed and I certainly understand um some of the concerns on increased traffic. I'm not sure about training. I'm not I don't know if that's happening there or not. Y'all live there so you probably know. you can pay agency.

You know, one of the one of the issues is that that property for me that property was sold to them by the city with the intent of it being a fire department. They indicated during that hearing um that they would not see an increase in call volume. Um whether or not they're getting new trucks or additional trucks, I'm unaware of um or if they have the funding. So, um you know, I get it, but it has been there. Um, I certainly understand the storm shelter aspect of the property, but uh, I will support it tonight just because of those reasons. Um, it was intended to be used as a volunteer fire department when it was originally sold to them by the city. Um, and I don't I don't see an increase in call volume. Um, you know, based off what I've heard from them, they don't respond to calls in the city or within the neighborhood. um which is a bit odd but um but I certainly understand why so I will support this tonight but um is there any other discussion from the council?

So you're saying [clears throat] the 114 pro which property from what the the existing where the existing one right so the one next to it they purchased later it sounds like from my understanding they purchased it. Is there anyone here to speak on that fire department? I'd be glad if y'all want to answer any questions. Yeah, because I think that's part of the issue from what she was describing is they're not understanding all of what's going on. So So what what was your question?

Okay, so the originally the city sold you the property that the fire department is on right now and you purchased the the one the lot next to it at some point in time and then you put the storm shelters right there. Yeah. For the community. Correct. Okay. So, so what's being said is that the volume is not going to go up. So, you're not going to at least you don't anticipate that or do you? I mean, we don't at this time, but we don't, you know, we don't know what the future's going to hold. I mean, we are a growing community everywhere around. So, you know, I mean, um, you know, we may be up one year, down one year, but I can't really say that we're going to run tremendously more calls because we have it for quite a while.

So, are so are the plans to get another truck? covered that mention.

I mean, eventually, yeah. I mean, but it's not something that we're capable of doing right now at this moment in time. You know, our our big concern is right now is uh you know, we need we need a way of filling our our tanks, our air bottles on our SCBAs. We don't have room to put them in there. We need commercial washer and dryer so that we can keep our gear clean to keep all that crap that gets in it from from smoke from today's materials and we don't have the room for that. So, we need to be able to to grow as far as the size of our building and we don't have that capability right now.

Is there a way is there a way to increase from the back instead of from the side? I mean, I don't know what we're doing up there. Not really, because we're trying to trying to make parking for the storm shelters, too, because that's that's been a a rough thing there the way it's laid out right now. So, we're trying to get parking for that, too, so that we can get more people because I think we've had about 100 people in there multiple times. So, it's it's been a great deal for the community.

So, sorry. Would you say the expansion is more like in fixing internal problems that you have in the department more than actually like making this an actual fire station to where you take more calls?

We're we're not going to I mean we're only going to take the amount of calls that that dispatch gives us that that they get. We're doing this for obviously internal to be able to get the things that we need to get, but also it it'll be a place for the community to come too because we're going to have a, you know, a big room there if they want to rent it for a birthday party or something like that, they're more than welcome to do. And that's more, you know, just clean up as far as rental or something like that, you know, so that we can clean it up after they're done. But, you know, it'll be a community space also. So, it ain't just a benefit for us, it'll be a benefit for everybody around us. So, the storm shelters that are built in the lot next door, I think that's what I see in the back lot next door.

So, you can build, you said they hold a hundred. Um, I don't know the exact amount, but we've had 100 in there before. And that was sub residential. You can you can build a storm shelter for close to 100 people in a residential. Is that something for residential? I mean, that's a question that I'm not familiar with. said that one more time. Can you put a storm shelter in a residentially no zone? They would need to res. I'm sorry. They would have to resone it. Well, it's already there. There's two of them. Yeah, that's why we You said a storm shelter in the uh When will [clears throat] you Oh, so that one is currently in Oh, it's on residential.

It's R. Oh, okay. And that should have been that's Yeah. I I don't this before my time and this before our time. So I'm just saying okay well I should take that back because I don't know that we did for MGA between a commercial and a residential storm shelter and you can put a storm shelter in any residential lot. So there I don't know that we but one that holds close or two that holds close to 100 people that doesn't sound

that's a but I don't I don't think we you can definitely get in our own ordinance have a difference between commercial and restor shelters built just probably in the last five years. Yeah, approximately 5 years ago, but I don't know the exact date. I wasn't in the department at that time.

Any other discussion? Thank you. All right, no other discussion. Uh, roll call. Hi, McMasters. No. Atkins.

Yes. No. I All right. Ordinance number 264637 is approved with a vote of 3-2. We will now move into resolutions. Resolution number 26047 approve the purchase of T880 and roll containers for environmental services. Mr. Bwell council mayor Daniel Bwell environmental services. Uh we're requesting to replace a 2007 model uh rolloff truck uh that'll be purchased from the unassigned balance at an expense of 311,57682.

Have a motion by Mr. McMasters. Second by Miss Worler. Any discussion? Roll call. I Atkins I resolution number 26047 is approved with vote of 50. Resolution number 26048 authorize mayor to accept Alabama Department of Conservation grant from bike path from Country Club to Wheeler Wildlife Refuge Visitor Center.

Yes, this is a grant that we uh received from uh the Alabama Department of Conservation. This grant will be it's actually the anou because the property is you know we're some of this trail will be on wildlife refuge property. So we're just we're agreeing that with their stipulations with this grant. Um it is going to be awarded to us in two phases. one when we enter into theou we will get 500,000 and then at the end of a uh at the end of August we'll get the second payment of the other 500,000 we're presently um working with uh sand river trail they got a grant to do the design uh pure male is working on that presently um there was an original um budget done on the property it somewhere around 1.4 1.5 million. Um so um you know the total cost of the project is probably going to be you know after just not just construction but CNI and all the other things you know probably somewhere around 2 million that we can't get that total until we actually get the the rest of the um reports from Fish and Wildlife. Um, I would ask I know there's been questions about this. If the council approves the signing of theou, we could hold this, we could hold the signage and submission to the state until we got that those reports back to get a better understanding and as long as it wasn't anything much over the 2 million, then um, you know, we could always come back if it was over that. But I'm just, you

know, whatever the council desires. Yeah. I personally I kind of like that idea. Well, I just don't know if I want to get a motion to say if you don't. So, I have a motion by Mr. McMasters. Second. Second by M. Marshall. So, I I kind of like that idea. Uh, we know that, you know, we've got this million dollar half of it now, half of it. But we we've got a budget. We hadn't seen design. I've had some folks concerned u you know I know it's going to be in the easement for the most part off the road but it's I I would like it a whole lot better before we fully committed to knowing what the design looks like and what the cost

um I think we're I mean we're good with that if the council is willing to go ahead and approve it then once we get working with pure uh to get that all of those reports back in and we get an idea a better understanding of what we think the cost is going to be. Um, if it's more than the 2 million, you know, we can we'll bring it back to the council. Well, it would it would have to come back to the council regardless for the funding. It will come back to us. Yeah. In the future.

Yes. I mean, it would Yes. For the funding it would, but I mean, we could always I mean, you know, at that point, we could if it's over that we could come back as far as accepting of the Yeah. signing. But now again, that's just the feedback that I've got. I was just going to make that recommendation, but now it's totally up to the council of course to make that decision. Yeah. I don't honestly I don't really understand the difference in how you approve it tomorrow and then don't sign. I think I think you have to. You have once you approve it, you approve it. Yeah. No matter when you sign.

Yes, sir. I mean, and that's true, too. Yeah, I think it's a great project. Um, I think it's a good quality of life project. We've seen this a lot of lot of cities continue to do this. I think the refuge, it's a huge resource for us. So, any any chance we get to connect um residents and visitors alike throughout the refuge, expand our trail systems in the city, um especially when we're getting support um and funding from other people. But, I think it'll be a good trail. Um, I've gone out there plenty of times and used other trails before, but this will be good to expand it. Um, I know we've got some other development happening in the area to kind of have more of the internet activity. So,

yeah, I mean, don't get me wrong, I'm not disagreeing with any of that. I'm just a little reluctant to say, "Okay, we're going to accept this grant without design or know it cost." Um, and and yes, it will come back to us eventually to approve it because we know it's going to cost more than a million dollars. Uh, That's my only concern. Let me ask this question. So they pass this tonight and then they design cost us another 2.5 million. They turn down that. What happens to this? We would just I mean we would have to cut the state a check back for that 500,000.

Yeah. I mean that's roll call. I I All right. Resolution number 2648. Approve the vote of 5 to Z. Resolution number 26049. Approve budget amendment for Motor Wing with Skipper Consulting. Yes. This is a resolution to reallocate some funding for engineering work done uh for the signal at Motors Road and the Jack Allen soccer complex intersection. Okay. What's $11,000? Yes, sir. So from a motion by Miss Worler, second by Mr. Atkins. Any discussion?

Roll call. I resolution number 26049 is approved with the vote of 50. Resolution number 26050. Approve Veterans Drive water main extension change order. Yeah, this was a a a project we had done. and it went over by $600. So I'm asking for $600 by Mr. McMasters. Second by Morler. Any discussion? Roll call. I

All right. Resolution number 26050 is approved with a vote of 50. Resolution number 26051. Authorize mayor to approve country club road waterline relocation for southbrook development project with pite male. Yeah. This is the hire pight male to do engineering design for the waterline relocation for the south book development. So a motion by Mr. McMasters second by Mr. Fuller. Any discussion? I would say this is the first phase I believe of the commitments from the city for this development. So that's correct. Good to see it moving along. All right. Any other discussion? Roll call. I

resolution number 26051 is approved with a vote of 50. Resolution number 26052 approve extension of River City Lofts LLC development agreement to October 10th, 2026. Good evening, council. This is the request from River City Lofts to extend their agreement to October 10th. That gives them three more months uh so they can pull the building permits. Um they have a demo permit right now. So we have a motion by Mr. Atkins. Second. Second by Miss Worler. Any discussion? Dane, help me a little bit with the timeline on this. Didn't we I mean we approved this in January of 22, right?

Option contract. Yes. [clears throat] So the option Yes. July. Yes. July 10th. Yeah. Okay. So, there's Yeah, it's because we had two option contracts and then we went to the agreement and then we went it brought us basically up to today. So, January 18th, uh there's option contract with uh Mr. Winstead. Um price of the property is $81,000, but it um the option contract is $8,100. That was for those first lots on second.

U April 20th is when we went to the back lots on grant with an option contract at 18,505. Um and then October 16th is when we actually went into the development [clears throat] agreement saying that at closing that the purchase price would be 30,655. And we did that because there were parking lots and that we're trying to incentivize building on these these lots. And then January 7th is when they pulled the demo permit of this year. And then today is uh March 2nd when the request is being made. Also added in there because I think last week we spoke about what's the difficulty with some developers right now developing and it was interest rates. So if you look at the chart below on what interest rates did so after they entered the agreement um in January right in March from March 17th to December 31st 2022 there's 11 interest rate hikes. So you went from a 0.25 or 0% interest rate all the way up to a 4.5% interest rate. And then 2023 there were four more hikes. So you went up to a 5.5 federal interest rate. So that means that if you're a consumer going in to borrow money, the banks are at 5.5%, but they're going to add extra percentage on top of that. So it could be anywhere from 7 and a half%. The bankers I talked to were were at around 7 and a half% during that time frame. Now rates have come down, which has been good. Um, and this is kind of what we're seeing with developers and they started to become more steady. And so today we're around the three and a half to 3.75% federal interest rate.

All right. Any other discussion? Roll call. Abstain.

I resolution number 26052 is approved with a vote of four to zero with one abstension. Resolution number 26053 approved reclassification of American Rescue Plan Act state and local fiscal recovery funds to other eligible projects. Yes, Mr. Pike, Mayor, Council, um as you are aware, we our um ARPA funding, we got $10.8 million total in ARPA funding. 10 million of it was revenue replacement. The other 800 was various projects that uh qualified throughout the city. Uh we did the 800,000. Uh the this is the revenue replacement portion. There's a couple of different dates with this revenue replacement. There's OB we had to have these funds obligated by 12 31 of 24. We've got to have them spent by 1231 of 26 which is end of December of this year. um because of some of the slowmoving projects that we've had to move them to a couple of times. Um one the latest being the ball fields at um modus. um that those being, you know, slow that project slowing down because of funding and having to move those. You know, we felt like that we just needed to go ahead and move this money to projects that would qualify to where we can go ahead and close. This would allow us basically to close out the ARPA funds. It's a net neutral to the budget. There's no new funding. We're just moving funds from one uh project to qualified projects to the other. So, uh we're just asking that you allow us to

do this so we can go ahead and close the ARP of funding out to projects that we can of go ahead and move to and then the money that we move out of those projects we'll put into the um ball fields. Is Kyle is that? We have a motion by Mr. McMasters. Second by Mr. Atkins. Any discussion? Roll call. I resolution number 26053 to approve of the vote to zero. Resolution number 26054 declare surplus and donation of 2009 Ford Escape to Victoria's re-entry program.

Good evening, council. Kyle De Mester, finance. Uh Jeremy couldn't be here this evening, so you get me instead. Uh, a couple weeks ago, wears cool shirt.

I know. Uh, [laughter] couple weeks ago, I think y'all remember um Victoria Bell coming in with her program, the re-entry program. Um, so in the process, the mayor and I and a couple other members um of the staff have been working with her to be able to try to find ways we can support her efforts here in the community. Uh, in doing so, we talked about the um, uh, opioid settlement grant stuff, and the mayor discovered in her in conversations there were there was a need for uh, transportation for her to be able to uh, take these folks from the jail or wherever they need to be um, without having to use personal vehicles and it was starting to hinder some of the services. So, uh, in the process of our enterprise, um, reshuffle of assets, the mayor asked if we could look at potentially doing something that's being presented tonight, uh, for her. So, what is before you is, uh, the council declaring surplus to a 2009 Ford Escape. Um, thank you to Daniel's group at the garage, too. They did a great job of cleaning it up and making sure uh, it would be ready safely for the road for her. So, with approval tonight, uh she'll be able to take home the title and the keys and be able to use it tomorrow hopefully um for her services there. So, wanted to lay that all out to you all so you kind of see where we got here. So, kudos to the mayor for bringing it up and all the staff uh getting the vehicle ready. So, I think it's great what we're doing.

So, move a motion by Mr. McMasters, second by Mr. Atkins. Any discussion? Yeah, mayor. Thanks for taking this idea. I think this is awesome. I can see the title and the key right now. Literally, [laughter] Jeremy told me to bring it to you, so here we are. All right. Any other discussion? Roll call. I All right. Resolution number 26054 is approved with the vote of 50. So, can we pause just a moment and present her with this key? Sure.

We'll sign the title. Thank you. I'm so glad to be able to do this for you. Your program is JUST [applause]

YEAH. Don't leave without the title. I should I want to add to we're in the process of actually utilizing some of that litigation funds with Miss Bell. Um, I saw an email earlier today. I think they're close to finalizing the proposal to be presented to you soon for y'all to consider that as well. So, just want to give you update on that. Thank you, Kyle. Thank you everyone for that. Um, moving on. Resolution number 26056 authorize mayor to spend budgeted funds for DY proposed facilities.

And I just mentioned here, this is a budget that's been in place for about three years. [clears throat] uh we just spend part of this for some of the testing. Uh we still we have two or three places that we've identified to build the building and we haven't finalized that yet. So hopefully shortly we'll be able to do that as well. So have a motion by Mr. Atkins, second by Mr. McMasters. Any discussion? Roll call. I abstain. McMasters I I

All right. Resolution number 26056 is approved with a vote of 4 to zero with one abstension. Boards and committees appoint Carol Pucket to the Historic Preservation Commission with term expiring March 19th, 2027. This will be a partial term for Miss Pucket who's replacing Bill Stone. I have a motion by Mr. Atkins. Second. Second by Mr. McMasters. Any discussion? Roll call. I all right. The appointment of Carol Pucket is approved with a vote of five to zero. Reappoint Trudy Gisham to the Historic Preservation Commission with term ending March 19th, 2027. This will be Miss Gisham's second term. So have a motion by Mr. McMasters. Second.

Second by Miss Worler. Any discussion? Roll call. I All right. The reappointment of Trudy Gisham is approved with a vote of 5 to zero. Appoint Matt Cross to the architectural review board with term ending March 19th, 2029. Mr. Cross will replace Barbara Kelly beginning March 19th, 2026. So move a motion by Miss Worler. Second. Second by Mr. Bullard. Any discussion? Roll call.

I All right. All right. The appointment of Matt Cross is approved with a vote of 50 to zero. Appoint Jay Clark to the architectural review board with term ending March 19th, 2026. This is a partial term for Mr. Clark who will be replacing Ellis not a motion by Miss Wler. So second by Mr. Bullard. Any discussion? Roll call.

I All right. That appointment to of Jay Clark is approved the vote of five to zero and nobody signed in. Do we have anybody for public comment? Stephanie, I don't think so. All of them. Okay. No public comment. Is there anything from directors? Anybody? Mayor, can I have an update on the weather sirens? Five of the six are repaired. We're still waiting on a rule that's repaired any day now. So, it's operational. It's just not 360 degrees, right? Okay. It doesn't do what? Doesn't spin rotate.

Yeah, they rotate 360 degrees. So, it's locked in one position. It It does sound. It just doesn't And all the other ones have been prepared. Anything from the council? All right. Um, I'll be having a community meeting on March the 16th at 6:30. Just wanted to get that out on record. All right. All right. The next council work session will be held March 9th, 2026, 5:00 pm. The next regular council meeting will be held on March 16th, 2026 at 10:00 a.m. If there's nothing else, we will stand. Thank you.