City Council - Regular Meeting

First city council meeting for this year 2026 Spurlock and councilwoman uh Shannon Moltry. Also we have returning uh councilwoman Dr. Nia Glover. So we are a full council. We're excited about the potential of moving forward in 2026. And we are thankful for each and every one of you who have taken time from your busy schedule to come and to see your city council as we establish policy and move the city of Fedville forward. Here in the city of Fedville, we begin all of our city council meetings with prayer. This being the first meeting of the first of the new year, I would like to offer the prayer and then subsequently in the next few meetings, we have a rotation and we ask the council members to lead us in prayer. But if you don't mind, please bow your head for a word of prayer. Then we ask if you would stand, recite our pledge of allegiance. Most gracious, eternal, and everlasting God, you created the heavens and the earth and everything there within. You're the sovereign Lord, the one who we give credit to for creating us. Your words that you knew us before we were formed in our mother's womb. You know what our destiny is, God. And we ask dear God that these representatives not only of the city council but our city uh employees and staff members as well as the citizens begin to realize dear God that if continue to look into the hills from W cometh our help that our help will come from you in making the city of Fedville a viable vibrant quality of life city dear God that's safe and God as we make decisions we ask that you touch our hearts touch our minds that we would be on one accord. Let us not be disagreeable, but let us continue to move this city forward in a positive way. In Jesus name we pray. Amen. Amen. Please stand and recite 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.

Thank you again, ladies and gentlemen. We have an agenda that has been prepared for us tonight by our staff and has been reviewed by the city council members. At this time, if you wish to get a copy of the hard copy of the agenda, you can see our city clerk, Miss Chelsea Seaman. She will give you a hard copy, but it is displayed up on the screen so you can follow the agenda as we go through it. At this time, I will entertain the motion to approve the agenda. So move second. Properly moved and second that we approve the agenda. Call for the vote. All those in favor signify saying I. I.

Any oppos. As we begin this uh new uh calendar year. Each year we elect a mayor proim. The mayor pro Tim is the second uh in standing to the mayor especially in the absence of the mayor conducts and chairs the meetings. And so at this time I will ask the council is there any nomination for uh the mayor pro tim for 2026. Mr. Mayor I'd like to put the name Langford for to be the mayor pro Tim for calendar year 2026. Okay. Do I have a second? Second.

Okay. Properly moved and second. Are there any other nominations for mayor prom for 2026? Seeing in hearing none, we close the field with said one nominee. Uh, Councilman Daryl Langford, are you ready for the question? All those in favor signify by saying I. I. Any opposers name? Thank you very much. Congratulations, Councilman Langford. You're the mayor pro Tim for 2026. Ladies and gentlemen, we had a meeting on December the 18th. As a part of protocol, we must approve the meeting minutes for that meeting. At this time, council members, what is your pleasure? So move to approve.

Second. properly moved and second that we approve the minutes of December 18th meeting at this time of the ending readiness call for the vote all those in favor signify by saying I and two abstainers this is yours and there councilman Moree and and spurlock public hearings consider ordinance number 2601 annual appointment of misable court officers presented by our city clerk Chelsea Seaman.

Good evening, mayor and council. Our city charter requires that we appoint our municipal court officers each year at the first meeting of the year. We do that through ordinance. So, we have the names up on the screen. Um, it will be Alicia B. Thompson for municipal court judge. Um, Ton Tanya Shai for the pro Tim and then Julia Kurt will be our solicitor with Loya Jennings being our backup solicitor. Thank you very much, Miss Chelsea. Are those individuals here? I did see uh Judge Alicia Thompson here. Are there any others here? Okay. Your mic?

My mic is on their mics. Oh, their mic. Okay. All right. Calvin making signs. I thought he was going back to sign. Yes, I think we do have some signs. Okay. All right. With those who are here present, obviously uh you have no objection with uh being uh nominated to return back to those officers. U at this time I will obtain a motion for ordinance number 26001. Move to approve ordinance number 26-0-1 annual appointment of municipal court officers. Second. Proudly moved in and second call for the vote. All those in favor signify by saying I.

I.

Any opposes? name consent agenda items. Ladies and gentlemen, these are items that have already been reviewed by the council and is uh taken in group for approval. Consentin agenda item number four, 26 R2, the amended fee schedule for building and fire services. Number five, uh, consent agenda item 26R3, updated personnel manual, and 26R5, the mayor's committees, and board appointments, which have already been disclosed to the council members and can be found in the package for tonight's meeting. Council members, do I have a motion to approve the consent agenda items?

Move to approve. Second. Properly moved and second. Any unreiness, any questions? Hearing none, all those in favor signify by saying I. I. Any opposers name?

Ladies and gentlemen, our work is almost done. [laughter] I love it when the plan comes together. But this is what happens when you find a city council that get uh the information by our staff uh in a timely manner so we can review it and if there are any questions things we try to ask our staff before and if there are any public uh members citizens of the public who wish to ask questions on either items you can always call in and ask any of the council members or any of our staff like to move on to reports and comments. City manager do you have anything sir? Yes, mayor. I have a few items. Well, first of all, happy new year to everyone. Uh we look forward to 2026. Uh congratulations to sounds congratulations to Dr. Ny Glover on her re-election and then to um council members Shannon Moltry and EMTT Spurlock for joining the team. We look forward to working with you all in 2026. And the important one of the important ones that we got to really talk about too is to get people to attend the town hall meeting for Ginger Cake. That's going to happen on January. We're going to have two town hall meetings here in the council chamber at 9:00 a.m. and 6 pm. Um, and we'll be providing the council with some information prior to that meeting to review for discussion. And also a happy belated birthday to Mayor Johnson.

He won. So [applause] try to keep it a secret. That's why it's right after New Year's. Most people are drunk so they don't remember it. So [laughter] And then lastly, uh, city hall closed on, um, Monday, January 19th, recognition of MLK day. Anything else, city manager? That's it, sir. City attorney, how are you today? I'm great, thank you. I don't have anything to report, though. Nothing to report. Well, we're glad. Looking forward to working with you for the new year. Me as well. I'm happy to be here.

Okay. Council members, um, Council Member Moltry, I think. Would you like to say anything? No. Um, happy to be here. Thank you all, those who are attending and other council for putting your trust in me and I'm looking forward to working with everyone. And Councilman Spurlock,

I say is thank you all for being here tonight. One of the things that I would like to see us do going forward is to have this room filled with folks on a regular basis because a lot of folks don't really know what's going on this city even though we do make an effort to put stuff out there communication wise. But I look forward to supporting all of you because you all elected both me and Shannon and to represent you all and that's what we really need to do. So uh my you can reach out to me at any time you want along my wife. Let's uh you regret that [clears throat] but I look forward to supporting all of you guys and uh seeing you around Fedville. Thank you. Just happy residence right? [laughter]

Happy happy joy joy happy. Oh, and by the way, it was also my granddaughter's birthday on the same day as you. She must be a great person. She is. [laughter] She is. Councilwoman Dr. Glo.

Yes. I just want to say thank you to the city for reelecting me, you know, and trusting me with my second term. But I also would like to kind of report on some updates for the mental health advisory board. We met on January 6, this past uh Tuesday, and we focused a lot on continuously to track the emerging trends in the city. So, we're doing a lot of work, look forward to a lot of things that are coming soon with a lot of different events. We actually have one our monthly webinar on the 27th where we're going to focus on um mental health reset providing some of those tools for citizens to continue to um move forward in their lives as well. Um, also I'd like to report that we did receive a generous donation from a individual um during our Christmas celebration. So, thank you to that individual as well. He did not want to be um highlighted, but just thank you for those that are continuously to recognize the mental health advisory board and all the work we are doing. We also brought on two new individuals. Um, we had an overwhelming amount of uh outreach that wanted to join the board. So, we're looking to join a, you know, create a committee for those individuals that were interested in the mental health advisory board, but we're doing a lot of work in the community. So, continue to look forward to the things that we're going to continue to do in 2026. Thank you.

Thank you, Dr. Glover, Councilman Clark. I'd like to definitely welcome Shannon and Emit to this council. We have been a unified council for a very long time to put the city of Fagatville moving forward as always. Uh, and I believe, and I'm just going to say it, we've done a dang good job of it. Want to continue to do so, and I'm sure with y'all's assistance, we will do so. So, I'm looking forward to 2026. Thank you, Councilman Clark.

I just wanted to, uh, congratulate Dr. Glover for being reelected. Also, um, Shannon, uh, for being elected and, uh, Emtt for being elected. Congratulations. welcome to the council and uh looking forward to working with you.

Okay. I would like to uh again welcome u the uh returning uh councilwoman Glover as well as uh the new council members. Uh but I also want to thank our city staff, each and every one of you who are here uh who would continue to do a phenomenal job. Over the last couple of days, we handed out some longevity awards out to announce that we have several members who've been working in the city of Fville for 10, 15, 20, 30, and some 35 years. So, that says a lot about their commitment to the work. And so, if you're one of those individuals, know how much we appreciate you. This morning we recognize celebr several of our members of our police department for the phenomenal work that they're doing in protecting the citizens of Fedville. So, uh, Chief Mass, please take it back to, uh, uh, the rank and file officers how much we appreciate all that they do. Thank you very much. At this time, ladies and gentlemen, uh, the floor is open for comments. Uh, this is an opportunity for citizens to come and address the council. Uh, you have three minutes. come and uh if you have complaints, criticisms, or compliments, uh we'd love to hear you. Give you a couple of more seconds to think about it. Seeing and hearing none, city manager, do we need to go to executive session tonight?

No, sir. Okay. Uh since we do not need to go to an executive session tonight, ladies and gentlemen, that completes the business of tonight's city council meeting. Council members, what is your pleasure at this point? Motion. It's been properly moved that we a second. Second. Properly moved and second. All those in favor signify by saying I. I. Good night, ladies and gentlemen. Thank you very much for being here. Have a wonderful rest of the week. Thank you so much.