City Council - Regular Meeting

Mr. Tullis will start us with our quarter three goals. Mayor and council members, if you look at your agenda, I want to bring out a few highlights on your Q3 goals. Most of them are still in progress. Obviously, we'll still be in Q3, but all of the ones that ask us to budget funds for various projects for next year, those will be done on or after you adopt the budget. So those decisions got pushed back, I think, a little bit, about a week. If you look, the Start Bellwood Tap project, I marked it complete because we have started it, but if you go down Bellwood Road, you'll see equipment's mobilized out there, orange cones, and so I saw a press release as well, about a little over a mile of sidewalk is going down. So that's some good news in progress in our Q3 goals. And then also in your packets, as you flip back, you'll see a Rucker Boulevard draft plan addendum. That is the only other addition to some things. It's a front and back document that Tim and the engineering department have worked on. If there are no other changes, my plan would be to introduce for adoption the Rucker Boulevard plan at your next council meeting. I assume you all still have a copy of that plan that was given to you. If not, I'm happy to get that emailed out to you again for your review.

When did you say you wanted to bring this up to them.

I would suggest that the next council meeting to introduce it for your consideration to adopt it and then once you've adopted it. We'll talk about a first step, but it's hard. um they are prepared tonight to introduce if they want to but i didn't see it on the agenda but um regardless the the biggest part is once it's adopted being able to tell staff you know where to spend that first dollar what areas we want to target if you'll look on the plan there's several i think there's four main areas a b c and d the the area that I would recommend that the council look at starting with is the A area, which is basically from Bull Weevil Circle to Dixie Drive. We already have some positive momentum with a development that should be coming on the Rite Aid property, the former Rite Aid property there. And obviously we've had some issues in that general vicinity for the last several years. part of our nuisance property programs have have gone in there to start cleaning up some blight but i think that there's some more we could do one of those things is on the agenda to reauthorize the city attorney to to file uh legal action um That would be, when we get there, we can discuss that more, but it's something that you did back in 25 as well, but this would reauthorize that. We think that's important. As we've gone to court in some of these instances, some of the attorneys have asked the judge to consider whether the council knew or by knowing what better way to say that the council knew than you duly authorized city attorney to take this kind of action.

Jonathan, so in this next week or next council meeting when we talk about the draft plan and adopting it, the code amendments that you're in here, when would we start seeing code amendments come forward?

At the same time. Tonight? Okay. So during staff reports, if you want, I can have Tim brief you on those during staff reports during the council meeting as well as the Rucker Boulevard plan.

Okay. That's very good. Thank you.

I'll make sure.

So Ashley was letting us know that the, I'm sure you all know that a lot of those have to go through, the code amendments have to go through the Planning Commission, depending on what it's for. So the timing on when that gets introduced to you,

it'd have to be adopted by the planning commission but there's also a code section under the municipal code that would be adopted by the city council so those are kind of companion documents in some instances okay yeah it looks like some of this stuff for landscaping signage that put some of the fiscal burden on the property owner to help us get that area that quarter looking like it should yes sir that's good thank you

That's all on the Q3 goals, unless you've got any questions.

Anyone have any further questions? All right. Then we will move into reviewing the agenda. We can roll call, opening prayer and pledge of allegiance, approval of the agenda, and then consideration of consent agenda. On the consent agenda, we have contract billings for $499,327.39. Schmidt Environmental Construction from the wastewater treatment. Electrical, $180,048. SA Graham Construction, $179,527 for the County Road 606 relocation. Barge 24,855 and 18,076, both for County Road 606 relocation. Tolleson Construction, demolition clearance of public nuisance properties, $22,224. Polly Incorporated, $1,964 for consulting for wastewater treatment, 58,448 engineering services for FY26 resurfacing improvements. one thousand six hundred eighty two dollars and thirty one cents consulting services for gale circle sewer relocation fine getty associates we have two invoices for july one for july one for august six thousand two hundred fifty dollars for contract services and we have some travel requests any questions on the consent agenda And then Mayor Cooper and Tammy Dorr will present certificates of achievements tonight. And Police Chief Michael Moore will present a check to the Special Olympics. We'll have privilege of the floor, staff reports. Under old business, we have a bright rezone public hearing for rezoning of 5.36 acres of land owned by Rhonda Bright. from agriculture to B1. Anyone have any questions on that? We got some, okay.

Mr. Chairman, members of the council, all of these rezonings tonight, we do have, I know that you all received a PowerPoint presentation that addresses each one of these requests here this evening. We will speak to those briefly in your public hearing session at the actual council meeting. But we're not going to go through the entire presentation for you. We're just going to kind of hit the highlights. but we'll be prepared to answer any questions that you have, and I can answer any questions that you have about this case or any of the other cases at this time as well.

Thank you. Any questions on this one? All right. Then we'll have a rezoning of 0.6 acres of land by M&S Development LLC from B1 business to B2 business at 435 Glover Avenue. If y'all have any questions on any of these, just stop me because I'm just going to keep going through them instead of asking every time. Then 6.94 acres of land owned by Gallinco into the city annexation and zoning of 6.94 acres of land owned by Gallinco into the city limits and to establish zoning of R1. And then we have another 19.19 rezoning for Gallinco from Ag District to R1, located at 400 Richland Drive. And then annexation and zoning, 3.14 acres of land owned by O'Berry Family Revocable Trust into the city limits to establish B3. Another for the same trust, O'Berry Family Revocable Trust, Annexation and zoning of 6.76 acres for B3. And then another annexation zoning 36.62 acres for the O'Berry Family Revocable Trust into the city limits to establish zoning of R4. Then we will review and consider ordinance to enact procedures for broadband fiber providers and their contractors. We discussed this last time. Any questions on that? Under new business review and consider resolution to authorize the mayor to acquire certain property for the 101 access road project.

Mayor and council members, as we discussed in a prior executive session, this is property that is adjacent to the community college. They own a couple of parcels across the street from their main campus. In this particular case, this is something we would like to move forward with to try to negotiate and help the college system out. This doesn't obligate the mayor or the city to purchase the property. It just allows us to negotiate It also, in full transparency, I think you all know this, but for the public's benefit, would allow us to negotiate up until condemnation proceedings. All of that would come back before you if we got to that point. Whether it was to purchase, condemn, whatever, this doesn't obligate a decision at any point. It would all come back to you.

Any questions? Thank you. All right. Resolution for application for funding assistance for the FY2027 airport improvements. Mr. Mott.

Yes, sir. Thank you, Mr. President. So, as you all know, we just executed a grant for roughly $6.2 million worth of construction of the airport. part of the agreement that was like the FAA and ALDOT asked us, we get $150,000 in entitlement money every single year, so they asked us to appropriate our next year's entitlement towards this project as well, since the project will be going on during next year's physical project. So this is something we do every year. We basically, you're given the mayor the authority to turn in a pre-application for that funding, so it's $150,000, but it'll go towards that construction project that's currently underway. So this is This is just authorizing the mayor and to execute a resolution for future funding when it becomes available by Congress later in calendar year 2027.

Any questions? All right. We have a consideration resolution providing for the authorization of the city attorney to initiate specific legal action regarding a public nuisance.

evening council last fall jonathan mentioned it to you a minute ago you passed a resolution allowing us to move forward with litigation for certain nuisances and that's when we started working in the levels litigation the econo lodge litigation and the liberty gas station litigation that have all been filed in court so after recent events The city is interested again in moving forward with more nuisance litigation, which I'll be happy to speak about specifics in executive session. And so we just wanted to restate that since we have a new council that we still have that power to do so. Also, since the last resolution, we have broadened the language a little bit to also include input from the city engineer, because one of the things we also have in our tool belt is that we can go after properties like, for instance, some of these private roads that are in horrible shape. We did that with Apache, and you remember we brought litigation for that and got the road in that area repaved by the private owners. There are some instances in the city of that that we would like to take care of as well. Through litigation, also through litigation, we can require homeowners to clean up properties or have a court order for the city to be able to do that and put a lien on the property. So it gives us the opportunity to take care of some of these nuisances that we're seeing throughout the city. Do you guys have any questions?

I don't think so. Thank you. Adoption of the FY2027 transportation plan in accordance with the Rebuild Alabama Act.

Mayor and Council, you should have a one-page transportation plan in your packet. As you recall, every year because of the Rebuild Alabama Act requires that all entities that receive fuel funds must pass a transportation plan by the end of August. So this is basically a mirror of last year. The only difference is we're talking about FY27. Ms. Swartz estimates $205,000 anticipated from the Rebuild Alabama Act will be received by the city, and this plan simply designates that funding to go toward the FY27 Phase 7 Master Street Resurfacing List. and or as match monies for any state or federal grant funded projects. It reads very similar to that it does every year that we just move it to the next phase paper project.

Any questions on this? Then we have a call for a motion to authorize the mayor to execute an agreement between the City of Enterprise and District Attorney's Office for the 12th Judicial Circuit of Alabama to provide prosecution services for the Municipal Court of the City of Enterprise.

Mayor and Councilmembers, you recall we made that move instead of having one city prosecutor. that we would engage. We've used the district attorney's office now for the past year or so with good success. A lot of the same people that they see in other cases they also have in our municipal court. So there is some benefit to the public and to us for this. That contract was around $41,000 last year. It's an increase of $4,000 is what they're asking for, $45,000 this year. Any questions?

All right. Authorize the city administrator to execute agreement, purchase and sale agreement between the City of Enterprise and Bison Capital Investments for real property described at 2021 Bowieville Circle.

Yes, sir. So we talked about this in the executive session. There's a piece of property that the city was interested in making an offer in. It would be pending appraisal and coming back to the council. And in this particular case, the contract would call for the city to put down a $20,000 refundable if we didn't move forward within 45 days to purchase the property, but a $20,000 escrow payment for the property, give us 45 days of due diligence. And for any reason, if we decided not to move forward, we could withdraw and get the $20,000 escrow payment back. with no penalty. If not, we would move forward to close. I think we have 30 days to close. From that, due diligence would include an appraisal, which we would be responsible to pay for. And we would also have force majeure clauses in the contract, et cetera. I think that contract's in your packets.

Any questions on this?

All right. I did skip one here. Authorize the mayor and city administrator and city attorney to negotiate and execute a technology services agreement.

Yes, sir. That contract I know is in your packet. You may see a change there. It says Titan Technology Solutions. That is work session packets. I'm sorry. Yep. That contract was up in June, so we've been in a month-to-month situation. M4 is rebranding into this Titan Technology Solutions. That is the contract. In discussions with the mayor and other city staff, we have been satisfied with the work that's been done. There may be a few things that we want to tweak in the contract, In essence, we were averaging about 170 hours of services a month. It works out about $125 per billable hour. So we could have taken one offer that would have been a contract for a pre-described number of hours or an unlimited plan. This contract is for the unlimited plan. It's about 22,000, a little over $22,000 a month for those services. And I think on the second to last page, it breaks down some of the pricing as to what we're getting. I know we have two IT folks on the council, so I know Councilman Padgett and I talked about what the rate would be versus when he was in business doing IT work. I don't know if you have any comments or thoughts on that, Councilman Paget.

No, I've looked over the pricing, and I think it's very fair pricing. As long as the city is happy with the services being provided. I haven't read every single line in the contract myself yet. I did read a good portion of it. Still working through it. But for an unlimited contract, I... I don't personally have any problem with the pricing.

Yeah, the motion that you'll see before you, and typically I don't like doing this, but this would allow myself, city attorney, mayor to negotiate the contract details. Typically, we would like to give you guys enough time to read through this, ask any questions. We can still do that, but unless anybody objects with keeping the services the same, we still have an opportunity. We're not gonna leave here and sign this tomorrow. We still have some questions to work out with our IT provider, but we cap the price. So if you look on what the motion's actually saying, It's authorizing us to negotiate, but a price not to exceed on there. So it will give you some time to peruse this, ask some questions, things that you may see in the contract that you're like, what does this mean? Or maybe you want to add some language to the contract. You can certainly let us know and we can do that if you choose to adopt this tonight.

Anyone have any questions at this time? All right, and then we'll get back on schedule since I skipped all around in this agenda. Move to authorize the city minister, excuse me, consider designation of trick-or-treat schedule for 2026-2029. We discussed this, I think, last council meeting, but 2026 will be Saturday, October 31st, 27 Sunday, October 31st, proposed date Saturday, October 30th. 2028, Tuesday, October 31st, keeping it on Tuesday. 29, Wednesday, October 31st, keeping it on Wednesday. Any questions or comments about that schedule? All right, then we'll end with the mayor's report, council member comments and adjournments.

think the next thing on our work session agenda is the technology implementation plan yes sir so several of you had asked about a gantt chart that we promised talk about you know the city's implementation plan and where we're at on several of our technology upgrades transition over to opengov as well as our human resource platform. So I've asked Jeremy to come up and kind of present that Gantt chart. But you'll see in several of these areas, I think he's also going to do a demonstration of the 311 program. You can see we're well underway and probably by the end of next month have that 311 component online. So very excited work has been going on, but I'll turn it over to Jeremy now.

Hello again. So I started with the Gantt chart, and basically we just compiled all of the major city projects into one chart so you guys could see a timeline of where we're at with each of them. So I'll start out with the 311 system. You know, we started this back in April. It is on track. I would almost argue that it's ahead of schedule, actually, because our goal was to have it online by Q4. The system is technically live today. We're just waiting on city staff to be trained in the system. So that training is starting on Thursday of next week. And if the training goes well, we might be able to go live, you know, in a week or so after that. Or we might require a little bit of additional training for the city staff. But The system itself is actually fully set up. It's been tested. It's configured for the city of Enterprise. It has the city limits in it and all that. And I'm going to show you a really cool demonstration of it in just a second. The next big project that Allison has been working on is the Paycom migration. So she's been migrating the city's HR from Munis and several other systems over to one integrated Paycom instance. The big bullet point here that I think you guys would want to know is the first payroll should be ran on September 25th on there. So if you look at this Gantt chart that we've created, it's that little yellow bar down there near the bottom. They'll start actually allowing employees to clock in in the new system in the next couple weeks or a few weeks, I should say, leading up to that payroll period. And they've been doing great work getting it set up, implemented, and migrating. And Allison has done an outstanding job keeping that on track and also, I would say, ahead of schedule. And then, of course, the next big thing is the rest of the OpenGov migration. So, you know, we'll be moving off of the Tyler Technologies MUNIS platform over to OpenGov for pretty much everything. So the actual finance, code enforcement, permitting and inspection, enterprise asset management and of course utility billing will be moving over to open gov that kicks off in october i've put these on the chart just so that you can see kind of where they where they lie today basically the the finance and revenue and enterprise asset management portions should be completed in 14 months the utility billing portion cannot be completed until after the finance portion has been moved fully over to OpenGov. So they're estimating approximately four months beyond that. So roughly 18 months total for the utility billing portion of it to be moved over. Do you guys have any questions about that?

Um, we, uh, I think me and a couple other council members were pretty interested in the ability to submit issues. We get emails that come to us and says, you know, whatever, somebody needs help with drainage issue or, or, you know, code issue or whatever it is at what point, um, in the, in the chart here, we looking at being able to direct them or help them get a ticket submitted.

Yeah, absolutely. So that's the 311 system that's kind of first in the Gantt chart. And that's the system that is technically ready right now, but they'll be going through training starting Thursday of next week. So, again, as long as the training goes well, which I anticipate it will, we should be able to go live in the next couple weeks. But still, obviously, you know, if we need a little bit more training or something like that. They could still potentially take the rest of September just for additional training and comfort to make sure that everyone's happy with the system.

So regardless of how that goes, you anticipate no later than October 1st then?

Right, so we'll still be at that Q4 deadline. So with that said, I'll go through the process real quick. So this is what the website looks like when you first go to it. And I'm doing this on the phone because I know you guys have already seen a demo of this back when OpenGov came on site from a laptop, but I wanted you guys to be able to see what it looks like for the constituents when they're on their actual mobile phone. So when the citizen comes to the request website, they can actually view the requests on a map. So if there's already a pothole and a citizen has already made a request for that pothole, we don't have a bunch of duplicate requests coming in. They'll actually be able to look at the map, see that there's already a request for that issue. So we hopefully don't overwhelm the staff with a bunch of reports for one individual issue. So I'll go through and just do a new issue from scratch here. So I'm gonna hit report an issue. We've chosen just a, basically right now, when citizens put in a request, they're calling in to Public Works, and these are the top requests. These are the things that most people are calling about. So we're gonna start small, but we can, if we start seeing a lot of requests go underneath other, we can just turn on new request types in a matter of seconds. So we've already built about 26 additional request types, but we don't want to overwhelm the city employees, so we'll turn those on as we go forward with the system. So with that said, let's say that there's a pothole that can choose there's a roadway or street repair. It'll ask them where that is. They can, of course, type the address at the top. They can actually click on the map if they want to, or if they're on a mobile phone, they can hit that little button in the top right corner of the map, and it'll pull in their current address and show it on the map. Of course, if they choose somewhere that's outside city limits, it'll tell them that that's not in city limits so that we don't accidentally get requests for that type. So I'm gonna hit continue. At this point, they can type, you know, there is a pothole. They can choose a picture of that pothole if they'd like to. They can select what the issue type is. They can hit continue. And at this point, it'll ask them for their contact info. And if they choose to put in their actual contact info, they can choose to get emailed notifications when that request has been updated. So like when city staff update it and say, hey, we're repairing that tomorrow or something like that, they can get an automatic email about that. And then when they submit the request, it sends an automatic email with the request number and the fact that that request has been submitted. They can then copy that request number and they can go back and track it online as well as receive those email alerts like I mentioned earlier. So as long as they're the ones that created it, they'll automatically get an email each time it's been updated or they can always go in and manually check it like that.

Hey, Jeremy, you mentioned staff training. Would there be any tutorials that we're going to have posted for citizens?

So they are actually building out some infographics with QR codes and kind of like awareness campaign for it that Emily will be able to use on the social media. And we could even print out small posters and stuff like that if we'd like to. So yes, there will be some info with that that they're going to provide us before we go live.

The only problem that I just had with that is you said copy and paste that. Is there any way they can make that tracking number linkable?

We can actually. It's kind of in a simple state from the get-go, but yes, we were looking at that a little while ago, and there's a way that we can change that into a link.

That's the first thing that popped out at me.

Yeah, absolutely.

Only other question I had. You mentioned citizens being able to see on the map that an issue's already been reported, but let's just, for instance, say that there's people that don't and don't recognize that, and they submit 12 of the same issues for, you know, Barry Public Works and whatnot. Do they have a way on the back end as a power user to kind of consolidate those things?

They can, actually, and it automatically takes the contact of each of the users that created their own individual tickets and combines them on the back end so that when they update that one single request, it'll notify all of those constituents. Very nice. And the other cool thing that... I thought of when you mentioned that is if users still call in and report an issue, city staff is going to be trained to put the issue into the system from their back end. So those issues will also show up on the same map. All right, do you guys have any more questions or anything?

No, that's exciting. I've been looking for this for a long time, so I'm glad to see it here.

Thank you.

Councilman, did that meet the intent on your Gantt chart to get that date? You talking to me?

Yes, sir. Yeah, it's fine. I just wanted an update on where we are. And, yeah, looks good. This may be, I don't know, a periodic email would be good. We don't have to do it here. Just an email maybe every few months that just says here's where we're at. Yeah. Yeah, look good.

I'm working on making that Gantt chart a interactive web page that I can send you guys to be able to view at your leisure.

That'd be good. It's a big project. Just want to know the status, where we're at. Thank you.

Absolutely.

All right. Any other questions on that? Then we're a little early in our agenda here, but the next item on the agenda is request for executive session pending litigation legal issues by Jonathan Tullis.

Yes, sir. Obviously, I don't expect there to be any vote or anything on it, but I just want to give you an update on some legal issues before the city as well as on your agenda tonight.

All right. Do I have a motion to go into executive session?

I make a motion we go into executive session.

Second.

All in favor say aye. Aye. All opposed, same sign. Motion carries. We'll go into executive session, and we will come back by 6 o'clock to start our meeting.

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All right. We'll call this regular session of the city council to order. Let the record show that all members of the council are present. We'll begin with our opening prayer and pledge of allegiance. Mayor, if you lose some prayer.

May we pray. Most gracious and heavenly Father, we're going to thank thee for this day and thank thee for the many blessings that thou hast bestowed upon us. As we are gathering here tonight, it's to honor a young man and honor others who have done well in representing our city. May we move in the right direction in whatever is done, and done in the best of order, decent and in order. These and other blessings we ask in our son Jesus' name. Amen.

Show me the pledge of allegiance. 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. Call for a motion to approve the agenda of the meeting as submitted.

I move to approve the agenda of the meeting as submitted.

Second. All in favor say aye. Aye. Opposed, same sign. Motion carries. All matters listed within the consent agenda have been distributed to each member of the council for review, are considered to be routine, and will be enacted by one motion of the city council with no separate discussion. If separate discussion is desired on an item, that item may be removed from the consent agenda and placed on the regular agenda by the request of a member of the city council. I call for a motion to approve the consent agenda as presented.

I'll move to approve the consent agenda as presented. Second.

Any further discussion? All in favor say aye. Aye. All opposed, same sign. Motion carries. I'd like to recognize Mayor Cooper and Tammy Dorr, Director of Tourism and Community Relations, to present a certificate of achievement.

First, I would like to say good evening to everyone. At this time, I would like to recognize Trevor Roden for representing not only Enterprise, but the entire state of Alabama at the Patriots game. Trevor, would you please come up here to join me? And I would also like to ask Tammy Dewill to help me with this presentation. Tammy. Yes, sir.

Thank you, Mayor. Trevor recently had the incredible opportunity to represent Alabama at the inaugural Freedom 250 Patriot Games, a national competition celebrating America's 250th anniversary. As a rising freshman at Enterprise High School and a member of the class of 2030, Trevor was selected as Alabama's male athlete representative. He competed alongside young athletes from all 50 states, U.S. territories, and tribal nations. This is quite an accomplishment for someone who has called Enterprise home since the age of six. Trevor's selection was a reflection of much more than his athletic ability. He has demonstrated leadership, academic achievement, and a commitment to serving others. He served as Alabama Elementary School Beta Club President while attending Holly Hill Elementary School, and most recently served as the Alabama Junior Beta Club President at Dauphin Junior High School. He is also a well-rounded student athlete, having competed in baseball, soccer, football, swimming, and track and field. At the Patriot Games, Trevor competed in a variety of events designed to test strength, endurance, agility, teamwork, leadership, and resilience. Over the course of the competition, he took on track events, kickball, dodgeball, hurdles, pull-ups, agility drills, and a variety of sports circuits. While Trevor did not advance to the final four male competitors, his experience was certainly a victory in his own right. He stepped up to a tremendous challenge. competed alongside some of the nation's most talented young athletes, and represented Enterprise and the state of Alabama with maturity, confidence, and determination. Your accomplishments are a testament to your hard work, character, and dedication, and we are proud to call you one of our own. At this time, Mayor Cooper will read the Certificate of Achievement.

Mayor Cooper, here you go. Certificate of Achievement. This is to certify proudly awarded to Trevor in recognition of your outstanding achievement in being selected as Alabama's male athlete representative at the inaugural Freedom 250 Patriot Games. Proud to represent the state of Alabama in this national competition, celebrating America's 250th anniversary. And witness whereof I have here to set my hand and cause the seal of the City of Enterprise to be affixed this 18th day of August 2026. William E. Cooper, Sr., Mayor of the City of Enterprise, we proudly present this Certificate of Achievement to you.

Congratulations.

I now would like to recognize Police Chief Michael Moore as a presentation to make.

Good evening, Council and Mayor.

Good evening.

So each year we support two events with the Special Olympics for Coffee Dale in Geneva County. One of them is the law enforcement torch run where we kick off the ceremony with athletes and the police department, our surrounding police officers join in a run. Normally it's from the monument all the way to the high school. The second event that we do is a fundraiser for Special Olympics. This year, the Enterprise Police Department raised $3,766.35 for the Coffey, Dillon, Geneva County Chapter of Special Olympics. This is one of our favorite events to do. We have a lot of fun. We get to get behind from the badge. We interact with our community, and most importantly, we support an incredible cause. This event, we go into restaurants that want us to be there, ask us to be there, and pretty much just take over their service. Everything still goes to that business. If they have servers, they still help us, but we just have a mission of no drinks are unfilled and no food unserved, and we just assist them with serving things. The only thing that we ask at the end is people to donate money to this worthy cause. So I want to give a big thank you to the Butcher's Daughter in White Oak this year. Those are the two places we had our events. Thank you for opening your door to us, letting EPD take over your restaurants. Your support and partnership made this fundraiser possible. Also thank my officers. There's three of them up here, but there was a lot more there on both nights. They volunteered their time. They served food, met people, laughed, and had a great time. Most importantly for always, they were willing to support the community in this great cause. And the biggest thank you goes to our community. Every donation, every tip made a difference. Your generosity is what got us all the money for the Special Olympics. It means a lot to us, and you continue to show us what makes Enterprise such a special community. And then Special Olympic athletes are always the real inspiration. We are proud to support them. We love being part of an event that celebrates their determination, accomplishments, and spirit. We may have, excuse me, we have been the ones wearing the aprons and serving the food, but our community is the reason we are able to serve such a great cause. Thank you for letting us have a little fun while making a big difference. So without further ado,

Thank you. Thank you. . . . . . . .

Thank you.

This is the part of the meeting where anyone in attendance tonight who wishes to address the council may do so for three minutes. If there is a public hearing on the agenda for the topic you are concerned with, please wait until that public hearing opens to address the council. If they choose staff, mayor and council respond to your comments during the appointed times later in the meeting. Repetitive, disruptive and disparaging comments will not be tolerated. If you're found out of order, your privileges can and will be revoked. Does anyone wish to address the council at this time? All right, seeing none, we'll move on to the staff reports.

Thank you, Mr. President. In the engineering department, we work under a series of codes and ordinances that helps us manage the development in the city. In doing so, we're always confronted with changing situations. As the city changes, as the world changes, we try to keep up and we try to make the rules and the codes that we adopt to fit the needs that the city sees as we move forward. In doing so, what we're trying to do is to bring to you batches of proposed changes when it comes to codes and ordinances. for you to consider. So with that, I've asked Tim to do a quick presentation to you on that. There's nine that we wanna present to you at least at a very high level tonight. I've sent you an email during the meeting for you to review later and the intention is to bring it back to a future council after I get some feedback from you for your consideration and ultimately requesting your approval. Some of these codes and ordinances will have to go through planning commissions, some of them will come directly here. I'll work them through the processes, but we just want to take the opportunity tonight, just at least introduce them to you, let you know that they're coming to you. So with that, I'm gonna turn it over to Tim Milstead, our city planner, to go through these non-proposed changes, at least in a brief view, and then we'll answer any questions you've got.

Mr. Chairman, Council, as Barry mentioned, the nine changes have just been emailed to you. Whenever you open this document that's in your email, you'll see the changes are in red. Additions are underlined and deletions are stricken through. So you'll see what exactly we're proposing. But I'll go through with you briefly what the nine changes are that we're proposing. So frontage roads. We are looking to amend the frontage road standard that requires or mandates that frontage roads or access roads be provided for all new development along Bolivar Circle. Instead, the change would provide some additional language that essentially encourages access or frontage roads to be provided, but it's up to the discretion ultimately of the city engineer or his designee to determine whether the site conditions warrant a frontage road to be provided for any particular development along Bolivar Circle. They should still be considered, and staff would certainly be responsible for ensuring that developments minimize traffic hazards and adverse impacts on neighboring properties. But ultimately, it's designed to eliminate the rigid standard and allow some flexibility in development where site conditions do not warrant those being provided. Second change is regarding U-turns. This is a change that would eliminate the standard that's currently in place for U-turns and would essentially default the city to the state standard for U-turns and any applicable signage that applies to U-turns. We've checked with the police department. They are okay with this change being made as well. And so that is an additional change that is proposed. Manufactured homes in the AG district. The objective for this is to bring the existing AG zoning code into compliance with the zoning ordinance section that actually prohibits manufactured homes outside of the MHP or manufactured home zoning district. The AG zoning district actually says that manufactured homes are allowed by right and so that is a conflict in the code that needs to be cleaned up. Plaza Drive, we are asking the council to determine whether including Plaza Drive in the city's corridor overlay district would be appropriate, and this would apply to Highway 88 inside the circle, and specifically those B1 zones that are along Plaza Drive. So business uses, commercial uses, not residential uses, that would not apply to Plaza Drive. traffic impact studies we have a traffic impact study section that is currently located within this the section pertaining to multi-family housing this particular standard would move that requirement into a more general section that allows for other types of developments that also can have significant traffic impacts uh... would allow staff to require traffic impact studies for development for additional developments other than multi-family developments themselves. Utilities and occupied structures. The intent for this section is to require active water, sewer, septic, garbage and power in all residences that are occupied. And it would treat all other structures in the city as public nuisances. Those that are occupied and don't have water, sewer, garbage or power. landscaping standards of the objective would be to place a minimum standards on landscaping size and height and provide some canopies tree standards as well but it still provide still gives us a little bit of flexibility to work with developments on landscaping standards not requiring a necessarily a set number of canopy trees or anything like that still allows us some design flexibility but does promote the canopy trees being added on particular developments to provide additional shade and also some initial size requirements at planting itself. The PRD dimensional standards, planned residential development dimensional standards. We have standards in place for side yard setbacks, minimum lot widths and minimum lot sizes that are applicable to all PRD developments. And that can actually act as a hindrance to developers coming in under the PRD standards. It provides less incentive. So the idea is to increase incentives for developers to build projects under the prd standards then that way we can come to you if they come with a prd standard then that means that they're also coming with a concept of a plan that allows you to see the concept itself and decide whether that concept is something that you would like to see as opposed to a zoning where to a simple rezoning where you might not get a concept itself And then finally, distance requirements for retail sales of alcohol. This is kind of derived from a development request that we've received on Damascus Road that's immediate proximity to a church. The preferred alternative here or the preferred change here would eliminate distance measurements that are applicable to retail sales of alcohol only. And specifically, you'll see in the ordinance that this is for an establishment that derives at least 60% of its sales to non-alcoholic products. So alcohol would not be the main commodity in establishments that would be affected by this particular ordinance. And alcohol also, this would be applicable to those establishments that allow alcohol for consumption off premises only. This would not apply to liquor stores. Distance requirements would still apply to liquor stores, but this would only apply to essentially retail establishments where alcohol is not the main commodity being sold. So that's just a very brief overview of the nine code changes. You have those in your email. We're just asking for your review and comments if you'd like us to move forward on those, but I'll take any questions that you have about those at this time.

Anyone have any questions?

And, Mr. Chairman, if there's no more questions, the last staff update that we have for you is regarding the Rucker Boulevard corridor plan. I'll let Jonathan come up here. He's going to give you a brief introduction on this plan. I'll go through some bullet points for you.

So the Rooker Boulevard corridor plan, it is something that the engineering department has been working on. We've had several meetings going through this plan. We feel like at this time we would like to give it to the council, give you all an opportunity to review it, go over it, See if you have any questions or comments, please feel free to reach out to myself, reach out to Tim, reach out to Barry. Anything that you see as you go through it, you should have that email with that plan by the time you leave tonight. So I'm going to kind of kick it back to Tim. He's going to go over some of the main goals and the purpose of this plan.

So just very briefly, I took three of the goals that are specifically mentioned in this corridor plan and kind of give you an idea of some of the major projects and major strategies for implementation that are provided for within this plan draft. It's a fairly long draft, probably 60 pages or so. So we just wanted to introduce it to you tonight and kind of give you an idea of what to expect and give you a little bit of time to read it and digest it and give us some feedback on this moving forward to where we can ultimately have the goal for moving towards implementation and adoption of this corridor plan. So the first goal is to improve mobility, access, and safety within this plan area. And so we are, you'll see some language pertaining to some code updates, some street design standards, providing some changes that require additional investment for those properties within this plan area. uh... bike ped facilities adding some multimodal facilities to various areas where they are very much needed within this plan area and and uh... you know this is and just a refresher memory this plan area is rucker boulevard essentially extending from uh... to the north as far as you can up to heron creek and then down to calvin creek on the south end and ever all of the development residential and commercial in between uh... So how do we improve mobility, access, and safety? Also, the Rucker Boulevard connector, the proposed connector road that will go from Rucker Boulevard and ultimately tie into Porter-Lunsford Road, something that's in discussion right now, but that is, you'll see the discussion about that particular idea as well within this plan whenever you look through it. Also, you'll see a couple concepts pertaining to the East Rucker configuration. And East Rucker, by East Rucker, I mean east of Freedom Drive. You'll see a couple different concepts for reconfiguration of that roadway through that segment that could allow some additional bike-fed facilities within that particular area. And really, the plan kind of prioritizes bike-fed facilities, especially in the eastern portion where there is a little bit more room for... for making some changes like that. Where traffic counts are also a little bit lower. So the second goal that I have is to stabilize and enhance business areas. Very much needed along Rucker Boulevard in those business areas. It's going to place an emphasis on commercial nodes and preventing commercial intrusion in some of the existing areas that do front on Rucker Boulevard. Some of those residential areas that are there now, especially on the eastern end, where residential goes all the way to Rucker Boulevard and fronts on Rucker Boulevard. places an emphasis on some of those commercial nodes, for example, on the far western end, but also around Freedom Drive would be another commercial node that's specifically identified, places an emphasis on stabilizing and enhancing those commercial areas. enhancing the appearance of developed business areas, providing some lighting and signage, whether it's community signage, informational signage, but also some lighting as well to improve safety within that entire corridor. I mentioned briefly the Freedom Drive development concept. You'll see some concept ideas for development at the intersection of Rucker Boulevard and Freedom Drive. So I invite you to take a good look at those and kind of digest some of the concepts that are outlined in there. It places an emphasis on incorporating some gathering and event spaces within the existing areas. Some of the existing shopping centers that have large parking lots might, There's a concept in there that calls for a gathering or a civic event space within some of those types of areas. And that's an interesting concept for improving and enhancing those business areas and bringing more traffic to those areas. However, the highest priority, if you approve this, the highest priority for this plan would start at the west end of the corridor. So from Bowieville Circle to Dixie Drive along Rucker Boulevard, enhancing those areas first. Working with some of those property owners to enhance their own properties individually, but also potentially partnering with them, finding some ways to get some multimodal facilities in along that corridor. That's where the intent is to start. And then finally, the residential areas stabilize and enhance existing neighborhoods. We're already working on this. Blight elimination program. We've got several structures that have already been remediated within this area right now. We're in phase four of the blight elimination program right now. There are more phases to come. on the Blight Elimination Program. So that is a wonderful tool to be able to enhance some of those existing neighborhoods. As you look at some of the western, kind of the western half of the Rucker Boulevard plan area, that's where you have your older neighborhoods And so you'll see that the plan places a higher priority on public infrastructure investment into some of those older areas. It also promotes access to neighborhood schools, whether by sidewalk additions or whether by providing literal secondary accesses to places like Heron Creek Elementary, where there's only one access into that particular school. And then finally, I believe you've already seen a new park concept that's a possibility for Rucker Boulevard, both north and south of Rucker Boulevard is specifically called out within the plan. So take a look at that. But that's just kind of some of the main ideas that are proposed within the corridor plan itself. There is a pretty strong implementation plan within this. I invite you to take a good look at that and it will give you some idea of some of the financing, whether it's like a TIF financing possibility that we go with to basically be able to finance some of the improvements within this area. But take a look at that implementation plan and we look forward to receiving any feedback that you have on that. So any questions that I can answer for you tonight, just a very quick high-level view of the plan itself.

Mr. President, so as you can see, we're really excited about some of the changes that we got before you. We just want to take the opportunity tonight to at least introduce it to you. Just send your email when you have a chance to do that, and after you get a chance to talk, you get a chance to review that. We'll bring it back to a future council meeting. for more discussion and possibly request approval from this body to move forward with those. But the Rucker Boulevard plan, as you can see, is very detailed. We've spent a lot of time on that. It tries to cover everything that we heard from council and mayor as a request of what you want us to consider in a good plan for Rucker Boulevard. You can look through that and we can make modifications or you can move forward as it is or we can start over whatever your desire is on that corridor. But I wanted to... So please take tonight and give that introduction to you and I appreciate the opportunity to do so. Thank you.

Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

Are there any other staff reports? All right, we'll move into old business. A call for a public hearing prior to consideration of Ordinance 07-2126, providing for the rezoning of 5.36 acres of land owned by Rhonda J. Bright from Agriculture District to B1 Business District, located at the southeast corner of Highway 167, Plaza Drive, and 3 Notch Road. This hearing is now open.

Mr. Chairman, members, just as I mentioned in your work session, just wanted to give you a very brief overview. You have a copy of this PowerPoint in your possession. I'll answer any questions that you have with it. Just want to give you a real quick overview. This is 5.36 acres of land that's proposed to be rezoned from AG to B1. This is the southeast corner of Highway 167 and 3 Notch Road. So just, you can see on the map here where we're talking about the 5.36 acres, and you have B1 zoning that's immediately adjacent across Highway 167 from this property, but the rest of the zoning that surrounds this is ag. We did take this to the planning commission. This actually lies within one of our proposed commercial nodes in our future land use map. So we are absolutely anticipating that commercial development will take place within this area of the community going forward. That is the plan according to the comprehensive plan. So we feel that this is very much in compliance with the city's comprehensive plan. And as a result, staff is recommending that this request be approved from AG to B1. And the Planning Commission voted six to one to recommend approval of this request. Any questions?

Any questions of the city? All right. Is there anyone here to speak on behalf or against this request? All right, does the requester have a desire to speak tonight? All right, seeing none, this hearing is now closed. Do I have a motion?

Move to adopt ordinance 072126.

Second.

Any further discussion? All in favor say aye. Aye. All opposed, same sign. Motion carries. Call for a public hearing prior to consideration of Ordinance 072126A, providing for the rezoning of 0.60 acres of land owned by M&S Development LLC from B1 Business District to B2 Central Business District, located at 435 Glover Avenue. This hearing is now open.

This is a request by Justin Martin, as you mentioned, for 0.6 acres. It's two separate pieces of property that are being proposed to be rezoned from B1 to B2. The B2 zoning district is the district that's applicable to the downtown enterprise areas where it's primarily found. And I'll show you the zoning district. You can see this proposed B2 zoning. It is adjacent to B2 zoning to the east, but the actual... The primary area of B2 zoning is further to the west, so it's just kind of a small pocket of B1 zoning where this property is located. I believe that you all are pretty familiar with the concept that is proposed for this particular development. It's a mixed-use development that is proposed, whether it be, you can see a strip center as well, but some additional commercial uses as well that are proposed that fit into the B2 zoning district. This has access onto both Lee Street and also onto Glover Avenue. So I believe most of you are familiar with this concept. We did bring this before planning commission and told them that we feel that this is in compliance with the city's comprehensive plan. And so as a result, staff is recommending that this request to rezone 0.6 acres from B1 to B2 be approved by you tonight as the city council. And the Planning Commission also unanimously recommended approval of this request. Questions?

Any questions of the city? All right. Is there anyone that wants to speak on behalf or against this? All right. Seeing none, this hearing is now closed.

Do I have a motion? I'll move to adopt Ordinance 072126-A.

Second.

Any further discussion? All in favor say aye. Aye. All opposed same sign. Motion carries. Call for a public hearing prior to consideration of Ordinance 072126-B. providing for the annexation and zoning of 6.94 acres of land owned by Gallin Co. Incorporated into the city limits and to establish zoning of R1 low-density single-family residential district. This hearing is now open.

Council members, these next couple, these next few cases that you have before you, I'm going to kind of take in a single presentation overview for you here. You have this particular request has two parts to it. It's the annexation of 6.94 acres and then also the rezoning of a little bit over 19 acres of property as that's proposed as a part of country estates phase six. So I'll show you the proposed zoning map that we have for this. You can see this area here is the 19.19 acres that is next on your agenda, but in the hatched area here is the area to be annexed that's just under seven acres. All of it's proposed to be R1 zoning, and it's proposed to be for single-family residential purposes, and it's coming from both Dale County zoning and also the city's existing Ag zoning. You can see the proposed plat that we have for this area. You can see the area that's proposed to be annexed. It's on the west side of this proposed plat. And then the area to be rezoned is to the east and extends farther to the north along this curved road. So that's the little over 19 acres that is proposed to be rezoned, all to R1. Staff does feel that this is in compliance with the comprehensive plan. We feel that the city has the capacity to be able to provide services to the new annexed area that is proposed, and so two-part recommendation for you here on this request. Staff recommends the request to annex and set the zoning for 6.94 acres of land to R1 be approved by the Enterprise City Council. And then also staff recommends the request to rezone 19.19 acres from Ag to R1 be approved by the Enterprise City Council. Planning Commission recommended approval unanimously for both of these requests. Any questions?

Anyone have any questions? All right. Does anyone like to speak on behalf or against this rezone and annexation? Seeing none, this hearing is now closed. Do I have a motion?

Move to adopt Ordinance 072126B.

Second.

Any further discussion? All in favor say aye. Aye. All opposed, same sign. Motion carries. We have the companion order. Public hearing call for a public hearing prior to consideration of ordinance 07, 21, 26 C providing for the rezoning of 19.19 acres of land owned by gallon coat incorporated from ag agriculture district to R one low density, single family residential district located at 400 Richland drive. This hearing is now open. I've already heard from the city on this same subject. Is there anyone that wants to speak on behalf or against of this rezone? Seeing none, this hearing is now closed. Do I have a motion?

I move to adopt ordinance 072126C. Second.

Any further discussion? All in favor say aye. Aye. All opposed, same sign. Motion carries. A call for a public hearing prior to consideration of Ordinance 07-2126D, providing for the annexation and zoning of 3.14 acres of land owned by O'Berry Family Revocable Trust into the city limits and to establish zoning of B3 Highway Commercial District. This hearing is now open.

Members of Council, I will cover these next three in this particular overview here. This is all part of the same overall request for a new proposed subdivision that is proposed by Dexter Gillick Construction. I'll take this in parts because each part is necessary. The first part that's in your agenda is contiguous to the city limits, and so you must essentially approve this one if you intend to approve the subsequent requests as well that follow this first request. And I'll show you exactly what is proposed here as far as this request is concerned. So I'll go to the zoning map here. The 3.14 acres, you can see Bull Weevil Circle running north to south right in the middle of your screen there. The 3.14 acres is on the east side of Bull Weevil Circle. That is the portion that is contiguous to the city of Enterprise itself. The second request is for an annexation and set zoning to B3 for a little over six acres. And you can see the areas of B3 in pink on your screen here. And then the final request is for a proposed annexation and set zoning to R4 for over 36 acres of land. This is a project we've been working with the developer on for some time now and determined that this was the best fit for the type of concept that they have brought before us at this time. So we've reviewed this particular request and we do have a proposed plat that we can show to you here this evening. This plat is being proposed in phases. Phase one is the southern end. It does have two entrances, one on Bowieville Circle and a second entrance onto County Road 602 to the west of this property. Phases two and three are farther to the north and would tie directly into phase one. It also has the commercial properties as well that are provided to front a long boll weevil circle. So in review of this, we did determine that this does meet the tenets of the comprehensive plan, the intents of the comprehensive plan, and that the city does have the ability to provide services to this. And I'll give you one condition on that staff is providing as far as this Request is concerned. Staff is recommending that for the first request before you this evening to annex and zone 3.14 acres to B3 Highway Commercial District be approved by the City Council and the Planning Commission unanimously recommended approval of that request. The second request, staff recommends that the request to annex and zone 6.76 acres to B3 fronting on the west side of Bowieville Circle be approved by the City Council. Planning Commission also unanimously recommended approval. And then finally, staff and Planning Commission recommend that the request to annex and zone 36.62 acres to R4 zoning be approved by the City Council subject to one provision that you have that the applicant must provide a development schedule by which the city would agree to provide sewer capacity for phases two and three under a mutually agreeable timeline. That's the department's request and I'll take any questions that you have at this time.

Any questions? All right, is there anyone here that would like to speak on behalf or against this project? All right, seeing none, this hearing is now closed. Do I have a motion?

Move to adopt ordinance 072126D.

Second.

Any further discussion? All in favor say aye. Aye. All opposed, same sign. Motion carries. I call for a public hearing prior to consideration of Ordinance 072126E, providing for the annexation and zoning of 6.76 acres of land owned by O'Berry Family Revocable Trust and the City of Lemonsons to establish zoning of B3 Highway Commercial District. This hearing is now open. Is there anyone who would like to speak on behalf or against this annexation and zoning? Seeing none, this hearing is now closed. Do I have a motion?

I move to adopt the ordinance 072126E.

Any further discussion? All in favor say aye. Aye. All opposed, same sign. Motion carries. Call for a public hearing prior to consideration of Ordinance 072126F, providing for the annexation and zoning of 36.62 acres of land owned by O'Berry Family Revocable Trust into the city limits and to establish zoning of R4 mixed residential district. This hearing is now open. Is there anyone that would like to speak on behalf or against this annexation and zoning?

Mr. Chairman, just a reminder, we do have a condition of approval that is recommended as a part of this.

Okay. Seeing none, this hearing is now closed.

Do I have a motion? I move to adopt Ordinance 072126F.

Second.

Any further discussion?

Correct. Developers agreeable to the condition? Oh, yes.

That is my understanding, yes.

It was during the city planning, too.

I want to go on record and make sure.

All right. Any other questions? All in favor say aye. Aye. All opposed, same sign. Motion carries. Call for consideration of ordinance 080426, providing to enact procedures for broadband fiber providers and their contractors who conduct business in the city of Enterprise.

Do I have a motion? I move to adopt ordinance 080426.

Second.

Any further discussion? All in favor say aye. Aye. All opposed, same sign. Motion carries. We'll move into new business. Introducing call for consideration of Resolution 08-1826, authorizing the mayor to acquire certain property for the 101 Access Road project. Do I have a motion?

Move to adopt Resolution 08-1826. Second.

Any further discussion? All in favor say aye. Aye. All opposed, same sign. Motion carries. Introducing call for consideration of Resolution 08-1826A, providing for the authorization of an application for airport improvement funding assistance from the State of Alabama Department of Transportation. The funding will be for the purpose of undertaking a project in fiscal year 2027 to make improvements in Enterprise Municipal Airport. Do I have a motion?

I move to adopt Resolution 08-1826A.

Second. Any further discussion? All in favor say aye. Aye. All opposed, same sign. Motion carries. Introducing call for consideration of Resolution 08-1826B, providing for the authorization of the city attorney to initiate specific legal action regarding a public nuisance.

I'll move to adopt Resolution 08-1826B. Second.

Any further discussion? All in favor say aye. Aye. All opposed, same sign. Motion carries. I call for a motion to adopt the City of Enterprise Fiscal Year 2027 Transportation Plan in accordance with the Rebuild Alabama Act. The plan, adopted annually, provides that estimated revenues of $205,000 anticipated from the Rebuild Alabama Act Field Bill fund during the 2027 fiscal year to perform roadway improvements, repairs, resurfacing, reconstruction, or maintenance toward completion of the City of Enterprise FY27 Phase 7 Master Street Resurfacing List. and or as match monies for any state or federal grant funded projects to perform roadway improvements repairs resurfacing reconstruction or maintenance within our existing street road network during said fiscal year to have a motion move to approve the fy 2027 transportation plan as submitted second Any further discussion? All in favor say aye. Aye. All opposed, same sign. Motion carries. Call for a motion to authorize the mayor to execute an agreement between the City of Enterprise and the District Attorney's Office for the 12th Judicial Circuit of Alabama to provide prosecution services for the Municipal Court of the City of Enterprise per the terms of the agreement. Do I have a motion?

Move to authorize the mayor to execute the agreement as submitted.

Second.

Any further discussion? All in favor say aye. Aye. All opposed, same sign. Motion carries. A call for a motion to authorize the mayor, city administrator, and city attorney to negotiate and execute a technology services agreement. The agreement should not exceed a three-year term with no more than $270,000 to be paid annually. Do I have a motion?

I move to authorize the mayor, city administrator, and city attorney to negotiate and execute a technology agreement as requested.

Second.

Any further discussion?

All in favor say aye. Aye. All opposed, same sign. Motion carries. Call for a motion to authorize the city administrator to execute a purchase and sale agreement between the City of Enterprise and Bison Capital Investments LLC for the real property described as 2021 Bull Weevil Circle, Enterprise, Alabama, 36330, parcel number 16030740000003003, and parcel number 1916030740000004.002 for a purchase price of $1 million. Do I have a motion? I move to authorize the city administrator to execute the agreement as submitted. Second. Any further discussion? All in favor say aye. Aye. All opposed, same sign. Motion carries. Introducing call for consideration of a request to designate official trick-or-treat dates and times for 2026 through 2029. 2026 Halloween date is Saturday, October 31st. Proposed trick-or-treat date, Saturday, October 31st. 2027 Halloween Sunday, October 31st. Proposed trick-or-treat Saturday, October 30th. 2028 Tuesday, October 31st. Proposed trick-or-treat Tuesday, October 31st. 2029 halloween date wednesday october 31st proposed trick-or-treat date wednesday october 31st do i have a motion move to designate official trigger treat dates and times for 2026 through 2029 as submitted second any further discussion all in favor say aye aye all opposed same sign motion carries mayor do you have a report for us

Thank you, Mr. President. This week, Enterprise is welcoming community and economic development leaders from across Alabama for the Main Street Alabama Summit of Excellence. Having this statewide conference here is a great opportunity to showcase our downtown, our businesses, and the people who make Enterprise such a special place. It also says something about where Enterprise is today. We are not only working to make our community better for the people who live here, but we are becoming a community that others want to visit, learn from, and experience. While we welcome our visitors downtown this week, there's a lot happening throughout the rest of Enterprise as well. On Bellwood Road, sidewalk project is moving forward at an approximate 5,000 feet a new sidewalk along the Bellwood Road, along with additional sidewalks on George C. Wallace Drive. These improvements will provide safer connections for pedestrians and families who live in an area that sees a great deal of activity. We also continue to see progress on our roads. LDOT crews are working on resurfacing projects along US 84 and State Route 27, while our own street resurfacing program continues to improve roads throughout the city. These projects may cause some inconvenience while the work is underway, but they are important investments in our infrastructure and in the long-term quality of life in Enterprise. I want to recognize our Enterprise Fire Department, which recently received $35,000 Lowe's Community Impact Grant to renovate the kitchen at the East Side Fire Station. Enterprise was one of the only 100 communities selected nationwide for this grant and one of just two projects selected in Alabama. This investment will help provide our firefighters with improved facilities as they continue to serve and protect our community. These are just a few examples of the work taking place across Enterprise. Whether it is a sidewalk being built, a road being resurfaced, a downtown event bringing visitors to our community, or improvements being made at one of our fire stations, each project represents an investment in our future. And none of this happens without people. I want to thank our city employees, department heads, our council, our business owners, our community partners, and the many volunteers who continue to give their time and talent to make Enterprise a better place to live. This week, as we welcome visitors across Alabama, I hope we will take a moment to appreciate what we have built together. Enterprise is a community that continues to grow, continues to improve, and continues to find new ways to serve his citizens and welcome others. Thank you all for being here tonight. May God bless each of you and may he continue to bless the city of Enterprise.

Thank you.

Thank you, everyone, for coming tonight and being patient with us. I certainly ditto what our mayor expressed about all that we have going on. It's certainly good progress. Congratulations, Chief Davis. You always manage to find the dough. Congratulations on yet another victory. And congratulations to you, Trevor, your family. I don't think it was a sport that wasn't named that you didn't tackle at the event, so congratulations.

Thank you. Thanks, Trevor, for representing Enterprise and the state of Alabama. It's always great to have local folks and talent on display. So speaking of local talent, thank you for Mr. Tullis and his staff. You know, all the things you hear tonight that we're putting together takes countless hours of research. Dotting I's and crossing T's all the way from engineering to legal, so I know you guys don't get thanked enough, so I appreciate what you do in getting us the information to make good decisions. Also, the Wildcats tee it up Friday night, so we got... football, the band, the cheerleaders, all have been sweating out in the heat, putting in a lot of work. So let's get out there and support them, have a great home crowd. I'm on the chain gang on the sideline, so you might see me get run over if a play comes in the sideline. I try to get out of the way, but I'm not as quick as I used to be. But anyways, thank you all for attending.

You might be faster than Blake. Thank you, everyone, for coming tonight. Thank you to all our citizens who watched this online. Trevor, thank you. I got to watch some of the events on Facebook. I'd say thank you for putting that on. Those were tough events out there, and to compete amongst all the nation, that was awesome. So thank you for representing Enterprise Alabama, and thank you to your family. um yes thank you to all our first responders chiefs thank you uh city workers i just can't say enough every day the things i see out there the folks i work in and i tell everybody tell your folks if they see somebody crazy waving it's me i try to do that to everybody as they go by but again thank you so very much for for for your pride and what you do for the city each and every day and special olympics Welcome to Enterprise. I hear you're from Savannah, my old stomping grounds, but congratulations. I look forward to working with you. Warren knows my wife and I enjoy working with Special Olympics and our CERT program loves to do it. Jill will tell you about that. But again, thank you everyone for coming. Thank you back there, engineering. Another great presentation. We really appreciate it. And Casey, like you said, for legal and everybody else, we couldn't do it without you all. We just sit up here and look pretty for some of us, but we couldn't do it without you all. And that's it. God bless. Have a wonderful night.

Yep, echo what they said, I'm very excited. Businesses are being opened, homes are being built, neighborhoods are being put in, Enterprise is the place to be. I'm very proud to be an Enterprise resident, very thankful for the work that our team here in Enterprise has done, bringing in talent, having a city planner, extra help in engineering to help make sure that the growth that we have is smart growth, and I'm just excited for what's gonna happen over the next few years and decade in our town, so. Thank you for that. Thank you, Blake Moore and Casey Mack, for being on the chain crew. I'm very proud to know that our city is doing well on the field at Enterprise High. And I also, I referee on Friday night, so if you don't like anything that District 5 Councilman is doing, you don't want to tell me direct, but you want to yell at me, please come. It's socially acceptable to yell at me on a Friday night at a football game. It's welcomed. Thank you, everybody, and I hope you all have a great evening.

Thanks, everyone, for coming tonight. I'd also like to echo congratulations to Trevor and also thank the Enterprise Police Department for their work raising money for the Special Olympics. I know that is very appreciated. And thank all of you city employees for all you do. And this meeting is now adjourned. Everyone have a good night.

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